Foo - Common tasks you're a klutz at doing

I always struggle when I try to cover something with cling wrap or aluminum foil. First, I have unexplained difficulty in measuring off the proper length. Too often, I go short, not allowing enough to fold down on the sides.

But the worst part is the cutting. For foil, I only make it part way across and then it starts tearing horizontally into the piece I want to use.

Plastic wrap is even worse. Typically, I can't get the cutting edge to cut. So I yank the wrap back and forth across the blades. Finally it tears (not cuts) off at a weird angle. And naturally, amongst the frustration, the plastic sheet gets all waded up and I have to spend another 10 seconds peeling it back straight.

It's not a pretty sight. The really pathetic part is that I used to work in a kitchen, and I never did get the hang of it.

What kind of problems do you encounter in day-to-day tasks?

Auto mechanics.....

I can do the work, but I have big hands and the damn engineers designing modern cars design then to be serviced by Hobbits, I think, and I have a low frustration threshold for mechanicing! I've actually stuck a wrench in a tree after a temper explosion trying to work on my sister in Law's car, for example.

The tow motor. I just rip through things with it. As long as I don't look back after I hear a crash then I'm good. Just keep going I say. Keep going.

printing avery labels from microsoft word. there was only one person here who could do it right. she was an intern. now she's gone :( most likely moving up the ranks in a new company with her labeling skills.

don't get me wrong. i get it done, but not with a few tries.

Painting. Last time I painted I ended up with paint in my hair, on my shoes, on my butt. Then while I was tired I wanted to rest and I leaned my back into wet paint on the wall.

Putting the fitted sheet on a bed. For some reason I find it nearly impossible to do, even though I'm 6'2" and have no trouble reaching the corners at the same time. By the time I finish, it looks like I've been playing twister.

*tee hee* That's pretty bad. You must be a guy...........:D

Everything mucks up. I just laugh. What else can a Vega do? :roflmao:

Standing. At 6'2" I have this tendency to just tip over. I'm pretty klutzy in general.

:roflmao: awwwwwwwwww........poor guy........ I wanna hug you now...........:lol:

I always struggle when I try to cover something with cling wrap or aluminum foil. First, I have unexplained difficulty in measuring off the proper length. Too often, I go short, not allowing enough to fold down on the sides.

But the worst part is the cutting. For foil, I only make it part way across and then it starts tearing horizontally into the piece I want to use.

Plastic wrap is even worse. Typically, I can't get the cutting edge to cut. So I yank the wrap back and forth across the blades. Finally it tears (not cuts) off at a weird angle. And naturally, amongst the frustration, the plastic sheet gets all waded up and I have to spend another 10 seconds peeling it back straight.

It's not a pretty sight. The really pathetic part is that I used to work in a kitchen, and I never did get the hang of it.

What kind of problems do you encounter in day-to-day tasks?

Any thing that involves: opening peanut butter, jelly, turning off my i-pod. Fixing my glasess, shaking hands with some one. The list goes on.

This shouldn't be any surprise, given my first post, but I also can't wrap presents. The folds and cuts on the wrapping paper are always unsymmetrical with the package.

Ugly.

Just fake it out, Velo. All they are gonna do is rip it up anyway. All your hard work down the drain. It's okay *pats Velo on back*

I leave my keys everywhere.. I budget 10 minutes a day looking for keys

Life. I'm pretty klutzy at life these days.

:roflmao: awwwwwwwwww........poor guy........ I wanna hug you now...........:lol:
Umm, Siu, if he's 6'2, and you give him a hug, and he tips over, won't you be the "full squishy"?

Umm, Siu, if he's 6'2, and you give him a hug, and he tips over, won't you be the "full squishy"?

It's ok, I don't weigh that much.

Umm, Siu, if he's 6'2, and you give him a hug, and he tips over, won't you be the "full squishy"?


Ha ha! Yes I guess so. Okay. Nevermind. You're on your own, no brainer!

I hate cooking texas toast I usally manage to burn it every time.

I also have a tendecy to drop lasagna (which is why I never make it nowadays)

Maybe I could be the "full squishy." I'm 5'10". And I don't weigh that much, either. :lol:

I hate cooking texas toast I usally manage to burn it every time.

I also have a tendecy to drop lasagna (which is why I never make it nowadays)
Ever see Julia Child? I saw her drop a whole lasagna on the floor, laugh it off, and toss back a glass of white wine while laughing. Et pourquoi pas? :lol:

Maybe I could be the "full squishy." I'm 5'10". And I don't weigh that much, either. :lol:


Tee hee! Or do you want to be bouncy bouncy boing boing? :D

This was about 11 years ago, I made this very nice lasgana as I was taking it out of the oven I dropped it upside down all over the over door the floor etc.

I threw the oven glove down in disgust, and went to the pub dinner ended up being approx 8 pints of stella and 2 basket supper of Scampi & chips.

Oh and I had to dismantle the oven door to clean the damm thing.

