something you cant do vs something you can do

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i cant put up shelves (just crap at practical stuff like DIY) but i can make a pretty website

i cant wink but i can dance fairly well (got good sense of rhythm)

i cant click my fingers but i can remember important dates, numbers and figures

your turn...think something you cant seem to do but most other people apparently can and vice versa

― blueski, Monday, 14 October 2002 10:45 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't whistle. I know Morse code.

― Miss Laura, Monday, 14 October 2002 10:52 (twenty-three years ago)

I could never get the hang of driving. I'm very good at mental addition/subtraction/multiplication etc.

"I can't whistle"

Me neither. Sniff.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 14 October 2002 10:58 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't do mental arithmetic or wink or sing. I can spell and punctuate and roll my tongue.

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:08 (twenty-three years ago)

really, some people can't wink? i never knew.

i can't write my thoughts or opinions down intelligently. but i can skate.

― g-kit (g-kit), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:17 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't wink with my right eye. The left one automatically closes too.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:19 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't go on. I go on.

― Bim pp Marcello Carlin, Monday, 14 October 2002 11:21 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't roll my tongue. I can wiggle my eyeballs.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:29 (twenty-three years ago)

i can't remember anything for more than 4 minutes but i can play the piano

i've forgotten what i was going to say next

― minna (minna), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:32 (twenty-three years ago)

oh yeah!

i can't rollerblade but i can carry 5 plates at once

― minna (minna), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:35 (twenty-three years ago)

ok, 4. but 5 if they're saucers, maybe even 6.

― minna (minna), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:36 (twenty-three years ago)

I can carry a whole pile of maybe 20.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:36 (twenty-three years ago)

i can't rollerblade either, by the way. not that i ever tried. oh, i can put skateboards together and take them apart and shit, too.

― g-kit (g-kit), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:37 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't whistle, but I can count to twenty in Norwegian.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:39 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't do foley art. I can eat cheese.

― Graham (graham), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:41 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't count to 20 in Norwegian, but I can count to 20 in Nepali

― Plinky (Plinky), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Who's to say they're exclusive, Graham? Munch, munch.

I can't touch my toes and keep my legs straight at the same time. However I can do 9 pull-ups in a row.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:46 (twenty-three years ago)

I can cook, sew, and drive (but not at the same time).

I can't whistle either.

― j.lu (j.lu), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:49 (twenty-three years ago)

JUST PUT YOUR LIPS TOGETHER AND BLOW YOU MORONS.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:53 (twenty-three years ago)

You'll make them explode now.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Pfffffffttttttt. Pfffffffffffffffffftttttt. Erm........

― lol p xx, Monday, 14 October 2002 11:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Do you breathe in or blow out when you whistle?

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:58 (twenty-three years ago)

BLOW IN???

― Graham (graham), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:59 (twenty-three years ago)

You can do either, though blowing out is more normal.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:59 (twenty-three years ago)

i can whistle breathing in and out. so skilled! ah, yesh.

― g-kit (g-kit), Monday, 14 October 2002 12:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't whistle either. But I can make owl noises with my hands.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 14 October 2002 12:10 (twenty-three years ago)

just by moving your hands??

― g-kit (g-kit), Monday, 14 October 2002 12:15 (twenty-three years ago)

i can transmute base metals into gold. i can't polish a turd.

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Monday, 14 October 2002 12:33 (twenty-three years ago)

I feel so much better now...my whole life, I thought I was the only person alive who couldn't whistle.

But I can touch my tongue to my nose.

― nory (nory), Monday, 14 October 2002 12:46 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't swim, but I can play table football.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 14 October 2002 17:08 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't write cursive worth a damn. I can make little drippy noises with my mouth.

― bnw (bnw), Monday, 14 October 2002 17:44 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't write about music, but I cam paint a picture

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 14 October 2002 18:01 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't play the guitar, but I can wiggle my ears

I can't do a cartwheel, but I can cook

I can't click the fingers of my right hand, but I can count to ten in Welsh. And Cantonese.

― C J (C J), Monday, 14 October 2002 18:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't give birth, but I can sing German Lieder.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 14 October 2002 18:32 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't suck but i can inhale.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 14 October 2002 19:04 (twenty-three years ago)

I can give advice but I can't take it

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 14 October 2002 22:14 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't play piano well, but I can play piano.

I can read Vergil in Latin, but not Alicia in Terra Mirabili (i need my dictionary, woe is me).

I can't raise one eyebrow at a time, but I can say "where is the vodka" and "i am taking a trolley" in russian.

― Maria (Maria), Monday, 14 October 2002 22:35 (twenty-three years ago)

i can't live but i can post to ilx (sometimes)

― Honda, Tuesday, 15 October 2002 00:31 (twenty-three years ago)

i can roll my tongue 90 degrees to the right but not the left.

i can't drive but i can play the bass line to 'fish' by the Clean.

― petra jane (petra jane), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 01:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I cant ride a bicycle I can cut a mean stencil

― ducklingmonster, Tuesday, 15 October 2002 05:59 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't picture people's faces in my head but I can quote verbatim things people really wish I didn't remember

I can't raise just one eyebrow, but I can dance well whilst being white.

I can't see colours properly but I can avoid major clashes of clothing.

I can't close my mouth fully but I can roll my tongue over

― Sofa King Alternative (Sofa King Alternative), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 11:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Can't hit a 3 pointer but I can shoot skeet.

― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 11:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Wait, you can't close your mouth properly? How does that work?

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 11:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Dental work means that I can get my front teeth to overlap slightly but the only way to get my molars to touch properly is to drag my bottom jaw riiiight back, which looks most odd and doesn't count as properly.

I can stand comfortably with my ankles crossed but I can't get my knees to touch when I stand up straight. I suspect the two are related

― Sofa King Alternative (Sofa King Alternative), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 11:21 (twenty-three years ago)

But I'm like that and I've never had any dental work.

(Maybe I should?)

― Graham (graham), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 12:04 (twenty-three years ago)

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