Things you feel smug about.

[Count Trari de Reeson]

I have never willingly given Michael Jackson a penny of my money. Sure I have bought the occasional Coke or Pepsi and I am sure that he made something off of that from his advertising contracts, but I have never directly let him have a cent. Even back in the early 80s, when everyone else said he was a genius, his music sounded to me like McDonalds commercials. When they all said he was THE GREATEST dancer, it looked to me like he just moved from one pose to another. Now that the rest of the world has woken up and realized that he is a talentless freak, I feel smug.
There are other things that I can feel smug about, but I would like to hear yours.

[cuauhtemoc]

I worked at a Chinese fast food place for a couple of months in college. These former PepsiCo executives had gotten together and tried to start a chain of Chinese Taco Bell-type places. You could tell they really believed in this project, they really thought it was going to be the next big thing to hit America.

I knew within a day of working there that it was going to flop. Why? Well, for one thing, the food was absolutely vile. I mean it was the kind of food that made you drop to your knees and wail "Why, God? Whyyyyyy???????"

But the main reason it tanked was the gimmick: they had a touch-screen menu at the counter where the customers were to punch in their own orders. They just touched the food they wanted, and a little slip printed up in the kitchen. I said to myself "Self, I don't think people are ready for this. This place is going to do poorly." And it did. And I laughed. "Ha!" I said.

[Guinastasia]

My vast vast knowledge of various European Royals.

[XJETGIRLX]

I'm damned cute. And proud of it ::grin::
Okay, I know it's a fairly shallow thing, but I'm really humble about most everything else. Most everything.

[Guybud5]

I have never in my life gotten on a bus and paid money to ride... of course, my hometown had quite possibly the worst public transportation system on earth...

And I don't think San Fransisco street cars count.

[drm]

my killer abs.

I work pretty hard, figure it's my right.

[typhoon]

Regarding Michael Jackson, what about this (http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a951027.html)?

[Troy McClure SF]

Originally posted by XJETGIRLX
I'm damned cute.

Cite? Visual, preferably. ;)

Originally posted by Guybud5
And I don't think San Fransisco street cars count.

Assuming you mean the famous cable cars (http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dpd98r/photos/USA%20Trip/San%20Francisco%20-%20Cable%20Car%20(with%20alcatraz%20backdrop)%20(150dpi).jpg), they are used by us folks in San Francisco for transportation.

[yosemite]

I have never ingested an illegal drug (with the exception of the occasional pain pill that I borrowed from someone else when my period was really bad or something). Certainly I do not feel that this makes me better than people who have taken ilicit drugs, but I feel smug that I've never, not even once, succumbed to temptation. Because some people find this beyond comprehensible.

I knew who Jim Carrey was way before he became a big hit. Same with Meg Ryan, Billy Bob Thornton, and a score of others. I seem to be able to sniff out future megastars.

I knew that "pets.com" was a really sucky idea. When I saw those ads on TV, I knew they wouldn't make any money.

[Koxinga]

It's a rule that every foreign student of Chinese feels smug when hearing another foreigner talk Chinese. Even if he knows more words, you can always congratulate yourself on your superior pronunciation.

[Silentgoldfish]

I have never seen any full episodes of any reality show.

I apparantlly have a very cute butt.

[XJETGIRLX]

Originally posted by Troy McClure SF
Cite? Visual, preferably. ;)


Absolutement!

Ici, s'il vous plait (http://members.aol.com/XJETGIRLX/profile.htm)

[XJETGIRLX]

Originally posted by mayberrydan
my killer abs.

I work pretty hard, figure it's my right.

I figure this deserves a cite as well!
What say ye?

[Atreyu]

Originally posted by XJETGIRLX
Absolutement!

Ici, s'il vous plait (http://members.aol.com/XJETGIRLX/profile.htm)

Oh God.

I think I'm in love.

