Simple things you can't do/don't understand

Zymurgist · 31-12-2015 12:50am

I can't throw with my left hand.... Right hand is fine I can throw a ball for the dog, skim a stone across the top of the water.

Left hand throw just ends up looking like a clumsy mess

blackbox · 31-12-2015 12:56am

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Everything about it is a mystery. The fact that I can't see any value in it kind of demotivates me from trying to figure how it works and what the jargon means.

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Junkyard Tom · 31-12-2015 12:56am

Can't throw darts to save my life.

tom_k · 31-12-2015 12:59am

1. I can't reverse a single axle trailer.

2. I can't tell the difference between Tom Sizemore and Michael Madsen.

In my life thus far, 1. has caused me much more annoyance and embarrassment than 2.

AppleBottle · 31-12-2015 1:03am

I can't pronounce words ending in "ularly" properly, so like "regularly", "particularly"

Peregrine · 31-12-2015 1:03am

Up until recently, I didn't know the difference between V and W. I used to put in Ws for Vs when saying some words. Especially if it's the first letter. Wiolet etc.

osarusan · 31-12-2015 1:07am

Peregrine wrote: »

Up until recently, I didn't know the difference between V and W. I used to put in Ws for Vs in some words. Especially if it's the first letter. Wiolet etc.

Do you come from a central or East European country or something like that?

Quite common to confuse them in that case.

Medusa22 · 31-12-2015 1:08am

Peregrine wrote: »

Up until recently, I didn't know the difference between V and W. I used to put in Ws for Vs in some words. Especially if it's the first letter. Wiolet etc.

Perhaps you're of German descent

fussyonion · 31-12-2015 1:11am

I don't know how to do loads of stuff car-related.

I wouldn't know when or how to change the oil.
How am I meant to know when that's supposed to be done?
I don't know how to change the washer fluid....or where the compartment is.

I don't know how to pop the bonnet open or where my fog lights are.
I shouldn't really be on the roads, I suppose, but my other half takes care of all that.

I rarely get petrol (he does) and when I do, I make sure I drive up to the pump on the correct side and I often have trouble closing the petrol cap.
You have to use a key and turn it at the same time and sometimes I can't close it.

I often wonder how I passed my driving test first time.
If I resat it, I'd fail miserably.
I've never driven on the M50 in my 8 years of driving.

I can't find my way around most of Dublin.
I once asked a guy (while on Trinity Street): "Which way do I go for Grafton Street?", to which he replied: "Are you Irish?!".

I can't get my head around Blanchardstown being on the Northside; somehow I've always thought it was on the Southside.

I cannot cook steak; it's always tough. My other half is fab at cooking steak.

I can't whistle. I can't swim. I can't change a plug. I wouldn't know how to put up shelves.

All in all, I'm hopeless!

Disclaimer: I am female.

Peregrine · 31-12-2015 1:14am

osarusan wrote: »

Do you come from a central or East European country or something like that?

Quite common to confuse them in that case.

Medusa22 wrote: »

Perhaps you're of German descent

Neither but English wasn't my first language. I guess that little piece of basic pronunciation got left behind somewhere along my learning!

Sam Kade · 31-12-2015 1:14am

Ally Dick wrote: »

I don't understand people who suffer from premature ejac.........nevermind......

That's easy, it's all in the mind just think you are doing something else or else choke the turkey beforehand.

cgill · 31-12-2015 1:14am

I can't blow a bubble with chewing gum.

fussyonion · 31-12-2015 1:15am

cgill wrote: »

I can't blow a bubble with chewing gum.

That's cos you're meant to blow bubbles with bubble gum.

Hehe, I nearly typed "...you're meant to blow Buble's".

Sam Kade · 31-12-2015 1:17am

Colser wrote: »

Well I dont do that and no prob with parking spaces but if I meet a car and we cant pass each other I will sit it out and act the brazen bitch but in reality Im ashamed of my zig zag reversing.:pac:

Fair play to you for admitting it

cgill · 31-12-2015 1:18am

fussyonion wrote:

That's cos you're meant to blow bubbles with bubble gum.

Whoops meant to type bubble gum, can't do it either way.

RFOLEY1990 · 31-12-2015 1:18am

I can't tie someone else's tie or shoe laces from the front

Colser · 31-12-2015 1:20am

Zymurgist wrote: »

I can't throw with my left hand.... Right hand is fine I can throw a ball for the dog, skim a stone across the top of the water.

Left hand throw just ends up looking like a clumsy mess

I can skim a stone but if I just go to throw a stone in the water it usually ends up behind me.

wyndham · 31-12-2015 1:22am

fussyonion wrote: »

I can't get my head around Blanchardstown being on the Northside;

It's not. It's West Dublin.

kfallon · 31-12-2015 1:23am

I can't understand how I've eaten so much shíte and drank so much over the last week or so and I've not felt ill once!

koolis02 · 31-12-2015 1:25am

Putting the duvet in the duvet cover

desbrook · 31-12-2015 1:25am

wyndham wrote: »

It's not. It's West Dublin.

