Special Talents?

[kintaris]

(Unfortunately) I excel in lying, eavesdropping, and stealing. I really hate being good at those.

No you don't. You're literally lying right now, aren't you?

 

[Not-here-anymore]

I can fake a foreign accent really well. To clarify: I can't speak English with an American accent, but I can speak it with an accent that Swedes will think sounds American. The most important part is talking quickly, rolling the r[small]s[/small] and using expressions they won't be familiar with.

you can also squeeze batman into any thread, no matter how tangential it may be to the discussion! Don't forget that, it's a talent!

Holy hentai on a helicopter, that's the second person who's noticed my catchphrase "One word: Batman." and tendency to mention him!

'Holy Hentai on a Helicopter'? Adam West would be proud of you. Hell, I'm proud of you, and I don't have anything else to base that on.

Special talents... I'm pretty damn intelligent, I can read at a much greater pace than anyone I know, I have an almost encyclopaedic memory (there's a lot of stuff up there, most of it useless. But I remember a lot of things. No, I don't mean eidetic.), and my metabolism is insane.
To clarify that last one: I can eat whatever the hell I want without getting fat, go however long I want without exercise and not be unfit, I never get ill, and I recover from injuries at a ridiculous rate. There's a small chance I may be Wolverine, only without the bone claws (or the canadian-ness)

Oh, and I can wriggle my ears.

I'm less proud of my talent in lying. Although it usually backfires, as I can convince myself of the veracity of my own lies quite easily too.
And it appears that my brother and I now suffer sympathetic pains. On a number of occasions we've somehow suffered the same pain whilst at opposite ends of the country. Coincidence takes the piss sometimes.

 

[UberMore]

*Overly-posh-confident-incredibly-dramatic-to the point of bored-English-Accent*
I'm good at excuses and a cover story, being able to come up with them extremely quickly, even besting the best of Secret Police and Telepaths.
I can read quite fast, to the point of setting the words on fire, but lately I've been using an incredibly vivid imagination and reading more slowly as to fully enjoy and experience the rich literary tapestry woven before me.
I'm a master of sarcasm and all other forms of wit, even to the point of befuddling the most astute of Oxford scholars and Scotland Yard Interrogators.
I'm a terrific voice actor and able to copy any accent given enough time to learn all the inflections et cetera, usually mastered in less than 4 minutes, 3 and a pinch if there is Gin available.

But my greatest skill is to impose confidence and cocky-ness to the point of scaring the mighty Grizzly, when really I'm just a nervous and confused wreck.
*coughs*

OT: the only "talant" I've been made aware of is my ability to relate, empathize and provide a solution to emotional problems. And I don't even think I'm all that good at it. Not to the point of "special".

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

I'm versatile with my voice, and I can contort myself without causing too much bodily harm. I'm also quick at learning how to play instruments.

 

[Berethond]

I can fake a foreign accent really well. To clarify: I can't speak English with an American accent, but I can speak it with an accent that Swedes will think sounds American. The most important part is talking quickly, rolling the r[small]s[/small] and using expressions they won't be familiar with.

But... Americans don't roll rs.

 

[deathninja]

I've got an excellent sense of rangefinding, up to a few hundred yards. Only really useful for Archery, Airsoft and Warhammer though

 

[xXAsherahXx]

I can fake a foreign accent really well. To clarify: I can't speak English with an American accent, but I can speak it with an accent that Swedes will think sounds American. The most important part is talking quickly, rolling the r[small]s[/small] and using expressions they won't be familiar with.

We don't roll any letters to my knowledge, sometimes we skip a letter in a certain word though.

 

[Broken Boy]

When I was younger I had a talent for stealing. But I haven't tested that in years.

 

[Wing Dairu]

Give me a task. Chances are, I can perform it. I pride myself on being a jack-of-all-trades.

 

[New York Patrick]

I have three talents:

1. I play high level guitar fairly well, and express genuine prowess in musical theory and application
2. I have a detailed long term memory (although a fuzzy short term attention span hey look a puppy...)
3. For a while I was ambidextrous. That was fun...

 

[Cain_Zeros]

Reading upside down comes as naturally to me as reading normally. Now, obviously I'm not about to flip a book over and read it all the way through upside down, but for finding quick little things, it's incredibly useful.

 

[Skeptic]

Incidentally, while I do the same sometimes I also seem to have the ability to pretend to know everything with only a bit of background reading. Like I have never read a single book I did not personally want to in school and still managed to get good grades for the related work.

That's called bullshitting and it's a noteworthy talent. Incidentally, I fancy myself being a good bullshitter too when the only way out of a sticky situation is provided by a nice, steamy pile of bovine excrement or in a more casual, social situation when a dollop of turd is just means to show off my ability to memorize useless information, impress other wouldbe bullshitters or to provide some general lulz.

 

[no oneder]

I can name every one in a human body.

I know how to make my own paper.

 

[Ziggy109]

I'm an alright artist. [http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/3375/nightelf3.jpg]

 

[johnsom]

Third degree Black belt in cynicism. Never sneak up on me.

 

[Queen Michael]

I can fake a foreign accent really well. To clarify: I can't speak English with an American accent, but I can speak it with an accent that Swedes will think sounds American. The most important part is talking quickly, rolling the r[small]s[/small] and using expressions they won't be familiar with.

We don't roll any letters to my knowledge, sometimes we skip a letter in a certain word though.

I can fake a foreign accent really well. To clarify: I can't speak English with an American accent, but I can speak it with an accent that Swedes will think sounds American. The most important part is talking quickly, rolling the r[small]s[/small] and using expressions they won't be familiar with.

But... Americans don't roll rs.

Hm... Reading your posts gave me a feeling[footnote]a feeling deep inside, oh yeah... oh yeah...[/footnote] that "rolling your r[small]s[/small]" doesn't mean what I think it means. What I mean is to pronounce the r[small]s[/small] in the American way rather than the Swedish way. The American way is, as far as I can gather, to press your tounge against the part of your palate that's pretty far back in your mouth, while the Swedish way is to press it against a part of your palate that's closer to your teeth.

 

[Betancore]

I can do a lot of things really quickly. Like speaking, typing, writing, reading and apparently thinking. I also play double bass. This isn't really a special talent, but no one else does it. It's about as rare as the goddamn bassoon. I also have this strange ability to spend all my money without knowing what I bought.

 

[Cazza]

I'm really good at arguing. I can pick my opponent weak point. I use reason right down to childish lame insults. I rarely lose one.

 

[Mr Fixit]

I can make my ears wiggle. i'm full of useless facts, but i can talk about pretty much anything & bs my way through it on random knowledge....

& for some strange reason everyone i know thinks i have the answer to or i can fix any problem, i don't know if thats a talent or not....

I play bass a little, but i'm really out of practice. Oh i'm pretty damn good at fixing cars.

I think thats about it, don't know if any of that is a special talent or not, but whatever...

 

[Trivun]

I have the ability to think of the weapon in literally anything. I could turn a teacup into a weapon (just smash it and use it as a knife), or a plastic bottle (shove it down someone's throat to choke them). I also have a strange ability to be able to think in dialogue, I can come up with entire stories and screenplays for my film-making group or theatre group at university by thinking of possible conversations between characters (though I'm not so good at writing descriptive stuff...).