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Title: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Stavios on July 19, 2009, 10:02:32 PM
Been thinking a lot about that lately and I came to the point that I need to be good at something.
I am always "average" at everything I do, it would be cool the be the best at something ?

Lots of riches and famous here at getbig, what are you bitches good at ?
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: 240 is Back on July 19, 2009, 10:04:34 PM
I do an awesome handstand
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: webcake on July 19, 2009, 10:05:09 PM
Swimming
Living the dream
reverse parking
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: divcom on July 19, 2009, 10:08:12 PM
science
spanish
BS

Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: benchmstr on July 19, 2009, 10:08:26 PM
shooting, i honestly think i was put on this earth just to shoot stuff!!!

i am pretty good at eating, and spending money. i also think i took the worlds biggest crap once!!

bench
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Bast175 on July 19, 2009, 10:09:03 PM
I'm really good at half-assing everything I do.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: mass 04 on July 19, 2009, 10:09:57 PM
cracking my knuckles
i can untangle knots quickly
i can drink a whole glass of water with one chug
blowing bubbles
whistling
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Bast175 on July 19, 2009, 10:12:01 PM
whistling

Me too, but I don't like doing it; it's boring.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: sync pulse on July 19, 2009, 10:12:45 PM
audio program producer...I can take an Appalachian American, have him read a commercial, under my direction with the worst speech impediment from Georgia, and by the time I am finished in the editing suite, he will sound cogent, flowing, and educated.  The spot will have a music bed with a "sting" in the tail.  (provided the production house has a good selection of music "packages")
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Stavios on July 19, 2009, 10:13:15 PM
cracking my knuckles
i can untangle knots quickly
i can drink a whole glass of water with one chug
blowing bubbles
whistling

lmao  ;D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Bast175 on July 19, 2009, 10:15:43 PM
I'm really good at giving urine and blood samples.  I always have to piss and I have vascular forearms. 
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Stavios on July 19, 2009, 10:17:09 PM
I'm really good at giving urine and blood samples.  I always have to piss and I have vascular forearms. 

how about giving sperm samples.

you must be good a jacking off with those forearms
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: mass 04 on July 19, 2009, 10:21:37 PM
throwing a frisbee
jenga
programming universal remote controllers
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Bast175 on July 19, 2009, 10:22:24 PM
how about giving sperm samples.

you must be good a jacking off with those forearms

i'm short, no one wants my sperm.  :D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Brixtonbulldog on July 19, 2009, 10:36:50 PM
playing minesweeper

probably driving (ability wise)

..and fucking.

I'm serious and there has never been something I've felt so confident about other than my ability in this arena.  I assume it's because I'm very attentive and notice little reactions easily.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: uberman09 on July 19, 2009, 10:39:22 PM
Been thinking a lot about that lately and I came to the point that I need to be good at something.
I am always "average" at everything I do, it would be cool the be the best at something ?

Lots of riches and famous here at getbig, what are you bitches good at ?
try to get really good at understanding who you are= where you come from (taking a deep look at your past, trying to recall all the main events you can remember from as far as you can and that have definitely given directions to your life), what influences (people, environments) made you become the man you are today. This is the only way to figure what are your strenghts/weaknesses and what parts of you you want to develop/keep or neutralize.
The sooner you do this the better it is, cause as you age it becomes harder and harder to face your past.

In one (erm..) word(s): start a psychoterapy. And read some books. I have some good reads to recommend you (PM me if interested).

Do you come from a dysfunctional family btw?
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Fury on July 19, 2009, 10:39:57 PM
Been thinking a lot about that lately and I came to the point that I need to be good at something.
I am always "average" at everything I do, it would be cool the be the best at something ?

Lots of riches and famous here at getbig, what are you bitches good at ?

It's Getbig. The question would be easier for all the multimillionaire, super model banging jetsetters to answer if you asked was, "What AREN'T you good at?"
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: kiwiol on July 19, 2009, 10:41:30 PM
playing minesweeper

probably driving (ability wise)

..and fucking.

I'm serious and there has never been something I've felt so confident about other than my ability in this arena.  I assume it's because I'm very attentive and notice little reactions easily.