[Flutterby]

Originally posted by Count Trari de Reeson
Now that the rest of the world has woken up and realized that he is a talentless freak, I feel smug.

I don't quite think everyone has woken up to it. C'mon I know you saw the crowd outside of his window in the news as well as I did.

What am I smug about? Hmm..

That I can do a number of crafty things most girls in my age group seem to think of as so last century (crochet, sewing, cross-stitch). I love to sit and do them while watching TV or feel pride in framing a new work of art or snuggling under my afghan. So basically I'm smug that I can do useful and pretty crafty things that most girls seem to give up after getting out of home ec.

[ElwoodCuse]

Originally posted by cuauhtemoc
But the main reason it tanked was the gimmick: they had a touch-screen menu at the counter where the customers were to punch in their own orders. They just touched the food they wanted, and a little slip printed up in the kitchen. I said to myself "Self, I don't think people are ready for this. This place is going to do poorly." And it did. And I laughed. "Ha!" I said.

Maybe they were ahead of their time. Sheetz has these in all their stores, and they are doing quite well for themselves. It also means I never have to deal with having my sandwich incorrectly made.

[Tikki]

I, too, pride myself on never having liked Michael Jackson or his music.

Also, despite my 4+ decades on this planet, I have never owned a car. I feel good that there is a little less pollution because of me. And Seattle has an excellent bus system and a lot of great drivers!

One last thing is that I intentionently went 7 years without a television. On of the things that makes me most proud is that I have never seen any of the commercials featuring the Taco Bell chihuahua. :P

[Spiff]

Tikki's post regarding TV reminded me of one thing I'm smug about: I don't have cable, and I never will ... AND I spent 3+ years as a producer of local and national TV newscasts.

My TV cow-orkers couldn't 'get' me ... how could I keep up with current events without watching CNN? Maroons, all of 'em. Not surprising that I've been out of the television-making business for five years ...

Also, people routinely estimate my age to be about 10 years younger than I actually am.

[Profane]

I always make real mashed potatoes. My rice does get boiled in a bag. I have never served canned vegetables.

I'm convinced this is the main reason my husband wanted to marry me. The poor thing had been eating Navy food for 8 years before we met.



Originally posted by Obsidian Flutterby
I can do a number of crafty things most girls in my age group seem to think of as so last century (crochet, sewing, cross-stitch). I love to sit and do them while watching TV or feel pride in framing a new work of art or snuggling under my afghan. So basically I'm smug that I can do useful and pretty crafty things that most girls seem to give up after getting out of home ec.


I cross stitch too! All the ladies at my LNS look at me funny when I go in there. I'm at least 20 years younger and have way more tattoos than the average customer. ;)

[XJETGIRLX]

Originally posted by LunaSea
I cross stitch too! All the ladies at my LNS look at me funny when I go in there. I'm at least 20 years younger and have way more tattoos than the average customer. ;)

Hehe! You too, huh?
I've been working on a Teresa Wentzler design for, oh, about 2 years now! I've often thought about getting another tattoo that's designed to look like it was cross-stitched on, but I don't know how successful it would be.

I guess you could say I'm also pretty smug about this. I was one of the few girls I knew who could cook & sew. I grew up making my own clothes from patterns. My wedding dress (http://members.aol.com/XJETGIRLX/images/BridalBouquet2.jpg) was actually home made. It was actually a pattern for a halloween costume -- a renaissance type dress.

[Fretful Porpentine]

I've managed to do a hefty amount of traveling on an income that has never exceeded $20,000 a year, and often been much less. Also, I'm getting paid NOT to work right now, and it feels pretty damn good. (Well, technically I'm getting paid to concentrate on my dissertation, but close enough.)

I'm sort of confused about the bus thing, Guybud5 -- are you saying you have taken buses without paying, or that you don't ride buses at all? And why is either of those anything to feel smug about?

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

Being a 44-going-on-45-yo-male and not having a gut.

Could stand being more defined in that part of my body though.