Every part of mainland Dublin is northside or southside of the Liffey. Even West Dublin is divided..

Peregrine · 31-12-2015 1:26am

koolis02 wrote: »

Putting the duvet in the duvet cover

I often end up going inside the duvet cover trying to fix the corners.

My last full-body expedition into a duvet cover lasted 10-15 gruelling minutes.

kfallon · 31-12-2015 1:28am

Peregrine wrote: »

I often end up going inside the duvet cover trying to fix the corners.

Is that not what everyone does?

Corkgirl18 · 31-12-2015 1:31am

I have absolutely terrible spatial awareness and find it difficult telling my left from my right so driving with me is always an experience :P

I also have no tickles. Anywhere. People find that weird

Notoldorwise · 31-12-2015 1:37am

Find something on Irish TV channels to watch this Christmas that is acceptable for our kids and ourselves (that isn't a film)

kfallon · 31-12-2015 1:37am

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

I also have no tickles. Anywhere. People find that weird

I have the worst tickles, Christ hate it, if someone tries to tickle me it's like I'm having some kind of seizure trying to wiggle out of it!

maudgonner · 31-12-2015 1:38am

I cannot raise just one eyebrow. It's neither or both - if I try to look quizzical it comes out as surprised or alarmed instead.

My Roger Moore impersonations have suffered terribly

starry_eyed · 31-12-2015 1:42am

fussyonion wrote: »

I don't know how to do loads of stuff car-related.

I wouldn't know when or how to change the oil.
How am I meant to know when that's supposed to be done?
I don't know how to change the washer fluid....or where the compartment is.

I don't know how to pop the bonnet open or where my fog lights are.
I shouldn't really be on the roads, I suppose, but my other half takes care of all that.

I rarely get petrol (he does) and when I do, I make sure I drive up to the pump on the correct side and I often have trouble closing the petrol cap.
You have to use a key and turn it at the same time and sometimes I can't close it.

I often wonder how I passed my driving test first time.
If I resat it, I'd fail miserably.
I've never driven on the M50 in my 8 years of driving.

I can't find my way around most of Dublin.
I once asked a guy (while on Trinity Street): "Which way do I go for Grafton Street?", to which he replied: "Are you Irish?!".

I can't get my head around Blanchardstown being on the Northside; somehow I've always thought it was on the Southside.

I cannot cook steak; it's always tough. My other half is fab at cooking steak.

I can't whistle. I can't swim. I can't change a plug. I wouldn't know how to put up shelves.

All in all, I'm hopeless!

Disclaimer: I am female.

It'll be in your car manual in the glovebox.

Notoldorwise · 31-12-2015 2:00am

fussyonion wrote: »

I don't know how to do loads of stuff car-related.

I wouldn't know when or how to change the oil.
How am I meant to know when that's supposed to be done?
I don't know how to change the washer fluid....or where the compartment is.

I don't know how to pop the bonnet open or where my fog lights are.
I shouldn't really be on the roads, I suppose, but my other half takes care of all that.

I rarely get petrol (he does) and when I do, I make sure I drive up to the pump on the correct side and I often have trouble closing the petrol cap.
You have to use a key and turn it at the same time and sometimes I can't close it.

I often wonder how I passed my driving test first time.
If I resat it, I'd fail miserably.
I've never driven on the M50 in my 8 years of driving.

I can't find my way around most of Dublin.
I once asked a guy (while on Trinity Street): "Which way do I go for Grafton Street?", to which he replied: "Are you Irish?!".

I can't get my head around Blanchardstown being on the Northside; somehow I've always thought it was on the Southside.

I cannot cook steak; it's always tough. My other half is fab at cooking steak.

I can't whistle. I can't swim. I can't change a plug. I wouldn't know how to put up shelves.

All in all, I'm hopeless!

Disclaimer: I am female.

Great post 😆😆
None of us are perfect. If your OH gives you as much credit as you give him, happy days..

Canard · 31-12-2015 2:01am

I never let the oil heat up much before I fry eggs and it's always been fine... But now that I know, if I don't do it I'll mess it up. :pac:

I can't draw at all. I'm actually smart and very good at the things I am good at, but I still draw stick people. I have a really sharp memory for things I've read, very visual like, but if I'm not looking at an image I find it hard to picture it in any real detail. The other day I was thinking of swastikas of all things (no idea why) and realised that if I were asked to draw one, I wouldn't know how! I'm just thankful it's not really a necessary skill to be able to draw, people always think I'm taking the piss :P

Simple things you can't do/don't understand

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