Don't be so humble. Aren't you actually famous for your custom "trick" where you sit on fire hydrants and make them disappear?
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Brixtonbulldog on July 19, 2009, 10:44:11 PM
Don't be so humble. Aren't you actually famous for your custom "trick" where you sit on fire hydrants and make them disappear?

Not as good as you are at wishing your dick was a fire hydrant.  Night ;D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: divcom on July 19, 2009, 11:13:19 PM
playing minesweeper

probably driving (ability wise)

..and fucking.

I'm serious and there has never been something I've felt so confident about other than my ability in this arena.  I assume it's because I'm very attentive and notice little reactions easily.

mandingo alert

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc117/sandcrawler79/small-penis.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: gordiano on July 19, 2009, 11:18:14 PM
I'm great at pissing women off.... :-\
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Stavios on July 20, 2009, 12:00:35 AM
try to get really good at understanding who you are= where you come from (taking a deep look at your past, trying to recall all the main events you can remember from as far as you can and that have definitely given directions to your life), what influences (people, environments) made you become the man you are today. This is the only way to figure what are your strenghts/weaknesses and what parts of you you want to develop/keep or neutralize.
The sooner you do this the better it is, cause as you age it becomes harder and harder to face your past.

In one (erm..) word(s): start a psychoterapy. And read some books. I have some good reads to recommend you (PM me if interested).

Do you come from a dysfunctional family btw?

Well.... it depends what you mean by dysfunctional.
my parents divorced when I was 12 years old and the 2 years that followed were a bit weird but I can't say I didn't have a good childhood
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Mars on July 20, 2009, 12:29:01 AM
Well.... it depends what you mean by dysfunctional.
my parents divorced when I was 12 years old and the 2 years that followed were a bit weird but I can't say I didn't have a good childhood

have you seen my childhood?
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Stavios on July 20, 2009, 12:31:47 AM
have you seen my childhood?

tell me about your childhood bro.
don't hold back, we are a big family here at Getbig nobody will judge you
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Rami on July 20, 2009, 12:34:46 AM
binge drinking
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: nzmusclemonster on July 20, 2009, 12:39:30 AM
I am good at eating tuna and rice.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Mars on July 20, 2009, 12:58:57 AM
probably drawing
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: webcake on July 20, 2009, 01:01:25 AM
I'm also awesome at doing nothing. I did nothing today but eat and go to the gym. I am living the dream.........are you jealous?
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: @Brandon on July 20, 2009, 01:43:18 AM
I am good at many things
I also have one gift.

I can make people do things.

I tell people what to do, and they do it.

I was so used to it, I did not even reflect about it

until I met my wife.

She was amazed, every single person did what I told

them to do,(to a certain extent ofc)

even strangers.

she thought it was freaky and wondered if I could
 
plant thoughts in peoples heads(I cant do that btw).

Now that I am aware of it I try not to impose my will on

people.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: webcake on July 20, 2009, 01:45:28 AM
I am good at many things
I also have one gift.

I can make people do things.

I tell people what to do, and they do it.

I was so used to it, I did not even reflect about it

until I met my wife.

She was amazed, every single person did what I told

them to do,

even strangers.

she thought it was freaky and wondered if I could
 
plant thoughts in peoples heads(I cant do that btw).

Now that I am aware of it I try not to impose my will on

people.

I own an island........jealous?
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: @Brandon on July 20, 2009, 01:48:30 AM
I own an island........jealous?

Gj, I am happy for you.
Jealous people are sad miserable people.

I dont own any islands yet, to big investment in one
place.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: webcake on July 20, 2009, 01:49:54 AM
Gj, I am happy for you.
Jelous people are sad miserable people.

I dont own any islands yet, to big investment in one
place.

I wish you well in your endeavours.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: @Brandon on July 20, 2009, 01:58:42 AM
I wish you well in your endeavours.

Thx webcke
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Alex23 on July 20, 2009, 01:59:59 AM

Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Cleanest Natural on July 20, 2009, 03:53:58 AM
Don't be so humble. Aren't you actually famous for your custom "trick" where you sit on fire hydrants and make them disappear?
:D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Cleanest Natural on July 20, 2009, 03:56:01 AM
I am good at many things
I also have one gift.

I can make people do things.

I tell people what to do, and they do it.

