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'''Don't be shy.''' Can you do something that other people find useful, entertaining, or impressive? Don't hide it under a bushel! Instead, post here. Put your proficiency in parentheses. Add new categories and skills as appropriate.
 
'''Don't be shy.''' Can you do something that other people find useful, entertaining, or impressive? Don't hide it under a bushel! Instead, post here. Put your proficiency in parentheses. Add new categories and skills as appropriate.
  
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This page was getting pretty big and hard to navigate/read/edit, so it's broken into categories. Consider this the "Miscellaneous Skills" section.
  
==Automotive Skills==
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See also:
  
===Can't Drive Stick Shift===
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[[Students with language skills]]
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lc Lucy Cox-Chapman]
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[[Students with automotive skills]]
  
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[[Students with body skills]]
  
===Drive Stick Shift===
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[[Students with computer skills]]
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (maniacally)
 
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dpr Daniel Rooney] (erratically)
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==Animal Sounds, etc.==
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty] (smooth as shit out of a duck's ass)
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===Caveman Talk===
  
Joe Shoer '06 (that's what she said)
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[[Chris St.Cyr]]
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07kfm Katie Montgomery] (could drive anything from a '82 Toyota Tercel to a forklift, or so she believes)
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===Dog Bark===
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Danny Fischler barks at cars, beeping alarms, and squirrels with nice legs.
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung] (She learned in a week.)
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[[Jono Dowse]] barks back at dogs that chase him on runs; they retreat in fear.
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjp Samantha Peterson] (automatics are for women)
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===Cat Meow===
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jyl Janey Waney Lee] (She doesn't even need to say anything.)
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Alexa Herlach and she does it often.
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ljw Leah Joy Weintraub] (In her other life, she actually is a race car driver.)
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[[Julianne Shelby]] is probably just actually a cat
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09jrc Jay Cox-Chapman](See section 1.1)
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===Burping===
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hmh Helena Harnik] (I have two driving licenses, one for each side of the road. Yeah that's right- I can use either hand to shift. That makes me 2x more stick-savvy than everyone else)
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Samantha Peterson can burp the alphabet. Backwards.
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (Only ever driven stick-shift, now I just wish I could drive on the right side of the road)
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===Unbelievably Frightening Subsonic Beast Voice===
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08amr_2 Anne Royston '08] (can shift from both driver's and passenger's seat; working on backseat)
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[[Neal Holtschulte]]: enter Rangda.
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07mse Matthew Earle '07] (Double-clutch downshifts saves wear on synchros, but may have caused the expensive timing chain misalignment he just had fixed)
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Liz Bacon can do some scary stuff. She has breathing issues. -Cat Vielma '09
  
===Drive Really Fast In Reverse===
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==Circus Arts & other amazing feats==
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dsf Danny Fischler] once pulled a k-turn, maxing at around 20mph, across the width of a freeway entrance.  With [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06rmb Becky frickin' Burditt] in the back seat.  Ca-raaaaaazy.
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===I can ride a unicycle!===
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Alex Ambros (the 1 in 2000 girl)
  
===Sweet Jumps===
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Elissa Brown (was in the same entry as Alex - what's the probability of ''that''?)
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Abby McBride can too!
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] likes to go as fast as he can when he sees speed bumps and likes to think he gets an inch or two of air in his 2-ton SUV every time.
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Bryan Dragon can but doesn't want anybody to know about it.
  
===Change a Tire===
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===I can walk on my hands===
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[[Meredith Sopher]] thinks life is more fun upside down
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez '06] has changed more than his fair share of tires and learned that salt+rust will effectively glue a wheel onto the axle. Solution? Wedge the flat edge of your hubcap-removal tool into the jammed area and whack the crap out of it with a hammer. Eventually, if you're lucky, that wheel will pop right off.
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===I can slackline===
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Elissa Brown (shakily)
  
===Jumpstart a Car===
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Alex Ambros
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez '06] has also had his fair share of car jumpstarts and knows not to connect the black plug to red and red plug to black. If you do, you will blow the battery fuse in your fusebox and burn out some expensive component in your car. Through his learning processes, he found just how costly it is to replace the stock amp that powers your stereo.
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Dave Kleinschmidt (if I'm lucky)
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ljw Leah Joy Weintraub] (but only if you ask nicely)
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Evan Bick
  
