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What's the best trivia fact about YOU?

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Bottle
25-09-2005, 03:07
If I asked you to pick one fun-fact about yourself, what would you choose?
Gymoor II The Return
25-09-2005, 03:08
I have done the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona twice (once wasn't dumb enough for me, I guess.)
Nadkor
25-09-2005, 03:11
I have no feeling in a section of my shin.
JuNii
25-09-2005, 03:11
If I asked you to pick one fun-fact about yourself, what would you choose?dispite my physical appearance, I actually like camping and hiking outdoors.

Just don't do it often enough. :(
Galloism
25-09-2005, 03:13
Trivia fact?

How many times I have come within inches of death in the last year. (it's either 47 or 48, i lost count)
Neo Kervoskia
25-09-2005, 03:14
I have motor and vocal tics. OR
My two front teeth or a little over a centimeter long and a centimeter wide.
Lacadaemon
25-09-2005, 03:14
I won't by a car unless it has a stick shift. Also deep red is my favorite color.
Nadkor
25-09-2005, 03:14
I won't by a car unless it has a stick shift.
Yay for proper drivers :)
Fass
25-09-2005, 03:18
I hate Nutella. (http://www.nutellausa.com/) Apparently this is noteworthy according to people.
Plator
25-09-2005, 03:19
I've purposely and/or accidentally set about 90 per cent of my body on fire through various stages of life. :eek:
Smunkeeville
25-09-2005, 03:20
I can't pick just one......
okay. In highschool I was in an all girl punk band. :)
Nadkor
25-09-2005, 03:21
I hate Nutella. (http://www.nutellausa.com/) Apparently this is noteworthy according to people.
Nobody hates Nutella.

Are you sure you are real?
Eh-oh
25-09-2005, 03:21
I hate Nutella. (http://www.nutellausa.com/) Apparently this is noteworthy according to people.

:eek: heretic!
Bottle
25-09-2005, 03:22
I can't pick just one......
okay. In highschool I was in an all girl punk band. :)
You win the Bottle Prize for Sexiest Fun Fact. Punk girls are so freaking hot.
Chelbelleland
25-09-2005, 03:22
I met my husband online. :fluffle:
Bottle
25-09-2005, 03:23
I hate Nutella. (http://www.nutellausa.com/) Apparently this is noteworthy according to people.
Oh my god. I thought I was the only one! We should band together for protection!
Eh-oh
25-09-2005, 03:23
i like broccoli, always have, always will
Bottle
25-09-2005, 03:23
I have done the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona twice (once wasn't dumb enough for me, I guess.)
Wow. You may take 10 Official Badass Points.
Bottle
25-09-2005, 03:24
i like broccoli, always have, always will
HE'S A WITCH!!! BURN HIM!!!
Smunkeeville
25-09-2005, 03:25
You win the Bottle Prize for Sexiest Fun Fact. Punk girls are so freaking hot.
yeah, I used to be. well after I was fat but before I got pregnant..... ;)
wanna know what the name of the band was?
Eh-oh
25-09-2005, 03:25
HE'S A WITCH!!! BURN HIM!!!

who? where is he? i'm a girl, so you couldn't be talking about me :p
JuNii
25-09-2005, 03:25
I hate Nutella. (http://www.nutellausa.com/) Apparently this is noteworthy according to people.you do? is it?






Never tried Nutella.... so... Ok. :)
Fass
25-09-2005, 03:33
Nobody hates Nutella.
Are you sure you are real?

No, I'm just a figment of your squalid imagination.

:eek: heretic!

I prefer "blasphemer."

Oh my god. I thought I was the only one! We should band together for protection!

I don't know. The sugar-induced rantings of Nutella fans aren't all that dangerous.

Never tried Nutella.... so... Ok. :)

I hear it's not as common in the US as it is in Europe. Here it's everywhere and almost everyone loves it. I think it's a yucky nut paste that's more than 50% sugar.
Neo Kervoskia
25-09-2005, 03:34
I had Nutella once, it's fucking great. My German teacher brought some.
Bottle
25-09-2005, 03:34
who? where is he? i'm a girl, so you couldn't be talking about me :p
*blush* Oops. Okay, SHE'S a witch, burn HER. :P
JuNii
25-09-2005, 03:36
I hear it's not as common in the US as it is in Europe. Here it's everywhere and almost everyone loves it. I think it's a yucky nut paste that's more than 50% sugar.sounds more like Frosting than a spread.
Fass
25-09-2005, 03:42
sounds more like Frosting than a spread.

It can be used as that.
Eh-oh
25-09-2005, 03:43
sounds more like Frosting than a spread.

that's what makes it so nice :D
Sick Nightmares
25-09-2005, 03:47
I've dislocated both knees twice each, as well as my right shoulder and my right hip.
Bottle
25-09-2005, 03:48
I've dislocated both knees twice each, as well as my right shoulder and my right hip.
On purpose?
Skyfork
25-09-2005, 03:49
Fun fact: Nutella hurts my teeth and therefore Nutella = evil :mad:
Planners
25-09-2005, 03:51
Nutella great stuff. Haven't had much of it before, but I am eating out of one presently. yum!!
Mauiwowee
25-09-2005, 03:52
I got a "Lewinsky" on the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyworld in Florida.
Eutrusca
25-09-2005, 03:53
If I asked you to pick one fun-fact about yourself, what would you choose?
I love to cuddle. :D
The South Islands
25-09-2005, 03:54
I hold dual citizenship. :)
Khodros
25-09-2005, 03:54
It's impossible to tell when I'm drunk. According to my friends I just act normal. Most of the time people don't know I'm drunk until it's too late ;)

Also my two front teeth are fake. Lost the real ones a swimming pool when I was a kid.
The South Islands
25-09-2005, 03:54
I love to cuddle. :D

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

Will you cuddle with me?
Epsonee
25-09-2005, 03:56
I am rather considerate of the feelings of others in person, but while playing hockey I am quite mean. I get quite a few penalties, get in fights, etc. Im not so mean in other sports (ie US football, rugby) just hockey.
Oxwana
25-09-2005, 03:58
My middle finger is exactly a decimetre long. I use it to measure things all the time.
I like to eat with small utensils. I use a teaspoon to eat spaghetti, and I have my own fork that no one else in my family uses. I also like to eat off small dishes. My mum thinks that it's some weird diet trick, but really, I like to look down at my hands holding the utensils and feel like a giant. Yes, the truth is stranger than fiction.
Eutrusca
25-09-2005, 04:01
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

Will you cuddle with me?
:eek:
Fass
25-09-2005, 04:02
My middle finger is exactly a decimetre long. I use it to measure things all the time.

Hmm, that is indeed practical. I lack any sort of sense of measurement, so I can never describe how long or short or heavy things are unless I actually measure them in some way.

I like to look down at my hands holding the utensils and feel like a giant.

