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LouM
Beginner August 2007

Things you can't do

LouM, 16 December, 2008 at 15:28

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Not had one of these for a while. I can't burp. I have tried, believe me, but I just can't. My friend can't click her fingers- again, I've shown her how, but its just an absolute impossibility for her for some reason. ? What can't you do? And will somebody please explain to me how I can make myself...

Not had one of these for a while.

I can't burp. I have tried, believe me, but I just can't.

My friend can't click her fingers- again, I've shown her how, but its just an absolute impossibility for her for some reason. ?

What can't you do?

And will somebody please explain to me how I can make myself burp, as it would make hangovers and upset stomachs a whole lot easier to bear. ?

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  • S
    Sparkly Boots ·
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    Ooh yes, I can't put flat pack furniture together either. I think it's a perception thing, I just can't make the pictures relate to the pieces in front of me.

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  • spot
    Dedicated September 2007
    spot ·
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    I can't click my fingers either. I think it's something to do with the size of them but I don't think so.. Very irritating.

    I also cannot do the girlguide/scout salute as whenever my little finger and thumb are touching, my index finger bends and I cannot straighten it at all. This is the same for both hands but my right hand is worse..

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  • Lillythepink
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    Another non-whistler here.

    I can belch on command though. Not an entirely wasted youth...

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  • N
    Beginner September 2008
    nutfluff ·
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    I can't roll my r's or raise a single eyebrow (although everyone else in my family can).

    I also can't understand why football fans think that kicking in shop windows and the like will change the outcome of a match. Or, for that matter, why the result of any football match will have an impact on the life of anyone not actually playing in (or directly associated with, eg team manager) one of the teams in said match.

    Hate it when people look at me like I've just dropped out of the sky when in response to the question 'are you watching the England match tonight' I say no. 'But it's ENGLAND'. So? How will it affect me? Except of course if England loses and the resulting kicking in of shop windows and the like impedes my journey home.

    Sorry. Turned into a bit of a rant there. I can't understand the hysteria...

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  • N
    Beginner September 2008
    nutfluff ·
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    If you hold your hands out in front of you, palms down, and flex your thumbs (so they are 90° to your hands IYSWIM), the one that forms the shape L is left. That's how I learnt to tell! After I discovered (while driving in France) that the way I used to tell left from right is if you have to cross traffic to turn off, you're turning right. Except when you're in France - that can cause huge arguments ??

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  • M
    Beginner March 2009
    merry doaky ·
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    I can't whitstle, but I can wolf whistle with my fingers in my mouth.

    I can't click with my left fingers but I can with my right (I'm left handed)

    I can't make pancakes, they never work out. I can cook/bake anything else but not pancakes.

    I can't blow my nose, when I try it makes my nose become blocked and sore.

    I can't pronounce the word soldier, it always sounds like I am saying shoulder.

    I can't burp on demand only after drinking really fizzy juice.

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    I can't touch my toes.

    I've never been able to do a cartwheel, or climb a rope (the ones in gym at school!)

    I could never do the hurdles properly either.

    But I can still do a "crab" where you lie on your back and lift yourself up on your hands and feet - and I can do a perfect handstand - perhaps I am just better at "upside down" things????

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  • M
    Beginner March 2009
    merry doaky ·
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    Oooooh Bobby,

    I can't do any of those either, not even a hand stand.

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    Sandie ·
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    I can't whistle with two fingers.

    I can't do a tie up.

    I can't stay of my pc for longer than half an hour when I am home

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    Hickory ·
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    Do you think it sounds like 'shoulder' because that's what you're actually saying? ?
    My niece can't pronounce soldier either. Or ambulance.

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  • Old Saint Nick Esq.
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    See I know that. I know I write with my right. My watch is on my left wrist, my sigent is on my right hand. My right leg is the one with the steel in it.

    Still pause long enough to check when someone gives me a direction though.

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  • Zo�
    Beginner July 2009
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    I have the same problems with left and right

    I can't blow my nose

    I can't click with my left hand

    I am terribly cack handed and cant use a knife properly

    I can't wink, when I try both eyes close and H laughs at me

    Lots of other things I can't do as well

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  • J
    Beginner May 2003
    Janna ·
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    I can't burp either! I agree, it would be wonderful to when I've had a lot to drink. The full wind feeling makes me retch.

    My friends think I must have an extra valve or something ?

