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... any skill/talent in the world, what would it be and why?
(nb. NOT super power :p)
I'm having a toss up between singing and being a super dooper awesome magician. I think... I would have to have a wickedy woo singing voice (Alanis Morisette styley so I could belt them out if needs be or go all soft and moochy) as I could always learn to be a super dooper magician in time.
Reason being? I would love to sing in a band. Nothing particularly big time as such (although I guess that could be fun...but not sure I'd like all the hype around it) but just nice little acoustic evenings in bars and pubs. I love music muchos, so it would be nice to be able to join in and not sound like a banshee. Also I enjoy making people happy and I think music makes many peoples happy :)
Briggykins
28-04-2009, 08:18
If I could have had it since birth, then proper football skills. If I were to acquire it now, I'd probably go with some sort of Derren Brown style skill, just because it'd be fun.
AboveTheSalt
28-04-2009, 08:27
Ski the whole mountain
http://www.chamonixchalet.info/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/steep_ski.jpgps - sadly that is not me :'(
Best F1 driver in the world. Stupid money for a skill thats only 5% down to you if you win or not come race day. Very little chance of injury that will put you out of action compared to say a footballer. You travel the world and you only have to work one weekend in three on average throughout the year.
Women chuck themselves at you no matter how ugly you are.
All for $50 million a year.
I'd like to know how to professionally play the piano.
BB x
If I was younger then, say about 10, then footballer. At this point in my life, I have no idea, something that could make me a fair bit of money but didn't mean I was famous.
If I was younger then, say about 10, then footballer. At this point in my life, I have no idea, something that could make me a fair bit of money but didn't mean I was famous.
Drug dealer?
Sing. I've always wanted to be able to sing well.
If I was a kid, I'd have liked to have played football well too. I know I'm the wrong gender to earn millions from it, but I'd still have really enjoyed being able to!
Otherwise, I think I'd like to play the guitar or piano well :)
Languages, the ability to travel the world and able to talk with anyone you meet would be awesome, also a skill that could go on to help many others by translating for groups etc.
Full on martial arts knowledge/reactions - the kind that lets a 70-year old white-haired man take down three rugby players. The kind where you know someone has dedicated their life to a certain discipline.
NokkonWud
28-04-2009, 12:52
Be Bon Jovi.
A WRESTLER. /me thwaps Nokkon with a tin dustbin
Snuggle Ferret
28-04-2009, 13:49
Ballet
Actually scrub my last idea, I'd like to be able to write and have the imagination of a bestseller writer.
Davey_Pitch
28-04-2009, 15:30
I'd like to be either a world class footballer, or a world class poker player. Either of them would be nice.
Failing that, I wish I could have thought of Harry Potter before Rowling did. That money would be quite nice :D
NokkonWud
28-04-2009, 15:42
I'd like to be either a world class footballer, or a world class poker player. Either of them would be nice.
Failing that, I wish I could have thought of Harry Potter before Rowling did. That money would be quite nice :D
I still don't quite understand why Harry Potter, and now, to a degree, the Twilight series are so big. Sure, they're quite nicely written, but what separates those from all the thousands of other books that just don't make it?
Not that I'm jealous... ;).
But yeah, to be someone like Messi or Ronaldo would be amazing, certainly more so than being someone like Drogba or Torres, because Messi and Ronaldo are in a league of their own for skill... to be able to do that would be amazing.
A lot of it is right place, right time. Same with the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. There was a glut of pirate movies in the early-mid 90s, then nothing. Suddenly there was a revival. Expect more pirates in 15 years time!
Play like Van Halen.
Corrected, now get that mullet grown, get in that spandex and JUMP!
If I could have had it since birth, then proper football skills. If I were to acquire it now, I'd probably go with some sort of Derren Brown style skill, just because it'd be fun.
surely it would be to burp?
I'd like to have greater gift of the gab, more precisely the 'gab' pertaining to blagging skills. Why? so I could barter down prices, teach better lessons and save time and effort when reporting on kids. This would give me more free time to relax, and hone my other l33t skillz0rs.
A lot of it is right place, right time. Same with the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. There was a glut of pirate movies in the early-mid 90s, then nothing. Suddenly there was a revival. Expect more pirates in 15 years time!
In true phones-4-U styley...
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH! YEEEeeeeeeeeH! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!
surely it would be to burp?
I'd like to have greater gift of the gab, more precisely the 'gab' pertaining to blagging skills.
I can haz that!! Is this why you are Marrying I?! :p ;D
*just got told off by pheebs for choosing a mundane skill* :'(
Ok.. I chose to be able to... shut out pheebs' voice from my ears for periods of time. ;D;D;D.
Ok now seriously...
I wish I had awesome skills in guitar... I think it would be therapeutic and satisfying. I try and practice now and then, but not nearly enough to make any progress.
Stan_Lite
28-04-2009, 18:14
I would like to be able to remember and recall at will everything I've ever experienced - i.e. everyhing I've ever seen, heard, felt, smelled, read, learned etc.
Kell_ee001
28-04-2009, 19:09
Would be something creative like sing, dance or play a musical instrument :)
I'd like to be able to know when people expect me to remember stuff. ;)
NokkonWud
28-04-2009, 23:30
Oooh, Derren Brown-esque skills would be good.
*now remove all your clothes*
I'd like to be able to know when people expect me to remember stuff. ;)
I'd like to not be a mum to a 37yr old when I am only 23 ;)
I'd like to be able to make people listen and understand!!
Oooh I'd love to be able to sing and not scare the cats away when I do ;D
Here we go. I'd like to be able to remember people's names first time :(
NokkonWud
29-04-2009, 10:42
Here we go. I'd like to be able to remember people's names first time :(
Mine's Egon.
Like in Ghostbusters, COOL! :D
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