# What's a cool thing about you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 13, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-cool-thing-about-you/1004163 "2024-07-13T22:17:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-cool-thing-about-you/1004163/181 "2024-08-05T21:55:07Z")
Some may consider these cool: I had a gin & tonic in company with Prince Charles (well before he was King). I played bridge with Hillary Rodham (well before she met Bill). I survived a midair collision (& the subsequent parachute ride). ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-cool-thing-about-you/1004163/182 "2024-08-05T23:02:26Z")
Not “cool;” more nerdy than anything else (and bordering on humble-brag territory). But I somehow managed to get a 4.0 GPA when I got my MSEE. IRL I’ve never told anyone this unless they’ve specifically ask. And so far that hasn’t happened. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-cool-thing-about-you/1004163/183 "2024-09-30T03:13:38Z")
Wil Wheaton reviewed an internet emulation of the first video arcade game i designed. He liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-cool-thing-about-you/1004163/184 "2024-09-30T03:37:39Z")
I don’t know if there is anything cool about me. I have a piece of the Berlin Wall that I chiseled off myself but I’m certainly not unique. I share a greatX grandfather with a U.S. president. Also not unique. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-cool-thing-about-you/1004163/185 "2024-09-30T03:47:24Z")
This is cool really because my sister documented it. I can name one line of ancestry that goes back to a ten greats grandparent in one line. In another I can go back to a seven greats grandfather. One of that one’s grandsons, a direct ancestor, was courtmartialed during the Revolutionary War. He got pardoned though when the need for soldiers was so great. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-cool-thing-about-you/1004163/186 "2024-09-30T07:29:07Z")
I regret to admit, the “coolest” thing about me is an unusual body piercing. I got appendicitis when I was 11 years old, and got “disolving” stiches in my lower abdomen. The stiches did not dissolve completely, and I only managed to remove one over 10 years later. So I now, 49 years old, have a pierced appendix scar. I can still put narrow earings into it. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-cool-thing-about-you/1004163/187 "2024-09-30T21:08:11Z")
Dissolving stitches that didn’t dissolve, huh? What’s the statute of limitations on medical malpractice? And, it’s not an earring if it’s in your gut 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-cool-thing-about-you/1004163.md?page=9)