[cuauhtemoc]

I have never seen Titanic.

[Kalhoun]

In 46 years, I have NEVER had a cavity. I'd be smugger if my teeth were straighter, but I guess you can't have it all.

[Urban Ranger]

My ability to remain calm in the face of dire calamities.

[enipla]

When people complain about snow.

We know snow. Two SUV's (don't go there) a four wheel drive truck chained up on all four wheels w/plow, and a four wheel drive tractor/loader.

There will be snow in our yard till June. And moose. Don't forget the moose. She came by Saturday night and started licking the salt off my car. I got a moose wash.

Called Division of Wildlife because we thougth she might be injured. They came out and told us to keep an eye on her.

No problem. Kinda hard to miss a 1500 lb. animal making out with your car.:D

Yep, I'm smug about snow.

Good thread by the way.

[MikeG]

My six year old son who has been playing chess for less than two months forked me in a game this past weekend, made me sacrifice a bishop, and had me on the run for ten moves!

I suppose I could say I wasn't paying attention, or I'm not that great a player, but truth be told, he impressed the hell out of me. I still won of course :) (his offense is decent but defense? pshaw)- I figure in a year he'll be beating me regularly as every time I turn around he is playing the computer shareware program I downloaded for him.

[lovelyluka]

Oooh, I never had a cavity either. But I'm just 19.

I am smug because I continued to take piano lessons long after they were cool. All my friends quit when they were about twelve and made fun of me for sticking with it. Now I can play complete sonatas, AND I make money from it...from my piano students, church services, and random weddings and accompaniments, I make about three hundred a month just from playing the piano.

[Soul Brother Number Two]

Hey MikeG, what program is it?

[drm]

originally posted by XJETGIRLX

I figure this deserves a cite as well!
What say ye?


When I go home for Christmas in ten days, I'll get my brother to take a picture of me with his digital camera. I'm not all that technically savvy so I may need some help getting everyone to see it.

[ivylass]

Originally posted by Silentgoldfish
I have never seen any full episodes of any reality show.

I apparantlly have a very cute butt.

Gotcha beat there...I've never seen one, period.

That I can do a number of crafty things most girls in my age group seem to think of as so last century (crochet, sewing, cross-stitch). I love to sit and do them while watching TV or feel pride in framing a new work of art or snuggling under my afghan. So basically I'm smug that I can do useful and pretty crafty things that most girls seem to give up after getting out of home ec.

Me, too me too! I knit. When Ivylad was having back surgery, I was knitting in the waiting room, and so many (older) women came up to ask me what I was knitting and to chat about it.

[Washte]

Originally posted by enipla
...snip...Yep, I'm smug about snow... snip... [whiney voice] I want snow!! [/whiney voice]

I miss my moose too. Lived in BF Wyoming for several years and frequently had moose in the front yard. Wolves, coyotes, elk and all sorts of other critters as well, but the moose were so adorable :)

On topic... What am I proud of (sorry, not smug about it)? The ability to pick up languages easily. I love love love languages!!

[Profane]

Originally posted by LunaSea
My rice does get boiled in a bag.



does NOT.

One thing I'll never be smug about - my ability to proofread.

[Loneraven]

Originally posted by Silentgoldfish
I have never seen any full episodes of any reality show.



Me neither. Either. Whatever.
Unfortunately, I have to say I have ingested illegal drugs, I have a television, I have ridden a bus...

However, I knew about the internet before it was cool. At the age of seven, I had it. None of my friends had ever heard of it.

Raven

[Agrippina]

I know a ton of information about George Orwell. So much so that when I was in Scholar Bowl a few years ago, they had a Lightning Round (where the announcer asks a team their own questions) all about Orwell. My teammates put their buzzers down and just looked at me. That's right--you best move aside! :D

[yosemite]

Ah yes! Some other crafty ladies! I am not alone!