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  • Rusty the Clown
    Rusty the Clown ·
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    Me neither! In fact, I am very jealous of those who can.

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  • Hugo Brambles
    Beginner August 2002
    Hugo Brambles ·
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    I can't do a sit up or anything that requires stomach muscles which I don't think I have. I can remember in PE class I was the only one who couldn't do a sit up and even when I was a gym bunny and super fit and toned I still couldn't!

    I can't do handstands/cartwheels/bridge etc and couldn't even as a child.

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  • digitalskittles
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    I can't use scissors, everything goes wonky.

    I can't slice things with a knife, H has to come and slice food if need or it is either in large chunks or random shapes.

    I can't sew, thank goodness for wonder web!

    I can burp on demand though, I have yet to find a use but one day...

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  • Spamboule
    Beginner October 2008
    Spamboule ·
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    I can't raise my left eyebrow but can raise my right one

    I can't write & talk at the same time (although to be fair when I have to do this for work I have to write something different to what I'm saying)

    I can't draw. I'd love to be artistic

    I can't apply mascara with my mouth closed ?

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    Walk in heels. Once upon a time I could, albeit really, really badly. Now I can't at all - arthritic toe and ganglion/onging problems from an injury to my left foot over a year ago. I can't stand on tip toe with my left foot either.

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  • LizBjk
    Beginner May 2007
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    I can't touch my toes.

    I can't do a cartwheel.

    If I'm cutting something just using using a knife I use my right hand. But no matter how hard I try, I can only eat and cut my food up with the folk in the right hand and knife in the left.

    I'm a crap drawer.

    I can't walk in heels.

    I'm also a shocking singer. The rejects on x-factor have nothing on me.

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  • Rache
    Beginner January 2004
    Rache ·
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    I can't click my fingers, or whistle, or make an owl noise with my hands, or do a headstand (although I'm working on the latter after a mere two years of yoga).

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  • monkey fingers
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    I can't

    • Fart (could for a while, but had to be on myside with legs up at my chest)
    • Tell left from right
    • read maps
    • raise right eyebrow
    • eat cucumber I haven't seen be sliced
    • eat off cream crockery
    • give blood
    • do the whistle with fingers thingy
    • look at fast moving objects without pain in the bridge of my nose

    That should do for now

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  • digitalskittles
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    I can't draw either, rea;;y wish I could.

    I am also terrible at wrapping presents, you can tell by looking at presents which ones are from me as they are a mess.

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    Cant burp

    Cant wink

    Cant dive

    Cant signal when riding a bike - I fall off

    Cant see those magic eye thingies

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  • auldlangsyne
    Beginner May 2010
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    I can't do the 8 times table, and i refuse to believe i'm the only one.

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  • Mrs Cee
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    Mrs Cee ·
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    I can't get on facebook!! what am I supposed to do now, no more cyber stalking!!

    I can't tell my left from my right either which probably helps that I can't drive otherwise I would be getting very lost!

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  • princess layabout
    Beginner October 2007
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    I can't throw, or catch.

    See my feet past my heowge boobs [sob]

    walk in heels. Any heels, that is. If shoes aren't completely flat I manage to turn my ankles in them. Bah.

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  • amandam
    Beginner March 2005
    amandam ·
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    I can't tell my left from right either - I'm the worst person to ask for directions!!

    I can't click my fingers

    I can't use a knife with my right hand, has to be my left

    I can't swim - my feet just stayed glued to the bottom of the pool

    i can't watch a tv programme if I havent seen the beginning

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  • deliciousdevilwoman
    Beginner November 2007
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    I can't:

    whistle

    wink

    do a cartwheel or handstand

    dive

    juggle

    raise one eyebrow

    cut properly with scissors

    hoola with a hoop

    draw

    read maps

    tie bows-I do it the kids way

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  • Orly Bird
    Beginner April 2007
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    D'you know - I never used to be able to raise one eyebrow until this year. I was gettting ready in the bathroom, when I realised that I was doing it, without thinking. I found it's not about raising the eyebrow, it's about tensing the muscles and letting your eyebrow relax.

    Would love to be able to whistle with my fingers, and use the phone with my right ear. (Hearing somewhat screwed). According to Mr Orly, I can't say the work Dalek properly either. ?

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  • Shiny
    Rockstar September 2005 Cambridgeshire
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    I read this as ankles. It gave a very interesting mental image!

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