Tell me random cool things about yourself

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I marched at the Skydome.

My friend has a picture of me pretending to relief myself on the left field fence of said stadium (I’m a Phillies fan…).

I’m about to buy a polliwog and I’m thinking of calling it something the tongue-inator (thread coming? If I feel like it.).

After a trip to Northern PA and Southern NY I discovered that I worked for a company that was a result of a merger between my SO’s great grandfather’s company and another.

I met Chiam Potok and got his autograph when I was 12. I didn’t really know who he was at the time.

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I was married and had a child before I had my drivers license.

I am highly allergic to some medicines, and when I was a child I went into anaphylatic shock from one one teaspoon dose. I almost died.

I like to study random or little known history. I aquired an interest in Vlad the Impaler in high school, and did several reports on him in college.

I gave birth to my last child at home in the bath tub, on purpose. (Well, mostly on purpose, I didn’t expect to deliver in the tub.)

I have Generalized Anxeity Disorder, and took a bunch of tests in college that also showed that I am prone to addictions. :smiley:

Not very cool I guess.
Melissa

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ooooooooh some cool stuff here - just to add to the pot…

I have “unofficially” briefed Tony Blair on web-related issues three times (on each occasion he has shot up in my estimation) but have yet to be invited to downing street. :frowning:

I am the tenth youngest member of my government department (the youngest at my current “rank” by a fair few years) but according to my friends in HR (who abuse the personnel database when bored) i have the highest recorded IQ out of the whole organisation.

I inherited from my father a slower-than-normal heart rate - whenever i go into hospital for an op and they hook me up to machines all the warning bells/alarms go off (sooooo cool :slight_smile: )

James Marsters has (or at least had) my phone number on his mobile.

And as a corollary: I have gone “pubbing” with James Marsters on two seperate occasions and we will probably do it again.

The first time was purely by accident (a real “right place right time” thing) but we got on great. The second time was about a year later when he was in the country and gave me a ring to find out if i fancied meeting up for a drink.

Can safely say that one of the greatest moments of my life so far has been:

phone rings

gariHousemate (young gorgeous female big buffy fan): I’ll get it shall I?

Garius (slobbing out on the sofa): Knock yourself out

GariHousemate: (on phone) Yes he’s here. I’ll get him for you - who should i say is calling? Okay James…

…oh…my…god.

um Garius? Its James Marsters on the phone - he wants to know if you and Tim are up for a drink!
she still hasn’t forgiven me for not letting her come - sorry, but it was a lads night out! :slight_smile:

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I was once arrested (for protesting without a permit, but still).

I once successfully accosted Martin Short on the street in NYC (and got my picture taken with him).

I got to see Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. do the hokey-pokey (at a Syracuse University graduation dinner dance).

Steve Kroft from “60 Minutes” was the commencement speaker at my personal SU graduation and he said in his speech that it was important for people in my graduating class “to reproduce - but not tonight” (although I am sure I am not the only one who tried).

My favorite food in the whole world is cheese (and I would sell my soul for it).

My father looks like Jesse Ventura (but he is not).

I once had a complete intellectual orgasm from listening to a lecture by Ken Burns (before he made that boring “Jazz” documentary series).

I speak more Spanish than my husband (whose father was Mexican-American).

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Health - I had to have a life-saving operation when I was just 10 weeks old.

Luck - in New York last year, I went to see Ricky Jay’s show and in the row behind me were Steve Martin, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Salman Rushdie and John Cleese.

Music - I taught myself to play the guitar. And I really do mean taught myself, working it all out by trial and error. No books, no teacher, no-one else who knew how to play. Took me about 12 years.

Art - I have invented an art form. It involves folding playing cards into apparently impossible configurations, and I sell these all over the world.

Verse - I can write perfect classical sonnets, observing all the rules of metre and rhyme scheme and structure, about anything, any time.

Disasters - I used to produce industrial videos, and was once working on a relatively big-budget shoot for Exxon Coroporation. This involved flying from the UK to New Jersey, hiring a Fox TV crew, and filming for 3 days in Exxon’s own top secret research facilities. It cost £100,000 and when we got back to England all the footage was soft (out of focus) and effectively useless.

Success - when I was out of work a few years ago I set up my own web-based business, which I could run from home. I now have customers in 37 countries around the world and my site actually generates enough income to live off.

Scandal - a very good friend of mine used to write ‘adult’ erotic fiction, and was quite successful at it. He was the only person in the world that I’d told about one particularly salacious episode in my life, and he decided to use it. He put both me and the woman concerned into one of his books, preserving all the relevant ‘details’ and with only very slight changes to our real names. As far as I’m aware, this book is still on sale. The woman concerned has no idea, and would almost certainly kill me if she ever found out. I wouldn’t blame her.

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I am trying to get an organization together that will bring the downfall of Political Correctness, or the people who complain about everything that “May offend”. I my humble opinion it has gone too far. America’s youth are going to grow up being so sheltered and have a warped reality. This shit has gone to far, that thing in California with the history books, the took out anything that had to do with Forefathers, because it might offend?! They want to elimnate Christmas and Santa Claus?! Snowmen are now Snowpeople?! WTF!

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I once saved my mom’s life with the heimlich maneuver.

I can right fairly well with my right foot.

I’m a trivia nut - I’ve been accused of memorizing all the answers to trivial pursuit.

I sent graduation announcements to the US president and the pope. (Pope sent me a rosary! GHW Bush sent me a postcard.)

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Hi. Newbie checkin’ in.

Cool:

In 1980 I flew non-stop, single pilot, no autopilot from Khartoum to Cairo. Twice.

I was the co-pilot on the C-130 in “The Presidio”.

In high school I struck out five guys in one inning.
Not:

I survived a near death experience as a result of my wife’s wiring of a craft lamp.