I am also smug about being able to sew my own clothes. I do a little crochet, but mostly just sort of "blanket" thingies. Also, I make my own pottery. I have a potter's wheel and kiln and everything. A lot of the pottery I use in the kitchen is made by me.

I am proud (OK, smug) that I've spent at least some of my life learning new hobbies and skills, instead of doing nothing other than just vegetating in front of the TV. (And as an aside, it's amazing how many other things you can do while simultaniously watching TV! I used to have a little B&W TV set up in the pottery room!)

[XJETGIRLX]

(slightly off topic:)

yosemitebabe, how much does a good kiln cost? Just curious. I always did want to work with pottery or ceramics!

(resume regularly scheduled topic)

[MikeG]

Originally posted by essvee
Hey MikeG, what program is it?

Bringer (http://www.reubold.onlinehome.de/) is the name of the program, I like the interface and the autoplay helps Andrew see what the comuter would do, he will often make a move, undo it and see what the computer would do.

The only downside is that the help file is in German. If you want to castle, you click the king and drag him to the space next to the rook and the computer will do the rest. I think you can also input using text but I haven't tried it.

[Swampwolf]

Originally posted by XJETGIRLX
Absolutement!

Ici, s'il vous plait (http://members.aol.com/XJETGIRLX/profile.htm)

I think I've seen you around. If so...guys, she's even cuter IRL!

anyway, about the OP.

Find me a pinball game. any pinball game, and I'll master it in an obscenely short time.

[Ol'Gaffer]

Originally posted by cuauhtemoc
I have never seen Titanic.

Damn. See what I get for working this morning?

So, besides never having seen Titanic, I am smug about my nicely shaped cranium which I keep freshly shaved so as to show it off.

[yosemite]

Originally posted by XJETGIRLX
(slightly off topic:)

yosemitebabe, how much does a good kiln cost? Just curious. I always did want to work with pottery or ceramics!

(resume regularly scheduled topic) Give or take, about $500 - $600 new (http://www.kickwheel.com/olympic.price.html). I'd recommend an electric kiln with an 11 1/4" x 9" interior or bigger. Good for most medium-small sized dinnerware and stuff. It's the size I use most often.

Used kilns are cheaper, and should work fine as well. Cress, Olympic and Paragon and good brands. (I favor Cress.)

[Back to regular scheduled topic.)

[Washte]

Originally posted by Ol'Gaffer
Damn. See what I get for working this morning?

So, besides never having seen Titanic, I am smug about my nicely shaped cranium which I keep freshly shaved so as to show it off. Once heard a great quote about this... "God only made a few perfect heads and on the rest he put hair."

:D

[cuauhtemoc]

Originally posted by Ol'Gaffer
So, besides never having seen Titanic, I am smug about my nicely shaped cranium which I keep freshly shaved so as to show it off.

Yeah, but you don't understand. I'm really, really smug about it. We're talking total prick here.

[Ol'Gaffer]

Originally posted by cuauhtemoc
Yeah, but you don't understand. I'm really, really smug about it. We're talking total prick here.

So, do you have a t-shirt or something? Smugness of this magnitute deserves some recognition.

[Ol'Gaffer]

Originally posted by Washte
Once heard a great quote about this... "God only made a few perfect heads and on the rest he put hair."

:D

That's great! Now if only "God only made a few perfect backs/asses and on the rest he put hair" applied to me as well.

[Monstre]

Originally posted by Atreyu, regarding XJETGIRLX's proof
Oh God.

I think I'm in love.

But alas, Atreyu, she's married. And as I'm in the same city (Tallahassee) as She of the Off-Limits Cute-ness, I can feel your pain even more poignantly. ;)

[slight hijack]
BTW, Jetgirl, did you do the drawings that are on your website?
[/sh]

Back to the tOPic... Smug...

I can play the piano -- also having stuck with it from grade school (kudos to you, Luka) -- and majored in it, among other things, in college.