I was so used to it, I did not even reflect about it

until I met my wife.

She was amazed, every single person did what I told

them to do,(to a certain extent ofc)

even strangers.

she thought it was freaky and wondered if I could
 
plant thoughts in peoples heads(I cant do that btw).

Now that I am aware of it I try not to impose my will on

people.
you along with getitonny are 2 of the biggest bullshitters on this site :

you both should be annally raped by a silverback

(http://www.iephoto.com/images/gorilladecisions72.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: WeiB on July 20, 2009, 03:59:50 AM
1)Being Austrian.
2)Failure.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Parker on July 20, 2009, 04:00:01 AM
audio program producer...I can take an Appalachian American, have him read a commercial, under my direction with the worst speech impediment from Georgia, and by the time I am finished in the editing suite, he will sound cogent, flowing, and educated.  The spot will have a music bed with a "sting" in the tail.  (provided the production house has a good selection of music "packages")

You need to do that with Sarah Palin.
you along with getitonny are 2 of the biggest bullshitters on this site :

you both should be annally raped by a silverback (http://www.iephoto.com/images/gorilladecisions72.jpg)

Kinda impossible, go back to the Condelezza Rice pic, that' the reason why :-\
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Cleanest Natural on July 20, 2009, 04:23:03 AM
 :D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Sherief Shalaby on July 20, 2009, 04:24:36 AM
i doubt that diecide has anything to say in this thread ;D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: The Wizard of Truth on July 20, 2009, 04:41:21 AM
Im a good smart ass,great at bluffing my way through things and super at Masturbation
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: dr.chimps on July 20, 2009, 04:56:20 AM
1) lightning fast smartass attack
2) can solve NYT Sunday puzzle in less than 2 hours
3) ability to make my Da shake his head in dismay - especially in regards to my life's progress
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: ironneck on July 20, 2009, 05:01:09 AM
i'm a good person
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: The Showstoppa on July 20, 2009, 05:08:22 AM
I'm pretty good with a bow staff.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: ironneck on July 20, 2009, 05:09:24 AM
i can eat pretty much
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Tapeworm on July 20, 2009, 05:09:57 AM
I'm really good at what I do for a living, not because of some natural talent for it but just because I have spent so long improving and innovating.  I certainly rank in the top 1%.  I've never met or heard of anyone who even comes close to my level.  It is entirely possible that

Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: dr.chimps on July 20, 2009, 05:11:27 AM
I'm pretty good with a bow staff.
Little John!? I've got a good group of guys...you wanta hang and have some fun with the local sheriff?    :D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: The Showstoppa on July 20, 2009, 05:11:29 AM
I'm really good at what I do for a living, not because of some natural talent for it but just because I have spent so long improving and innovating.  I certainly rank in the top 1%.  I've never met or heard of anyone who even comes close to my level.  It is entirely possible that



So what do you do?
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Tapeworm on July 20, 2009, 05:15:09 AM
So what do you do?

Tradesman/contractor.  That's as specific as I'm willing to get on 'ol Getbig.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: dr.chimps on July 20, 2009, 05:16:28 AM
Tradesman/contractor.  That's as specific as I'm willing to get on 'ol Getbig.
*Writes down G$P*   ;D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: johnnynoname on July 20, 2009, 05:19:59 AM

2) can solve NYT Sunday puzzle in less than 2 hours


seriously, that is pretty hardcore
congrats
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: wavelength on July 20, 2009, 05:22:23 AM
1)Being Austrian.
2)Failure.

bam oida
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: dr.chimps on July 20, 2009, 05:22:53 AM
seriously, that is pretty hardcore
congrats
Just years of practice, is all. Put a Sudoku in front of me and I get seasick and fall off my barstool.  :D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Tapeworm on July 20, 2009, 05:25:21 AM
*Writes down G$P*   ;D

Lol!!  No, the 'tradesman's entrance' is closed.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: johnnynoname on July 20, 2009, 05:28:43 AM
Just years of practice, is all. Put a Sudoku in front of me and I get seasick and fall off my barstool.  :D

i think the NYT sunday crossword puzzle is way harder than sodoku, no?
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: dr.chimps on July 20, 2009, 05:32:51 AM
i think the NYT sunday crossword puzzle is way harder than sodoku, no?
I don't know - truly! My brain is wired for words, not numbers, or that geometric stuff. I'd probably score less than Debussey on a Mensa test...but I know I can find Dubai, India on a map!   
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Get Rowdy on July 20, 2009, 06:11:50 AM
Public speaking / performing in front of a group.