I knew a girl like that, once. I don't any more. :(
The South Islands
25-09-2005, 04:03
:eek:


Come on, Eut, you know you want to
Maineiacs
25-09-2005, 04:04
I got a "Lewinsky" on the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyworld in Florida.



Ewwww... I was in that ride last month.
Kiwi-kiwi
25-09-2005, 04:04
I have an abnormal bone growth on my left knee.
Oxwana
25-09-2005, 04:06
Hmm, that is indeed practical. I lack any sort of sense of measurement, so I can never describe how long or short or heavy things are unless I actually measure them in some way.I need it to remember how long an inch is. 10 cm is almost exactly 4 inches. So two middle fingers is... A very good length. ;)
Mauiwowee
25-09-2005, 04:08
Ewwww... I was in that ride last month.

Don't worry, we left no DNA samples ;)
Rigus
25-09-2005, 04:08
I have slept through a tree falling on my neighboors house, earthquakes and being on fire.
Oxwana
25-09-2005, 04:08
I have an abnormal bone growth on my left knee.I had one of those at the base of my right index finger. I discovered this when suddenly it hurt to turn door knobs. It disappeared just as suddenly as it appeared, 2 years later. :confused:
Maineiacs
25-09-2005, 04:09
I can name every song that was ever #1 on the US music charts since July 9, 1955 (when "Rock Around the Clock went to #1), from memory.
Eutrusca
25-09-2005, 04:10
Come on, Eut, you know you want to
Ahem! Uh ... I do??? :eek:
The South Islands
25-09-2005, 04:12
I can name every song that was ever #1 on the US music charts since July 9, 1955 (when "Rock Around the Clock went to #1), from memory.

Febuary 24th, 1972?
Epsonee
25-09-2005, 04:15
I was better at math than my teacher in grades 4, 5, and 6. I have not studied for any test scince grade three and I get about 90% in courses like Physics, Chemistry, Advanced Math, Social Studies, etc.
The South Islands
25-09-2005, 04:16
I was better at math than my teacher in grades 4, 5, and 6. I have not studied for any test scince grade three and I get about 90% in courses like Physics, Chemistry, Advanced Math, Social Studies, etc.

Damn smart people!

*shakes fist*
Trexia
25-09-2005, 04:19
Two things: I have an indent about 1½-inches in my chest and I can stick my scapulas out of my back. I feel no pain in my back when someone hits them, but in my teeth.
Oxwana
25-09-2005, 04:20
I was better at math than my teacher in grades 4, 5, and 6. I have not studied for any test scince grade three and I get about 90% in courses like Physics, Chemistry, Advanced Math, Social Studies, etc.What grade are you in now?
Maineiacs
25-09-2005, 04:22
Febuary 24th, 1972?

Ok, that was the week ending February 25, so #1 in the U.S. was "Without You" by Harry Nilsson
Epsonee
25-09-2005, 04:22
Damn smart people!

*shakes fist*
It's not my fault. *runs away crying*

What grade are you in now?
Grade 12
Sick Nightmares
25-09-2005, 04:23
On purpose?
No, I was just a reckless teenager. (well, except the hip, and one knee dislocation, that was me being a wreckless 22 year old)
Evil Cantadia
25-09-2005, 04:27
wanna know what the name of the band was?

Tell us! Tell us!
Smunkeeville
25-09-2005, 04:52
Tell us! Tell us!

"Crackhead Kneel"
we had an LP called Mysterious Hystory
Utter Noobs
25-09-2005, 05:03
i like spam?
New Fuglies
25-09-2005, 05:10
I had my wisdom teeth pulled out while I was under the influence of LSD. :eek:
Nox Acipitris
25-09-2005, 05:18
I hate Nutella. (http://www.nutellausa.com/) Apparently this is noteworthy according to people.

I hate it as well w00t
Gymoor II The Return
25-09-2005, 05:21
Wow. You may take 10 Official Badass Points.

Badass Points are almost indistinguishable from Too Drunk To Know Better Points. :D

On the same trip that I first Ran the Bulls, my two friends and I were beaten up by a group of around 10 french thugs. I came out of the Running of the Bulls unscathed, but I got 7 stiches in my lip by venturing into a Paris Metro station the night before Bastille Day.

...and yet, I bear no ill will towards the French (probably because I was so popular with the French ladies!)
Johnny Z
25-09-2005, 05:23
While working security at an Olypians on ice show Brian Boitano hit on me. Katrina Witt did not.
Gymoor II The Return
25-09-2005, 05:32
While working security at an Olypians on ice show Brian Boitano hit on me. Katrina Witt did not.

OMFG, Katarina Witt is one of my all-time biggest crushes. Well, at least we know what (who) Brian Boitano would do.
Antikythera
25-09-2005, 05:34
the ACL's in both my right and left knees are almost compleatly shredded, if i twist eather one of them in and odd way a few more times i will rip them...this a bit of a bummer considering that i love to ski and ride my crazy psycho horse that bucks alot = my knees geting twisted in odd ways when i get bucked off, or when i crash skiing at speeds that could make the ski patrol mad :)
Oxwana
25-09-2005, 05:41
I had my wisdom teeth pulled out while I was under the influence of LSD. :eek:There is no smilie that can properly convey my horror.
Antikythera
25-09-2005, 05:49
I had my wisdom teeth pulled out while I was under the influence of LSD. :eek:
i shudder to think about what happend when you mixed LSD and laughing gas
Melkor Unchained
25-09-2005, 05:50
If I asked you to pick one fun-fact about yourself, what would you choose?
Good question!

On June 25, 2003 I flipped a 1992 Mazda Miata on a country road going 90 mph [around 144 kph]. I landed upside down, with the top down, and walked away[!] I got a tiny scar on the back of my hand, and I had a 2 ounce bag of weed in my shorts pocket at the time, but I was actually sober when this happened, which in a way sort of makes it worse.

Needless to say, I smoked that whole bag.
Zexaland
25-09-2005, 06:14
I shave my chin on Wednesdays and Sundays.
Cannot think of a name
25-09-2005, 06:32
My legs bend backwards. Seriously-part of being double jointed, my legs bend backwards considerably. I can lift my feet well off the ground with my thighs still on the ground. I can even walk without bending them 'right', though a little ackward-like a disabled ostrich.
Cana2
25-09-2005, 06:33
I do not wear underwear or bras.
Gymoor II The Return
25-09-2005, 10:35
I do not wear underwear or bras.

This post is useless without pictures. :D
The Sadistic Skinhead
25-09-2005, 11:01
when i get really angry i go really really white in the face.
Kanabia
25-09-2005, 11:11
Oh my god. I thought I was the only one! We should band together for protection!

Well, the good news is that there's now four of us (including Nox Acipitris). The bad news is that we're still badly outnumbered.

