What's the cleverest thing you understand or know how to do?

KatanaDV20 · 28 Dec 2011 at 00:19

I can fly small airplanes

(FAA PPL single & multi-engine)

But I gotta say - anyone on here can do it, saw all sorts learning

fifiov said:
I can speak/read/write chinese..

Nice! Thats one language I would like to learn - conversational I mean, I doubt I could master the script! But just knowing the basics to hold a low-level conversation (ask directions etc) would be neat! Lessons are pricey tho

Vonhelmet · 28 Dec 2011 at 00:40

I understand a good chunk of the UK's corporate tax regime.

bertboy13 · 28 Dec 2011 at 00:43

I can count in Binary on one hand and I know why C++ and C# are named with those symbols. That's about it, but I'm sure over the next 3 years I will learn everything I need to know about computing.

picktooth · 28 Dec 2011 at 00:46

A gibraltese backhander.

joxang · 28 Dec 2011 at 01:01

awaybreaktoday said:
Calculate the death rates from a 100Megaton Nuclear explosion on both the north and south poles....

If that includes penguins and polar bears then that's might impressive

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PermaBanned · 28 Dec 2011 at 01:58

KatanaDV20 said:
I can fly small airplanes

(FAA PPL single & multi-engine)

But I gotta say - anyone on here can do it, saw all sorts learning

How does flying in a simulator compare? I don't mean in terms of the actual experience, but in terms of what you learn. If somebody had spent dozens of hours in a sim would it be relatively easy for them to jump into a light aircraft and just get on with it?

Justintime · 28 Dec 2011 at 02:08

Can dissassemble any bit of electronics such as TVs/laptops etc.. and reassemble/repair it, fault find electronics or just replace broken bits etc.. even if i've never seen the model before. It is my job though.

Cunning linguist too apparently, though i'm no good with actually getting women.

Apparently i shift gears exceptionally smoothly and can really work a car (told this by two track instructors) Though i've never considered myself an ace driver. I did figure how to operate a clutch at an early age and my uncle was shocked that i had never driven before the first time i drove a car at 12 as i apparently knew what i was doing.

I'm a crack shot, no idea how and i've fired about 6 guns in my life and had exactly 6 sessions ever, all in one holiday once in the Caribbean.

I'm otherwise a shy and rather boring person.

[FnG]magnolia · 28 Dec 2011 at 02:23

Ask me about doing an amazing trick ("It's an illusion, Michael") with loaves and fishes.

I'm also quite good at making $40m hospital wings appear.

Dandaman · 28 Dec 2011 at 02:32

I can spit about 2ft down towards the ground and bring it back up into my mouth

Philtor · 28 Dec 2011 at 05:21

Dandaman said:
I can spit about 2ft down towards the ground and bring it back up into my mouth

Great skill Dandaman. You will go far my friend :confused:

Daze · 28 Dec 2011 at 05:48

Box of 6 Mensa puzzles in under 10 minutes...
I'm only 17, I'm not really sure what the cleverest thing that I can do is, I'd say it has all still to come.

JonJ678 · 28 Dec 2011 at 06:02

I understand that physics is unknowable, not only to me, but also to everyone else. That's not a cheerful thought, however recognising it with certainty takes some cunning.

On a less abstract note, I've got a pretty clear idea how gas turbines work.

SexyGreyFox · 28 Dec 2011 at 07:45

Lightnix said:
Also I'm starting to be able to learn things by ear on the guitar, a skill I always used to consider the result of some kind of magic.

I did that magic for 35 years until Guitar Pro came out.

Cosimo · 28 Dec 2011 at 08:56

denby said:
Write binary Code

.... and decode binary/hex streams. I'm a dab hand at talking in hexadecimal as well.

lotus7 · 28 Dec 2011 at 09:09

joxang said:
I can stick a tube into your heart via your jugular. Though admittedly I've only done it once...

Not if I`m awake, you can't.

boxman2000 · 28 Dec 2011 at 10:01

I can sew my fingers together, double joint my fingers, know every word to Scatman, never lose an arm wrestle and have the ability to get discounts on most goods purchased apart from food/drink.

jordan282 · 28 Dec 2011 at 10:10

I counted to infinity

twice

domthecondom · 28 Dec 2011 at 10:17

doing tricks on a plank of wood with metal trucks and wheels

Megahurtz400 · 28 Dec 2011 at 10:29

E=mc^2 probably

Megahurtz400 · 28 Dec 2011 at 10:29

boxman2000 said:
I can sew my fingers together, double joint my fingers, know every word to Scatman, never lose an arm wrestle and have the ability to get discounts on most goods purchased apart from food/drink.

ALL HAIL OUR NEW KING!