I have never lived more than 20 miles from where I was born. I work in an international firm and several of my coworkers were born in India, and this comment always causes amazement.
Clam bellies include the viscera.
I don’t drink or do drugs. People who meet me for the first time act as if that is totally scandalous behavior on my part.
I’ve never seen any of the Batman movies or any of the American Pie movies. I’m not actively avoiding them; I just haven’t gotten around to watching them.
I’ve never seen ET. I think it’s an age thing; ET was released when I was 21 so it’s not a movie I would have seen as a child nor were there any children I would have taken it to at the time of its release.
Despite having lived in California for 12 years, and now in Las Vegas, I have never been to a Mexican restaurant.
(I got violently ill eating Mexican food when I was a kid, and there is now a particular odor of one ingredient that makes me sick to smell it - so I can’t go to a Mexican restaurant and even eat chips and salsa due to that one ingredient - whatever it is.)
I’m just jealous of everybody who never saw Star Wars or It’s a Wonderful Life. Don’t let yourself be pressured into watching either one! It’s like virginity–once you give in, you can never go back.
A long, long time ago, I had been going out to lunch every workday, and I decided to economize by bringing leftovers from home at least a couple of days a week. I was friends with a co-worker, one of those people who are articulate, bright, and well read despite not having finished high school. I had to ask her, via e-mail, how to go about microwaving my pasta, since I’d never done it. She couldn’t believe I was asking this. She replied, “Is this a trick question?”.
Looking back, I can see how it must have startled her, and it seems very funny now.
There are clams and clam strips. If I order clams, steamed, fried, raw or stewed, they had better have bellies. Strips are what Howard Johnson made for the rest of the country.
I live in Arizona and some of the native Arizonans (what few there are) are completely amazed that I’ve never ridden a horse. Hey, I grew up in a suburb of Atlanta! We didn’t ride horses there, except for some of the rich kids.
I could come up with a fairly long list of common, or at least beloved foods which I have never eaten. Including bacon (which is the foulest-smelling food in the universe). The only seafood I have ever eaten is trout.
Trout is not seafood! :smack:
Another guy who has never had - nor desired - a personal ATM card. (Well, I have a credit card from work that I am required to use for travel cash advances.)
One that always surprises my kids is that I have never seen some of their favorite movies all the way through. Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame and Newsies come to mind. It is curious, because with 3 kids 4 years apart and a sizeable collection of videotapes it seemed one or another of them was playing pretty much non-stop for a decade or more…
I don’t believe I have ever sat in - let alone driven - a Porshe, BMW or a Corvette. Not sure whether that would shock anyone …
Rainbow trout is not seafood. There are other commonly fished trout, though, and some of them live wholly or primarily in saltwater environments (like the sea trout, shockingly enough).
I don’t think I’ve ever so much as sat in any of those either, come to think of it.
I have gone for a ride in a Corvair convertible, though. Got to where we were going, got out and said “Screw you, Nader.”
I have never seen a Godfather flick or Scarface. I have never seen Swingers. I have never played Candyland - in fact, I’d never even heard of it until this year.
Not a vert, but I enjoy the 62 coupe in my garage. 
Yep, Nader was wrong (at least WRT any suggestion that Vairs were any more dangerous than contemporaneous American cars.)
I have never eaten anything from Taco Bell, nor have I ever eaten a hamburger from any fast-food restaurant. Neither appeals to me, and I feel confident that I’m not missing out on anything, so I don’t plan on correcting this particular oversight. If I were in a situation where the only available food was Taco Bell, I’d eat there, but I can’t imagine a situation where I’d be forced to order a fast-food hamburger (I get grilled chicken sandwiches if I have to eat at a fast-food joint).
No driver’s license, no cell phone, never watched a Simpson’s episode, never watched any of the reality shows, haven’t watched the Godfather movies and don’t intend to.
I also don’t have a cell phone and will resist having one for as long as possible. Heck, I could probably live without a phone at all but one does need to be able to access 911.
I have never played a video game either on a tv or a computer. I figure if I wasn’t coordinated enough to master Asteroids I’m not going to excel at what they have today.
There are lots of classic movies I haven’t seen, including Casablanca.
I have never been married. I suppose I can see why that’d be looked upon strangely now that I’m old (43) but that fact has been raising eyebrows since I was at least 30.
I have never tasted any kind of cheese, (other than on a pizza) and never will.
umm, i refuse to admit 43 is old. Especially since I am turning 40 this year.