For some reason I enjoy it, but don't really like 1 on 1 conversations with most people.

Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: jon cole on July 20, 2009, 06:28:32 AM
-being paranoiac.
-eating cottage cheese.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: spinnis on July 20, 2009, 06:32:03 AM
Being provocative is my middle name
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: @Brandon on July 20, 2009, 07:03:02 AM
you along with getitonny are 2 of the biggest bullshitters on this site :

you both should be annally raped by a silverback


I hate kicking someone who is down.

I hope you get your act together and get a proper job
or education.

Try to scrape together enough money
for a ticket out of that romanian shithole you are living in.

Get out and interact with normal people
your talk is not correlated with your age atm.

Good luck you really need it.

Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: CalvinH on July 20, 2009, 07:42:48 AM
Beer pong 8)
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: dr.chimps on July 20, 2009, 07:45:43 AM
Beer pong 8)
Beirut!  >:(     ;D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: CalvinH on July 20, 2009, 07:51:56 AM
Beirut!  >:(     ;D


Haha,I wasn't sure how many knew it by that name ;D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: dr.chimps on July 20, 2009, 07:57:17 AM

Haha,I wasn't sure how many knew it by that name ;D
We call it beer pong up here, but I was talking to a bud just last night who's from Alabama (now living in Houston) who always let me know it's really called Beirut. Maybe, it's a regional thing?
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Mars on July 20, 2009, 07:59:02 AM
satisfying your mom.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Tre on July 20, 2009, 08:01:29 AM

Football (WR & DB)
Videography
Writing
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: CalvinH on July 20, 2009, 08:09:54 AM
We call it beer pong up here, but I was talking to a bud just last night who's from Alabama (now living in Houston) who always let me know it's really called Beirut. Maybe, it's a regional thing?



In CT us "old schoolers" call it Beruit but these youngins call it beer pong.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: kiwiol on July 20, 2009, 08:10:40 AM
satisfying your mom.

 ;D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: ManBearPig... on July 20, 2009, 08:19:25 AM
I'm pretty good with a bow staff.

I used to be able to throw a football over dem mountains.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: dr.chimps on July 20, 2009, 08:20:19 AM
In CT us "old schoolers" call it Beruit but these youngins call it beer pong.
LOL. And get off my lawn! And while we're able, let's take a fiver and remember Hughie, may he PIP.  :)

/we're on a 6-game winning streak, so don't even mention the word 'baseball.'  ;D

Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: DK II on July 20, 2009, 08:34:59 AM
i'm really good at talking shit on the internet and not posting pics.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: dr.chimps on July 20, 2009, 08:40:47 AM
i'm really good at talking shit on the internet and not posting pics.
Really!? You'd think someone would have noted that by now.  :D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: DK II on July 20, 2009, 08:43:00 AM
Really!? You'd think someone would have noted that by now.  :D

Sorry.



Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: CalvinH on July 20, 2009, 08:43:07 AM
LOL. And get off my lawn! And while we're able, let's take a fiver and remember Hughie, may he PIP.  :)

/we're on a 6-game winning streak, so don't even mention the word 'baseball.'  ;D







PIP Hughie.


finally played my first 2 games after a couple of months.gotta say it felt good to run around and take some hacks.
we won both 8)
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: funk51 on July 20, 2009, 12:40:22 PM




PIP Hughie.


finally played my first 2 games after a couple of months.gotta say it felt good to run around and take some hacks.
we won both 8)
                         hughie was a great rocker, i saw him at one of his last shows with the outlaws. he went with a beer in his hand and football on his tv. may he be rocking out in heaven.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Bast175 on July 20, 2009, 02:51:22 PM
i'm really good at talking shit on the internet and not posting pics.

