Poll: Unusual Useful Skills?

[Metric Monkey]

When in a fight, I have a wierd talent to always aim for the other guy's private.

I'm pretty sure that's almost everyone's instinct in a fight.

 

[errorfied]

I can kick myself in the head?

It's not especially useful, but it's a fantastic party trick and has got me my fair share of free drinks.

 

[Erja_Perttu]

A veyr good imagination and I can click and pop a lot of my joints. I suppose I could use that to creep out someone if I ever got kidnapped or something? meh

 

[Eagle Est1986]

A veyr good imagination and I can click and pop a lot of my joints. I suppose I could use that to creep out someone if I ever got kidnapped or something? meh

Yeah, I think I can crack pretty much everyone of my joints, doing my neck usually freaks people out the most.
Other than the joints, I can also twirl sticks like a pro majorette and I can flick bottle caps with pretty good range and accuracy.
Nothing more than party tricks really.

 

[Rascarin]

I can pick stuff up with my foot. Its useful if I don't feel like bending down.

Yes. This. My feet are like an extra set of hands.

Does being able to move silently, even in heavy boots count?

Because that is fun.

This too. As long as there are no creaky floorboards, my footsteps never make a sound. Good for sneaking up behind people. Jumping and landing silently from a height is also fun.

 

[Sigel]

I remember random and useless information. I am a server so I remember a customer's food order from weeks ago, which makes them happy and usually means a bigger tip for me.

 

[The Lawn]

I move silently no matter what I'm doing or where I'm going.

It's something that was ingrained into my mind in all those years of martial arts training.
I don't sneak everywhere, I just step lightly.

I can also remember events from 3rd or 4th person perspective and change it, they play out like cutscenes, maybe due to all my video game playing. That being maybe one of the few benefits, because I get to see the details better? I don't know.


I also learn really fast, I can pick something up that I've never done before and within minutes it looks like I've known what I'm doing for years.

 

[esperandote]

i have a little above average deducting skills

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

Not unusual, really, but I'm teaching myself ambidexterity. Not entirely useful, though, but that's probably because I don't put enough time into practice. The most fluent thing I can do is throw a frisbee left-handed and the only drawback is that I still can't put in as much power as my right. I can kinda use a knife left-handed too, but I don't try often enough. Grabbing stuff isn't awkward, but I don't think it is for anyone, is it? It's just annoying that I have to practice for every last thing that takes any semblance of skill, but I catch on pretty quickly I guess.

 

[L4hlborg]

I can pick stuff up with my foot. Its useful if I don't feel like bending down.

I do this also. I'll grab stuff out of my dogs mouth with my toes and then play tug of war with him. And if I'm barefoot, which I almost always am, I never bend down for anything I can fit between my toes. Pens, remotes, clothing, books, barbells, etc...

Same here. I can also play some video games one handed (other hand used for phone, nothing else, so don't get crazy ideas). As an example I can play halo 3 relatively well, especially warthog driving. I can actually drive a nice circle around the map.