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 2005-07-10 8:42 PM in reply to: #193886 |
Elite Veteran  610   chicago area |  Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do?I can't really snap my fingers. Lousy at math. Can't play any musical instrument. Really wish I could, but never took the time to learn. |
| 2005-07-11 7:38 AM in reply to: #193886 |
Queen BTich 12411  , | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? I can't iron to save my life. Somehow the garmet turns out worse than before I started. I can't whistle either. |
| 2005-07-11 7:57 AM in reply to: #194523 |
Master 1249  Lexington, Kentucky | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? I cannot blow bubbles w/gum. |
| 2005-07-11 8:17 AM in reply to: #194150 |
Extreme Veteran 404 Chicago, Il | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? Lara - 2005-07-10 1:04 PM i can't look at a number without dividing it by 3 (weird.. i know).. I do this, too, though not just with 3. I do it with digital clocks, dividing the minutes by the hour. I can't have more than one drink without getting both really buzzed and really bored with drinking. |
| 2005-07-11 9:17 AM in reply to: #193886 |
Master 1889 Ann Arbor, MI | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? Math disaster here! I can't do a cartwheel either, and I want to. Yesterday morning I could not get my water bottle back in the holder on the bike without disaster but I did it twice in the race so maybe, MAYBE I have that licked. |
| 2005-07-11 10:03 AM in reply to: #194633 |
Master 1938 La Crosse | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? What a weird/brilliant thread . . . I can't calculate square footage. At the planning stage of a do-it-yourself ceramic tile project, I calculated that our front room was 13,500 square feet. Yes, that's ten times large than the entire house. It's a weird shaped room and I was trying to do some fancy math and . . . oh well. My wife makes fun of me. "So, how large is the front room again?" and "How much sod do you think we need for the front lawn, honey?" |
 2005-07-11 11:00 AM in reply to: #193886 |
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| 2005-07-11 11:17 AM in reply to: #194685 |
| Master 1932 Savannah, | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? stupidnickname - 2005-07-11 11:03 AM What a weird/brilliant thread . . . I can't calculate square footage. At the planning stage of a do-it-yourself ceramic tile project, I calculated that our front room was 13,500 square feet. Yes, that's ten times large than the entire house. It's a weird shaped room and I was trying to do some fancy math and . . . oh well. My wife makes fun of me. "So, how large is the front room again?" and "How much sod do you think we need for the front lawn, honey?" This is very funny to me.....a few years ago I wanted to buy some fertilizer for my flower garden....I was in the isle at the store staring at the instructions on the back of the bottle, trying to figure it out, for about an hour. I just couldn't figure out how much I needed for my size flower garden. The fertilizer went back on the shelf and I went home-flowers turned out fine without it. I also have math nightmares similar to this. My husband thinks it's funny to have math nightmares (he's an engineer with an MBA). |
| 2005-07-11 11:26 AM in reply to: #194685 |
| Buttercup 14334 | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? stupidnickname - 2005-07-11 10:03 AM What a weird/brilliant thread . . . Ohh... you have no idea what you are in for. Welcome to BT and mea culpa! Nice nickname, stupidnickname. |
| 2005-07-11 11:43 AM in reply to: #193886 |
| Elite Veteran 777 flatland | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? Despite being a massive music fanatic, I can neither play any instruments nor sing very well. I can't cook anything more advanced than sticking a frozen veggie burger in a pan with a little olive oil. I have managed to screw that one up, too. I can make microwave popcorn without burning it more than 80% of the time...but I generally hate microwave popcorn, so this is a useless skill. I can't manage to be on time to anything. Ever. I can't avoid reading newspapers, magazines, fliers, cereal box nutrition info, 5 year old classifieds sections. Even if it's upside down. This includes newspaper laid down as tablecloths in those peel & eat seafood joints. The printed word is banned from my place at the table, else I am incapable of holding a conversation.  |
| 2005-07-11 12:53 PM in reply to: #193886 |
