What is your Superpower?

The Pheasant2

Everybody has some kind of weird quirk or thing that they can inexplicably do
better than others in the most random/mundane of activities.

I call these ordinary person superpowers:

My Dad for example can get to sleep within a couple of minutes no matter where we are - very annoying watching him drop off to a nice sleep on any journey lasting longer than 30 mins!

And then a friend of mine can drink a whole pint in about 2-3 seconds (couldn't attest to how much he enjoys them though! )

So good people of AH, what are the little things that you can do that make you super?

Banjo String

I can put a fruit pastille in me mouth without chewing it.

wp_rathead

emm, I can reach down to the bottom of a Pringles tube...?


..I have small hands..

boobar

Can patiently listen to the most boring Father Stone styled conversations for hours on end....

kneemos

wprathead wrote: »

emm, I can reach down to the bottom of a Pringles tube...?


..I have small hands..

Thought you were going to say with your tongue there for a second.

castletownman

Can take a perfect picture of a mirror without my reflection getting in the way.

Unlike the countless photos clogging up by facebook feed, generally taken by girls, when they ALWAYS manage to get their reflection in the shot.

The One Who Knocks

I never get hangovers....


...cause I don't drink

MJ23

I can eat over a tenner worth of food in McDonalds, and still be hungry.

weemcd

A complete and total lack of empathy

Temptamperu

I always get the USB in the jack every time, even in the dark.

The Pheasant2

MJ23 wrote: »

I can eat over a tenner worth of food in McDonalds, and still be hungry.

Yeah I find that too! Kind of weird that it doesn't really fill you up...haha I also always feel like I need a shower after a McDonalds

MadsL

Temptamperu wrote: »

I always get the USB in the jack every time, even in the dark.

That's a euphemism. I know a euphemism when I see one and that's a euphemism!!

mattjack

weemcd wrote: »

A complete and total lack of empathy

Same here , its cost me countless problems working in homeless/drug services.

"Yer what ? hungry , yeah so "

and my favourite "is there a doctor here ? yeah me "

MJ23

I can swallow cocktail sausages whole. Straight down the hatch. I do it wherever a plate of cocktail sausages may be laid down in my vicinity.
Any more than 3 is a struggle. It's tough on the digestive system.

mattjack

MJ23 wrote: »

I can swallow cocktail sausages whole. Straight down the hatch. I do it wherever a plate of cocktail sausages may be laid down in my vicinity.
Any more than 3 is a struggle. It's tough on the digestive system.

I'd be really impressed if they had the little pointy sticks in them when you swallowed thwm

SV

Photographic memory, never found a real use for it though..

The Pheasant2

SV wrote: »

Photographic memory, never found a real use for it though..

**** bank?

Ilyana 2.0

I have a freakishly good long-term memory. I'm usually called upon to settle disputes about stuff that happened when I was, like, six.

I'm pretty good at spelling too; in those DAT tests we did in secondary school I scored in the 99th percentile for spelling and grammar.

CFlat

I can watch a full hour of Vincent Brown and understand what he's on about.





















P.S. Actually, no I can't.

mattjack

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

**** bank?

Thought that myself .

SV

Right yeah, I guess the problem is finding things that are good enough to go in that bank.

keith16

I can blink without actually closing my eyes.

Kylo Ren

I can tell if someone is Asian merely by looking at the back of their heads.

Oh and op, they are called very mild superpowers as discovered by David O'Doherty.

stampydmonkey

King of spacial relations..whatever that means

Wacker The Attacker

MadsL wrote: »

That's a euphemism. I know a euphemism when I see one and that's a euphemism!!

Is that a euphemism for "your wife has a huge fanny"?

CFlat

SV wrote: »

Photographic memory, never found a real use for it though..

Don't worry, someday you'll snap out of it.

Jester252

I can fall asleep within 5 minutes of any journey and wake up just before I get to my destination. Handy for an hour or more bus trip.
I can swallow pills whole.

Feathers

MadsL

SV wrote: »

Photographic memory, never found a real use for it though..

Law degree sir, law degree!!!

MadsL

Jester252 wrote: »

I can swallow pills whole.

Ermmm...

Jester252

MadsL wrote: »

Ermmm...

with water or any other lubricant

pharmaton

I can type really really fast with my eyes closed, its not an amazing super power but I imagine it would be useful if I ever have to type my way out of a really really bad situation.

a fat guy

I can go downstairs at JUST the right time for the toast to pop, or the microwave to ping, every single time.

The One Who Knocks

Oh yeah, I can hum with my mouth open & sing with it closed!

kneemos

a fat guy wrote: »

I can go downstairs at JUST the right time for the toast to pop, or the microwave to ping, every single time.

Physic powers my friend.

mattjack

I can make scrambled eggs without burning the pot ,however I deliberately burn the pot on occasion to annoy mrs Mattjack.

The Pheasant2

I never get sick. Ever.

Haven't vomited from illness once in my life (couldn't say the same about the drink though! )

Vito Corleone

I can make a fart noise with my hands.

entropi

I don't really have any...but I'll take China if you're offering.

brevity

SV wrote: »

Photographic memory, never found a real use for it though..

I've always wondered what it's like to have a photographic memory.

Can you like read a book and just recall and understand it?

Would be really handy!

Pat Mustard

Falling over backwards without spilling my pint.

I can wiggle my nose in a weird up and down one nostril at a time kind of way.

No matter whether I'm aware of a picture being taken of me or not, I can manage to always pull an embarrassing face any time a camera is pointed my way.

I can hold my pee for a REALLY long time without any discomfort.

For Forks Sake

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

I never get sick. Ever.

Haven't vomited from illness once in my life (couldn't say the same about the drink though! )

Go to the nearest hospital. Start licking the walls. Report back here.

The Diabolical Monocle

wprathead wrote: »

emm, I can reach down to the bottom of a Pringles tube...?


..I have small hands..

Would you say you'd be able to grab hold of a bottle top stuck deep inside the pringles tube ?

and pull it out very gently.

kowloon

Banjo String wrote: »

I can put a fruit pastille in me mouth without chewing it.

I'm calling bull$hit on that, Banjo.

Lukehandypants

I have the powers of Transubstantiation.
Pretty good one to have handy for parties and masses.

BeerFear

I can smell if im close to à girl(within 2 metres) if she likes me or not. Handy to get the ride.

Boom_Bap

pharmaton wrote: »

I can type really really fast with my eyes closed, its not an amazing super power but I imagine it would be useful if I ever have to type my way out of a really really bad situation.

So can I, check this out:

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2 seconds that took.

Reekwind

I always wake up five minutes before the time my alarm is set for

MonstaMash

I'm ambidextrous

Muise...

stealth