# Stuff that has happened to you that you are pretty sure that no one else has experienced. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449 "2015-01-10T00:35:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/61 "2015-01-11T22:07:59Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Well, I’ve been bitten by a tiger. > I know I can’t be the only one able to say that in the world, but on this board? Maybe. > > [Oh, sure, he was just a cub, but still counts right?](https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10731177_10205267562192318_8400680695624836555_n.jpg?oh=2f9ddd9ed7e35f7b331982baf4c71310&oe=55343557& __gda__ =1433080066_1461285ce986c1724a08d15d2f5844ee) > (Yes, that’s my hand…right before he bit the hell out of it) I was gently hugged and kissed by a tiger cub. This was at a roadside zoo during a rainstorm. The keeper was bored, took us back to see the cub, and asked “do you want to hold him?”, while shoving him into my arms. The cub put his paws on either side of my head and kissed me. ---
**Author:** ![D4S3R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@D4S3R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D4S3R)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/62 "2015-01-11T22:43:48Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Your college story was pretty cool. I don’t have any unique experiences, so I wasn’t going to post here, but I did want to address this. > > I write fan letters to writers all the time. I always get a reply that tells me that he or she has taken the time to read what I wrote because points in my letter were addressed. > > Writers depend on us, the reader, for their living. They all seem to enjoy hearing from their fans and they seem to value our feedback. Sometimes it takes a while to get a reply, but I always get one. That makes me happy, so I write back. They write back 🙂 They even seem to remember me from past correspondence because they will often refer back to points I made in past letters. You should both read “The Lazlo Letters” by Lazlo Toth. Hilarious letters and responses. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/63 "2015-01-12T02:21:58Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > what was your dad doing with Burpo’s tonsils? Burpo _is_ Insomnia Mama’s dad, duh! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fossil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/47e85d/32.png) [@Fossil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fossil)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/64 "2015-01-12T03:11:43Z")
Not unique in the world, but may be to the board AND I wanna show off! I have just won a seat in the Aussie Millions poker tournament. It’s a dream come true for me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/65 "2015-01-12T04:41:19Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I dropped a big cannon ball on one of my fingers. It is rather deformed now. How is your finger? ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/66 "2015-01-12T04:56:24Z")
I once drove a golf ball off the tee straight through the windscreen of golf buggy.:o ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/67 "2015-01-12T09:17:24Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > That happened to me on Sepulveda Pass in Los Angeles back in the days when LA freeways weren’t stop-and-go 24/7. > > And yes it was my left/rear tire too. Volkswagon by any chance? Mine was a fastback. ---
**Author:** ![LupusYonderboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9d8465/32.png) [@LupusYonderboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LupusYonderboy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/68 "2015-01-12T10:53:08Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > I read **Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator** before learning that it was the sequel to some book called **Charlie and the Chocolate Factory**. (It was a used copy with no dust jacket.) I’m sorry, the same happened to me; you are not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/69 "2015-01-12T15:57:54Z")
I hit the back of my calf with a running chainsaw and barely bled. It bounced. I did go to an emergency clinic for a butterfly stitch because, well, it was a chainsaw! ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/70 "2015-01-12T16:01:05Z")
I danced to disco music on a Russian fishing boat in the Bering Sea. I guess I wasn’t alone in that, but I bet I’m the only Doper who’s done it. And probably the only American. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/71 "2015-01-12T16:03:43Z")
> [@glee](#): > > - as a player in front of hundreds of spectators at a National Roleplaying Final I told Gary Gygax (the guest DM) he was wrong :eek: (well, he was - but perhaps I shouldn’t have…) Nerdvana! ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/72 "2015-01-12T16:19:37Z")
> [@glee](#): > > (snip) > > - as a player in front of hundreds of spectators at a National Roleplaying Final I told Gary Gygax (the guest DM) he was wrong :eek: (well, he was - but perhaps I shouldn’t have…) I’m sure you were technically correct (the best kind of correct)! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/73 "2015-01-12T17:45:12Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Dirt bike accident when I was 11 years old. 1972, Yamaha 100cc. > > The fender slipped between my helmet and head and pretty much scalped me. Rear tire, still spinning drug me right in. 130 stitches later, and I’m all fine. Full head of hair and a bit of a Frankenstein scar on my forehead. It tans a little weird is about it. And I only have ‘crease’ lines on one side of my forehead. > > Thanksgiving day 1972. Holy shit. Has there been a thread about who has the most stitches from one incident, because you may be a shoo-in. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/74 "2015-01-12T17:58:18Z")
