Raise an eyebrow!

[Buddy]

Why is it that some people can wiggle their ears,raise just one eyebrow and shake their eyeballs (Like my son can do and it makes me heave!)

I daresay there are lots more examples but I have tried and tried and nothing happens.Any ideas or better still if you can do any of aforementioned what do you do?

[mycatis]

I can't do any of those things but I can roll my tounge and I know loads of people who can't

[Buddy]

I have just tried and I cant!Have you got a long tonque?

Here could come in handy - I meant for licking your ice-cream cone :-)

[Chessman]

I can wiggle one ear, (right), and raise one eybrow,(left), I can also dislocate both thumbs at will, and put the back, but I can't roll my tongue, always wanted to, mycatis, i'm jealous.

[irisred]

I can also curl my tongue and turn my tongue over - the tongue thing is hereditary. I can also curl my lip but my parents can't (my gran can).

I can raise one eyebrow (and both) but my mum can only raise one and she can't roll her tongue but my dad can, I can go cross eyed but my mum can't...

Me thinks my family and I need new hobbies!

[boobesque]

i can shake my eyeballs!!! makes people freak out! i thought it was only me and my best mate that could do it as everyone is also so shocked by it!!!

[Buddy]

But what do you do to make you able to do those things.Do you just think I'll curl my tongue or raise an eyebrow or do you have to concentrate.

Good one boobesque re eyeballs - my son makes me physically sick and he cant explain how he knew he could do it.How do you you know you are doing it?

[Buddy]

I feel I'm in a gurning competition now cos I'm trying everything out - to no avail.

[irisred]

Tongue curling is jsut lifting the sides of my tongue to make a tube shape, turning it over is just that, put the right hand side against my teeth on the left side and vice versa.

Eyebrow raising is not a consious effort, more a quizzical or ironic look. I did practice it for hours when I was younger holding one down whilst raising the other one and then learnt how that felt but now it comes natuarally.

[mimififi]

I can do all of the above except the thumb thing: Chessman, that is so cool!

My sister can touch her nose with her tongue, which I can't do either. But I can move my nose down my face by about 3mm. Looks really strange also, I can do that, and raise my eyebrows and wiggle my ears and curl my lip and roll my tongue simultaneously. I can't shake my eyes at the same time as this though as I have to really concentrate to do it.

I think I too need to get out more.

[boobesque]

well buddy, believe it or not my best mate taught me when i was 8, she just told me to shake them and after months and months i did it, and now can do it on demand, but i still dont know how to explain it and people try to copy me all the time with hilarious results, like shaking their head (!) or just rolling their eyes up and down, my eyes are my party peice!!

[sg]

I can do all those things, especially the eyeballs, it gives me an instant headache though so I very rarely do it. As for how, it is impossible to explain, I just do.

[Noweia]

It used to be thought that being able to roll your tongue was genetic, but it's now been proven otherwise! So anyone can roll their tongue if they try hard enough!

I can wiggle my ears independently of each other, and I'm currently working on raising one eyebrow >:)

[janelle_ire]

yea, its not genetic at all...i wasnt able to do it at all and then i just started practising (when i was supposed to be studying for exams) and i finally got it!! i was so proud of myself!! lol *needs new hobbies also*

[Cockney_si]

I can wiggle my ears if I look in the mirror and grin, then keep practising until i discover the muscle that makes my ears move and then use that muscle on its own.

[pompomfairy]

i can curl my tounge and make my eyebrows go up and i can also turn my eyelids inside out which is gross so i dont do it very often

[Buddy]

Thank you all for your answers.Wish I had at least one party trick.I feel so inadeqaute now!

Can anyone make milk come out their eyeballs?Saw it on TV once and thought it was a stunt but it was real.Yeuch!!

BTW eyelids inside out pompomfairy please I've just had my tea!!!