| Champion 8766 Evergreen, Colorado | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? I may be a pilot, but I have ZERO hand-eye coordination otherwise. Any sport involving a ball I am completely USELESS at. Can't play soccer. Baseball and softball are lost causes. Don't even THINK about racquet ball. Tennis? Nope. You get the idea. There is a reason I ran cross country in high school! That merely required moving my body from A to B as fast as I could. No dexterity needed. THAT I could handle. |
| 2005-07-11 1:25 PM in reply to: #193886 |
| Veteran 285 Michigan | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? I can't swim, bike or run very fast. |
| 2005-07-11 1:28 PM in reply to: #194927 |
| Elite Veteran 1817 Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? In contradiction to my sig line, I can't control anything on this earth but my own behaviour and attitude. Other than that, the sky's the limit, as far as I'm concerned. |
| 2005-07-11 1:42 PM in reply to: #193886 |
| Extreme Veteran 563 Allen, TX | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? i can NOT have a relationship last longer than 6 months. either i flip out and run or i make up some imaginary reason why i need to flip out and run. i can however get first dates fairly easily so i guess i'll just keep on flippin' |
| 2005-07-11 2:04 PM in reply to: #193950 |
| Giver 18427 | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? kimj81 - 2005-07-09 10:14 PM I can't belch on command.  Why do I find that so hard to believe? |
| 2005-07-11 2:13 PM in reply to: #193886 |
| Giver 18427 | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? 1) I can play a little guitar, and sing a little, but I can *not* do them simultaneously. It just completely baffles me that people can sing and play an instument at the same time. 2) I can't do a sommersault. Sur I could as a kid, but why is it that everytime I try to do one with my daughter I completely freak out and think I'm just gonna snap my neck? 3) I can't freaking finish a Harry Potter Book. 4) Even though I know they're all the same, I can't not look through every single item in every Performance Bike catalog I get. 5) I can't figure out why it's called a "taint." 6) I can't believe people actually voted for W. |
| 2005-07-11 2:27 PM in reply to: #193886 |
| Master 4101 Denver | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? I can't do any card tricks. I can't sit still while talking on the phone. I can't stop thinking about someone who doesn't think about me. I can't remember more than my 5 standard jokes. I can't stop feeling myself up now that I've been training for a while. I can't bend a spoon with my mind. I can't drive 55. |
| 2005-07-11 2:34 PM in reply to: #193886 |
| Champion 5850 Michigan | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? feeling yourself up? that's a good one. i do it every chance i get I CAN'T TREAD WATER! which is making it very difficult to train for this sport, i think i'm gonna do dus FOREVER! |
| 2005-07-11 2:38 PM in reply to: #195057 |
| Pro 5153 Helena, MT | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? run4yrlif - 2005-07-11 12:04 PM kimj81 - 2005-07-09 10:14 PM I can't belch on command. Why do I find that so hard to believe? I know, for a girl like me, that's a necessary skill. My sister is a stud at it... won belching contests with no carbonated beverage!!! But I just can't figure out how to 'swallow air'. BTW, 'taint (short for it ain't) the ----s, 'taint the ----. |
| 2005-07-11 2:40 PM in reply to: #195109 |
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| 2005-07-11 2:40 PM in reply to: #195101 |
| Giver 18427 | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? trixie - 2005-07-11 2:34 PM feeling yourself up? that's a good one. i do it every chance i get Here we go... <rolls eyes> |
| 2005-07-11 2:42 PM in reply to: #195109 |
| Giver 18427 | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? kimj81 - 2005-07-11 2:38 PM run4yrlif - 2005-07-11 12:04 PM [BTW, 'taint (short for it ain't) the ----s, 'taint the ----. Yeah I've heard that but I don't buy it. I think the etymology is much older...like middle English. Maybe it's from Beowulf... |
| 2005-07-11 2:42 PM in reply to: #195109 |
| Giver 18427 | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? |
| 2005-07-11 2:48 PM in reply to: #195110 |
| Pro 5153 Helena, MT | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? Lara - 2005-07-11 12:40 PM kim... i think we need to sign you up for the next season of who wants to be a hilton Why? Do they teach you how to belch on command on that show? Seriously, I've never seen it.... |
| 2005-07-11 2:48 PM in reply to: #195115 |
| Pro 5153 Helena, MT | Subject: RE: Okay, what can't you do? Crap. I can't do the html stuff and can't hit the edit button instead of reply.... Edited by kimj81 2005-07-11 2:50 PM |
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