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Fri Sep-09-05 10:55 PM
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What talent or skill do you possess |
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that you are most proud of? Which one did you believe would be your way to fame and fortune? (Or at the very least a good job, a sexy spouse and the ability to buy all the "toys" you could ever want?)
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Fri Sep-09-05 10:58 PM
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1. I make the Women go OOOOOO AAHHHHHH |
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With out lifting a finger.....
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:13 AM
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:25 AM
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45. Never lift a finger.... |
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but a tongue...
Now that is something we could discuss
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:30 AM
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50. That is DEFINITELY a good talent! |
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:30 AM
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51. So I have been told..... |
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:07 PM
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when I can tie a cherry stem in a knot ... without using my hands
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:14 AM
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12. Like Sherilyn Fenn (as Audrey Horn) in Twin Peaks? |
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:14 AM
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31. That's always handy to have |
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Sure can win a lot of barroom bets with that one! :D
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:25 AM
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43. Darlin' ~ you know you are right! |
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I haven't been winnin' any barroom bets ...
but I perfected the knot in 1969 ...
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:31 AM
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52. A talented tongue comes in handy! |
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:49 AM
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59. Yes, indeed IT does ... |
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did I miss something again... 'See WCGreen's!!' where
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Sat Sep-10-05 08:32 AM
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63. In an answer above yours! |
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Sat Sep-10-05 08:56 AM
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65. I bow to your wisdom ~ hyphenate! |
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:08 PM
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3. I can render allergy meds completely ineffective |
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and increase the profits of tissue companies. (tonight for instance)
I don't usually brag about it tho'.
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:15 AM
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it's hard to earn money off snots unless you own one of those aforementioned tissue companies!
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:15 AM
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:16 AM
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My mom wouldn't be your type: she's 77 and still takes care of a bunch of people.
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:28 PM
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5. When my neck isn't seized up like this, I have a rather nice singing voice |
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:)
I'm also a pretty good artist. :D
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:39 PM
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6. I fancy myself a bit of an artist...I play bass... |
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And I've also been told I'm a good writer.
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:17 AM
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That goes good with a really very old joke:
How do you get into Radio City Music Hall?
Practice, practice, practice!
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:41 PM
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7. I can shotgun a beer quicker than my buddies. |
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That's how I got sick last night.
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:43 PM
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8. Now that's a talent... |
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And it takes days, no hours to develop the right gulping technique....
Welcome to the show.....
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:19 AM
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37. I don't think that counts as a "talent" |
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:44 PM
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9. I can sing "The Rainbow Connection" using the voices of all |
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the major Muppets.
A priceless talent. Meaning no one will pay any price for that kind of talent. ;-)
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:09 AM
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18. i would pay to see that |
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seriously...i would even raid my change stash
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:19 AM
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38. Ah, but it could get you a chance |
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to be on David Letterman's Stupid Human Tricks!
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:48 PM
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10. I can make farting noises with my armpits... |
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:20 AM
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39. See answer to #9! eom |
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:10 AM
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11. Please try this and bear with me –- |
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I hope fellow DUers will try to see if they can do this. Put the tip of your pointer finger of your right hand on the nail of you ring finger of the same hand and then bend your middle finger of your right hand without using your left hand (vice versa for left-handers). I hope this makes sense...
I find that people cannot bend their middle finger while there other 2 fingers are in the aforementioned position. I’ve only met one other person that can do this like me. I found out this “talent” of mine when I was a child.
I would love to get back responses on people who can or cannot do this. :)
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:16 AM
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i seem to be able to bend my middle finger in the scenario you described... :shrug:
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:34 AM
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54. Thanks for the welcome, progmom. |
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That's cool that you can do this too. :)
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:00 AM
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17. OK I managed without problems.... |
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:37 AM
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55. Thanks for the welcome, obxhead. |
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Glad you could do it as well. :hi:
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Sat Sep-10-05 05:18 AM
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26. I share your talent ~ VespertineIconoclast |
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:41 AM
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56. Thanks for the welcome, J_A. |
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It's funny to me that a number of DUers can do this. :)
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:21 AM
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40. Afraid I'm in the majority |
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Sat Sep-10-05 08:02 AM
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You guys actually took the time to follow my directions and respond back. Thank you. :)
Hyphenate -- People usually tell me that when they're trying to bend their middle finger while the other 2 fingers are in position, the muscles in their wrist feel like they are straining... :shrug:
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One year when my school was doing the President's fitness challenge my gym teacher told us the results and that I was the most flexible girl in the school. After some of the reactions I received I don't think he told anybody specifics like that again.
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:13 AM
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70. Thanks for the response. |
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Cool beans that you can do this as well. :) You mentioned your flexibility, can you contort your body?
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:18 AM
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14. I can kill any thread |
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:21 AM
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41. I, too, possess such a talent! |
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:21 AM
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15. I can drink copius amounts of |
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beer without getting sick. Though things do get cloudy!
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:57 AM
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16. I can slam 3 Irish Car Bombs |
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and still ride a unicycle.
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:19 AM
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19. Even though I am from California and have never.... |
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....been to Australia or ever attended a game in person....
...I can understand the strategy and enjoy watching a complete game of Australian Rules Football.
Footy Rules...Go Eagles....
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:22 AM
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42. Well, at the very least |
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you have the chance at a job when we all have to move out of our own country!
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:34 AM
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20. I have a pretty good eye for photography... |
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Can't draw, sing, dance or play a musical instrument, though....
And my photographic abilities don't bring money in...
It COSTS money to do photography! Besides buy all the camera toys!