Actually, it's not only nutella. I hate peanut butter too.
Gymoor II The Return
25-09-2005, 11:15
Well, the good news is that there's now four of us (including Nox Acipitris). The bad news is that we're still badly outnumbered.

Actually, it's not only nutella. I hate peanut butter too.

have you ever tried cashew butter? It's da bomb.
Kanabia
25-09-2005, 11:17
have you ever tried cashew butter? It's da bomb.

No, but considering my track record with other nut spreads it's probably not a good idea. I like nuts, I just find nut spreads are ick. Maybe if I ever see it somewhere, I might have a moment of insanity that persuades me to try it.
Gymoor II The Return
25-09-2005, 11:27
No, but considering my track record with other nut spreads it's probably not a good idea. I like nuts, I just find nut spreads are ick. Maybe if I ever see it somewhere, I might have a moment of insanity that persuades me to try it.

I find, being an avid cook, that most people's problems with hating a certain food is that they've always had it prepared in a crap way. Get some cashews and grind 'em up yourself That way you don't waste a jar, plus the end result probably tastes 10X better.
Orangians
25-09-2005, 11:30
The mafia murdered my great-grandfather in the 1950s and then paid off my great-grandmother.
Kanabia
25-09-2005, 11:33
I find, being an avid cook, that most people's problems with hating a certain food is that they've always had it prepared in a crap way. Get some cashews and grind 'em up yourself That way you don't waste a jar, plus the end result probably tastes 10X better.

The problem with that is A) that it involves effort, but mostly B) that i'd be helping myself to the cashews the whole time and not leave any for the spread. :p
ProMonkians
25-09-2005, 11:49
i like broccoli, always have, always will

Yay for broccoli!

Mine: I have accurately predicted two people's deaths.
HotRodia
25-09-2005, 11:51
The best trivia fact about me...hmmm.

I like cars.

I bet no one saw that coming...
Pure Metal
25-09-2005, 12:22
Actually, it's not only nutella. I hate peanut butter too.
:eek: nutella and peanut butter rule! admittedly never on the same sandwich, but still ;)


ok, trivia about me... i'm related to the norweigan royal family (but who isn't?), i went to a 450 year old swanky school, and i'm moderatley dyslexic with dyscalculia... its a wonder i got through school :p
edit: another one, i don't actually like the taste of most beers :eek:
(is why i drink snakebite)
Jello Biafra
25-09-2005, 12:31
I got a "Lewinsky" on the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyworld in Florida.
Hey! You promised you wouldn't tell anyone!
Glitziness
25-09-2005, 12:33
I hate coke (coca cola, pepsi, all those things). I have highly sensitive feet. I really hate taking medicine of any kind. I'm predicted to get the highest grades in my year for GCSE. I went to Moscow when I was a year old. I'm half Scottish. My mum's side of the family has some Romanian Gypsy and Mediteranean in it. My uncle lives in Nice. My dad owns four guitars. My school's been mentioned on the news.... for having asbestos. I've been to a confetti festival. One of my friends is a millionare and has his house marked on the map. And I hate most nuts.
Pure Metal
25-09-2005, 12:36
I hate coke (coca cola, pepsi, all those things). I have highly sensitive feet. I really hate taking medicine of any kind. I'm predicted to get the highest grades in my year for GCSE. I went to Moscow when I was a year old. I'm half Scottish. My mum's side of the family has some Romanian Gypsy and Mediteranean in it. My uncle lives in Nice. My dad owns four guitars. My school's been mentioned on the news.... for having asbestos. I've been to a confetti festival. One of my friends is a millionare and has his house marked on the map. And I hate most nuts.
:eek: not nuts and coke!? the staples of my diet (i'm so healthy) ;)
Cheese penguins
25-09-2005, 12:39
i crasehd my motorbike when not wearing any safety gear and got up and walked away, i was going just over 35 mph at the time.
United Island Empires
25-09-2005, 12:42
I Hate Chocolate!!!
Pure Metal
25-09-2005, 12:45
that reminds me, i was in a car crash - a side-on collision with a white van full of paint - when i was 11. it was on valantine's day (:()and entirely the van driver's fault (he was drunk). it was on a A road so we were all going about 70... totalled the car, my dad had to be cut out and nearly lost his leg, my wrist and left arm's bones were shattered, my mum walked away with a couple of scratches somehow
tho the insurance/damages money i got as a result of this helped pay for my car last year :D
also, its quite probably why i'm a bit of a cautious driver (that, and i've seen 3 school friends die in car crashes in the last few years as well :()
Glitziness
25-09-2005, 12:50
that reminds me, i was in a car crash - a side-on collision with a white van full of paint - when i was 11. it was on valantine's day (:()and entirely the van driver's fault (he was drunk). it was on a A road so we were all going about 70... totalled the car, my dad had to be cut out and nearly lost his leg, my wrist and left arm's bones were shattered, my mum walked away with a couple of scratches somehow


:eek: That's awful. Glad you're all okay :fluffle:
Pure Metal
25-09-2005, 12:58
:eek: That's awful. Glad you're all okay :fluffle:
aw, thanks :fluffle:
tho it was the main reason why i had to quit swimming (ah thats another bit of trivia: i used to swim for hampshire) and ended up putting on loads of weight :(
that, and a sailing accident.
Neo-Anarchos
25-09-2005, 13:00
I have three kidneys. No shit ;)
Sars-
25-09-2005, 13:12
i Creat music on the computer then show it to my friends and i tell them that someone else sings it!
Smunkeeville
25-09-2005, 13:15
I have three kidneys. No shit ;)
thief.....just kidding.
I had an ultrasound once because of a kidney stone and they tell me I only have one kidney..... I thought it was really weird until I found out that like 4 other people in my family(grandpa, aunts, 2nd cousins ect) only have one kidney too. apparently it is hereditary or something.
Thank God my kids both have two and my hubby is the same blood type so hopefully if I ever need one I won't have to look very far.... I could guilt my kid out of an organ I bet..... :p
Jeruselem
25-09-2005, 13:34
I once did a really stupid thing and voted for the Conservative Liberal Party in Australia.
Grampus
25-09-2005, 13:40
I lost my last baby tooth at the ripe old age of 33.
Ilura
25-09-2005, 13:47
I was born with a huge dent in my chest.

I've been declared "honourary lesbian" on two seperate occasions.

The first (and only) time my friends persuaded me to play football (of the 'soccer' variety) with them, I broke my arm.
Nureonia
25-09-2005, 13:48
I was in a train compartment with Mongolian drug smugglers. While they were getting their drugs.

True story.
Neo-Anarchos
25-09-2005, 13:55
Well, that's the weird thing, see. My grandfather only had one kidney, but I have three.
Kanabia
25-09-2005, 13:57
I once did a really stupid thing and voted for the Conservative Liberal Party in Australia.

