Can you?

[Christine_0701]

Can you...

...pat your head and rub your tummy?

...rub your head and pat your tummy?

...For this one, i'll explain it very well. Sit at a table/desk with a piece of paper in front of you. Start swinging your left foot in a circle about the size of a plate, going counterclockwise. now, while still swinging your leg, try to both write and print the word Tennessee

...i just remembered this one: can you spin your arms in a circle...each arm going in opposite directions? (one rotating forwards, one backwards?)
it took me 2 years to master this one!! lol

[cheshire-cat]

I can already take an educated guess and tell you that I'm probably not coordinated enough to do this but I'll give it a shot. ;)

[cheshire-cat]

Not too bad. I can do the head rubbing and tummy patting, tummy rubbing and headpatting ones fairly well but that third one didn't work out for me. :D

[Christine_0701]

i can't do the 3rd one either. it's supposed to be impossible, but i know 3 people who CAN actually do it lol

[cheshire-cat]

it took me 2 years to master this one!!

2 years!!! Yeesh! I can kind of do that one but it's going to take alot of practice (maybe three or four years worth?).

[Christine_0701]

well..granted, i kept forgetting about it, then i'd remember and try for a half an hour, and kept messing up....then forget for 3-4 months again lol

[kittymao]

can you-

roll your tongue ( bonus if more than once! )

pick a penny up with your toes ( more of dextrous thing!)

put your foot behind your head?

[Christine_0701]

yes, yes (and i can write my name too!!...well, and other things) and no

[gwensmom]

I can do all of Christine's things! I live in TN so I write it all the time and can do it with my foot swinging.

I can roll my tounge. I used to be able to to put my foot behind my head but i'm too old now. Penny with the foot- dunno and too lazy to try.

[Christine_0701]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Oct 25 2003, 05:58 PM
Penny with the foot- dunno and too lazy to try.
lol. i pick up all sorts of things with my feet lol. much easire than bending over ;)

[kittymao]

exactly, christine. :blink:

[Christine_0701]

lol. yesh. it is, however, not easier to write my name with my feet


this reminds me..there's this guy that came to my school when i was in gr. 10

he has no arms, and he can:
drive, play the piano, drums and trumpet, eat, etc. with his feet. it's really cool
oh, he can write very legibly too lol

[Christine_0701]

now i have an odd question:

if you do pick things up with your feet (and/or write with them):
which foot do you use predominantly?

is that the same as your hand?

i'm a rightie, but i usually use my left foot

[kittymao]

Same, I use my left. I think it's cause my right leg is stronger, and can hold me up better than my left.

I've tried to write, but can't seem to hold the paper and I wind up writing too big.
And that guy is cool! I'd love to know someone that could do that.

[Christine_0701]

my foot-writing is worse than a kindergarteners!!!

my leftie writing is about grade 2 level lol...maybe even grade 3 :o i'll be ambidextrous yet!!

[dorsia]

So far I can do all of the challenges here. Not sure where the challenge is on the Tennessee one, but maybe I use a different part of my brain to write or something, heehee. And I think I use each of my feet about the same for picking things up (and I'm lazy enough that I do that a lot ;) ).

[avataurus6]

i'm a lefty, i can do all the tricks, i use my feet alot to pick up small toys and things around the house and throw them towards (dont always make it) the toy box. i crochet right handed because i taught myself according to righty instructions when i was a kid, shoot pool right handed, dont know why, maybe the left eye strength. cant hardly write at all right, i think i could if i didnt feel such a drag across the paper. i can do it on a blackboard because base of hand doesnt touch.
heres a really neat trick, and it is easier on a black board but you can try it on paper:

take something to write with in each hand and simultaneously (starting with hands together at a center point) write your name. right will be written correctly moving frm center to the right and your left will write backwards from center to left, creating a reverse mirror image of your name. B) i've heard of this being used as a diagnostic tool for......uh....cant remember what exactly...maybe someone else knows, maybe brain hemisphere dominance or balance???


heres a neat exercise, christine, if your goal to become ambi, is more brain oriented than to just be able to write with non-dominant hand Tibetan Paradox Exercise (http://www.rainbowbridgecoalition.org/ExpandedBridge/SpiritusSanctus/TibetanExParadox.html) theres some good info too about full brain use.