> [@liontamer](#): > > I was also bitten or taloned from behind by an owl. Six stitches. I was attacked from behind by a Goshawk. Also, bitten by a penguin. Not in a zoo. Stung by a stingray too. Nature is not nice sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/75 "2015-01-12T17:59:45Z")
> [@Kelevra](#): > > I danced to disco music on a Russian fishing boat in the Bering Sea. I guess I wasn’t alone in that, but I bet I’m the only Doper who’s done it. And probably the only American. I mooned a Russian fishing trawler from the flying bridge of a Polish fishing trawler. In my defense, I’d been at sea for 60 days with a bunch of Polish fishermen, and was going a bit loopy. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/76 "2015-01-12T18:49:21Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > While going ~70 mph on the freeway, I watched as my left rear wheel came off, rolled past me and bounced high across 2 lanes of oncoming traffic coming to rest in a cloud of dust against the far freeway fence. No one was hurt in the incident. I lost the right rear wheel, with half the back axle, in Cincinnati. Thought I had a flat and went to pull over. Glancing into the rear view mirror, I saw a shower of sparks. Turns out I was driving on three wheels and a shock absorber. The whole assembly bounced across four lanes of traffic and didn’t hit anyone. > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I had eight impacted wisdom teeth out. In my opinion, four of those teeth were less than completely wise. > [@even\_sven](#): > > I can think of plenty of things that would be unusual for a general audience to have experienced, but things that absolutely nobody else has experienced? That takes work. > > I was rumored to be carrying a curse by a prominent Cameroonian Sultan, who unbeknownst to me was known for cursing people who shook his hand. I did, indeed, experience a streak of mild bad lucj. Years later, I was in Kathmandu. In a dusty bookshop, I picked up a quirky little tome full of self-guided walking tours around some of the city’s more eclectic sites. One of those sites was a small, unassuming temple on a side road that was apparently famous for being able to remove any curse just by walking around it. > > Unfortunately, it was closed when I went there. > > I’d eat my hat if anyone else had ever been thwarted at that temple from removing a curse from a Cameroonian sultan. I’m guessing your entry is the closest to unique. > [@Fossil](#): > > Not unique in the world, but may be to the board AND I wanna show off! I have just won a seat in the Aussie Millions poker tournament. It’s a dream come true for me 🙂 Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/77 "2015-01-12T19:30:06Z")
I’m assuming I’m the only person around who was introduced to the Straight Dope by his first wife, and later met and married his second wife on the Dope. There is something in the water of these here boards… ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/78 "2015-01-12T19:40:51Z")
Met my wife on [Omegle.com](http://Omegle.com). This ain’t your everyday dating site. It’s not even a dating site. You’re paired with a random person which you can disconnect from at any time, anonymously. No contact information is given upon entering the individual chat and you can keep it that way if you wish by hitting ‘next’. I’ve poked around on the internet a bit but I can only find maybe one instance of this happening elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/79 "2015-01-12T21:19:23Z")
I’m sure none of these are fully unique, but maybe unique among dopers: -I was made an honorary citizen of the city of Vienna (due to my youth orchestra’s stirring rendition of The Blue Danube Waltz) -I had a wisdom tooth that was growing in funny. One day at work it broke right off, leaving nasty sharp ridges. So I grabbed my swiss army knife, opened up the file, and filed down my own broken tooth, at my desk at work -I lost my phone on the New York Subway… and then didn’t even consider calling up to see if it ended up in a Lost+Found, because I figure they had bigger fish to fry on 9/11/2001. (Also, previously to 9/11 I had been working on a video game in which giant monsters tromp around a city knocking over buildings, so some part of my reaction to the WTC collapsing was “oh, so THAT’S what it really looks like”. That game was cancelled shortly thereafter.) -I got in touch with an artist who does the art for Magic: The Gathering cards and got him to put two of my friends into the art for an actual Magic card as an engagement present for them. Then they broke up. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449/80 "2015-01-12T21:43:37Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I have been in two car wrecks in my life, both at the same exact intersection and going the same direction in Atlanta metro area. I have gone through that intersection only 10-12 times in my life. > > I was riding shotgun the first time, driving the second time. > > So I got about 20% accident frequency at that intersection. a 0% accident frequency otherwise. > > FWIW It was the Intersection of Ponce de Leon and East Lake Dr in Decatur…Headed West on Ponce de Leon) A friend of mine lives at that intersection. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-has-happened-to-you-that-you-are-pretty-sure-that-no-one-else-has-experienced/709449.md?page=5)