Things you can't do, that most people can

IvySlayer · 14-04-2010 08:54PM

I can't tie my shoelaces.

OxfordComma · 14-04-2010 08:55PM

I can't click my fingers with my left hand, even though I can do it with my right.

Malice · 14-04-2010 08:57PM

I'm left-handed so I have problems with fountain pens (in fact writing in general

) and scissors.

kdave · 14-04-2010 08:57PM

I can't believe it's not butter

stovelid · 14-04-2010 09:02PM

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

I can't look my wife in the eye

Wear stacked heels?

Tail Wagger · 14-04-2010 09:02PM

minidazzler wrote: »

I'm the same with the knife. I don't see why people would use a fork in their left hand? It's not a natural thing to raise food to my mouth with my left! I would probably stab myself!

I can't for the life of me use a skipping rope or a Hula hoop, thankfully I am male so don't have to!

Thats funny I couldn't do those things either for a long time, until I got married.
Now thats all I seem to be doing, jumping through hula hoops and skipping over ropes. I suppose it's the woman you end up marrying....

deadhead13 · 14-04-2010 09:02PM

Aodan83 wrote: »

I can't use a scissors with my left hand. Have to use a nail clippers for the nails on my right hand, because my left is so useless. Can't even cut paper properly if I use my left hand and I have no idea why!!

You're not the only one. Neither can I.

Tail Wagger · 14-04-2010 09:03PM

IvySlayer wrote: »

I can't tie my shoelaces.

+ 1

Lollymcd · 14-04-2010 09:03PM

I can't tell left from right straight away, have to think about it.

**Timbuk2** · 14-04-2010 09:06PM

Oh I'm terrible at the alphabet. If somebody asked me 'What letter is after Q?' I'd have to start the rhyme from the beginning!

Bonito · 14-04-2010 09:07PM

sam34 wrote: »

i'm right handed, but i cannot use a knife in my right hand, just cant get round it

Same with me and one of my aunties. Sorry but a knife in my left hand doesn't feel right. It's as if I have no control over it.

stovelid wrote: »

Do one of those piercing gurrier whistles with two fingers in my mouth.

Same here.

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Believe it is butter.

That's because it's not.

Pherekydes wrote: »

I can't have babies.

Caoimhín wrote: »

I cant sleep.

/rohypnol.

barakus wrote: »

I cant bowl at all.

I mean cannot get one fcukin pin down:mad:

Once stormed out of a bowling alley in sheer frustrated rage leaving the GF standing there wondering what the hell was going on:(

True story?

IvySlayer wrote: »

I can't tie my shoelaces.

Velcro FTW.

Acoshla · 14-04-2010 09:12PM

I can't roll my tongue, I can't click my fingers on my left hand, can't whistle, can't cross my eyes, can't do a head over heels tumble thing (freaks me out to go HEAD FIRST at the ground)....I'm sure there are many more....

stovelid · 14-04-2010 09:13PM

Spadina wrote: »

I can't roll my tongue, I can't click my fingers on my left hand, can't whistle, can't cross my eyes, can't do a head over heels tumble thing

Developing epilepsy would solve a lot of these things for you?

Mint Sauce · 14-04-2010 09:22PM

wolf whistle

bp1989 · 14-04-2010 09:27PM

TMH wrote: »

I can't snap my fingers

I'm not alone!

Little Acorn · 14-04-2010 09:27PM

artanevilla wrote: »

I can move my ears. They also react to sounds in the same way dog's ears do.

Ha Ha, that's hilarious! I can just imagine a person's ears pricking up really high everytime there's a knock at the door.:D

I too am right handed, but use my knife in left hand and my fork in my right, there's already been a few here the same so it's not as odd as I was made believe.

I can't raise one eyebrow at a time.

I can't do this hand jesture that spock did.

http://www.toyboytech.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/spock-hand-gesture1-300x282.jpg

perri winkles · 14-04-2010 09:30PM

Can't roll my tongue

Can't write on a white board, damn left handedness. As I write something, it just get rubbed out as I go along :mad:

14-04-2010 09:30PM

Aodan83 wrote: »

I can't use a scissors with my left hand. Have to use a nail clippers for the nails on my right hand, because my left is so useless. Can't even cut paper properly if I use my left hand and I have no idea why!!

I can't either which is a pain as I'm left handed. It might be the way the scissors is designed?

here we go

Handed' scissors

left-handed (left) and right-handed (right) scissors
Most scissors are best suited to use with the right hand, but left-handed scissors are designed for use by the left. Because scissors have overlapping blades, they are not symmetric. This asymmetry is true regardless of the orientation and shape of the handles: the blade that is on top always forms the same diagonal regardless of orientation. Human hands are also asymmetric, and when closing, the thumb and fingers do not close vertically, but have a lateral component to the motion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors#.27Handed.27_scissors

Back on topic: I can't whistle, except make a sort of pressure cooker sound in one ear-splitting pitch. I've been shown and described and practiced endlessly, I just can't whistle

pearliefan · 14-04-2010 09:33PM

I can't whistle!! I whistled once, when I was six and never again

vicecreamsundae · 14-04-2010 09:38PM

drive
swim
tumble/cartwheel
open things with my teeth [like freezepops]
whistle a tune.[ i can do a one tone whistle.]
the star trek hand thing.

when i was younger i couldnt burp on command, or pop my knuckles.
now i do both like a pro. :cool:

alwaysadub · 14-04-2010 09:40PM

I cant do the eyebrow thing either.

I can't crack my knuckles or any bones voluntarily.

I can't do anything that requires co-ordination with my feet-dancing,skating etc etc.. no matter who's tried to teach me, i just can't get it at all

tech77 · 14-04-2010 09:44PM

I can't get no respect.

Bolag_the_2nd · 14-04-2010 09:51PM

I cant see dead people.

Als76 · 14-04-2010 09:54PM

i cant wolf whistle

donvito99 · 14-04-2010 09:56PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgL2MKfWTo

Damn embedding,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RgL2MKfWTo

sam34 · 14-04-2010 09:58PM

i cant open a bottle of wine

(unless its a screwtop one)

i just always seem to mess up using the corkscrew and end up crumbling bits of the cork into the wine