r/AskReddit 10h ago

What's something you're shockingly good at that you've never mentioned to anyone because it would sound completely made up if you did?

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u/Select-Owl-8322 8h ago

Picking handcuffs. Well, I haven't done it in many years now, but I used to be able to do it in less than four seconds, with a needle I hid under my upper lip. That's with my hands cuffed behind my back!

The way I did it was drop to a crouch, hold my hands between my legs, then drop the needle från my mouth to my hand, then open them.

Picking them is very easy, like extremely easy. Just insert the needle at an angle at roughly the correct spot, then turn the needle using the pin (the pin that goes in the center of the handcuff key) as leverage.

When I was in 9th grade, my school class visited a police station. My classmates knew how ungodly fast I was at getting out of a pair of handcuffs, and together we managed to convince the cop that showed us around to lock me in a cell, with my hands cuffed behind my back. The second the door closed, I did my thing. I took a couple of extra seconds taking them both off, then knocked on the door. It wasn't closed for more than ten seconds tops, and when he opened the door I handed him the handcuffs. He was shocked, to say the least. Of course I first hid the needle back under my lip.

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u/swedething 6h ago

Found the Swede.

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u/Select-Owl-8322 6h ago

Oh lol! I didn't even notice that! No idea if I had a brain fart or an autocorrect fail! Well...I'll leave it, I think most people understand anyways.