*punches*


:p
Twatwaffle
25-09-2005, 13:59
broken 55 bones had 5 surgeries and a collapsed lung and i have no medical deficencies and got 0 of the injuries from wrecks etc, most from just random crazy ideas >.<
Grampus
25-09-2005, 14:32
Well, that's the weird thing, see. My grandfather only had one kidney, but I have three.

These things* sometimes skip a generation.


* in this case your grandfather's kidney.
Neo-Anarchos
25-09-2005, 16:09
That's my familys opinion as well, but I'll be damned if there's a scientific explanation for that ;)
Potaria
25-09-2005, 16:24
It could be that I have (dark) blonde hair. It could also be that I have two scars on the underside of my right hand.

Take your pick!
Sick Nightmares
25-09-2005, 16:24
Well, that's the weird thing, see. My grandfather only had one kidney, but I have three.
That sounds kinda like a girl I know. She was born with two less teeth than normal. Then 3 years later her sister was born. She has 2 extra teeth, and they are the same ones the sister are missing. (BTW I dont mean they had teeth when they were born, that would be hell for breast feeding!)
Lunatic Goofballs
25-09-2005, 16:28
I have been struck in the groin over 150 times.
Purple Broken Hearts
25-09-2005, 16:31
I have anaemia, but I don't know what anaemia is.
Nietzsche Heretics
25-09-2005, 16:32
i fainted every single time i was in a church so far :eek: stopped going petty soon..

I AM ABLE TO LICK MY ELBOW! and anyone who says it's impossible- HAH! you wrong!

oh, and i can also bend my elbow the other way round. like, when you stretch your arm out in fornt of you withyour palm facing up, then i can make it bend upwards.
Big Jim P
25-09-2005, 17:05
I have walked away from no less than two motorcycle accidents and a car accident each of which should have killed me. My last MC accident I had my rear tire blow out on me doing 70mph on the interstate in Phoenix az. All I have from the wreack are a couple of light scars and a little nerve damage under my hairline.
Big Jim P
25-09-2005, 17:06
I have been struck in the groin over 150 times.

And this explains so much.
Plator
25-09-2005, 17:07
Oh my god. I thought I was the only one! We should band together for protection!

I too think Nutella is disgusting. Makes me want to puke!!!!!
Andaluciae
25-09-2005, 17:10
I might just possibly have the highest total cable television time of anyone on NS :D
Kanabia
25-09-2005, 17:13
I have anaemia, but I don't know what anaemia is.

A low red blood cell count. Can cause you to faint and such. I had it for a couple of years as a side effect of glandular fever.
Adjacent to Belarus
25-09-2005, 17:16
I can jiggle my eyeballs. I have to put them out of focus to do it, and then it's just some muscle thing that moves them in small and rapid movements from side to side.

:eek: nutella and peanut butter rule! admittedly never on the same sandwich, but still ;)

One of my favorite sandwiches is peanut butter, nutella, and sliced banana.
Kanabia
25-09-2005, 17:23
One of my favorite sandwiches is peanut butter, nutella, and sliced banana.

Dude, that's disgusting. Probably even more disgusting than peanut butter and jelly.

Although I applaud your iron stomach. :p
The South Islands
25-09-2005, 17:25
I can jiggle my eyeballs. I have to put them out of focus to do it, and then it's just some muscle thing that moves them in small and rapid movements from side to side.



One of my favorite sandwiches is peanut butter, nutella, and sliced banana.

Sick and wrong, sick and wrong.

(This gives me an idea for a thread)
Roge-o
25-09-2005, 17:25
I was in the first national Skateboard team...
Trexia
25-09-2005, 17:39
I was born with a huge dent in my chest.

I've been declared "honourary lesbian" on two seperate occasions.

The first (and only) time my friends persuaded me to play football (of the 'soccer' variety) with them, I broke my arm.
There is another with the chest thing? That's creepy...


I AM ABLE TO LICK MY ELBOW! and anyone who says it's impossible- HAH! you wrong!
Also creepy 'cause I can do that too. It's all in the scapulas...
Cute little girls
25-09-2005, 17:39
I collect mercedes benz stars :D
Ashmoria
25-09-2005, 17:54
i once ran for student body president of michigan state university on the apathy ticket.

i didnt win

go figure
The South Islands
25-09-2005, 17:55
i once ran for student body president of michigan state university on the apathy ticket.

i didnt win

go figure

You an Alumni?

Where did you live?
Sonaj
25-09-2005, 18:27
Two things: I have an indent about 1½-inches in my chest and I can stick my scapulas out of my back. I feel no pain in my back when someone hits them, but in my teeth.
I've got an indent as well, though it's more like two inches (looks freaky). My spine is also growing inward (i.e. my back is being bent forward by the growth of my spine), giving me a constant ache in my back. I can move my nostrils, my ears and my toes (grasping things and such... with the toes, not the nostrils or ears).
I have been close to drowning roughly seven times, making me a hydrophobe, I cannot eat within two hours after I wake up without it getting out the way it got in, and there is only one picture of me on the internet. I am two months in it.
Big Jim P
25-09-2005, 18:34
I have been struck in the groin over 150 times.

From my wife (I had nothing to do with it)Lunatic Smooshballs :eek:
New Granada
25-09-2005, 18:40
I have two soviet officer's overcoats, one suit, one blazer, and at least fifteen sportcoats.
Pure Metal
25-09-2005, 18:52
I can jiggle my eyeballs. I have to put them out of focus to do it, and then it's just some muscle thing that moves them in small and rapid movements from side to side.



One of my favorite sandwiches is peanut butter, nutella, and sliced banana.
actually, that sounds potentially quite nice *ponders trying it later on*
tho that eye thing sounds kinda gross


and another trivia thing for me: i have a two scars on my face - one hidden under my eyebrow (can't remember if its left or right) resulting from an incident with myself and broken much glass, and the second conviniently hidden under my (rather shitty) beard, which was the result of my face once hitting the pavement at a rather awkward and painful angle :headbang:
Unspeakable
25-09-2005, 19:14
I've been in a Star Trek movie on an album cover and a character in a book.

I'm also a Shellback
Ashmoria
25-09-2005, 19:18
You an Alumni?

Where did you live?
yes i am. i was there when magic johnson was a student. LONG time ago

i remember the night after we won the ncaa basketball championship (if thats what its called) as if it just happened. grand river avenue was a sea of broken glass.

at that time i was living in van heusen (sp?) hall.
Nietzsche Heretics
25-09-2005, 19:19
^^

(expressing doubt by raisng eyebrows in THAT way)
Ashmoria
25-09-2005, 19:21
I've been in a Star Trek movie on an album cover and a character in a book.
did you get to wear alien makeup?
Dishonorable Scum
25-09-2005, 19:24
I am one of the world's leading experts in the integration of technology into facilities management. (I already hear the loud chorus of "Huh? :confused:")

You know, "smart buildings". But it goes well beyond that. I was 1/8th of a startup company that was developing a full suite of building management and enterprise-level facility management software tools. Alas, our venture capital pulled out, and the company went under. But it was a beautiful thing while it lasted. :D
The South Islands
25-09-2005, 19:26
yes i am. i was there when magic johnson was a student. LONG time ago

i remember the night after we won the ncaa basketball championship (if thats what its called) as if it just happened. grand river avenue was a sea of broken glass.

at that time i was living in van heusen (sp?) hall.

