Something Rimmer is actually good at...

[Bman]

Scene in Only the Good...

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RIMMER: You think I could become an officer, one day, sir?

HOLLISTER: Look, it gives me no pleasure telling you this, Rimmer, but I'm sorry, you're just not officer material.

RIMMER: 'Not officer material', sir??

HOLLISTER: If you wanna take my advice you'll redirect your energies and find something that you have a genuine chance of succeeding at.

RIMMER: Like what, sir?
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Now here lies the question. What else could Rimmer have a shot in life at. Well, I think I've found the answer. Consider these facts

a) Rimmer's favorite subject in School was Geography and he always got top marks when colouring in maps

b) Rimmer is a great believer in strategic planning and idolises various leaders who also do so

C) Rimmer was once a member of Io Amateur Wargamers and Recreaters of the Battle of Neasden Society

D) Rimmer spends weeks and months meticulous designing, colouring and drawing his revision timetables

Well, isn't it obvious?

Rimmer should have become the ship's Cartographer!

Just imagine what fun Rimmer would have spending his days drawing star charts with his collection of felt tip pens! No one would bother him for taking so long because it's his job, and the position would be important enough to keep his parents happy!

[red dwarf addict]

Yeah, in Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers it brings his artistic nature to your attention...lol, since I did my RD project I kinda know him a little better now.

He has another talent; imagination.

You need proof? Just look at Back To Reality.

RIMMER: Billy Doyle. Well, that's a name that came from the wrong side of the the tracks, isn't it? You can see it all now: a youth spent in and out of corrective institutions. A string of illegitimate children. The wife will be all white shoes, no tights, and blotchy legs.

Has to take up petty crime to cover the court orders for maintenance. Before he knows it he's standing in a bank with a sawn-off shotgun. Somehow it goes off. An old lady gets both barrels through a crocheted bobble hat. All he can do is hide. But where? And then it hits him - with all his ill-gotten gains he can buy four years in a computer game and wait until the heat's off. So ends the Ballad of Billy "Granny Killer" Doyle.

And also, there's a deleted scene after that where he starts to elaborate about why his character looks like a tramp. I can't remember it off by heart but it seconds the notion of him having a great imagination. Need I say more?

[Bman]

He's also a master champion of hide-and-seek, particularily the hiding part, lol.

[Captain Emerald]

It's not a gift you lose.