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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=09jrc Jay Cox-Chapman]
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[[Students with automotive skills]]
  
===Drive Stick Shift===
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[[Students with body skills]]
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (maniacally)
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[[Students with computer skills]]
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dpr Daniel Rooney] (erratically)
 
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06bwd Brendan Dougherty] (smooth as shit out of a duck's ass)
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==Animal Sounds, etc.==
  
Joe Shoer '06 (that's what she said)
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===Caveman Talk===
  
[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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[[Chris St.Cyr]]
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07jmc Jessica Chung] (She learned in a week.)
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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=08sjp Samantha Peterson] (automatics are for women)
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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=07jyl Janey Waney Lee] (She doesn't even need to say anything.)
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===Cat Meow===
  
[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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Alexa Herlach and she does it often.
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lc Lucy Cox-Chapman](See section 1.1)
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[[Julianne Shelby]] is probably just actually a cat
  
[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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===Burping===
  
[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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Samantha Peterson can burp the alphabet. Backwards.
  
[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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===Unbelievably Frightening Subsonic Beast Voice===
  
[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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[[Neal Holtschulte]]: enter Rangda.
  
===Drive Really Fast In Reverse===
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Liz Bacon can do some scary stuff. She has breathing issues. -Cat Vielma '09
  
[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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==Circus Arts & other amazing feats==
  
===Sweet Jumps===
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===I can ride a unicycle!===
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Alex Ambros (the 1 in 2000 girl)
  
[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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Elissa Brown (was in the same entry as Alex - what's the probability of ''that''?)
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Abby McBride can too!
  
===Change a Tire===
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Bryan Dragon can but doesn't want anybody to know about it.
  
[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 walk on my hands===
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[[Meredith Sopher]] thinks life is more fun upside down
  
===Jumpstart a Car===
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===I can slackline===
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Elissa Brown (shakily)
  
[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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Alex Ambros
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06ljw Leah Joy Weintraub] (but only if you ask nicely)
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Dave Kleinschmidt (if I'm lucky)
  
===Hotwire a Car===
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Evan Bick
  
===Get a Williams Van License -If I Wanted To-===
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Sean McKenzie (anywhere and everywhere)
  
==Oral Skills==
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===I can juggle (balls, clubs, knives, flaming torches, etc.)===
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Alex Ambros (working on passing clubs)
  
===I can blow free-floating saliva bubbles===
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Elissa Brown(see above. We'll get it eventually)
[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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Ben Brooks (I can do everything listed in the title except "etc." Whatever that is...)
  
===I can curl my tongue into a W===
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Jason Ren (I can do everything listed AND Etc. I know what it is)
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller]
 
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]
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Robin Stewart (He's the master)
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09les Leah Shoer]
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[[Jacob Eisler]] '04 says his one of his two major accomplishments in high school was learning to juggle.
  
===I can touch my tongue to my nose===
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==Communication==
[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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Margaret Pigman can read and write braille, and has a braille typewriter! And, and, and! Margaret takes class notes in Braille.
  
===I can tie a piece of string in a knot in my mouth===
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[[Diana Davis]] can write holding a pencil with her toes.
  
[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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[[Jonathan Landsman]] is the fastest two-finger typist there is, and can do so blindly.
  
===I can tie a cherry stem into a knot in my mouth===
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==Impressions==
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[[Joseph Gangestad]] can do an uncanny Gollum (Andy Serkis)
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06dr David Rodriguez]
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Dan Wollin can too.
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (gimme 40 seconds)  
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And Ralph Morrison (rare talent, it seems).
  
===I can remove one/all of my teeth===
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Joe Shoer '06 can do Stitch <s>fairly okay</s> very well.
  
===I can eat iced cream without using my tongue/lips===
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Danny Fischler '06 does a decent Donald Duck scream, but is limited to a rather crude vocabulary.
  
==Manual Skills==
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The entire [[Cross Country Running|cross country]] team imitates Pete Farwell with widely varying degrees of success and/or recognizability.
  
===I can snap my fingers by flipping my wrist===
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==Luck==
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06emm Evan Miller] (right hand only)
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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.
 
 
[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===
 
 
 
[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!)
 
 
 
===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==
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Alex Ambros see above, plus those trippy five and six leaf ones
  
===I can ride a unicycle!===
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==Martial Arts/Small Arms==
Alex Ambros (the 1 in 2000 girl)
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Michael Anthony Del Rio is surgical with a 12 gauge shotgun.
  
Elissa Brown (in the same entry as Alex - what's the probability of ''that''?)
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Andrew Triska '10 learned to fire a handgun at age 4. He has yet to perfect it.
 
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


Contents

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.