Thats when my parents were going there.

Did you go rioting?
Pure Metal
25-09-2005, 19:43
I've been in a Star Trek movie on an album cover and a character in a book.
which star trek movie and which character?
ps: awesome :D
Ashmoria
25-09-2005, 19:45
Thats when my parents were going there.

Did you go rioting?
nooooo i just dropped by after the fact. the aftermath was very impressive.
Unspeakable
25-09-2005, 20:05
I was a Marine in "Voyage Home" Those were real Marines and the ship was the Uss Ranger


which star trek movie and which character?
ps: awesome :D
Unspeakable
25-09-2005, 20:06
No I wasn't an alien. :(


did you get to wear alien makeup?
Pure Metal
25-09-2005, 20:15
I was a Marine in "Voyage Home" Those were real Marines and the ship was the Uss Ranger
:eek: no way! 4 is my favourite TOS star trek movie and i know the scene well! awesome :cool: :cool:

so i guess you got to meet with Walter Koenig and some of the cast? lucky bugger ;)
JuNii
25-09-2005, 20:16
I was a Marine in "Voyage Home" Those were real Marines and the ship was the Uss Ranger*puts DVD in player and slo mo through scenes...*

err... which marine?


Oh another trivia fact about me...

I'm immune to Poison Oak. but I wanna find out if I'm also immune to Poison Ivy and Sumac.
Nietzsche Heretics
25-09-2005, 20:20
how does one find out one is immunoe against poson oak?! and what's sumac?
Dishonorable Scum
25-09-2005, 20:32
how does one find out one is immunoe against poson oak?! and what's sumac?

Well, obviously, one finds a nice big patch of poison ivy (or poison sumac), strips off all of one's clothes, and rolls around in it. If nothing else happens, that's a pretty good indication of immunity. :p
JuNii
25-09-2005, 20:36
how does one find out one is immunoe against poson oak?! and what's sumac?hehehehe... I read a trivia fact about people being born and raised in Hawaii... that a High percentage of them are immune to Poison Oak, Poison Ivy, and Poison Sumac (another tri-leaf plant that has the same properties as Poison Ivy and Oak.)

Never could test it since Hawaii doesn't have any of those plants. But one day, in a Boy Scout Camp in Northern California, I had the misfortune of being on a Campsite on top of this rather large hill. the path would wind down, and at one sharp bend, there was a large bush of Poison Oak. I happen to fall into that bush almost daily on my treks down the hill. One day, on the 2nd week to be exact, One of the camp staff members saw me fall into this bush and made a comment about going to change clothes. when I asked why, he told me that was Poison Oak. After a few tests... which included rubbing it on my arms, I remembered the trivia fact I read and I was plesantly surprised to know it was true with me. I could dive and roll around in it with no ill effects... not even an itch.
Aerou
25-09-2005, 21:17
I have synesthesia (http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/syne.html) :).
PaulJeekistan
25-09-2005, 21:28
1. Many men have had a threesome. I am the only one I have ever met who turned one down.
2. I was simultaneously on both Academic Honors and Scholastic Probation for one semester of college (yes there WAS alchohal involved).
3. I am double jointed in both thumbs.
4. I was banned from a dive biker bar for three months for rude behavior.
5. Despite being a white male capitalist patriarchal opressor and enemy of all leftist 'thought' I end up dating vegetarian hippy/ artist girls more often than not. Opposites attract maybe?
Kroblexskij
25-09-2005, 21:31
i have an addiction with buying jackets. I have one german parka, one british m65, one russian berezka beka, a flightjacket, and a wanting for a greatcoat and a snipers smock. :( . its sooo expensive
Nietzsche Heretics
25-09-2005, 22:04
@aeru: we seem to be rather plentiful..around here..:)
Legless Pirates
25-09-2005, 22:14
My beard is red haired. Seems to be genes from my dad's side
Homieville
25-09-2005, 22:20
The Best Triva fact is that there are so many pools in the USA that it would fill up San Fransisco
World wide allies
25-09-2005, 23:18
I can't swallow pills.

I suffer from mild hypochondria, small bumps and cuts make me very paranoid.

I am very particular about food.

My surname has changed twice in the last 4/5 generations of my family.
Nietzsche Heretics
25-09-2005, 23:25
got another one (thanks for giving me ideas, WWA)

my first name changed 3 times until i became of age..my last name only once,alas
Cannot think of a name
25-09-2005, 23:28
I was a Marine in "Voyage Home" Those were real Marines and the ship was the Uss Ranger
Sweet! I worked with this cat, Robertson Dean (big guy, all beef, a voice so deep and loud I suspect he might be a cyborg) who is the occasional alien on Star Trek, as well as a doctor in Vanilla Sky. He was doing a Shakespeare festival where I was running media board and assisting the designer. So 'working with' is kinda euphomistic, but anyway...

That's pretty cool. I would say 'Did you meet him?' but that'd be silly. Especially since I don't think he was in that one.
Pure Metal
25-09-2005, 23:30
I have synesthesia (http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/syne.html) :).
@aeru: we seem to be rather plentiful..around here..:)
lucky buggers, sounds like an awesome condition to have :P
(seriously)

what kind either of you two got? words/letters/numbers/colours, textures/sensations/feelings, the weird smells/colours one, etc?
Salarschla
26-09-2005, 00:19
I have a large scar on my face that nobody notices, hidden by the lower lip. And I went through plastic surgery to prevent my bowels to fall out through my bellybutton when I was 8 years old.
And I can dilate my pupils at will, excellent for flirting and such.
Also bone grows in my joints between the cartilage. Finally I am losing my sense of feeling in my hands due to carpal tunnel syndrome.

