If There's One Skill You Wish You Had...

[Parafox]

For me it would be to speak and sing in fluent Italian. A La Andrea Bocelli. (His voice gets to me every time I hear him especially after his visit to KP).

 

Italian is such a beautiful language. It's seductive, intriguing and melodic. 

 

The women I could attract... 

Edited 18 September 2025 by Parafox

[HighPeakFox]

I would agree, except I have no excuse given my family background. So instead I will say a trade, such as bricklaying, or being a sparky, or plastering.

[blabyboy]

Foresight

[urban.spaceman]

I wish I could play the Ukulele or Banjo. 

[bovril]

I wish I could paint. Must be one of the most relaxing things. I'd like to live in a flat in Bloomsbury overlooking a park and sit painting the view on warm autumn afternoons. 

[ealingfox]

Accurately predicting the euromillions numbers 

[Alf Bentley]

So many options.....

 

The skill of being a fantastic lover able to excite women the world over? Nah, I'm too old for all that...

The ability to make lots of money, with all that it can buy? Nah, I really don't care enough about money....

The ability to live forever or even to age 120? Nah, it'd be too depressing watching everyone I cared about die and seeing my daughter turn into an old woman (at best)

The skills to build a house? Now that would be quite satisfying...

The skill to play a musical instrument to a high standard? Perhaps. I keep threatening my daughter that I'll learn to play the accordion .....but that's something I could conceivably still do....

 

No, on balance and after due consideration, I'd like to have the ability to adopt the form of a vulture and to roost on fence posts and telegraph poles, just to make people uneasy.

[Alf Bentley]

29 minutes ago, bovril said:

I wish I could paint. Must be one of the most relaxing things. I'd like to live in a flat in Bloomsbury overlooking a park and sit painting the view on warm autumn afternoons. 

 

You are increasingly adopting the persona of a character in a classic novel - perhaps something by Jane Austen, no, Henry James? 

[FoxesTez]

Something creative for me, just not in my skill set. 

 

Languages - just never had an eye/ear for them 

Singing - I would love to be able to sing 

Instrument - maybe piano or something

[NAKC20]

46 minutes ago, bovril said:

I wish I could paint. Must be one of the most relaxing things. I'd like to live in a flat in Bloomsbury overlooking a park and sit painting the view on warm autumn afternoons. 

How big would your flat be if you are spending all summer painting it?

[grobyfox1990]

DJ house/trance music well enough to get a residency anywhere in Ibiza 

[foxile5]

I'd like to be able to say the alphabet through farting like I can with burping, please. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, Parafox said:

For me it would be to speak and sing in fluent Italian. A La Andrea Bocelli. (His voice gets to me every time I hear him especially after his visit to KP).

 

Italian is such a beautiful language. It's seductive, intriguing and melodic. 

 

The women I could attract... 

Yeah, but have you seen the women he attracts?

 

 

 

 

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, urban.spaceman said:

I wish I could play the Ukulele or Banjo. 

So instead of being an aspiring script writer you could be a busker or a member of a blue grass band?

[Trav Le Bleu]

I'd like the skill of remembering which letter goes to which house.

[Bellend Sebastian]

Not that long ago I'd have said be able to play cool guitar solos but I can sort of do that now, so I'd say be able to write top pop hits to give to the chart bothering acts of the day. 

 

I saw a documentary years ago where a very camp man who wrote 'Like a Virgin' was showing how he threw it together on a piano in a few minutes and I thought it looked like being able to do that would be the best fun. 

 

Like that Lin-Manuel Miranda bloke that's done a lot of the Disney songs over the last few years (I'll ignore Hamilton, which I think is shite) - imagine being able to churn out songs like that - just knowing that people will love them. A proper gift

[FLAN]

Singing. I would love to be able to pick up a mic and belt out a tune. 
it’s odd because I’m not an extrovert at all but I am so jealous of people who can sing 

[FLAN]

56 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

DJ house/trance music well enough to get a residency anywhere in Ibiza 

Get yourself a weird haircut and someone to film you and you’ll be sorted for a few dates 

[MPH]

3 hours ago, Parafox said:

For me it would be to speak and sing in fluent Italian. A La Andrea Bocelli. (His voice gets to me every time I hear him especially after his visit to KP).

 

Italian is such a beautiful language. It's seductive, intriguing and melodic. 

 

The women I could attract... 

 

im thinking more Gregory’s girl for you, mate!

[urban.spaceman]

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

So instead of being an aspiring script writer you could be a busker or a member of a blue grass band?

Oh my christ I could have been the 5th member of Mumford and Sons. 

 

Actually I'm probably better off. 

[The Year Of The Fox]

Wish I could play the piano or guitar. All the musical ability went to my brother 

[LanguedocFox]

I’d love to have any musical ability - I can’t sing or play a musical instrument and never will.

 

Years ago I watched Paul Simon on some chat show, talking about the songs he’d written, singing some of them, playing a guitar, or harmonica, or sitting at a piano. I’d love to have just one of his skills - he even whistled the bit in the middle of “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”, and I can’t even whistle in tune!

[pmcla26]

Naturally gifted athleticism. Got myself fit through the gym and playing football for years but my genetics have made it hard work to be just above average. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Another language, probably German for personal and work purposes. 

[davieG]

Not a skill but a wish that I still had sufficient hearing to listen to music, the radio, especially comedies podcasts etc.

 

I don't have a musical bone or rhythm in my body but my son and MrsG, who are both songwriters and to hear what they have produced would give me so much joy.