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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.
  
 
This page was getting pretty big and hard to navigate/read/edit, so it's broken into categories. Consider this the "Miscellaneous Skills" section.
 
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:  
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See also:
  
[[Students with Language Skills]]
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[[Students with language skills]]
  
[[Students with Automotive Skills]]
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[[Students with automotive skills]]
  
[[Students with Body Skills]]
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[[Students with body skills]]
  
[[Students with Computer Skills]]
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[[Students with computer skills]]
  
  
==Animal Sounds==
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==Animal Sounds, etc.==
  
 
===Caveman Talk===
 
===Caveman Talk===
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===Dog Bark===
 
===Dog Bark===
[[Danny Fischler '06]] barks at cars, beeping alarms, and squirrels with nice legs.
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Danny Fischler barks at cars, beeping alarms, and squirrels with nice legs.
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[[Jono Dowse]] barks back at dogs that chase him on runs; they retreat in fear.
  
 
===Cat Meow===
 
===Cat Meow===
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08amh_2 Alexa Herlach] and she does it often.
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Alexa Herlach and she does it often.
  
[[Julianne Shelby '06]] is probably just actually a cat
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[[Julianne Shelby]] is probably just actually a cat
  
===Cow Moo===
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===Burping===
  
===Bear Growl===
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Samantha Peterson can burp the alphabet. Backwards.
  
Despite failing to get the dancing, trained circus bear part of "Gorky" in her high school's production of "The Cave Dwellers," Katie Montgomery was lauded for her ability to sound sort of like a bear.
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===Unbelievably Frightening Subsonic Beast Voice===
  
===Burping===
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[[Neal Holtschulte]]: enter Rangda.
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08sjp Samantha Peterson] can burp the alphabet. Backwards.
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Liz Bacon can do some scary stuff. She has breathing issues. -Cat Vielma '09
  
 
==Circus Arts & other amazing feats==
 
==Circus Arts & other amazing feats==
  
 
===I can ride a unicycle!===
 
===I can ride a unicycle!===
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alex Ambros] (the 1 in 2000 girl)
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Alex Ambros (the 1 in 2000 girl)
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ebb Elissa Brown] (in the same entry as Alex - what's the probability of ''that''?)
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Elissa Brown (was in the same entry as Alex - what's the probability of ''that''?)
 
   
 
   
 
Abby McBride can too!
 
Abby McBride can too!
  
 
Bryan Dragon can but doesn't want anybody to know about it.
 
Bryan Dragon can but doesn't want anybody to know about it.
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===I can walk on my hands===
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[[Meredith Sopher]] thinks life is more fun upside down
  
 
===I can slackline===
 
===I can slackline===
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ebb Elissa Brown] (shakily)
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Elissa Brown (shakily)
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alex Ambros]
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Alex Ambros
  
 
Dave Kleinschmidt (if I'm lucky)
 
Dave Kleinschmidt (if I'm lucky)
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===I can juggle (balls, clubs, knives, flaming torches, etc.)===
 
===I can juggle (balls, clubs, knives, flaming torches, etc.)===
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alex Ambros] (working on passing clubs)
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Alex Ambros (working on passing clubs)
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09ebb Elissa Brown](see above. We'll get it eventually)
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Elissa Brown(see above. We'll get it eventually)
  
 
Ben Brooks (I can do everything listed in the title except "etc." Whatever that is...)
 
Ben Brooks (I can do everything listed in the title except "etc." Whatever that is...)
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=08jcr Jason Ren] (I can do everything listed AND Etc. I know what it is)
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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=06rss_2 Robin Stewart] (He's the master)
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Robin Stewart (He's the master)
  
 
[[Jacob Eisler]] '04 says his one of his two major accomplishments in high school was learning to juggle.
 
[[Jacob Eisler]] '04 says his one of his two major accomplishments in high school was learning to juggle.
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==Communication==
 
==Communication==
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07mcp Margaret Pigman] can read and write braille, and has a braille typewriter! And, and, and! Margaret takes class notes in Braille.
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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.
  
[[Diana Davis '07]] can write holding a pencil with her toes.
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[[Diana Davis]] can write holding a pencil with her toes.
  
[[Jonathan Landsman|Jonathan Landsman '05]] is the fastest two-finger typist there is, and can do so blindly.
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[[Jonathan Landsman]] is the fastest two-finger typist there is, and can do so blindly.
  
 
==Impressions==
 
==Impressions==
[[Joseph Gangestad '06]] can do an uncanny Gollum (Andy Serkis)
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[[Joseph Gangestad]] can do an uncanny Gollum (Andy Serkis)
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Dan Wollin can too.
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=07daw Dan Wollin] can too.
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And Ralph Morrison (rare talent, it seems).
  
Joe Shoer '06 can do Stitch fairly okay.
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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.
 
Danny Fischler '06 does a decent Donald Duck scream, but is limited to a rather crude vocabulary.
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The entire [[Cross Country Running|cross country]] team imitates Pete Farwell with widely varying degrees of success and/or recognizability.
  
 
==Luck==
 
==Luck==
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=06lds Lisetta Shah]
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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.
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.
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Alex Ambros see above, plus those trippy five and six leaf ones
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==Martial Arts/Small Arms==
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Michael Anthony Del Rio is surgical with a 12 gauge shotgun.
  
[http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09aka Alex Ambros]
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Andrew Triska '10 learned to fire a handgun at age 4. He has yet to perfect it.
see above, plus those trippy five and six leaf ones
 

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.