# Finish the sentence: I must be the only person here who... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 29, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411 "2010-07-29T02:59:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/181 "2010-08-06T02:40:35Z")
…has been attacked by a bear. ---
**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/182 "2010-08-06T03:53:08Z")
Was the last person born in the old ranch house. Was born in the same house as his dad. Was delievered by their sister, and then had her run out on me before cutting the cord. Had or has a USCG Third Assistant Engineer Steam and Diesel any Hp licience. Anyone else been across the dateline and the equator? ---
**Author:** ![ShallowEnd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@ShallowEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShallowEnd)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/183 "2010-08-06T07:52:49Z")
You are an amazing bunch of people! I have a couple no one has mentioned, I met the Archbishop of Canterbury. I had dinner with Harlan Ellison. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/184 "2010-08-06T14:45:38Z")
…was given a gold record, but it doesn’t have my name on it (it was meant for someone else) …had sex with two _dudes_ who are regular posters here (just to separate myself from Mr. Hot Stuff :D) ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/185 "2010-08-06T14:50:46Z")
> [@Snnipe\_70E](#): > > Anyone else been across the dateline and the equator? I’m sure any number of people here have flown between the US and Australia. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/186 "2010-08-06T17:26:27Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > …had sex with two _dudes_ who are regular posters here (just to separate myself from Mr. Hot Stuff :D) At the same time? ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/187 "2010-08-06T20:48:20Z")
Oh, I may be the only person who sees a neurologist and a neuro ophthalmologist on a regular basis. (Yes, I have brain issues). :rolleyes: Mrs. Gedd has seen the Broadway version of “Mama Mia” in 4 different countries. Oh, and also had SARS. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/188 "2010-08-07T02:57:01Z")
… was told by Federal Marshals that a bank robbing gang wanted to kidnap me. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/189 "2010-08-07T03:30:50Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > …had sex with two _dudes_ who are regular posters here Uh huh. And you’re not going to tell us who, either. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/190 "2010-08-07T08:45:08Z")
… had a blind date with Weird Al Yakovic (it sucked) … sang _The Magic Flute_’s Queen of the Night aria on the stage of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (badly) … drove a New York Police car around London (I’ve got pictures). … served dinner to Placido Domingo, John Cleese, Morgan Freeman, and James Brown (there were probably more, but those are the ones I remember most). ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/191 "2010-08-07T15:30:36Z")
> [@ENugent](#): > > > [@NetTrekker](#): > > > > sprinkles salt with my fingers from a dish instead of using a saltshaker > > > > uses same-digits when setting cook times on the microwave, e.g. :33, 1:11, 2:22, etc. > > I do both of these. Copycatter ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/192 "2010-08-08T01:18:18Z")
I’m probably the only one here who has driven 18 miles to have Domino’s deliver pizza to me in a gas station parking lot. (No local Domino’s, they don’t deliver this far out, I didn’t feel like driving all the way there but, man, did I want a Philly cheesesteak pizza…) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/193 "2010-08-10T14:40:17Z")
Starts dancing whenever anyone’s cell phone goes off. I think the world would be a little nicer if we all did this. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/194 "2010-08-10T15:16:57Z")
I’ve been on TV five times (not a celebrity). I’ve seated Reggie Miller in a restaurant (and got him towels when he spilled his soup). Um … climbed the fence surrounding the Theater of Dionysus in Athens to get a look at it because the gates were locked. (We were 17 and stuuuuuuuuupid!) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/195 "2010-08-10T15:34:52Z")
… holds up his hands and cries “wheeee!” when going over rough roads, as if it’s a roller coaster. (this can be quite disconcerting if you’re one of my passengers) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/196 "2010-08-10T15:45:47Z")
> [@Avarie537](#): > > I’ve been on TV five times (not a celebrity). Yeah, but was one of the appearances on French TV? 😛 (sticking tongue-out smiley) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/197 "2010-08-10T15:51:27Z")
I was held up and robbed twice in my capacity as a teenage-girl convenience store clerk. In a period of \<10 days. By the same guy. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/198 "2010-08-10T16:09:20Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > > [@Crotalus](#): > > > > …has extracted venom from black-widow spiders, cane toads, and about 50 species of venomous snakes. > > Between that, and your username, I’d like to buy your memoir. I’m afraid my memoir wouldn’t be all that interesting. But I did work at a venom lab during the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/199 "2010-08-10T17:20:12Z")
as suggested by needscoffee: …has seen a cat whose tail was completely degloved, but was fine afterwards. (“fine” in this case being defined as “she lived another eight years and didn’t miss that tail much anyway”). Does anyone want me to describe what that looked like? ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411/200 "2010-08-12T04:48:48Z")
…has photos of himself with Dick Clark, Bert Ward (played Robin in the Batman TV series), Janis Ian [Rock’n Rollen Stewart](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/848/is-the-guy-who-held-up-those-john-3), and Lynne Truss, author of [Eats, Shoots & Leaves](http://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Tolerance-Punctuation/dp/1592400876). …has interviewed B.B. King, Leo Kottke, [Kirk Alyn](http://cariart.tripod.com/Kirk_and_Noel.jpg), the original Superman of the Republic movie serials, the CEO of [Sprint Nextel](http://www2.sprint.com/mr/ex_dtl.do?id=560), Marv and Rindy Ross of Quarterflash, Arthur C. Clarke and Ursula K. LeGuin, among others. Made Ms. LeGuin laugh when I asked her why she’d nuked my Oregon town in “Lathe of Heaven.” …had drinks with Gary Owens of Laugh-in fame, Peter Sumich of Austrailian Rules Football’s West Coast Eagles, and syndicated cartoonist [Leigh Rubin](http://www.rubescartoons.com/book-leigh.html). …had blurbs published on the cover of several books. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411.md?page=11)