My version of Stupid Human Tricks, I suppose?
I can curl my tongue in any direction. Not just in a curl but sideways to the left and the right. I never knew this wasn’t something everyone can do. It seems so simple to me.
My older sister has synesthesia. She also never realised it wasn’t something everyone did! She sees names or words in colour. That is pretty damn awesome. And a shock to realise it isn’t how everyone else sees the world.
I can wiggle my baby toe, or pinkie toe, independent of the rest of my toes. It was way easier before I broke both my pinkie toes (one to tripping while being quite drunk and barefoot, one to a horse that trod on me). Both in the same 6-month span of time, too.
Maybe another odd thing about me is that that I’ve never had another broken bone. Mine are quite strong, despite all my clumsiness and my willingness to throw my body anywhere as a child.
What brought this on is something I’d like to know if anyone else can do.
I can wiggle my ears – but I can also make my eardrums vibrate. I’m going to sound quite insane here, maybe: I definitely, habitually, pin my ears back, like a dog or cat, when I am not happy with the situation. I can push that movement a little more and I hear a wind-like sound in my ears.
Not sure what exactly I am doing, muscularly? I can do it at will. I can wiggle my ears without making the sound, or I can wiggle and make the sound.
Anyone else? I know hubby can’t do any of it from tongue to ear. I’d love to know if anyone else can do my same thing. Or if not, what can you do that it seems others cannot?
heretherebespiders 
I do something like that too. I can generate a clicking sound inside my ears without any apparent movement and I’ve always been able to do it. In the school orchestra I used it to beat time. If someone else puts their ear up to mine, they can hear it. I just have no idea what I am actually doing, and I know stuff about muscles.
Ooo, that is pretty neat. Your own built in metronome!
I never thought to ask if anyone else could hear my judder.
Can you choose the tempo? Is it all under your control?
Entirely. I can syncopate, or do only the left ear, etc.
You have good control of your tongue? *Insert obvious rude joke here* B-)
I have one for you. I am tetrachromatic… As in I can see slightly into the ultraviolet spectrum.
Ooooo! What is that like, and how did you find out that not everyone saw the same as you?
When I was in school I did the colourblind test and I was quite bad… while we were taking about it I told him that I could see quite well in the dark.
He them asked me a few questions and I went to an eye specialist and he did some tests…. And then I found out why whites sometimes are too bright.
Oh… And I used to be able to tell which clothes detergent people used by how their whites would glow.
Some detergents used uv enhancers to improve the whiteness. To me it made them glow.
Are you colourblind too? Are they linked? That is pretty damn neat, a good skill to have!
Yes. I am colourblind. Reds and greens but I don’t think they are related. I only relate them because one found the other.
It sounds like you have animal-eyes instead of human ones!
Lol.
Well… considering we are animals anyway. B-)
I knew you were special and had talents, but I had no idea how much. 🙂 Sadly to answer your question I have no abilities, hidden or not. Hugs
If they are hidden, how would you know? Hahaha
🙂 Hugs
I have no talent or skills. I’m just lucky to get out of bed and not break something. Or maybe that is my talent, I can fall off of flat ground or dances with ladders. 😉
She Who Trips on Air!
That’s me!
I can roll my tongue right and left, and actually turn it all the way over. I have a more acute sense of smell than anyone I know. I can make my scalp move backwards and forwards independently of my head movement, wiggle my ears, see words and smells in colour, and finally, my fingers are so double jointed I can braid them. If you want to see a photo of what I mean, let me know and I’ll email it to you! I confess it, I am only just human…
Pretty sure my scalp moves with my ears, too! So jealous of the synesthesia, it just sounds so cool.
I’m good with the fingers! Your hands don’t need the abuse 🙂
My hands don’t mind at all, but the effect has been known to gross people out. To me, the synesthesia seems totally normal. I find the sense of smell the most useful – I rarely have to use a timer for things in the oven, I can smell smoke a million miles off, and I can smell when something’s gone off before anyone else. Oh, it’s useful for the good stuff too, but it’s a great early warning system 🙂
Oh yes! Hubby has what I consider a useless nose, despite its size! (Hahah it’s a thing with me, I seem to be attracted to big-nosed men). He brings me the bacon that has been out of date for a month to see if it is okay. And if I’m baking? The nose knows!
I’ve actually seen people do something like that with fingers. But now I’m curious – go on!
OK, I’ve just taken some with my phone, I’ll email them over in a minute. Two of braided fingers, and one of me bending just the top joints of my fingers.
Hahah oh yes! I had an ex who could do that backward fingertip bend thing, too! He looked like a horror movie monster coming to get me as he was also 6 foot 3in!
I must be very boring because I have no special peculiarities. About the only thing I can do is make my jaw crack by moving it sideways – but this could just be old age! 🙂 You seem to be full of ‘special effects’ Spiders!
Thanks! I think Kate has me beat, however! I can’t do the jaw thing, so that qualifies! Hope it doesn’t cause you trouble at the dentist.
I wonder if it’s connected to neck pain!
Hmm, don’t know. It sort of sounds like TMJ. I have a friend whose jaw clicks when she eats. Quite hard to get used to having a meal with her!
I’ll have a read about TMJ 🤓😀
don’t read about it. a lot of us are scaird enuff awlreddee ~
Wow so talented! I can do none of those things. Like Kate though I have a pretty good nose though sometimes that can be liability as I can find strong smells irritating especially if not natural, like washing powders.
I am a super-smeller, too – my big hate is cologne or perfume! Or scented deodorant on my own body. Yuck!
I can roll my tongue and touch it to my nose. That’s about it.
It counts! Thanks for sharing!
you gots lotsa interesting weird attributes. the person who sees into the ultraviolet? THAT’s verrrrry interesting (I was able to do that when under the influence of psychotropics, “back in the ’60’s/early 70’s”). and the metronome thing — just as some musicians have perfect pitch, perhaps you’re equally as unique with perfect timing!
I did my psychotropics in the late 80’s early 90’s 🙂 Now I just drink, as I don’t live in Colorado or Oregon!
Sled with the metronome ears is a HUGE opera fan. Now I have to ask if she ever clicks her eardrums in time to anything she is listening to. Mine is just the same hum every time. Must remember to ask my doctors if they can see it shiver.
I’m trying to learn bass guitar – will see if I can keep a beat at all… Thanks for coming to my little place!
our “little group” can’t keep a bass … (hmmm)
I suppose after thinking about it for a couple of minutes if nothing comes to mind it means I don’t have a unique ability similar to what we’re talking about here. I still haven’t learned to blow a bubble with bubble gum. No physical talents that are unique. I’m fairly good with trivia but mentioning that seems trivial. 🙂
Ha! Good one. Fairly quick-witted, too!
I think: that just as the “tongue-rolling-thing” is, indeed, genetic — that is why “sports” and I can’t blow gum-bubbles. and i’ll venture: that he also can’t trill the “RRRRR”s as it’s done in espanglisch and similar langwages ~
Guilty as charged. I have no RRRRR’s to offer…sad. 🙂
Yeah, it seems odd to me as some Irish words do require a roll, and hubby can do those (mostly). But trill or purr? Nope. I’m trying to do a follow up post, but need more info from outside sources. On hold for the moment.
Ah. Yes. Hubby cannot make a purr sound with his tongue. I have a hypothesis to test – hope you come around to answer my very unscientific survey!
R “sports” ‘n I test-subjugateds?
Amongst others!
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I don’t know if you watched a recent vlog of mine but I can do weird things with my fingers 🙂