FSU beat up on UF on the football field a week and a half ago -- still feeling somewhat smug about that. Bragging rights in Tallahassee this year over those of the Gator-ly persuasion...

And I can dance rather well, and have a good lead -- in all sorts of partner dances (West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Cha-Cha, Two-Step, Hustle, etc. -- swing, ballroom, country, various...)

From Kalhoun
In 46 years, I have NEVER had a cavity. I'd be smugger if my teeth were straighter, but I guess you can't have it all.

Well, unless your father is a dentist, and he did your braces when you were in junior high, and since your brother followed in his footsteps, you won't have the need for dental insurance for a long time.

(by "your", I of course mean "my"). :D

[XJETGIRLX]

Originally posted by Monstre
[slight hijack]
BTW, Jetgirl, did you do the drawings that are on your website?
[/sh]

And I can dance rather well, and have a good lead -- in all sorts of partner dances (West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Cha-Cha, Two-Step, Hustle, etc. -- swing, ballroom, country, various...)



First, let me start out with a hearty Go Noles!

Yes, I did draw all the pictures on my site (the ones in the album, at least)

And I'd say that the ability to dance well is definitely cause for smugness.

I took cotillion for 4 years and I'm pretty happy with the results.

Damn. I'm really not an arrogant cocky wanker, but I'm sure beginning to sound like it, thinking of all the things I could possible be smug about!

Okay. I'll cancel it out with something I am definitely not smug about: I'm quite incredibly horrid at math. There. I've said it.

Now you can resume with your grinning and guffawing.
::curtseys::
Carry on!

[Flutterby]

Cool. Lots of crafty people around. The thing is I'm only 20 (which is why I said my age group) I know pretty much no one who has done any of that since home economics in junior high who is my age.

[XJETGIRLX]

22 here. I know of exactly one other person my age (or close) that even knows how to sew! (I married him, btw!)

[Profane]

I'm an old fogey of 28

[Monstre]

From XJETGIRLX
Okay. I'll cancel it out with something I am definitely not smug about : I'm quite incredibly horrid at math. There. I've said it.

Well, I'm good at math, but I'm totally inept when it comes to sewing... even a button...

Perhaps we need a thread for "Things you couldn't possibly even begin to feel smug about". ;)

(BTW, I like the drawings, especially the one with the filename "wolfdraw")

[fizgig]

I'm smug about my ability to pick hobbies up and do things as I go along. I always adapt recipes, design things myself, and I also sew (I'm 25). I used to show horses, so I sewed most of my show clothes. Major smugness when someone complimented my outfit and asked where I bought it.

I'm also a bit smug in that I think I have a good sense of style, but maybe everyone's just lying to me.

[Count Trari de Reeson]

Well, my very first thread and it went to two pages. Now I really have something to feel smug about! :)

[Flowerchild]

I used to be smug about the fact that I was one of those people whom everybody asked teir weird questions to and I always had the right answers. My smugness left when I came here, but people I know still ask me all of their questions and The Straight Dope just helps me answer more of them.

[Flowerchild]

I also know how to sew,hand sew of course,Crochet,knit,cross-stitch, and plastic canvas.

[IThinkNot]

I am thirteen years old, and I work hard in Advanced Communications (basically advanced English and Reading).

I am known as MissDictionary by my classmates, because I can write, spell and speak at a college level. I read the Lord of the Rings in one week.

I know I'm bragging, but isn't that what feeling smug is all about?

SideLight: If anybody was involved in the Witchblade message boards, I was on there. I dropped off suddenly, because the whole thing snowballed and I just didn't care. Anyway, I posted as MissDictionary. Just thought you'd like to know. :)

[Flowerchild]

I was like that at your age too, believe it or not, alot of people hated me for some reason so I never got to brag. IThinkNot, are you in a gifted program at your school?