Maybe I could be the "full squishy." I'm 5'10". And I don't weigh that much, either. :lol:


Tee hee! Or do you want to be bouncy bouncy boing boing? :D
Where do I get in line here? :D

staying wheels side down when stopped at a light using clipless pedals (yes, I fell over just 30 mins ago...landed on my back thank god).

Cutting a straight line. It doesn't matter if it's knives or scissors, the lines are always crooked. Even when I use something to keep it straight. :(

Tee hee! Or do you want to be bouncy bouncy boing boing? :D
Whatever will "rock the boat." :eek:

This was about 11 years ago, I made this very nice lasgana as I was taking it out of the oven I dropped it upside down all over the over door the floor etc.

I threw the oven glove down in disgust, and went to the pub dinner ended up being approx 8 pints of stella and 2 basket supper of Scampi & chips.

Oh and I had to dismantle the oven door to clean the damm thing.
:roflmao:

Sorry. But I did like the part about the Stellas. And about you having to clean the damm thing. :lol:

staying wheels side down when stopped at a light using clipless pedals (yes, I fell over just 30 mins ago...landed on my back thank god).
Speedplay X/2's by chance? :D

I'm trying to learn to trackstand like Russiankid and RR. :rolleyes: Am I too old to get this?

Evidently, I am a klutz at walking on ice with loaded arms. I bruised my keister Saturday night when both feet went out from under me.

Talking to purty women.

Speedplay X/2's by chance? :D

I'm trying to learn to trackstand like Russiankid and RR. :rolleyes: Am I too old to get this?


Nah, eggbeaters. I'm not a fan of speedplays, since I prefer sneaker-style shoes, so I need a smaller mountain style cleat.

Evidently, I am a klutz at walking on ice with loaded arms. I bruised my keister Saturday night when both feet went out from under me.
Doh! Ice on the glutes! :eek:

Talking to purty women.
But yew talkin' shiat to me all the time, cydisc. :rolleyes:

You are not so shy. :D ;)

Nah, eggbeaters. I'm not a fan of speedplays, since I prefer sneaker-style shoes, so I need a smaller mountain style cleat.
Ah, so. MTB. Yeah, well, I need the Speedplay X/2's for the extra "play" to save my knees on the roadbike. But thanks for the education, cat. I'll remember that when I should ever wind up ridin' with Jon. :rolleyes:

j/k Jon. :o

anything that requires hand/eye coordination.
I cannot play FSP games, and I can't play console games. e.g. ps/xbox/nintendo/etc/etc/etc/
Taking stairs one step at a time.

Okay TG. Vega can take one side and I'll take the other. We will walk the stairs together.
Ooh i think ilike this is going. OH never mind. :p

Ooh i think ilike this is going. OH never mind. :p
Yeah. You youngun's got no staying power. :rolleyes:

You gonna tuck him in, or shall I, Siu? :rolleyes:

I have really bad luck with new shirts. If I wear a brand new shirt, odds are better than 50% that I will get a stain on it before the day is out, followed by an extended session with the spray-and-wash and a bucket of cold water. Fortunately, I've almost always been able to salvage them for additional use.

I can't walk and drink at the same time.

Wrapping presents. They look like a kid wrapped them.

Dancing. I like to dance and can keep a beat, but I got no dance rythym or dance moves.

Another thread I can participate in. I'm good at everything... Damn this perfect body, damn it to hell!

printing avery labels from microsoft word. there was only one person here who could do it right. she was an intern. now she's gone :( most likely moving up the ranks in a new company with her labeling skills.

don't get me wrong. i get it done, but not with a few tries.


Hilarious, I'm pretty sure I got my first job because I was so handy with labels.

As for things I don't do well. I cannot wire stereo, computers, tvs neatly. I keep seeing pictures of neatly arranged wiring, so it must be possible. Just not by me. That lack of neatness applies to many things, including things mentioned here: bedding, foil/saran wrap, presents, just about everything but labels. Perfect print, every time!

Arithmetic... I suck at it. My mind is wired (or is the weird) wrong.

Gardening/landscaping. My grandfather had a green thumb, I have a brown thumb - everything I touch turns to *****.

Measuring, I'm good at measuring! Good enough to know that ^^^THAT^^^ ain't ten inches! :lol:

Gardening/landscaping. My grandfather had a green thumb, I have a brown thumb - everything I touch turns to *****.

Brutally forced into gardening as a kid.

Now everything I touch dies.

Quadratic functions. Its like, wtf?

Cooking. I need every pot and pan and mixing bowl in the neighborhood just to make a meatball.

Running. I can run uphill OK, and downhill OK, but on flat level ground I look like Frankenstein stomping on ants.

A few times I've tried to bake and frost a double layered cake--not a pretty sight.

The cake halves turn out to be a funny shape and/or a chunk breaks off when I remove them from the pans and set them up for icing. I try to "repair" the cake or make it appear symmetrical by filling it in with extra icing, but then I can't get the surface to look smooth--icing gobs start sticking to the knife.

I don't even try to add any fancy decorations.

Ha ha! Yes I guess so. Okay. Nevermind. You're on your own, no brainer!

Thats funny:D .