Things you were crap at as a kid
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Things you were crap at as a kid
I was doing what most 50 somethings do at some point and was reminiscing about childhood days.
I came to the conclusion I was shit at virtually everything
Couldn't :
Swim
Juggle
Do Rubiks Cube
Skip solo
Boomerangs didn't come back
Handstands
Cartwheels
Pogo stick
I was 14 when I learned to ride a bike
Tie Shoe laces (can't do that now cos I'm too fat)
See what's in those Magic Eye pictures.
Set the timer on a cooker
Roller skate.
Blow bubbles with bubble gum
Whistle
Spontaneously burp.
Skate board
Surf
I came to the conclusion I was shit at virtually everything
Couldn't :
Swim
Juggle
Do Rubiks Cube
Skip solo
Boomerangs didn't come back
Handstands
Cartwheels
Pogo stick
I was 14 when I learned to ride a bike
Tie Shoe laces (can't do that now cos I'm too fat)
See what's in those Magic Eye pictures.
Set the timer on a cooker
Roller skate.
Blow bubbles with bubble gum
Whistle
Spontaneously burp.
Skate board
Surf
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Re: Things you were crap at as a kid
A lot of these seem pretty generic and the sort of thing most or at least lots of people wouldn't have been able to do. Though I certainly nailed riding a bike way before you.
Did they even have those Magic Eye pictures back when you were a lad?
Did they even have those Magic Eye pictures back when you were a lad?
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Re: Things you were crap at as a kid
GOO point about the Magic Eyes the may have come out in the early nineties and I was approaching 30 but I have always been a big kidGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:50 pm A lot of these seem pretty generic and the sort of thing most or at least lots of people wouldn't have been able to do. Though I certainly nailed riding a bike way before you.
Did they even have those Magic Eye pictures back when you were a lad?
I was crap at etch a sketch too
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Re: Things you were crap at as a kid
Have you ever met anyone who wasn't crap at etch a sketch?
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Re: Things you were crap at as a kid
Very few.Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:56 pmHave you ever met anyone who wasn't crap at etch a sketch?
Although one kid at school could do a perfect circle
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Re: Things you were crap at as a kid
How many kids did you know that could juggle, or surf? You might as well include paragliding and scoring century breaks in snooker.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 6:46 am I was doing what most 50 somethings do at some point and was reminiscing about childhood days.
I came to the conclusion I was shit at virtually everything
Couldn't :
Swim
Juggle
Do Rubiks Cube
Skip solo
Boomerangs didn't come back
Handstands
Cartwheels
Pogo stick
I was 14 when I learned to ride a bike
Tie Shoe laces (can't do that now cos I'm too fat)
See what's in those Magic Eye pictures.
Set the timer on a cooker
Roller skate.
Blow bubbles with bubble gum
Whistle
Spontaneously burp.
Skate board
Surf
Out of the whole list, I could only do four of them (and even that requires me to be a bit flexible with the conditions required for me saying I could do them).
Handstands and cartwheels I could never do (since I used to have very poor muscles). I could, however, do the splits (and was still capable of doing so in to my teen years, albeit with a lot less frequency because of the risks attached).
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Re: Things you were crap at as a kid
Not sure how you equate juggling and surfing with scoring a century at snooker.
Maybe your definition of a kid is different to mine.
I was thinking under 16.
I have been to Cornwall as a kid and saw some kids surfing.
My sister could juggle in her early teens and she wasn't especially talented (No Ronnie O Sullivan)
Maybe your definition of a kid is different to mine.
I was thinking under 16.
I have been to Cornwall as a kid and saw some kids surfing.
My sister could juggle in her early teens and she wasn't especially talented (No Ronnie O Sullivan)
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Re: Things you were crap at as a kid
Okay maybe I slightly exaggerated, but I really don't think that the majority of kids are capable of juggling (and I'm talking actual juggling, not just tossing balls between hands very slowly - admittedly an activity I haven't even mastered as an adult).Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 12:23 pm Not sure how you equate juggling and surfing with scoring a century at snooker.
Maybe your definition of a kid is different to mine.
I was thinking under 16.
I have been to Cornwall as a kid and saw some kids surfing.
My sister could juggle in her early teens and she wasn't especially talented (No Ronnie O Sullivan)
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Re: Things you were crap at as a kid
By juggling I mean 3 tennis balls/large Oranges.Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 12:38 pmOkay maybe I slightly exaggerated, but I really don't think that the majority of kids are capable of juggling (and I'm talking actual juggling, not just tossing balls between hands very slowly - admittedly an activity I haven't even mastered as an adult).Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 12:23 pm Not sure how you equate juggling and surfing with scoring a century at snooker.
Maybe your definition of a kid is different to mine.
I was thinking under 16.
I have been to Cornwall as a kid and saw some kids surfing.
My sister could juggle in her early teens and she wasn't especially talented (No Ronnie O Sullivan)
Im not referring to flaming swords and the like
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Re: Things you were crap at as a kid
Yeah, most people can't juggle. It takes a particular effort to learn and most people don't do it.
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Re: Things you were crap at as a kid
If I look at the ones people can do it might be quicker.
I think most children can skip to some extent. Most learn to swim but with very differing levels within that. 14 is quite late to learn to ride a bike. Whistling takes some effort to learn. Most children probably manage it at some point. Most children will learn to tie shoelaces though at varying ages. Setting the timer on a cooker probably just takes a minute of trial and error.
Pogo sticks are just something you read about in old books. Not convinced they really exist. Like slide rules.
I think most children can skip to some extent. Most learn to swim but with very differing levels within that. 14 is quite late to learn to ride a bike. Whistling takes some effort to learn. Most children probably manage it at some point. Most children will learn to tie shoelaces though at varying ages. Setting the timer on a cooker probably just takes a minute of trial and error.
Pogo sticks are just something you read about in old books. Not convinced they really exist. Like slide rules.
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Re: Things you were crap at as a kid
I have seen some very good pogoers on the you tube
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Re: Things you were crap at as a kid
Meh, I'm not great at it, but it took me five minutes to grasp the basics.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 1:23 pm Yeah, most people can't juggle. It takes a particular effort to learn and most people don't do it.
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