# Tell us one thing about yourself

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 14, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690 "2012-10-14T13:57:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/101 "2012-10-15T19:44:22Z")

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> [@moejoe](#):
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> I was blessed by one of the monks who travel with The Dalai Lama.

So you’ve got that going for you, which is nice.

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### Author: ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/102 "2012-10-15T19:46:23Z")

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despite the nick name NurseCarmen, I am most assuredly male.

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### Author: ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/103 "2012-10-15T19:52:27Z")

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> [@NurseCarmen](#):
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> despite the nick name NurseCarmen, I am most assuredly male.

So far this is the most shocking revelation in this thread.

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### Author: ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/104 "2012-10-15T20:51:14Z")

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> [@Palo\_Verde](#):
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> My husband, kids and I are very active in the build-a-device-to-fling-a-pumpkin world.

there is an entire _world?_ seriously?  
at work, I frequently don’t know what’s going on. ☹

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### Author: ![HotDogWater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/105 "2012-10-15T21:54:41Z")

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I once advertised on Craigslist for a manscape. Never got it. ☹

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### Author: ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/106 "2012-10-15T22:05:21Z")

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I can no longer speak my own first language, and only remember a few words of it.

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### Author: ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/107 "2012-10-15T22:18:58Z")

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I shook hands with then-President Clinton and his wife.

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### Author: ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/108 "2012-10-15T23:30:14Z")

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I was on TV with Joni Mitchell.

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### Author: ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/109 "2012-10-15T23:49:08Z")

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I once sang ‘I’m a little teapot’ in a sweat lodge, along with 6 half-naked Maori guys.

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### Author: ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/110 "2012-10-16T00:00:28Z")

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ummmm I am a bit obsessed with rocks at the moment.

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### Author: ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/111 "2012-10-16T00:43:18Z")

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_Second entry_…\*\* (Is this against the rules?)  
I don’t like _most_ people.

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### Author: ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/112 "2012-10-16T01:05:49Z")

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> [@Ambivalid](#):
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> I have a big heart.

> [@Ambivalid](#):
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> _Second entry_…\*\* (Is this against the rules?)  
> I don’t like _most_ people.

Makes your first post a little misleading.

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### Author: ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/113 "2012-10-16T01:29:28Z")

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> [@Sicks\_Ate](#):
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> Makes your first post a little misleading.

LOL. Yeah, I can see how that reads. Perhaps I should have said “I have a big heart for those I care about.”

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### Author: ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/114 "2012-10-16T02:00:58Z")

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As the OP, I guess I can say that everyone gets a second one considering you were all good and kept it to one per post.

Second thing about me:  
On two completely separate occassions with two different women, I’ve been engaged to them before going on a date with them. No mail-order brides or arranged marriages involved.

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### Author: ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/115 "2012-10-16T02:09:48Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> I’ve been engaged to them before going on a date with them.

Could you explain?

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### Author: ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/116 "2012-10-16T02:22:56Z")

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On February 24, 2008 I had a hole in one. Heritage Hunt #11.

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### Author: ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/117 "2012-10-16T02:30:46Z")

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Um, I fell asleep during sex once.

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### Author: ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/118 "2012-10-16T03:16:08Z")

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I may have saved people lives two or three times, but don’t have interesting stories about it.

> [@Sunspace](#):
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> I can swear like a Cornish fishwife in Esperanto.

I want lessons.

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### Author: ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/119 "2012-10-16T03:35:50Z")

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I once lived in a hotel for 3 months.

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### Author: ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-one-thing-about-yourself/637690/120 "2012-10-16T04:25:15Z")

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In college our chorus performed Dave Brubeck’s _The Light in the Wilderness_, with Dave Brubeck.

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