# Tell us something about yourself that you have yet to tell us

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-about-yourself-that-you-have-yet-to-tell-us/686723>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 22, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-about-yourself-that-you-have-yet-to-tell-us/686723 "2014-04-22T22:52:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-about-yourself-that-you-have-yet-to-tell-us/686723/101 "2014-04-30T04:12:25Z")

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My eyes tear up over any happy story. This started happening to me after I admitted I was depressed and reached out for help. It can be frustrating and embarrassing, but it sure beats where my head was at before.

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**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-about-yourself-that-you-have-yet-to-tell-us/686723/102 "2014-04-30T11:44:31Z")

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> [@carnut](#):
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> My eyes tear up over any happy story. This started happening to me after I admitted I was depressed and reached out for help. It can be frustrating and embarrassing, but it sure beats where my head was at before.

I get weepy a lot more these days, too. Over the _silliest_ stuff (see: Oreo’s commercial :p). I teared up over an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race yesterday, for Pete’s sake.

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**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:** [April 30, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-about-yourself-that-you-have-yet-to-tell-us/686723/103 "2014-04-30T14:58:23Z")

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I once competed in a NCAA sport. Alright, it was downhill skiing at a division 1A school, but I still try to impress people with that fact anyways.  
Best part: I thought I was joining a university ski club. I am originally from an area near the Canadian Rockies and was missing skiing, so I thought it would be a fun way to meet people and drink in interesting locales. I was wondering what kind of ski club had mandatory gym attendance and practice, and it didn’t dawn on me until I was sat down in front of the NCAA admission papers.

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-about-yourself-that-you-have-yet-to-tell-us/686723/104 "2014-04-30T22:08:58Z")

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> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#):
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> There are probably 30 handguns, shotguns, and rifles in the gun safe in my office, plus a squillion rounds of ammunition. I haven’t fired any of them, nor any other weapon, since the Carter administration.

You’re sitting on thousands of dollars worth of firearms you don’t want? :eek:

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