I look like a teenager, but feel like an ancient crone.
N Y C
26-09-2005, 00:24
I go to an international school, yet three of my 5 closest friends are Italian/ Italian-American. :D
Nietzsche Heretics
26-09-2005, 00:32
lucky buggers, sounds like an awesome condition to have :P
(seriously)

what kind either of you two got? words/letters/numbers/colours, textures/sensations/feelings, the weird smells/colours one, etc?

it's pretty cool (for me), i admit. ( i have the one where i connect colors to basially everything. numbers/letters/words/people/smells.. i just don't connect sounds with colors, nor sensations.

it's somewhat tedious sometimes, you know, havig to explain about it. and sometimes its a bit of a mess in my head.

sometimes it's hard for kids..you know..when they don't understand that other people can't see what they see. and others don't understand that it's okay for them to do that.

like, many kids with my condition, they are asked to do math in elementary and then the teachers say what is 2 and 2, and the kis says dark blue..(which is my color for 4)..then there can be a lot of unpleasant things going on for the kid.

but once you get old enough to deal with that different perception, and are fully aware of it, it's okay.
and it keeps amusing people i get to know and who find out about my way to ask "well, whta color am i, then" or to fire away at random "well, what color is this or that word/lettr/number" but i find their reactions to my answers amusing as well so it's all good. everyone get's their share :=)
Pure Metal
26-09-2005, 01:03
it's pretty cool (for me), i admit. ( i have the one where i connect colors to basially everything. numbers/letters/words/people/smells.. i just don't connect sounds with colors, nor sensations.

it's somewhat tedious sometimes, you know, havig to explain about it. and sometimes its a bit of a mess in my head.

sometimes it's hard for kids..you know..when they don't understand that other people can't see what they see. and others don't understand that it's okay for them to do that.

like, many kids with my condition, they are asked to do math in elementary and then the teachers say what is 2 and 2, and the kis says dark blue..(which is my color for 4)..then there can be a lot of unpleasant things going on for the kid.

but once you get old enough to deal with that different perception, and are fully aware of it, it's okay.
and it keeps amusing people i get to know and who find out about my way to ask "well, whta color am i, then" or to fire away at random "well, what color is this or that word/lettr/number" but i find their reactions to my answers amusing as well so it's all good. everyone get's their share :=)
yeah i can totally understand how it would be hard for a kid, especially because of the relative rarity of the condition... and especially weird to discover its something you have. but i understand its a great aid in learning things, can really give a creative edge (especially in music if you put colours to notes etc - jimi hendrix and bach were synesthetic in case you didn't know (i've done a fair bit of reasearch into it in the past btw)), and can often help with mathematical ability. that (especially the creativity part) is why i say it must be pretty cool to have... that, plus it would just make life that little more interesting :D
Gaithersburg
26-09-2005, 01:10
I have a gigantic deep scar on my tongue and I never noticed getting it.
Lybo
26-09-2005, 01:12
I was the only kid at my elementry school in both the gifted and behavioral modifacation special ed classes at the same time.
The Cat-Tribe
26-09-2005, 02:00
I'm the only lawyer I have ever known that has a nose ring.

And I wear it to court.
Eastern Coast America
26-09-2005, 02:26
I know Kung Fu.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
26-09-2005, 03:13
I pretended to be gay through much of high school simply to see how much I could make my parents hate me. It didn't work, though, as my last ditch attempt to create a family environment that I would have to run away from failed and I am now saddled with a more or less normal upbringing and limited emotional baggage. Yet another obstacle between me and literary greatness.
I also have this seizure in my trigger (right fore) finger. Its not so bad and provided that it doesn't get any worse I probably won't have to worry about accidentally opening fire on anyone.

So, yeah, my trivia sucks.
Lunatic Goofballs
26-09-2005, 03:25
And this explains so much.

I recently compiled a list. :p
JuNii
26-09-2005, 03:26
I pretended to be gay through much of high school simply to see how much I could make my parents hate me. It didn't work, though, as my last ditch attempt to create a family environment that I would have to run away from failed and I am now saddled with a more or less normal upbringing and limited emotional baggage. Yet another obstacle between me and literary greatness.
I also have this seizure in my trigger (right fore) finger. Its not so bad and provided that it doesn't get any worse I probably won't have to worry about accidentally opening fire on anyone.

So, yeah, my trivia sucks.what... that you are actually 'normal'... that's great trivia. :D

so hows this about me. I spend, on average, 40 hrs a week on Nationstates.
Lunatic Goofballs
26-09-2005, 03:28
Well, obviously, one finds a nice big patch of poison ivy (or poison sumac), strips off all of one's clothes, and rolls around in it. If nothing else happens, that's a pretty good indication of immunity. :p

Or a drunken bet. :)
Oxwana
26-09-2005, 03:28
I was the only kid at my elementry school in both the gifted and behavioral modifacation special ed classes at the same time.Me too!
Korrino
26-09-2005, 03:33
I sneezed up a crayon, either from my mouth or nose, I don't know which. And I never found out how the crayon got there..... :confused:
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
26-09-2005, 03:34
what... that you are actually 'normal'... that's great trivia. :D

No, it isn't "great trivia"! Great trivia would be if my twitching finger caused me to accidentally kill 12 men and a toaster salesman. Forced on by the voices of those I killed I would have to wreak justice and goodness everywhere in my desperate struggle to redeem my soul.
Alternately, if my parents really had thrown me out I could have stuck with the gay thing and be living out on the streets, whoring it up while living in a cardboard box with only heroine and violence providing meaning to my life. Eventually, I'd get arrested for fighting back against "The Man" and shooting some cop in the back 15-20 times (purely out of self-defense you see). Then as protestors rallied to my cause and resounded the cry of "Free Fiddlbottoms" off of the rooftops I would write a great American novel about my life and the opppresion of gays in America. But, no! My parents had to say that, though they were dissapointed, they understood it was my choice to spend all night (and then half a week) at my boyfriend's house. I hate accepting people!
Murderous maniacs
26-09-2005, 03:34
i have been known, on occasion, to be completely sober. scarier though, is the fact that i have been called normal by people :eek:
Murderous maniacs
26-09-2005, 03:36
No, it isn't "great trivia"! Great trivia would be if my twitching finger caused me to accidentally kill 12 men and a toaster salesman.
<snip>
are you saying toaster salesmen aren't people? i knew it!
Ashmoria
26-09-2005, 04:01
are you saying toaster salesmen aren't people? i knew it!
the toaster salesman was (would have been) a woman, he shot (would have shot) her for her ambiguous job title.
Oxwana
26-09-2005, 04:08
I just learned two things about my mother that soooooo reinforce stereotypes about the French. While I don't want to encourage that sort of thing, I almost died laughing when she told me, so I must share.
You know how a whole generation got totally freaked out about sharks after Jaws came out? Well my mum saw a scary movie about Louis XIV when she was a little girl. After that, she was afraid to go to the washroom out of a completely irrational fear of finding Louis XIV's guillotined head in the toilet.
If that isn't the Frenchest phobia there ever was, I don't know what is.
She also one got a piece of cheese stuck in her nose. Little kids the world over put things in their noses, ears, mouths etc.
Only little French kids stick Brie up their noses.
Murderous maniacs
26-09-2005, 04:10
in the vein of sticking food in orifices, when i was little my sister stuck a grape in my ear, nice of the 9 years older sister, eh?
JuNii
26-09-2005, 04:16
in the vein of childhood stuff...
I used to wake up in the middle of the night and wander around the house... consiquently, running into the thick glass doors at our place. to remedy this, my family made it a habit to decorate the doors with large stickers.

