- Learn 3 good knots. Like a bowline, reef knot and clovehitch
- Learn a fancy napkin fold
- Learn two good card tricks
- Learn three good jokes off by heart
- Learn ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ in five languages
- Learch to twirl a pen in your fingers
- Learn the phonetic alphabet
- Learn to juggle
- Learn three good pieces of oragami
- Learn one tongue twister really fast
- Learn five star constellations
- Learn three good shadow puppets
- Learn to mix 5 different cocktails off by heart
- Learn to wolf whistle
- Learn to platt
- Learn how to skim a stone
- Learn 5 inspirational quotes
- Learn the different types of clouds
- Learn to skip
- Learn to draw a good cartoon face
- Learn to memorise Pi to 5 or 10 digits
- Learn how to splice rope
- Learn how to make a paper cup
- Learn how to do a hand stand
- Learn how to stand on your head
- Learn how to dance
Trackback URL for this post: http://www.sandstorming.com/2006/07/simple-useful-skills-that-impress/trackback/
brian said,
August 18, 2007 at 6:15 pm
i would like to learn how to splice rope
ranga said,
October 7, 2008 at 9:01 pm
woah i have a long way to go.. :D
nice list.
Brian said,
November 6, 2008 at 7:33 pm
I actually think most of those are my job requirements. Try being the everything duty manager at a hotel during the night with 800 - 1600 people staying over at your house! Everything can and will go wrong at once….
Warning,
If you only ever remember one thing with this list, it’s when to use it and when not to.