Can you wiggle your ears?

[Pepperbelly]

Poll question: Can you wiggle your ears?

Seriously.

I can. I know some people who can and some who cannot. I would appreciate your candid, truthful votes for research purposes although your snarky, disrespectful, and insultingly inaccurate comments are, as always, solicited and appreciated.

Poll result (58 votes)
Yes	(30 votes, 52%)	Vote
No	(23 votes, 40%)	Vote
I never tried until now and damne, I can.	(0 votes, 0%)	Vote
I never tried until now and damn, I cannot	(3 votes, 5%)	Vote
I still have never tried	(2 votes, 3%)	Vote

[helnwhls]

1. no but I can roll my tongue.

[Ron Green]

5. ooohhh...that kind of gets me hot.

n/t

[nonconformist]

6. Ooh, I can do that too

Makes me feel special. Of course I only personally know one other person who can't do it, but what are you gonna do.

I've always heard that to be able to do the tongue roll both parents had to be able to do it too. That may just be one of those oft repeated 'facts' that aren't really true, but I've never investigated it so I don't know.

[Pepperbelly]

7. they included it in my daughter's physical anthropology text. nt

[helnwhls]

8. I forget what grade that factiod gets

trotted out, but I remember being in a room full of kids and all of us sticking our tongues out at each other.

[billyskank]

14. That isn't true

Because I can do it, my mum can do it, but my dad can't.

[da_chimperor]

2. I only learned I could do it about 3 years ago

in a restaurant in shanghai . . . maybe they put something in the won ton soup.

[Pepperbelly]

13. I, too, spent time is Asia ... kick

[Skittles]

21. I read that guys who can wiggle their ears never go bald

seriously

[Pepperbelly]

23. totally untrue friend skittles ...

I am bald and can wiggle my ears all day.

[Skittles]

25. LOL

HOWDY THERE PEPPERBELLY

[Pepperbelly]

26. hiya ...

No shit, I can wiggle my ears til the cows come home and it hasn't grown a damned thing on pate but baby down and sunburn.

[nonconformist]

3. No :(

My husband and son can, but I can't for the life of me. I try, but I just end up looking like I'm having some sort of "episode".

[cali]

4. No, but

my father was a world class ear wriggler. He could wriggle one at a time, and he could wriggle them without moving his eyebrows up and down.

[WMliberal]

18. i can do it without my eyebrows moving

however, it makes my whole scalp move.

[texastoast]

9. All well and good

But can you tie a cherry stem in a knot with your mouth?

[Kire]

10. most people can roll their tongues, just not me

[progmom]

11. Believe me, I have tried

My grandfather is a master at it.

[Pepperbelly]

12. a kick for more ear wiggling data!

It's alive!

[Cush]

15. nope

[flvegan]

16. Yup, I can also

Roll my tongue;
Raise both eyebrows, one at a time;
Flex my nostrils;
Turn up each side of my upper lip.

Total. Facial. Control.

[Pepperbelly]

17. All right ... and now for the next question ...

can you tell someone else how to do it? The ears, i mean.

[meganmonkey]

28. Me too!

All of the above. I can wiggle one ear at a time. And I can do this other thing with my nose that I've only shown 2 people, cuz it looks so freaking freaky. But I can sort of move my whole nose down in this wierd way, and my upper lip goes down a little too, it's hard to explain. But it still freaks out my best friend after 15 years when I surprise her with it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. I can wiggle only my left ear,

but I can roll my tongue and cross one eye at a time. These are extremely useful skills that have enhanced my life tremendously.

[Pepperbelly]

20. kick nt

[Swamp Rat]

22. Yes, but just the left one.

... and I have spent a lifetime trying to figure out why.

[auburngrad82]

24. I can if I take hold of them with my hands and shake them. eom

[Sybil Reitz]

27. I can wiggle my ears, roll my tongue, flip my tongue over,

raise each eyebrow individually, flare my nostrils, and cross each eye individually. Much to my chagrin, however, I cannot do the Elvis sneer. I feel so cheated.

[Pepperbelly]

29. about 50% more or less ...

Hmmmmm ... I wonder if this is representative of the general population.