kinda explains a few things about me... :D
Oxwana
26-09-2005, 04:16
in the vein of sticking food in orifices, when i was little my sister stuck a grape in my ear, nice of the 9 years older sister, eh?My uncle stuck a bean up his nose, too, but like I said, kids stick things up their noses. My mum, on the other hand, remembered the story when she was smelling some Camembert that I'd brought home (to get back in her good graces). She said that she suspects that she stuck the cheese up her nose to smell it better, or accidentally sucked it up her nose when she was smelling it. And both theories seem plausible, knowing my mother. Like, I said, she's a special case. And very, very French.
Khentara
26-09-2005, 04:17
I caused 3 fires in our house before the age of 4...
1 by shorting out a record player, 1 by tossing a blanket over a light accidentally, and 1 after learning what was needed to make fire and very intentionally holding a paper around a lightbulb...
i also know at least 15 ways to kill someone with my bare hands... and i've practiced them all... (though not completed the technique)
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
26-09-2005, 04:17
the toaster salesman was (would have been) a woman, he shot (would have shot) her for her ambiguous job title.
No, Maniacs was right.
Toaster Salesmen (or Popsupso Toastiens as scientists call them) are actually a subspecies of sentient flannel. They are commonly mistaken for humans because they evolved along similar lines, but toaster salesmen evolved specifically to ensure the continued prolific spread of cooked bread (unlike humans who evolved to eat cooked bread, and sometimes drink beer). As such, all Toaster Salesmen are masculine in appearance (because a woman has no place in a kitchen, or selling appliances for one) and asexual (as a sexdrive would interfere with their spreading of butter coated sandwich ingredients), instead reproducing by budding.
On the whole Toaster Salesmen are quite personable, though rather insistent, and make excellent pets (as they go so well with children or a side of fries, depending upon preference).
Now then, insolent young pup, think twice before besmirching my superior scientific talents.
Oxwana
26-09-2005, 04:20
I caused 3 fires in our house before the age of 4...My uncles convinced Uncle Alain that he was superman, and could consequently fly, and told him to jump out the window. He did, and broke several bones. This is all when he was three or four.
There was also a little incident whereby my uncle Jean set his brother's crib on fire....
Aerou
26-09-2005, 04:22
lucky buggers, sounds like an awesome condition to have :P
(seriously)

what kind either of you two got? words/letters/numbers/colours, textures/sensations/feelings, the weird smells/colours one, etc?

I have grapheme (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v119/loveislikearson/syn.jpg) synesthesia.

As well as:
sound --> sight
sound --> taste
touch --> sight
touch --> sound
taste --> sight

I also have subsets:
emotion --> sight
emotion --> temp
temp --> sight
span/time --> sight

I could go into more detail, perhaps when I have time :). Right now I have a parasitology quiz on Tuesday that I have to study for!
Murderous maniacs
26-09-2005, 04:24
No, Maniacs was right.
<snip>
w00t!1!
and what does this teach us? aaron is always right
SHAENDRA
26-09-2005, 14:31
My brother and I are spitting images of our mother, but we have different fathers and have an 8 year age difference!
New Independents
26-09-2005, 14:33
i had a number one hit single
BackwoodsSquatches
26-09-2005, 14:41
I was in a Pink Floyd cover band.
Our "greatest" acheivement was the ability to reproduce every song on The Wall.
Sierra BTHP
26-09-2005, 14:41
Hmm. A few things:

1. Double jointed in the shoulders, elbows, wrists, hip joints, knees, and ankles.

2. Average reading speed around 5000 wpm.

3. A lot of useless trivia is locked in my head.
BackwoodsSquatches
26-09-2005, 14:44
i had a number one hit single


Get out.

What was the song?
Balipo
26-09-2005, 14:51
Let's see...

1) I've been playing drums since I was 6

2) I've been a couple of well known indie rock bands

3) I have small feet, yet I make up for it "elsewhere"

4) My eyes do not have a distinct color (makes it hard at he DMV)
Gangside
26-09-2005, 14:52
One of my favorite sandwiches is peanut butter, nutella, and sliced banana.

One of my favourite things in the world is a good book, a bath, a small bottle of good whiskey, and a large stack of peanut butter and pickle sandwiches.
Sierra BTHP
26-09-2005, 14:57
I can't have an orgasm unless I concentrate on having one. I've been known to go as long as two hours without a break during sex (staying hard the whole time).
Laerod
26-09-2005, 15:00
I've nearly been killed by an ambulance. :D
Pure Metal
26-09-2005, 15:03
i'm useless at mental arithmatic and general maths, but very good at logical thinking and analysing data

i have one of my designs on a national brand in supermarkets across the UK, as of this month

i am mildly obsessed with personality tests and suchlike. i'm an ISFP ("artisan") on the myers-briggs-jung scale, and an Ennegram type 4 (the "individualist"), FYI.

i've been diagnosed with clinial depression

i have an irrational and weird fear of talking on the phone



there, there's some more useless trivia about me :)
Sierra BTHP
26-09-2005, 15:03
I was beaten by German police because they had no sense of humor.
The Similized world
26-09-2005, 15:04
I have no piercings... Immediately visible.

I think most NSers have some pretty fucked up ideas.

I too love peanut butter.

I love bitching about how people like me get shafted, but the truth is I wouldn't want any other kind of job, even if I had the skills.

I plan on buying an island with my friends, in 30 years time.

I love my leather jacket, and I'm vegan :p
Kyott
26-09-2005, 15:06
As a kid I wrote a letter to the Queen. She actually responded, but completely misspelled my name... That's when I became a republican :)
Laerod
26-09-2005, 15:08
I was beaten by German police because they had no sense of humor.They do that occasionally. :p
Xeropa
26-09-2005, 15:20
i have one of my designs on a national brand in supermarkets across the UK, as of this month

Which brand? And presumably you are a designer of some variety? (Same here)
Tsibuki
26-09-2005, 15:21
Marmite...mmmm! :D
Sierra BTHP
26-09-2005, 15:23
They do that occasionally. :p

An interesting thing that I noted about French and German police. Unlike the US, where a policeman beating you gets you a million dollar settlement, the French and German police can beat you for next to no reason at all, beat you senseless, put you in the hospital, and the local government will BACK THEM UP.

Your sad story of abuse won't even make the local news.

Important travel tip: Always be polite to the policeman in Germany - even when you've had a lot to drink.
Laerod
26-09-2005, 15:25
An interesting thing that I noted about French and German police. Unlike the US, where a policeman beating you gets you a million dollar settlement, the French and German police can beat you for next to no reason at all, beat you senseless, put you in the hospital, and the local government will BACK THEM UP.

Your sad story of abuse won't even make the local news.

Important travel tip: Always be polite to the policeman in Germany - even when you've had a lot to drink.They are, however, not allowed to even threaten you with torture. ;)
Tsibuki
26-09-2005, 15:26
I was beaten by German police because they had no sense of humor.

