# What are the 5 most interesting things about you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 27, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182 "2004-07-27T23:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/1 "2004-07-27T23:54:54Z")
Contestants on Jeopardy have to list 5 interesting but brief facts about themselves so Alex can introduce them. What would you list for yourself? What makes you interesting? ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/2 "2004-07-28T00:00:09Z")
I have six children, one whom I lost to cancer 18 months ago. I delivered my 4th child by myself in an emergency and assisted the midwife with the next two. I taught two years in Budapest, Hungary. I grew up on Maui. uuummmm šŸ˜• I have seaon tickets to Sea World? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/3 "2004-07-28T00:03:14Z")
I canā€™t think of one, let alone five. ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/4 "2004-07-28T01:28:30Z")
1. Iā€™m 20, I went on a round-the-world trip when I was six, and Iā€™ve already travelled to more countries than most people (I think). 2. I can do flicks, somersaults, the splits and walk on my hands until Iā€™m tired. 3. I have weird hair. Itā€™s mega curly (ringlets) yet fine. I always get comments. Them: ā€œIs it natural?ā€ Me: ā€œNo, itā€™s a wig.ā€ :rolleyes: Well, thatā€™s what I want to sayā€¦ 4. My father is an Islander but I hate fish, and my Mother is British and I hate baked beans. šŸ˜• 5. I can hold a casual conversation in Mandarin Chinese. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/5 "2004-07-28T01:29:45Z")
I love questions like that. Usually they make great ice breaker questions at parties, assemblies, or college classes. They usually only ask for 3 interesting facts, but I have 5: 1. I earned a black belt in karate when I was 10 years old 2. I have memorized Pi out to 100 decimals 3. I earned my Eagle Scout 4. I can juggle 5. Iā€™m an award winning, part time professional magician Interesting sidenote: I was taking a beginning statistics class in college and the teacher asked us to list 3 interesting facts about us on a card. I listed 1, 4, and 2 (in that order) and when she saw #2, she didnā€™t believe itā€¦ until I wrote it out for her. She got a real kick out of that. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/6 "2004-07-28T01:40:27Z")
Interesting facts about ME? Oh, well I could go on and on all night about ME. Iā€™m wonderful in every way. 1. Iā€™ve never had a serious health problem. 2. Iā€™m very modest. 3. Iā€™m the smartest person I know. 4. Iā€™m so handsome it hurts. 5. Iā€™m rich beyond my wildest dreams. Only 5? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/7 "2004-07-28T01:50:48Z")
I wanna play! I wanna play! šŸ˜ƒ 1. I have two tattoos. (Maybe not terribly interesting, but it sure surprises most folks who meet me.) 2. I have lived overseas. 3. One of my parents is gay. 4. Iā€™ve been a piano player for 25 years. 5. I have a spirit (or ā€˜totemā€™) animal. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/8 "2004-07-28T01:53:03Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > 1. Iā€™m so handsome it hurts. Does it hurt _you_, or other people? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/9 "2004-07-28T02:16:58Z")
1. Iā€™m a synesthete (and I know this because of the SDMB). 2. I knew a serial killer (do a search, itā€™s been covered here many times). 3. I went from being an only child up to age five to being the eldest of nine children by the time I was 18. 4. I can write backwards. 5. Ummmā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/10 "2004-07-28T03:04:26Z")
Iā€™m the father of 20 month old twins, with a third baby on the way. Iā€™ve visited 16 different countries. I served in the Navy, which is where I got the chance to travel so much. Political work allowed me to meet a couple of U.S. presidents, and to serve as an usher at Senator John Heinzā€™s funeral. Alex Trebek actually asked me about my life like this when I was a Jeopardy contestant myself. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/11 "2004-07-28T03:50:43Z")
1. I tried out for Jeopardy once. (I failed.) 2. I played piano and sang ā€˜Moondanceā€™ at my wedding, backed by the wedding band (band name!). 3. I was knocked unconscious and robbed in Barcelona when I was 18. (Hola, OpalGato!) 4. My father and mother and I and my wife and our two children were all born in Los Angeles(This is much rarer than it probably sounds) . 5. I once worked as a Production Assistant for the Playboy Channel (and I saw naked women! Woo hoo!). šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/12 "2004-07-28T04:04:32Z")
