Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
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I have incredibly knobbly knees. And bizarrely long forearms, seriously. Plus, I have a bizarrely short trunk. 
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Quirky anatomical facts about yourself
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Cian
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I have a weird triangular protrusion on my right ear. Its not particularly big though.
Lush
Mods' Pet
Yes and yes.
I'm now so used to it that whilst I would love to have the hearing in that ear back again, my live is so geared to the one ear deafness.
My bgiggest problem is in the pub or a crowd of people. I can hear people talking to me, but I sometimes can't work out the direction the noise is coming from. I then tend to spin around looking a bit ridiculous, until the source is identified!
The situation can also have advantages.
"Didn't you hear the baby crying all through the night Ian?"
"Sorry sweet, I must have had my good ear to the pillow"
I have incredibly knobbly knees. And bizarrely long forearms, seriously. Plus, I have a bizarrely short trunk.
Are you John Merrick?
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
Yes and yes.
I'm now so used to it that whilst I would love to have the hearing in that ear back again, my live is so geared to the one ear deafness.
My bgiggest problem is in the pub or a crowd of people. I can hear people talking to me, but I sometimes can't work out the direction the noise is coming from. I then tend to spin around looking a bit ridiculous, until the source is identified!
The situation can also have advantages.
"Didn't you hear the baby crying all through the night Ian?"
"Sorry sweet, I must have had my good ear to the pillow"
It is a f***ing pain in the arse, no?
I used to be able to interact and it was always expected of me to butt in with a joke or keep the conversation flowing. Nowadays, in a group conversation, I have to get people to re-run the joke so as not to be left out.
As you say, it does have its benefits... now and then.
Art Vs Science
Banned
- Sep 1, 2010
- 6,419
Haaaaaaaaa
Superphil
Dismember
When standing up, in bare feet, I can point my big toes at 90 degrees straight up, and then I can walk about whilst still keeping them pointing upwards.
Art Vs Science
Banned
- Sep 1, 2010
- 6,419
Are you a Yak?
It is a f***ing pain in the arse, no?
I used to be able to interact and it was always expected of me to butt in with a joke or keep the conversation flowing. Nowadays, in a group conversation, I have to get people to re-run the joke so as not to be left out.
As you say, it does have its benefits... now and then.
It's a TOTAL pain in the arse.
You have to judge when to nod inanely, hoping that you've got the response right.
One of my ex's has that.
Meade's Ball
Well-known member
Yes and yes.
I'm now so used to it that whilst I would love to have the hearing in that ear back again, my live is so geared to the one ear deafness.
My bgiggest problem is in the pub or a crowd of people. I can hear people talking to me, but I sometimes can't work out the direction the noise is coming from. I then tend to spin around looking a bit ridiculous, until the source is identified!
The situation can also have advantages.
"Didn't you hear the baby crying all through the night Ian?"
"Sorry sweet, I must have had my good ear to the pillow"
I have a rather lame 20% deafness in my right ear. Some bones in it died, or something, and i can't pick up the higher-pitched notes of speech. In group situations i suffer from that same disjointed sense of listening. Group conversations where everyone is talking at once are impossible and i have to hope no one in them is actually talking to me and just saying things generally. Today at work this woman was talking toward my mild deafness about the jeremy-kyleness of some members of her family and how she struggles with their piggery and greed, whilst all i could really hear was a woman i have no time for to my left talking over her favourite scarf and how it had gone missing in a tapas bar at the weekend and that her boyfriend merely shrugged when she told him and maybe there's no much time left for the two of them. I didn't want to listen to the left woman, but couldn't ask her to quieten down in her chat with a friend or swap places with the right woman.
I am waffling. It's odd though, and quite tiring trying to piece the crumbs of things together.
brakespear
Doctor Worm
ummmm....I can't touch my toes without bending my knees....also...I'm right-handed for writing and cricket but left-handed for cutlery amd scalpels and left-footed for football.
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
The likeness has been noted on more than one occaison.
Goldstone Rapper
Rediffusion PlayerofYear
I can lick my elbow.
Jimmy Grimble
Well-known member
Occasionaly one of my pupils goes bigger than the other one, luckily it doesn't affect my eye-sight... yet.
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
sydney
tinky ****in winky
i can get both fists up my bottom at once , my cousin Neville tried to put his fist in at the same time but ended up pushing me down the stairs,i rolled straight out the front door in front of about eleven children queuing at the mister whippy van.......no-one in the street will talk to me any more.
Jimmy Grimble
Well-known member
I find it strange how many people don't notice it. Very rarely has anyone commented on it, even my parents and brother took yonks to realise! I 'spose it means my eyes aren't much to look at