'man walk bitches talk.'
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: DK II on July 20, 2009, 11:47:26 PM
'man walk bitches talk.'

brutal judging a person by his internet persona...  ::) ::)

i have already achieved more in life than you ever will.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: bigdumbbell on July 21, 2009, 12:44:42 AM
connoisseurship
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: JasonH on July 21, 2009, 03:18:44 AM
I am really good at spelling.

I never spell anything wrong because I have a condition called synesthesia which means I see all letters from a to z and numbers from 0 to 9 as colours (spelt color in the US)

Each letter of the alphabet and number has it's corresponding colour which never changes - I've had it all my life and every time I see a word or a series of numbers it appears to me as multicoloured - quite pleasurable really. It serves no purpose other than that but it just means I have an advantage when spelling things - because the colours just look "right". Hard to explain I know but there you have it.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: dr.chimps on July 21, 2009, 03:27:43 AM
connoisseurship
TA has a newsletter you might be interested in....
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: kiwiol on July 21, 2009, 03:42:48 AM
TA has a newsletter you might be interested in....

I heard it's best read while drinking expensive wine 8)
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Tapeworm on July 21, 2009, 03:45:59 AM
 :D

(http://peterdonahue.com/images/illustrations/WineSnob.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: bigdumbbell on July 21, 2009, 05:22:49 AM
TA has a newsletter you might be interested in....
no thank you.  i'm no longer investing
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: The Showstoppa on July 21, 2009, 05:27:21 AM
I heard it's best read while drinking expensive wine 8)

Pip, pip.....cheerio!  8)
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: DK II on July 21, 2009, 08:14:07 AM
I am really good at spelling.

I never spell anything wrong because I have a condition called synesthesia which means I see all letters from a to z and numbers from 0 to 9 as colours (spelt color in the US)

Each letter of the alphabet and number has it's corresponding colour which never changes - I've had it all my life and every time I see a word or a series of numbers it appears to me as multicoloured - quite pleasurable really. It serves no purpose other than that but it just means I have an advantage when spelling things - because the colours just look "right". Hard to explain I know but there you have it.

that's fucking amazing, and i wish i could experience that once in my life!!

reading getbig must be a fucking pain to you, lol!!!

Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Reign Down on July 21, 2009, 08:25:52 AM
Watching tube8 and masturbating simultaneously.

ta ta
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: DK II on July 21, 2009, 08:35:11 AM
Watching tube and masturbating simultaneously.

ta ta

you masturbate to youtube?  ;D ;D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: evandatp on July 21, 2009, 11:20:40 AM
Tradesman/contractor.  That's as specific as I'm willing to get on 'ol Getbig.
Are you wanted for a crime you didn't commit & currently at large in the Western Australian underground?
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: evandatp on July 21, 2009, 11:25:28 AM
It's Getbig. The question would be easier for all the multimillionaire, super model banging jetsetters to answer if you asked was, "What AREN'T you good at?"
Balancing my laptop on this supermodel's bony hips & trying to post in this turbulence while she and/or one of her colleagues blows me.

There aren't enough hours in the day, no matter what timezones you flit between.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Reign Down on July 21, 2009, 11:27:34 AM
you masturbate to youtube?  ;D ;D

hahaha fixed it!

Only wank on youtube if I "stumble" on BB pro's showering like our friend Spicy Sushi! Should have guessed with a name like that.

ta ta
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Tapeworm on July 21, 2009, 10:20:53 PM
Are you wanted for a crime you didn't commit & currently at large in the Western Australian underground?

I do drive a van.  ;D
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: nodeal on July 21, 2009, 10:41:18 PM
I am a cat whisperer
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Team Diver on July 22, 2009, 12:35:34 PM
I am good at getting KTFOd!!!

Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: funk51 on July 22, 2009, 02:18:52 PM
numbers and stats. baseball statistics in particular, in my job i used to have to be real fast with numbe knew the times tables up to 88 without thinking.
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Mars on July 22, 2009, 02:19:59 PM
i like cats
Title: Re: What are you guys really good at ?
Post by: Tapeworm on July 22, 2009, 07:35:11 PM
numbers and stats. baseball statistics in particular, in my job i used to have to be real fast with numbe knew the times tables up to 88 without thinking.

If you use torrents, download a vid called the joy of mathematics.  The lecturer has all sorts of tricks for multiplying, dividing, square roots, etc.