[IThinkNot]

Flowerchild:

Yes. There's Advanced Math, too, but I believe that hemisphere of my brain was destroyed to some extent as a child. :)

By the way, my Message Board Name comes from a joke I heard in Advanced Comm. Ready? Here we go:

So Renee DesCartes walks into a bar.
He orders a beer.
He drinks it.
The bartender says, "Would you like another, sir?"
Renee DesCartes responds, "I think not."
And he promptly disappears!

HA! I just LOVE that!

[Enola Straight]

I have no debt.

[Mirror Image egamI rorriM]

I just got 96 percentile and 200 points on my PSATs. I also got a letter from Drake university that said "we are impressed by your exceptional abilities" or some such thing.

I'm a sophomore in an inner city public high school, too. I'm smug about going to a good school like that, instead of the awful all-girls' Catholic school I went to last year.

[Mirror Image egamI rorriM]

And I make things. I knit scraves, make books (sketchbooks/scrapbooks), make jewellery, cook pies and cream puffs, make my own Halloween costumes from scratch, and I painted a psychedelic picture on the bakc panel of my backpack, flames on the front pocket, and my name in swirly red and grey letter across the top. Everyone wants me to make them stuff, because they are ever so impressed by my abilites.

[Lissla Lissar]

I sew, design my own stuff, and do beading and wirework. I can cook, too. I learned to make bread in a miserable little "rangette" with two burners and no temperature marking. I determined correct baking temperature by holding my hand inside.

I'm 24. I'm old, too, but I think I'm the youngest girl at the Creative Sewing and Needlework festival every year.

I can nitpick any "historical" costume movie to death, especially British or French. I understand that it's tons of fun to watch Braveheart with me. ;)

I can recite tons of poetry. I think that's about it.

[andygirl]

A few days ago I wrote a paper for my syntax class that was long and boring. But it was good. I am most pleased.

I am also smug that I can cook well and my hair is very boingy.

[caffeine_overdose]

Last year I gave up caffeine for Lent (or as I call it 40 Days of Hell on Earth). My median daily coke intake is 48 ounces so I am damn proud of that.

[Koxinga]

Originally posted by caffeine_overdose
My median daily coke intake is 48 ounces so I am damn proud of that.

You party at Studio 54?

[Buck The Diver]

At the age of 42, I can still free dive past 80 feet (not by much, tho).

[Somnambulist]

My other half...she is way hotter than I deserve

When we are out and she is turning heads I do my best to act nochalant but really I'm smugly basking in her reflected glory!

[Mushono]

I'm in 8th grade taking Algebra 2
I went thru algebra 1/2 and algebra 1 in just 4 months (after missing 1+1/2 years of school from illness)
I read "The Nights Dawn" series in less than a week, (6 books totally at least 2000 pgs)

[Forbin]

There is not one piece of furniture in the world I cannot make.
Not one.
No matter how much of a museum piece it may be.
No matter what carving, inlay, marquetry, or whatever it has.

Bureau du Roi? (http://www.indiana.edu/~fritciv/html/disk2/034.JPEG) Ha! No problem.

Getty collection? (http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/images/m/00620001.jpg) Ha! I laugh

Blockfront? (http://www.sdfwa.org/DIW/2001/images/large/twf2001.jpg) Been there, done that. In High School pal, in High School.

<Touches finger to ass. Sizzling sound is heard.>

Sssssssssssssss ;)

[Sublight]

I've never seen Titanic or Melrose Place.

I know enough (enough to answer Jeopardy-level questions, but not enough for a degree) about a wide enough range of subjects that people routinely ask "how the hell did you know that?" I'll also get phone calls from friends that start "none of us knew the answer to this so we decided to call you."

Credit where credit's due, though, I owe a lot to all you guys. Thanks.

And XJETGIRLX, your smugness is thoroughly justified. Yow.

[Monstre]

Oh, here's a trivial bit of personal smugness...

I occasionally surprise a friend with whom I sometimes play Trivial Pursuit. One time, she read the question, looked at the answer, then said (rather smugly), "Okay, this one's worth dinner. Anywhere. If you get it right." (In the tone of voice that said, "There's no way in hell you'll ever get this").

