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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.
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==See also:
===Drive Stick Shift===[[Students with language skills]]
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller[Students with automotive skills]] (maniacally)
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dpr Daniel Rooney[Students with body skills]] (erotically)
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty[Students with computer skills]] (smooth as shit out of a duck's ass)
Joe Shoer '06 (that's what she said)
[http://wso==Animal Sounds, etc.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07kfm Katie Montgomery] (could drive anything from a '82 Toyota Tercel to a forklift, or so she believes)=
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung] (She learned in a week.)==Caveman Talk===
[http://wso[Chris St.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjp Samantha PetersonCyr]] (automatics are for women)
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jyl Janey Waney Lee] (She doesn't even need to say anything==Dog Bark===Danny Fischler barks at cars, beeping alarms, and squirrels with nice legs.)
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ljw Leah Joy Weintraub[Jono Dowse]] (In her other life, she actually is a race car driver.) (So she has problems making right turnsbarks back at dogs that chase him on runs; they retreat in fear.)
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lc Lucy Cox-Chapman](Better than her brother)==Cat Meow===
[http://wsoAlexa Herlach and she does it often.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09jrc Jay Cox-Chapman](Worse than his sister)
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07hmh Helena Harnik[Julianne Shelby] (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)] is probably just actually a cat
[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) (by which I mean the left side of the road)==Burping===
[http://wsoSamantha Peterson can burp the alphabet.williamsBackwards.edu/facebook/view?unix=08amr_2 Anne Royston '08] (can shift from both driver's and passenger's seat; working on backseat)
[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)==Unbelievably Frightening Subsonic Beast Voice===
[http[Neal Holtschulte]]://wso.williamsenter Rangda.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] (Including sketchy old truck clutches)
===Drive Really Fast In Reverse=== [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. ===Sweet Jumps=== [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] likes to go as fast as he Liz Bacon 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. ===Change a Tire=== [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. ===Jumpstart a Car=== [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. [[Jonathan Landsman]] (who's been zapped) [http://wsoscary stuff.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ljw Leah Joy Weintraub] (but only if you ask nicely) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] === Parallel Park === [[Jonathan Landsman]], native New Yorker, She has parked in spots so tight that getting in and out depended on using room provided by nudging cars parked in front and behind, counting on the flexibility of their shocks. His record in Williamstown was set when moving into his [[Morgan#East|Morgan East]] room for the [[Summer 2004|Summer of 2004]], when he parked at the top of [[Spring Street]], leaving enough room on either end of the car to fit one finger, but not two. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] is also a native New Yorker and often takes it upon himself to giggle at the non-city folk that have such a tough time parking in huge spots on Spring Street. ===Hotwire a Car=== ===Get a Williams Van License -If I Wanted To-=== ===Get Parking Tickets === ===Demolition=== ==Oral Skills== ===I can blow free-floating saliva bubbles===[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) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] Sara Carian ===I can curl my tongue into a W===[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09les Leah Shoer] ===I can touch my tongue to my nose===[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty] [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lc Lucy Cox-Chapman] ===I can tie a piece of string in a knot in my mouth=== [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. ===I can tie a cherry stem into a knot in my mouth=== [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]  [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (gimme 40 seconds) ===I can turn my tongue so it's vertical instead of horizontal=== [[Diana Davis '07]] ===I can remove one/all of my teeth=== ===I can eat iced cream without using my tongue/lips=== ==Manual Skills== ===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 [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] ===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== ===Ear Tricks ===Katie Montgomery can move her ears independently of one another.  Margit Sande-Kerback '05 can wiggle her earsbreathing issues. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez] can wiggle his ears, but he can only move his left ear independent of his right, not vice-versa. ===I can dislocate my...=== [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09bro Bonnie O'Keefe] can dislocate her right hip. === I Can Get a Cool/Rare/Weird Disease === Seth Brown Cat Vielma '01 (scurvy) ==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) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08jwc_2 Jing Cao] (kind of) ===Java=== [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dpr Daniel Rooney] (disgusting) ===Mathematica=== [[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!) [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06nsy Nick Yates '06] (Pretty spirals! Ooh!) [[Diana Davis '07]] (I'll isoperimeterize you!) ===PHP=== [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07yfh Young Hahn] (godly) ===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 most beautiful language ever) ===Python=== [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] (the scripting language of choice) ===C=== [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon]  ===Assembly Language=== [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] (kind of...) ===WC237 Microcode=== [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06tfv Travis Vachon] (well, at one point at least...) ===Befunge=== Steve Winslow '04 Brent Yorgey '04 ==Feats of Strength== ===I can benchpress my own weight in bad Christina Ricci movies===09
==Circus Arts & other amazing feats==
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 swallowdo everything listed in the title except "etc." Whatever that is... (list object below)===
It's only a matter of time until [[Daniel Klein '06]] makes a joke about [[Your Mom]] hereJason Ren (I can do everything listed AND Etc.I know what it is)
==Foreign Languages==Robin Stewart (He's the master)
==Other Ways [[Jacob Eisler]] '04 says his one of Writing English==his two major accomplishments in high school was learning to juggle.
===Braille=Communication==
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07am Auyon Mukharji] knows Margaret Pigman can read and write braille. :.:.:.:: : :: : .. ::. He just said "I hate you all", and has a braille typewriter! And, and, and! Margaret takes class notes in Braille.
[http://wso.williams[Diana Davis]] can write holding a pencil with her toes.edu/facebook/view?unix=07mcp Margaret Pigman]
===With other digits===[[Jonathan Landsman]] is the fastest two-finger typist there is, and can do so blindly.
==Impressions==[[Diana Davis '07Joseph Gangestad]] I can write by holding a pencil in my toes.do an uncanny Gollum (Andy Serkis)
==Foreign Object Tricks==Dan Wollin can too.
==High Velocity Carbon Training==And Ralph Morrison (rare talent, it seems). Joe Shoer '06 can do Stitch <s>fairly okay</s> very well. Danny Fischler '06 does a decent Donald Duck scream, but is limited to a rather crude vocabulary. The entire [[Cross Country Running|cross country]] team imitates Pete Farwell with widely varying degrees of success and/or recognizability.
==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. 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.
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