My wife once got her car stuck in an inch and a half of snow. I am not kidding about this.

I’ve had 6 umm…“off airport, non-scheduled arrivals”. Two of 'em my fault.

During what proved to be the last performance of “Dad’s Underware Dance” I dislocated the little toe of my right foot when I caught the coffee table. Seeing my little toe stuck out at about a 60 degree angle provided an immediate strange new focus. Althought assured that this is not the reason behind the spontaneous giggling my family occasionally indulges in I cannot be sure. After all, they are equally adamant that the coincidental spike in our long distance bill is also unrelated. Any reasonable person would wonder.

Both of my mothers-in-law are in town and my 78 year old mother just moved in with us. I can assure you that life will find a way to get even with you.

I have previewed this post six times. s i x times. And I lost it twice. sigh… Today I am the statue.

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I spent 9 months on a tour bus that carried Bob Dylan’s back-up band some time in the past.
The next year, I spent nine months on a tour bus that carried the Wallflowers the year before.
In my 10 years of being a licensed driver, I’ve been licensed in 7 different states.
The longest I’ve lived in one place over the last 5 years is 10.5 months (and counting).
I’ve been to (I think) 40 of the 50 States, and three of Canada’s Provinces.
I left New England for the first time in the year 2000.
I guess I’m just antsy.

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oops That should be 6 states. I counted CT twice.

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I once had over forty leeches (I lost count). On me, too - not in a tank in my living room, or something. But they were just little.

A piece of advice: if you go hiking in the rain-forest, wear thick socks.

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I once held my breath for four minutes. I also had to be pulled from a swimming pool once while trying to see how many laps I could do in one breath.

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Cool? Not me, but my friends and relatives… :slight_smile:

My great-grandfather played on the England cricket team that toured Australia in 1889, an event that (I believe) led to the Test series. I have a photograph of a monument in southern England, known as the ‘home of cricket’ or something similar, that has his name carved on it.

My grandfather invented an automatic transmission, and tried to sell it to Ford during the Great Depression. Ford declined. I could have been rich, dammit!

My great-uncle Walter was lost in a prairie blizzard while trying to get to the outhouse.

My sister applied to the Canadian astronout corps. She was turned down through a letter advising her that there was ‘no need for a poet in space’.

My mom and her two sisters sang professionally on the radio in the early 1950s. My uncle played the clarinet and saxophone in several jazz bands at this time. This is how he met my aunt–she sang for the band.

My mom was friends with Ed Broadbent.

…and then…

My best friend and I shared an elevator with Ben Wicks. I did not recognise him because we’d just been swimming and my contect lenses were out.

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My grandfather is married to Mickey Mantle’s sister. It’s his second marriage, and no, unfortunately I did not get to meet him before he passed away. But their house is littered with all sorts of memorabilia, including Mickey’s birth certificate and a signed picture of the 1955 Yankees (and I mean signed by everybody, baby).
Last month, I was the opening act for Tony Bennett at an informal dinner that was hosted by Tony Randall.

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My Aunt was dating David Crosby recently.

I recently saw a Margaret Cho show, on the guest list.

I can ride a 6 foot tall Unicycle

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I met The Beaver, got an autograph, and lost it.
One of my great uncles cousins is married to the Queen’s cousin.
Most of my body is double jointed in one way or another.
Wayne Gretsky helped my mother with her groceries once.
I’ve never had a broken bone, bloody nose, black eye, cavity, serious illness, or infected wound.
I have a signed picture of Uri Geller, I didn’t meet him, I just put my name and address on a list and a few months later it showed up.
I collect swords and knives, 14 swords and 35 knives so far.
My first time using a rifle, I missed the bullseye by half an inch 250 yards away with no scope and one bullet.

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I have two belly buttons, well, sort of… Last summer I was out hiking, slipped, and stabbed myself on a dead branch in a bush. It went in sort of parallel to the skin, about three or four inches, and was a bear to heal. So now I have a seriously deep dimple a couple of inches to the left of my real belly button. It’s fun to mess with people about what really happened.

I’ve met OJ Simpson and his poor wife Nicole. Years ago their son went to a school with which my school competed in track. They’d all come to watch and over time we got to the ‘nice to see you’ stage. They always seemed tense and distant, for what that’s worth. There was always some famous athlete or another with them, but heck if I can remember anyone except Marcus Allen, since he had the prettiest eyes.

Also, I can turn my feet completely around backwards, which seems to be a cool trick to some.

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I participated in a football play that was shown on Plays Of the Week on ESPN’s Sportscenter.

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just found out another one from the font of all knowledge that is my mother - apparently i’m extraordinarily lucky to be here since my direct male ancestors (i.e. grand-dad, great grandad, great great great grandad etc. on either side) have collectively fought in:

  1. Moores retreat in the peninsular

  2. Pretty much every major battle Wellington fought in the peninsular (including Talavera and Salamanca)

  3. The battle of Toulouse

  4. The battle of Waterloo

  5. The Crimean War

  6. The Boer War

  7. The battle of the Somme

  8. The Kaiserslauten

  9. The retreat from Dunkirk

  10. The battle of El Alamein

I’m starting to realise why my grandmother keeps hinting that one of us (my generation) should join the army… :eek:

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Two of my ancestors were in the House of Burgesses over a hundred years before George Washington. One was from my mother’s line and the other from my father’s.

When I was a forensic coach, I served as a judge at meets. One of those I judged was Oprah Winfrey. She was already a pistol in high school.

My step-son can turn his feet backward. Have you ever put your jactet on backward, turned your feet around and knocked on someone’s door? It freaks them out.

Dolores, I started to mention Fess Parker earlier myself. He was a friend of the Rector at our church. He sat behind me during the service. Gorgeous man!