[Christine_0701]

Originally posted by avataurus6@Oct 25 2003, 11:05 PM

take something to write with in each hand and simultaneously (starting with hands together at a center point) write your name. right will be written correctly moving frm center to the right and your left will write backwards from center to left, creating a reverse mirror image of your name. B) i've heard of this being used as a diagnostic tool for......uh....cant remember what exactly...maybe someone else knows, maybe brain hemisphere dominance or balance???


probably dyslexia


if it is, then i think i'm slightly....i did my d, e and a backwards for each hand lol

[Christine_0701]

thanks for the site!! it's really cool. i can do step one really good, but not step 2 right now lol

[Cuilanië]

I can do the rub-and-pat thing with either hand, either way. I've practiced a lot (VERY useful, now that I think of it... <_< )
I can write Tennessee while swinging my foot in a counter-clockwise circle if I time my pencil strokes with the rhythm of the circles.
I can swing my arms in opposite circles, too - it's a classic gym exercise...

I can roll my tongue in any direction you care to name, and make a tube with it, too (not everyone can do that, apparently)
I pick up things with my feet, I've also used them to open doors when my hands were full... Not sure which foot I use more, though. The right, I think.

Oh, I forgot - I can touch both feet to my head, but can't quite put them behind it. I'm working on it, though. :)

I've never really tried writing with my feet...


Question - can you wiggle your ears? I can't. If I concentrate, I can feel the muscles I need to use, but can't quite manage it.

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

I am not good at tricks. I can't do anything that anyone mentioned in this post. Rats.

[Christine_0701]

aww!! is there any you can do, that we can see if we can do them?

[speedo]

i can do evrything except roll my tongue. the arm circles one took me 5 min to learn. :)

[Christine_0701]

Cuilainë, i can't wiggle my ears...but I know someone who can lol

[Christine_0701]

Originally posted by speedo@Oct 31 2003, 09:56 AM
i can do evrything except roll my tongue. the arm circles one took me 5 min to learn. :)
hehe...now I just feel dumb

[Christine_0701]

ok, i thought of another challenge.... stand next to a wall, with your right side touching the wall...every point should be touching....shoulder, hip, knee, foot

now, slowly try to raise your left foot off the floor

[Christine_0701]

speaking of ambidextrism yes that's a word because i said so how ambidextrous are you? (http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~jwo/lj/quiz/dex.html)

[kittymao]

I got an f--.
weeird.
What was I doing wrong?


did it again and got a b.
howzat work!?

[Christine_0701]

i dunno...Penny got that too, so don't feel too bad

[AlienSpy]

I did it 4 times. First got an F, then a B+, an A- and an A.

Julie

[AlienSpy]

Tried it for a 5th time and got an A+! Woohoo :D

Julie

[Dalmaney]

I got an F--. I alway knew I had no dexterity.

[Christine_0701]

Originally posted by AlienSpy@Nov 14 2003, 05:29 PM
Tried it for a 5th time and got an A+! Woohoo :D

Julie
lol!! isn't it exciting to get that A+?

although I got the A+ on my first try

[Christine_0701]

there's gotta be some people who haven't answered this yet...

[Death_Or_Aldona]

oh yeah...i remember trying this! and yes, i could do it (don't know why i chose not to tell you i could...)

[Christine_0701]

lol! yeah, I was reading a post of mine from last year, and don't even remember why I said what I did :P

[Christine_0701]

can you raise one eyebrow and not the other?

[Death_Or_Aldona]

no...not even a bit.

i can only wink my left eye.

can you wink both eyes? (not at the same time silly...that would be blinking...)

[Christine_0701]

yes i can

[Jacey]

I can raise both eyebrows independently, and I can wink with both eyes. I cannot however, roll my tongue....and the right side to the wall, lift the left leg thingie...NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I just tried to get my kids to do it, and they can't either so I don't feel so bad.

Now, they say it's impossible, but I have a son who can do this...can you lick your own elbow?

[Christine_0701]

inside, yes, outside, no