1. I can write upsidedown much better then I can normaly. 2. I can poke my shoulder blade out over 4 inches. 3. Iā€™ve had at least 1 dog for my entire life besides 1 month. 4. I can put my legs over my head 5. My mom and I never fight. I am a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/13 "2004-07-28T04:40:13Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > 1. My father and mother and I and my wife and our two children were all born in Los Angeles(This is much rarer than it probably sounds) . I know what you mean. I canā€™t top that, though. My father was born in the L.A. area, but my mother was not. My sisters and I were born in L.A., and my sisterā€™s husband was at least born in _California_ (I thinkā€”heā€™s from Sacramento). As for my other 4 ā€œinterestingā€ things? 1. I have travelled cross-country (in the US) by bus and by train several times. 2. I draw, paint, take photos and make pottery, and have sold my works and been in art shows and galleries. 3. I wrote and self-published a book. (I sell it online.) 4. I have a huge collection of LPs and CDs of film music, especially music by Jerry Goldsmith and to a lesser extent, John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Bernard Herrmann and many others. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/14 "2004-07-28T04:55:50Z")
To find 5 interesting things, thisā€™ll take me a while. 1. I once ate an entire turkey. 2. At the young age of 26 I had to have my gall bladder removed. 3. I once forgot my own birthday. 4. I broke my wrist riding a shopping cart down a hill. 5. naw, sorry Iā€™m stumped on number 5. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/15 "2004-07-28T04:56:59Z")
1. I am loaded with trivia and other amazing miscellaneous information. 2. I never drive freeways. 3. I can pee standing up. 4. I can give the Vulcan salute with both hands. 5. I taught myself to read. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/16 "2004-07-28T06:17:58Z")
1. As a toddler, I ā€œplayedā€ the piano with Bruce Willis while he was working at my fatherā€™s bar. 2. At 24, Iā€™ve never had a serious girlfriend or a job thatā€™s lasted more than 2 weeks (I put those two together because I have a hunch theyā€™re related, somehow). 3. If I were willing to put in the hours (say, 50 of them a week), I could earn a living playing poker. 4. My little brothers are 13 and 15 years younger than I, respectively. 5. Iā€™m a certified Scuba diver. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/17 "2004-07-28T06:19:22Z")
1. Iā€™ve never had a childhood disease 2. Iā€™ve never had a broken bone. 3. I canā€™t wear rings, watches or bracelets, because I have freakishly small hands. 4. Iā€™m younger than 2 neices and 1 nephew. 5. I can pee standing up too! \*Then I have to wipe my legs off. \* šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/18 "2004-07-28T06:37:06Z")
1. I can play ten different instruments: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bass, upright bass, drums, percussion, piano, hammond, harmonica, recorder and mandolin. 2. I am ambidextrous. 3. I once hotwired a bulldozer and drove it into the Atlantic Ocean. 4. I am one hell of a cook. 5. I went down a black diamond ski slope on a greased cookie sheet, and almost died. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/19 "2004-07-28T06:40:48Z")
1. I grew up about 10 minutes from where the Martians landed during the War of the Worlds. 2. I wrote a couple of groundbreaking papers on interaction in virtual reality. 3. I own a couple of chunks of the _original_ Yellow Brick Road. (The one that, according toā€“alas, unverifiableā€“local legend, inspired the one in the Wizard of Oz) 4. Iā€™ve been north of the Arctic Circle. 5. I apparently have highly mobile shoulder blades. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182/20 "2004-07-28T07:06:32Z")
> [@flamingbananas](#): > > 1. I can poke my shoulder blade out over 4 inches. And here I thought only I could do that. I can also bend the index finger of my right hand back until it lays flat on the back of my hand. (Ouch, I just tried it, well I used to be able to do it when I was a youngin.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-most-interesting-things-about-you/257182.md?page=2)