===Hotwire a Car===
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Sean McKenzie (anywhere and everywhere)
  
===Get a Williams Van License -If I Wanted To-===
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===I can juggle (balls, clubs, knives, flaming torches, etc.)===
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Alex Ambros (working on passing clubs)
  
==Oral Skills==
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Elissa Brown(see above. We'll get it eventually)
  
===I can blow free-floating saliva bubbles===
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Ben Brooks (I can do everything listed in the title except "etc." Whatever that is...)
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty]
 
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (I can catch it, too)
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Jason Ren (I can do everything listed AND Etc. I know what it is)
  
===I can curl my tongue into a W===
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Robin Stewart (He's the master)
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller]
 
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]
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[[Jacob Eisler]] '04 says his one of his two major accomplishments in high school was learning to juggle.
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09les Leah Shoer]
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==Communication==
  
===I can touch my tongue to my nose===
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Margaret Pigman can read and write braille, and has a braille typewriter! And, and, and! Margaret takes class notes in Braille.
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty]
 
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lc Lucy Cox-Chapman]
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[[Diana Davis]] can write holding a pencil with her toes.
  
===I can tie a piece of string in a knot in my mouth===
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[[Jonathan Landsman]] is the fastest two-finger typist there is, and can do so blindly.
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] thinks this is child's play. The real challenge is getting a cherry stem into a knot in your mouth.
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==Impressions==
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[[Joseph Gangestad]] can do an uncanny Gollum (Andy Serkis)
  
===I can tie a cherry stem into a knot in my mouth===
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Dan Wollin can too.
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]
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And Ralph Morrison (rare talent, it seems).
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (gimme 40 seconds)
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Joe Shoer '06 can do Stitch <s>fairly okay</s> very well.
  
===I can remove one/all of my teeth===
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Danny Fischler '06 does a decent Donald Duck scream, but is limited to a rather crude vocabulary.
  
===I can eat iced cream without using my tongue/lips===
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The entire [[Cross Country Running|cross country]] team imitates Pete Farwell with widely varying degrees of success and/or recognizability.
  
==Manual Skills==
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==Luck==
 
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Lisetta Shah can find 4-leaf clovers pretty much just by looking down at the ground for a couple seconds, and sometimes without even that much effort.
===I can snap my fingers by flipping my wrist===
 
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (right hand only)
 
 
 
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (both hands)
 
 
 
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09jrd Jonathan Dahlberg] - amzingly well
 
 
 
===I can pull my fingers back to touch the back of my hand===
 
 
 
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jgc John Chatlos] can.
 
 
 
==Other body skills==
 
 
 
===I can dislocate my...===
 
 
 
===I can dislocate your...===
 
 
 
==Computer Languages==
 
 
 
===Perl===
 
 
 
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06cks Kai Steverson] (competent)
 
 
 
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (wizardly)
 
  
===Java===
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Alex Ambros see above, plus those trippy five and six leaf ones
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dpr Daniel Rooney] (disgusting)
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==Martial Arts/Small Arms==
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Michael Anthony Del Rio is surgical with a 12 gauge shotgun.
  
===Mathematica===
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Andrew Triska '10 learned to fire a handgun at age 4. He has yet to perfect it.
 
 
[[Daniel Klein '06|Daniel Klein]] (is too a real language)
 
 
 
[[Joe Shoer '06]] (it's my thesis, and I can do more with it than the math nerds can)
 
 
 
[[Laura Effinger-Dean '06]] (I make pretty pictures for my thesis!)
 
 
 
===Ruby===
 
 
 
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (the scripting language of choice)
 
 
 
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07rb Ronit Bhattacharyya] (the only language I can grok)
 
 
 
===PHP===
 
 
 
==Feats of Strength==
 
 
 
===I can benchpress my own weight in bad Christina Ricci movies===
 
 
 
==Circus Arts & other amazing feats==
 
 
 
===I can ride a unicycle!===
 
Alex Ambros (the 1 in 2000 girl)
 
 
 
Elissa Brown (in the same entry as Alex - what's the probability of ''that''?)
 
 
Abby McBride can too!
 