The question was something about -- What's the largest city between Dublin and ... (some city on the east shore of canada, I think).

Her jaw dropped when I responded with the correct answer in half a second... and she said she'd never even heard of Reykjavik.

That was a fun moment of smuggity. ;)

[Gerome]

I'm kinda smug about the fact I know how to make animation (both stop motion and 2-d) without using Flash. I made a stop motion short for my Media SAT (basically the media product you hand in that makes 70% of your final mark) and was the only one in the class who did - that made me feel pretty smug.

In case you're wondering, it featured a crocodile who captured Steve Irwin. Looked pretty cheap, but everyone was impressed.

[Annie-Xmas]

I have never been in a Starbucks. Indeed, I once had the very smug experience of being in a bus going by a Starlbucks right after someone had driven through their front window in a 2000 red Mustang Convertible.

I have never been arrested. Ever.

[Spiff]

Originally posted by fizgig
so I sewed most of my show clothes Yes, but can you say that three times quickly? :D

[CrankyAsAnOldMan]

I have to confess that I'm smug about having gotten through this stupid grad program. Doctorates are a dime a dozen around here so no one really cares, but in the wider world only 1% of the population earns one and an even lower percentage of women, so it's worth a little smugness.

I am smug about the fact that I managed to pull off breastfeeding for 13 months even though my son was supplemented with formula since birth. It's not easy to do both (you tend to have supply issues and nipple confusion) but I managed.

I'm smug about the model I created to predict applications and eventual enrollment. It was a real bitch to set up.

I'm smug that my husband is so talented in a lot of ways. I know that isn't really a reflection on me, but I am still smug about landing him.

[Soup_du_jour]

I feel smug that I've gone through life (thus far) without acquiring any enemies that I know of. Quite a feat, if I say so myself.

This means that either-

a) I'm talented.
b) I'm very oblivious.

Take your pick.

[dorkusmalorkusmafia]

Soup_du_Jour, Vito and Guido are coming after you for not paying protection money. :P

I am smug in the fact that I can direct non-professional musicians in such a way for them to sound professional. I am also smug that I can play a few period instruments.

[Frank #2]

I've never had a serious injury or illness.
I can juggle fairly well.
My calligraphy skills are decent enough.

[DeadlyAccurate]

I've never seen a reality show.
I don't watch any TV, and haven't for almost 11 years (unless I'm at someone else's house or in a hotel room)
I never use boil-in-the-bag rice. I always make rice the real way. But I will use potato flakes.
I can't sew (yes, I'm smug about it. Sue me.)
I get paid actual money to play computer games.
I can build a computer from the ground up, and I always do so.

[DeadlyAccurate]

Um, I don't mean I sit around 24/7 building computers. I mean I always build my machines instead of buying them.

I should add: I rite real good to.

[Koxinga]

I can recite the full names of all the twentieth century presidents.

[Guinastasia]

XJETGIRLX, I LOVE your wedding dress! Is that the Ever After pattern?

I want to learn to sew very badly. I've already started embroidering-by HAND. Not crosstitch, either. Cross stitching is for babies (no offense!). I mean real old fashioned embroidery.

I do have a machine-as soon as I get some money, I'm going to get a pattern, material and start. Ha.

[Guinastasia]

Oh, and I read "smart" books for fun. And non-fiction.

[Kyla]

I have never seen Titanic OR a reality TV show. Ha ha ha!

I'm smug over my spelling and grammar abilities. They're pretty average by SDMB standards, but my coworkers come to me when they aren't sure about how a letter should look. I was the city spelling champion in my hometown when I was in sixth grade.

I'm smug because I have never smoked a cigarette, not even one!

I'm smug because I prefer reading science, history, and social studies books to Oprah books.

[SmileyDeath]

The fact that Canada is getting really close to legalising pot so the americans will have to come to us.