Finish the sentence: I must be the only person here who...

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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In this thread asking people to tell me about stuff that people always seem to complain about but which never happens to them, Acantha posted that she has “had more bizarre one in a million experiences than most people I know”. I’m curious and nosy and I want to hear about it.

Tell me some crazy, unexpected, unusual, or unbelievable things that have happened to you that you are reasonably certain have never happened to anybody else here?

I’ll go first. I must be the only person here who has ever been kidnapped (by a non-family member; I’m pretty sure I’ve heard of family abductions here).

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I’m probably the only person here who takes both the Illuminati Conspiracy theory, Christian Reconstruction & Anglo-Israelism somewhat seriously (as in- I don’t think they’re total B.S. tho I’ll admit there is a lot of B.S. connected with all three).

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…who was bitten by a lion.

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…has relatives in both Texas and Suriname.

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…has extracted venom from black-widow spiders, cane toads, and about 50 species of venomous snakes.

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…performed in public on the trumpet within a calendar month of picking one up for the first time.

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…almost been arrested for climbing and then rappelling off of a campus parking deck (when you’re REALLY bored).

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… simultaneously lived with a call girl and a peeping tom.

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…has ever weighed over 500 pounds.

Joe

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…has seen a polar bear in its natural habitat.

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…has defended Catholicism to a group of her Church of England schoolmates.

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On a similar note: I must be the only person here both of whose in-laws were kidnapped (one by a family member, one not).

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… was a bellringer - the big church bells (we did handbells too) and played the bagpipe chanter as a child!

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…has stood in the winner’s circle for a major (Grade 1 stakes) horse racing win.

(No, it wasn’t my horse. Sadly. He was owned by a friend and she invited us to join them.)

Heh, actually, because of that horse I can add:

…was bitten by a $2,000,000 horse, although he just grabbed my sweater playfully and tugged. The owner told me to smack him on the nose to tell him to let go. I was aghast–I wasn’t hitting a $2,000,000 horse!

…has been in the elite Director’s Room at two major horse racing tracks. I felt very out of place, but the AWESOME! food made up for it in a hurry.

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Has spent about a year (cumulative, over several separate visits) vacationing in Europe, yet never set foot in England, France or Italy…

(I have nothing against England, France or Italy and hope to visit all three eventually—It just never worked out, despite spending months within a hundred miles of each country)

Italy is on the top of the list for my next visit, whenever that may be.

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Between that, and your username, I’d like to buy your memoir.

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Met Bob Hope.

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…been on TV on four different and discrete occasions and I’m not a celebrity.

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Had dinner at Ed Broadbent’s apartment.

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…has made money on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour 3 separate times (although never all that much, sadly).
…was named an honorary citizen of Vienna, Austria.
…is one degree of separation away from (among other peoeple) Albert Einstein, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Paul Erdos, and Edward Teller.
…used my own swiss army knife to grind down an exposed fragment of my own wisdom tooth (still in my jaw) while sitting at my desk at work.
…has written a game for the legendary 3DO M2 console.
…is better than anyone else on the SDMB at 4-Square :slight_smile: