Stupid human tricks: 10 things most of us can't do

by Bethany Sanders (Subscribe to Bethany Sanders's posts)
Mar 19th 2008 9:15AM

I don't have a lot of special talents, but I can wiggle my ears. According to this post over at Neatorama, that makes me pretty special indeed. (If only ear wiggling were a marketable skill). They've got nine other things that most people can't do with their bodies. If nothing else, it's a fun way to waste a few minutes today. Here are the other nine:

raise one eyebrow
lick your elbow
gleeking
twitch your nose (think Samantha from Bewitched)
touch your nose or chin with your tongue
sneeze with your eyes open
tickle yourself
lift your ring finger when your middle finger is bent on the table
draw a number six while moving your leg in clockwise circles

Can you do any of these?

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The Weakonomist 3-19-2008 @ 9:40PM

I have a double jointed thumb! Other than that I'm plainer than wheat bread.

Wait! I gleak on accident from time to time.

kelly 3-19-2008 @ 11:12AM

Most people don't beleive me, but I am so insanely ticklish that I can actually tickle my own feet.

nsnbsdgb 3-20-2008 @ 10:44PM

i can make a vein pop out my wrist in the form of a bubble

krystiana 3-21-2008 @ 4:05AM

7/10..

i can wiggle my ears
wiggle my nose raise one eybrow
i can tough my chin & nose with my tounge(ohh extra credit..lol)

lift y finger and draw a 6

Judy 3-19-2008 @ 2:15PM

I can raise one eyebrow (but only the left) and I can raise my ring finger while my middle finger is bent on a table.

But I can't whistle worth a crap or do a cartwhell, so there are tradeoffs. :P

Judy 3-19-2008 @ 4:20PM

Apparently I also can't spell.

CartWHEEL. Not cartwhell.

Emma Leigh 3-19-2008 @ 2:33PM

Here are my claim to fame:

*raise one eyebrow
*lift your ring finger when your middle finger is bent on the table
*sneeze with your eyes open

I can also wiggle my ears and whistle through my teeth! Do those count for anything?

Valerie 3-20-2008 @ 11:22AM

I can raise either eyebrow by itself or do that Drew Carrey thing when he raises each one simultaneously. I can also move my ears (and move each one by itself too) After many attempts I did manage to lick my elbow. I can also twitch my nose, touch my chin and my nose with my tongue, sneeze with my eyes open (although i dont recommend doing that), draw a number six while moving my leg in clockwise circles, and lift my ring finger when my middle finger is bent on the table. I cannot however "gleek" and to my dismay whistle. It's odd that i can do these odd things but can't even whistle

Sasha 3-20-2008 @ 12:07PM

I can lick my elbows, and move my left leg clockwise while drawing a 6. But not my right. I'm right handed, so is it supposed to be the other way around or is that normal? you know for being abnormal.

Jennifer 3-20-2008 @ 5:46PM

the left and right sides of your body are controlled by the different halves of your brain. So, when you circle your left leg and write 6 with your right hand, it's a different side of the brain working each part. When you try it with your right leg, it's the same side of the brain and it isn't as easy to control 2 things going different ways

anna 3-20-2008 @ 8:11PM

i bet that you're drawing the six with your right hand, right? while moving you left leg? That's why you can do it--- because your left & left and right&right are connected, not left&right and right&left.

Sasha 3-20-2008 @ 12:10PM

Sasha 3-20-2008 @ 12:12PM

oops sorry for the double post =( it didn't show it went through the first time.

erin 3-20-2008 @ 12:54PM

Im not talented at all but my freind maddie can lick her elbow, and my other friend brad can pick his nose with his tongue...( he can also belly-dance!)

Emily 3-20-2008 @ 12:59PM

I can raise one eyebrow. Actually, I can do each one by itself.
I can lick my elbow.
I'm not quite sure what gleeking is.
I can twitch my nose.
I can tickle myself.
I can lift my ring finger.
I guess I'm an odd person

kayla 3-20-2008 @ 2:26PM

i can shake my eyes back and forth rapidly..it sounds lame but it looks pretty cool!!

michelle 3-20-2008 @ 3:08PM

I can move my ears, touch my nose and chin with my tongue, move my nose in 3 different ways, raise an eye brow, make a flower with my tongue, lick my elbow, move my scalp (i think everyone does that though) and i dont know what gleeking is but i can do it lol and wiggle my toes n move my knee caps...basically everything

indermohan Singh 3-20-2008 @ 9:31PM

I feel kinda special cuz I can actually do many of these

*raise one eyebrow
*twitch your nose (think Samantha from Bewitched)
*touch your nose or chin with your tongue
*sneeze with your eyes open
*tickle yourself

I am not sure what gleeking is so I cant talk abt my talents in that category! lol

Alex 3-20-2008 @ 3:44PM

I can lift either eyebrow, I'm double jointed in my thumb and fingers, I can wiggle my ears, I can make a three leaf clover with my tongue, I can touch my tongue to my chin, and I can lift my ring finger. Oh, I gleek sometimes by accident.