Can you raise only one eyebrow?

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  1. RoJoHen

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    STOP YELLING!
     
  2. Amaris

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    Thanks to Mr. Spock, I sure can! As a child, I taught myself to raise an eyebrow over each eye, and to make the Vulcan greeting with both hands, just in case... for some reason, I don't know, kid logic, you know? Anyway, yes, I can raise my eyebrows independently of one another. :D
     
  3. Kestra

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    I saw a dude with one of those fish on his car yesterday. And then I looked closer and it had nacelles and said Trek, and I wanted to do the Vulcan greeting to him. But that was too nerdy, even for me. But I was so excited that there was another Trekkie next to me!
     
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  5. RoJoHen

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    I really can't raise an eyebrow without completely contorting my entire face. It's less "raising an eyebrow" and more "lowering everything else."
     
  6. Amaris

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    I was going to post a picture, but then, that's still not quite evidence, since it's a still photo. So I posted a video.

    [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-XjQzHUoj8[/yt]
     
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    [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pdWAcK6Eh8&feature=related[/yt]
     
  8. ManOnTheWave

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    Yes. Though just the left one for some odd reason.

    However, this discussion reminds me of a guy I knew in grade school who swore up and down he could move his ears, and then proceeded to contort his entire face. I think his ears moved... eventually.
     
  9. Kestra

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    I love it! J., I can't watch the video yet but I will soon. Did you do that just now for the thread?
     
  10. Deckerd

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    Kay John was just as strangely weird and cute as he always is.

    I also had a suspicion roshi would turn up and scare everyone. It's sort of a board constant. Like if someone starts a thread saying "can you invert your [insert body part of choice]", he'll turn up with some picture that makes you want to move to Orkney.

    This is why I love both of them.
     
  11. Kestra

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    I thought it was kind of hot!
     
  12. Random_Spock

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    I can raise them, one at a time.
     
  13. Amaris

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    Ooh! I can move my ears, too! :D

    Yes, just for this thread (it's currently unlisted on Youtube).

    :adore:
     
  14. cooleddie74

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    I can raise just one eyebrow by itself, and it's my left one. I can't lift the right eyebrow without both popping up at the same time. I've tried...a lot. I just can't do it.

    I can also do the Vulcan hand sign with both of my hands for whatever that's worth.
     
  15. ngc7293

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    When I first saw TOS and Spock, I practiced the "one eye brow" thing. At first I couldn't, but I worked on it. Then I worked on the "Piece and Long Life" thing. That took some time too.
     
  16. trekkiedane

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    Nope -but once I bought a small mirror to practice it with while watching TV :rommie:

    Ah! so that's why you hide half your face!
     
  17. M'Sharak

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    I can raise my left eyebrow easily. I can sometimes raise my right, but not as well, and only until I start thinking about it (after which it's almost impossible.)

    That I can do - rolled into a tube, folded back upon itself, or fluted.

    I've never been any good at an Italian rolled R. Just can't do it.
     
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  18. Deckerd

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    Frau Blucher did not say this. She is Scottish and is therefore genetically programmed to roll every 'r' in sight.
     
  19. Deckerd

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    Frau Blucher did not say this. She is Scottish and is therefore genetically programmed to roll every 'r' in sight.

    However I thought ZR, who was the true author, was Scottish too.
     
  20. Roshi

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    I can touch the back of my hand with my index finger.

    Thanks.