OK, so now tell us about your fails and general lack of talent. (Page 2)

Hmmm, I wonder if I could get a wig and sing falsetto? Thanks man

This almost went in your Breakfast Club talent question, but it really is not anything I am proud of. I have the ability to embarrass my children, no matter where we are. While this has come in handy at times (my wife would tell the kids that either we leave or your dad starts talking), it really is more of a curse. My friggin' filter refuses to kick on when my kids are around.

And the ability to dance only kicks in when the steps are given in the song, or by someone in the front of the room. Line dancing, Electric slide, whatever that crap is, I can do it. Anything else and it gets ugly. Fast.

I wasn't thinking about Tiny Tim, but of the "IZ" version.  But, you might have dogs howling if you Tiny Tim's version.

Singing, I am amazed at my lack of talent sometimes.

I love signing, will really get into it, then if for some reason the music turns down below a level that drowns me out, it's a real shocker to hear how bad I am. 

Think of the worst audition for X-Factor you've ever heard, that's the kind of caterwauling I hear when my music's not loud enough to drown it out :-)

Still sing every chance I get!!!!

Reminds me of this...

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For me -- building a fire.  

I did scouts and everything -- but even if you give me dry matches, dry kindling, newspaper and a well constructed fire pit or fireplace -- guaranteed it will roar for 1 minute and be back down to embers within 5.  Every time.

Add meal planning to my list. I completely stink at it. I get a cooking magazine every month. I flip through the pages then stick it on the shelf never to be opened again. I don't know what my problem is because I hate that point in the evening when I realize everyone is going to be hungry and I don't know what the heck to feed them!

Did your parents find your missing things for you growing up? I only ask because this is my son. He will lose his Nintendo DS in his bed every month. I say, go look in your bed. Of course he always tells me he did but it's not there then I go really look and there it is. I have been thinking of standing there with him when he is missing something and actually giving him step by step instructions on how to look.

Probably another one for forgetting names.

However, I realize it's all on me.  I think people that forget names use that as an excuse to not try to remember them, which makes it harder.  I know I'm like "I won't remember so I won't even make the effort".

HOWEVER, it depends on who it is.  If it's a hot girl?  For some reason I can remember THAT name.

Hmmm that is a good question. I don't remember them finding my stuff for me. I feel like this is adult-onset lol! But luckily my partner finds everything for me now.

It'll go something like this-

Me: I can't find my badge

J: Did you look in the drawer?

Me: yes

J: No, I mean did you actually look or did you just rustle papers and pens around and pretend to look?

Me: Hmmm, I think I looked

Then of course she goes and finds it in like, 2 seconds.

Yeah, I am terrible with names as well and it doesn't matter if they are hot or not. I do not discriminate.

This is actually something that I am really working on. I think it's terrible and a little insulting when I forget people's names.

I'm about to try the house bunny approach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26C7gwExYhI

My wife is like that.  She will be looking for a pot or ingredient in the pantry or fridge after I tell her where it is and then say she can't see it.

I typically have to get off the couch and go in there and maybe move ONE THING or glance behind a box/carton of milk and its right there.

I often say that "looking" is not just open the fridge/pantry door and glance in and if it doesn't jump out and land in your hand saying you can't find it.

There are several stories I could tell where she "hid" things so well that she hid them from herself.

I have also learned NEVER just put things down in odd places and say "I wont forget that I put them there" - cuz I will.  I will make the effort to go inside and put car keys in the proper place rather than stick them on a shelf in the garage as I get groceries.  OR leave that coffee mug on the roof of the car as I fumble for something.  I'll realize it's there once I hear the clunking and a sheet of coffee running down the windshield.

I found the secret just a year ago.  Lower heat and a lid is your friend.  It doesn't burn and putting a lid on the pan as soon as you drop it in let's the top cook just enough so it's not runny but the yolk is.  Perfection.  No need to flip.

There was a show called Brain Games and a memory expert was able to introduce himself to something like 30 people at the beginning of a movie then greet them after a movie BY NAME and didn't get a single one wrong.

He gave some cool trick that I thought I could employ.

I had this problem with a set of three light switches by our back door. One for garage, one for the deck, one for the inside.

I finally figured out that the nice electrician made the right-most switch for the thing that was furthest to MY right when using it (the garage).  The middle one was closer (outside on the deck) and the left-most switch was for the light over my left shoulder.    It's so painfully obvious, but I was overthinking it.  Perhaps you can make a similar connection?

In pretty much any TV sport I'm unbelievably bad.

Football, I lack size and speed and my hands are too small to grip an NFL size ball properly to throw it. 

The last time I tried something baseball related, I went 1/10 in a batting cage on the little league machine.  And that 1 would have dribbled down the first base line.

Basketball... I can line up my shot, use perfect form as taught to me in 5th grade, and as the ball goes from my hand to the basket the hoop of the basket will shrink to just a hair smaller than the diameter of the ball.  It's uncanny.

I won't even mention golf. 

I can fight though.  I've trained in various martial arts since I was 19 years old.  I've done TaeKwonDo, Hapkido, Ju Jitsu, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Kickboxing, Boxing, and a bit of Judo.  Which does no good because I'm 42, 5'3", and as non-confrontational as I can possibly be.  But I can fight.

Never has a skill been so unnecessary.   

Seems to me you've internalized the most important lesson of the martial arts -- not needing them.

No, I've just been kicked in the head by 5'11" bodybuilders one too many times and realized... It hurts. 

Navigation is not my strongest suit either, but more so on something like trail running than driving.

Teejay--your lack of scissor coordination made me have a flashback to pre-school.  My mom got a report card of sorts rating all my skills like getting along with others, coloring in the lines, using complete sentences, etc.  I got excellents in everything but scissor use which was a "needs improvement".  Why I remember that from age 5, I'm not sure.  I think I'm scarred for life 

The biggest fail for me is any sport involving catching or throwing.  Hand-eye coordination....POOR.  Explains the scissor issues!