 
 
Bryan Dragon can but doesn't want anybody to know about it.
 
 
 
===I can slackline===
 
Elissa Brown (shakily)
 
 
 
Alex Ambros
 
 
 
===I can juggle (balls, clubs, knives, flaming torches, etc)===
 
Alex Ambros (working on passing clubs)
 
 
 
Elissa Brown (see above. We'll get it eventually)
 
 
 
===I can swallow... (list object below)===
 
 
 
It's only a matter of time until [[Daniel Klein '06]] makes a joke about [[Your Mom]] here.
 
 
 
==Foreign Languages==
 
 
 
==Other Ways of Writing English==
 
 
 
===Braille===
 
 
 
Auyon Mukharji knows braille. :.:.:.:: : :: : .. ::. He just said "Auyon's mom is a fox".
 
 
 
Margaret Pigman
 
 
 
==Foreign Object Tricks==
 
 
 
==High Velocity Carbon Training==
 
 
 
==Luck==
 
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lds Lisetta Shah]
 
can find 4-leaf clovers pretty much just by looking down at the ground for a couple seconds, and sometimes without even that much effort.
 

Latest revision as of 00:13, June 1, 2019

Don't be shy. Can you do something that other people find useful, entertaining, or impressive? Don't hide it under a bushel! Instead, post here. Put your proficiency in parentheses. Add new categories and skills as appropriate.

This page was getting pretty big and hard to navigate/read/edit, so it's broken into categories. Consider this the "Miscellaneous Skills" section.

See also:

Students with language skills

Students with automotive skills

Students with body skills

Students with computer skills


Animal Sounds, etc.

Caveman Talk

Chris St.Cyr

Dog Bark

Danny Fischler barks at cars, beeping alarms, and squirrels with nice legs.

Jono Dowse barks back at dogs that chase him on runs; they retreat in fear.

Cat Meow

Alexa Herlach and she does it often.

Julianne Shelby is probably just actually a cat

Burping

Samantha Peterson can burp the alphabet. Backwards.

Unbelievably Frightening Subsonic Beast Voice

Neal Holtschulte: enter Rangda.

Liz Bacon can do some scary stuff. She has breathing issues. -Cat Vielma '09

Circus Arts & other amazing feats

I can ride a unicycle!

Alex Ambros (the 1 in 2000 girl)

Elissa Brown (was in the same entry as Alex - what's the probability of that?)

Abby McBride can too!

Bryan Dragon can but doesn't want anybody to know about it.

I can walk on my hands

Meredith Sopher thinks life is more fun upside down

I can slackline

Elissa Brown (shakily)

Alex Ambros

Dave Kleinschmidt (if I'm lucky)

Evan Bick

Sean McKenzie (anywhere and everywhere)

I can juggle (balls, clubs, knives, flaming torches, etc.)

Alex Ambros (working on passing clubs)

Elissa Brown(see above. We'll get it eventually)

Ben Brooks (I can do everything listed in the title except "etc." Whatever that is...)

Jason Ren (I can do everything listed AND Etc. I know what it is)

Robin Stewart (He's the master)

Jacob Eisler '04 says his one of his two major accomplishments in high school was learning to juggle.

Communication

Margaret Pigman can read and write braille, and has a braille typewriter! And, and, and! Margaret takes class notes in Braille.

Diana Davis can write holding a pencil with her toes.

Jonathan Landsman is the fastest two-finger typist there is, and can do so blindly.

Impressions

Joseph Gangestad can do an uncanny Gollum (Andy Serkis)

Dan Wollin can too.

And Ralph Morrison (rare talent, it seems).

Joe Shoer '06 can do Stitch fairly okay very well.

Danny Fischler '06 does a decent Donald Duck scream, but is limited to a rather crude vocabulary.

The entire cross country team imitates Pete Farwell with widely varying degrees of success and/or recognizability.

Luck

Lisetta Shah can find 4-leaf clovers pretty much just by looking down at the ground for a couple seconds, and sometimes without even that much effort.

Alex Ambros see above, plus those trippy five and six leaf ones

Martial Arts/Small Arms

Michael Anthony Del Rio is surgical with a 12 gauge shotgun.

Andrew Triska '10 learned to fire a handgun at age 4. He has yet to perfect it.