For example, I can neither skateboard nor ice-skate. The first time I ever went on a skateboard I smashed both of my newly-grown adult front teeth out. As an adult my balance is terrible because I had all sorts of issues with my ears as an infant, so that's never gonna work even without the negative first experience. But I can stand on a skateboard, and that's it. As soon as it starts moving, I ass over.
Ice skating is a similar story, balance is bad (once I lose my balance, I can't get it back again) and to be fair, learning to ice skate wasn't a huge priority growing up in Australia. I can walk on ice while wearing ice skates, but I can't skate.
Also I am terrible at spitting, I never got the technique of launching a good loogie. A good mate of mine in high school could knock a fly off a leaf from 10 yards away, he had distance and accuracy. But if I went for any distance, I just ended up with saliva all over the front of my shirt. Can fire a mean snot rocket into the gutter, though.
What simple, unimportant things are you just plain terrible at, and you don't know why?
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Ice skating is a similar story, balance is bad (once I lose my balance, I can't get it back again) and to be fair, learning to ice skate wasn't a huge priority growing up in Australia. I can walk on ice while wearing ice skates, but I can't skate.
Also I am terrible at spitting, I never got the technique of launching a good loogie. A good mate of mine in high school could knock a fly off a leaf from 10 yards away, he had distance and accuracy. But if I went for any distance, I just ended up with saliva all over the front of my shirt. Can fire a mean snot rocket into the gutter, though.
What simple, unimportant things are you just plain terrible at, and you don't know why?
??