Anyway, I am retired now, and am not looking to make any more money...
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:25 AM
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44. Yes, you are completely right |
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about photography. I've been a photographer myself since I was a child (had one of those plastic cameras when I was a kid--left it on the back window of the car while on vacation--melted! But couldn't keep it up when I was younger because of the expense. A stock photographer needs to have about 10,000 images in his/her portfolio in order to make money. Now that the world is digital, I might try again!
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:58 AM
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21. I can write pretty well.... I am also freakishly analytical |
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My creativity and ability to think critically make me pretty good at nearly everything I have ever tried.
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:26 AM
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Solid skills to take into the real world. But be warned--many of the red-set of values don't appreciate critical thinking! They prefer you to do your job without questioning the reasons why!
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:59 AM
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22. Well, let's see, there's... |
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Sat Sep-10-05 02:58 AM
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23. I can convert sunlight into energy consuming C02 |
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Edited on Sat Sep-10-05 12:00 PM by TOJ
Shouldn't you be posting at freeperville?
Never mind - I had that backwards.
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Sat Sep-10-05 03:14 AM
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24. I can fix cars.. And just about any problem around the house. |
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I fix stuff.. that is my talent. I do electrical too.
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I could certainly use your talent! My bro's an electrician. I promised him two weeks room and board for vacation if he came and rewired my apartment! It didn't work. :)
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Well, an aspiring one at that. Hopefully, I'll sell a screenplay one of these days. Right now, I'm focusing on a TV show I created. I'd like to shop it around within the next few months.
But I've always been the creative type since I totally suck at anything athletic. :)
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I understand the athletic part perfectly! Even got Cs in high school in Phys Ed!
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:hi:
Hell, I got X's in Phys Ed. I know how you feel.
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:48 AM
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58. I hated it when they made you climb ropes...... |
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I actually got my mother to write me a note excusing me from Wrestling in gym because I felt it was "homosexual in nature."
This was back in 1974.....
Boy was gym boy pissed....
I thought he was going to pull off my neck and piss down my throat the way he looked at me after he read that note....
I got to go to the library.....
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Sat Sep-10-05 05:27 AM
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28. I almost always can tell when someone is lying. |
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and it has served me well, although I frequently am forced to tell friends I told you so when they don't believe me at first.
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to have if you're in Law Enforcement!
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:16 AM
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35. Numchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills.... |
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Sorry. couldn't help it. Writing was always my strongest area. Being a Stay At Home Mom doesn't allow for alot of use of that skill, though.
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:29 AM
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49. Ah, but it can get you |
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free lance work if you persist! Good luck!
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60. Ah but when the coming crash comes... |
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At the very least you won't starve!
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Sat Sep-10-05 08:10 AM
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62. I can raise either eyebrow like Mr.Spock |
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:52 AM
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76. I always wanted to be able to do that! |
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I can do the Vulcan hand greeting, but not the eyebrows!
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Sat Sep-10-05 08:34 AM
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64. I can make people laugh, and I have never wanted fame, fortune, or |
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all the "toys" you refer to. :shrug:
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is a great talent, indeed! I seem to do it all the time, even when I'm trying to be serious. ;)
As far as "fame and fortune" it would be great to go into a profession where your talents came naturally.
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Sat Sep-10-05 10:15 AM
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66. I never lose on Ebay. |
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I ALWAYS win the Ebay last minute bidding face off. I set alarm clocks and plan my day around not missing those final moments.
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:55 AM
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78. I wish I could say that, too |
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But more often than not, I lose a bid because I've forgotten it!
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Sat Sep-10-05 10:30 AM
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67. I am most proud of my beautiful ability |
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to injury myself. Shoulder surgery because a bullshit freak football hit. Twisted knee on a baseball field. Sliding down my stairs and not hurting my tailbone, but my pectoral muscles. Hitting my head on concrete and not getting a concussion, but opening a fridge door on my head, migraine. I am so talented at it that I can cut myself with safety scissors and not with the old fashioned scissors, even if I tried.
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I hope that you have some good health insurance!
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:06 AM
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69. I can run real fast while in a human size hamster ball. |
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That's a really important talent to have! :rofl:
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:14 AM
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71. I'm good a xword puzzles, usually win in scrabble, decent pool shot, |
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I can make people laugh, play the guitar and piano a little bit, and I think I have very good taste in everything (except clothes!)
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:58 AM
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82. Sounds like you cover a good amount of areas! |
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Hope your current job suits them as well!
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:11 PM
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88. Yes it does! I am an office manager in a company of about 20 and I get |
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:17 AM
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73. I have a good sense of humor and I enjoy making people laugh. |
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75. Fairly decent Jazz Player (being born lucky with Perfect-Pitch) Helps. |
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:59 AM
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Perfect pitch is a rare talent that comes in very well for all endeavors. Good luck with your career if it's in music!
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Sat Sep-10-05 03:13 PM
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89. Sometimes I wish my friends didn't know it >>>> |
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Paul: What note was that??!!
Me: Christ..Paul..Alright..You farted an Eb :)
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all of them. If they ever have a carnival game decathalon at the Olympics, I'll be Bruce Jenner, only with my original face. No money in it, but it's pretty good for impressing the babes.
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:00 PM
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I'll be back tomorrow--heading out for an overnighter and some fun! Be good while I'm gone! :D
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within a quarter-tone. I have the ability to hear a song once and be able to play it back, nearly note-perfect.
Unfortunately this hasn't transformed itself into fame an fortune, yet. But it's a lot of fun impressing drunks at parties with it.
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