I had tear gas thrown at me twice by police, then was trampled over by several people in a protest last summer - it destroyed one of my favourite t-shirts :mad: [POLICE]:sniper:

I also collect mis-spellings of my name.
Tsibuki
26-09-2005, 15:33
[QUOTE=Sierra BTHP]An interesting thing that I noted about French and German police. Unlike the US, where a policeman beating you gets you a million dollar settlement, the French and German police can beat you for next to no reason at all, beat you senseless, put you in the hospital, and the local government will BACK THEM UP.

Your sad story of abuse won't even make the local news.[QUOTE]

Also count Greek police in this - particularly if you're in a big city and you look Albanian-ish or look like you've been doing drugs. They will be freed in the court, or given a pat-in-the-back short term suspension even for KILLING people. Fortunately, the press in Greece is much more sensitive to such stories.
Celestial Kingdom
26-09-2005, 15:41
They are, however, not allowed to even threaten you with torture. ;)

In fact, they have been sentenced for it...and yes it is advisable to be polite to policemen...I guess everywhere, especially when your drunk :p

I think this was thread about strange personal facts, wasn´t it?
Glitziness
26-09-2005, 15:45
i am mildly obsessed with personality tests and suchlike.

i've been diagnosed with clinial depression

i have an irrational and weird fear of talking on the phone


Those 3 apply to me as well. Quite weird.

And another one that applies to me (and you):

Candles make me feel lonely.
Grampus
26-09-2005, 15:47
i had a number one hit single

I was on a double seven-inch compilation which went to either number one or number three in the UK indie charts, depending on whether you view the NME or the Sounds listings as authoritative.
Unspeakable
26-09-2005, 16:03
Met Nimoy Nichols and Koening

:eek: no way! 4 is my favourite TOS star trek movie and i know the scene well! awesome :cool: :cool:

so i guess you got to meet with Walter Koenig and some of the cast? lucky bugger ;)
Pure Metal
26-09-2005, 16:11
Which brand? And presumably you are a designer of some variety? (Same here)
graphic designer, here. well, kinda... anyway the brand is New Covent Garden Soup Company's Farmers' Market soup of the month, and the graphic is that for the Month of Taste (www.monthoftaste.info) :)

what sort of designer are you, btw?
Unspeakable
26-09-2005, 16:12
I have an m-60 not a shotgun or m-16 like everybody else


*puts DVD in player and slo mo through scenes...*

err... which marine?


Oh another trivia fact about me...

I'm immune to Poison Oak. but I wanna find out if I'm also immune to Poison Ivy and Sumac.
Xeropa
26-09-2005, 16:18
what sort of designer are you, btw?

Graphic designer too.
Delator
26-09-2005, 16:33
I had my scalp split open at age 6 by a falling trombone.

I managed a 4 on the AP European History exam, despite the fact that I annihilated the timeframe for the battle of Waterloo...a fact I am oddly proud of.

I got to hike down THIS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sn%C4%9B%C5%BEka) mountain at age ten when the chairlift broke.

I am one of the pickiest eaters you will ever meet, or speak to online. :p

I got to sing a concert in THIS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pantheon) building. :)

I have flown on 19 seperate passenger airliners. :p
Stephistan
26-09-2005, 16:47
Hmm odd facts..

I am left handed. (Not that odd)

I was a returning guest for a year on a TV show. It was a show on local cable about computers and the Internet. I was the Webcam Guru Girl..

I have been in magazines for my webcam site (back when it was still the "new" thing to do)

I have been interviewed by many online magazines. I was one of the first non-nude webcam girls on the Internet. The first was The Jenny Cam.
Anarchy and Herblore
26-09-2005, 16:55
I can touch my nose with my tongue............... hello ladies ;)
Laerod
26-09-2005, 16:55
I've had a head injury glued instead of stitched once.
Nietzsche Heretics
26-09-2005, 17:01
hey, i've head a had injury glued as well! those gluey things are kinda cool, mine looked all rainbowy like an oil film.. that was an odd story as well, though. played basketball on concrete flloor, fell, and while i was on the ground somebody accidentally kicked a stone at my head when he came running at me to help me up..

oh, the orbituary thread's been giving me ideas. i've been assigned this damn coach about a year ago who's trying to advise me to become just like him..some kinda stupid hey-look-i-made-it-in-society-hyper-businessman-and-now-i'm-rich-and-influencial man.. and i keep disregarding his "advice" and to make just the choices he warns me of..but he doesn't give up :rolleyes:
Ariddia
26-09-2005, 17:31
I used to be addicted to peanuts with sugar. Took me ages to stop. (And yet I remain underweight!)

My great-grandfather was part of the firing squad that shot Mata Hari. (I hasten to add that he did not volunteer for the task!)

I was born purple, and not breathing, due to the umbilical cord being wrapped tight several times round my neck. My parents thought I was dead.

I founded the NS World Cup. :p
Oxwana
26-09-2005, 22:46
I have no piercings... Immediately visible.

I think most NSers have some pretty fucked up ideas.

I too love peanut butter.

I love bitching about how people like me get shafted, but the truth is I wouldn't want any other kind of job, even if I had the skills.

I plan on buying an island with my friends, in 30 years time.

I love my leather jacket, and I'm vegan :ptechnically, vegans don't wear leather.
Oxwana
26-09-2005, 22:48
I was born purple, and not breathing, due to the umbilical cord being wrapped tight several times round my neck. My parents thought I was dead.Me too!
I ended up in the premie ward, even though I weighed 9lb 5oz.
The White Hats
26-09-2005, 23:17
I got stabbed in the head at age seven, by another seven year-old, during an argument over classical architecture
Maineiacs
26-09-2005, 23:38
I got stabbed in the head at age seven, by another seven year-old, during an argument over classical architecture


Why were two seven-year-olds arguing over classical architecture? :confused:
The White Hats
26-09-2005, 23:47
Why were two seven-year-olds arguing over classical architecture? :confused:
It was an assignment in class. We were supposed to be building a model of a temple together and fell out over the correct application of glue and cardboard.
Oxwana
27-09-2005, 00:03
I was a biter in preschool.
I also once hit a little girl over the head with a real pot when we were playing house in the little fake kitchen. Thing about that is, she asked me to do it. We were imitating that kids show with the dinosaurs. You know, the "Not the mama, not the mama!" one.
Little kids are violent.
Bahamamamma
27-09-2005, 00:19
I was a biter in preschool.
I also once hit a little girl over the head with a real pot when we were playing house in the little fake kitchen. Thing about that is, she asked me to do it. We were imitating that kids show with the dinosaurs. You know, the "Not the mama, not the mama!" one.
Little kids are violent.

At least you were in preschool! I was a biter in high school. Only, I bit with my words - which were pretty sharp. I was a witch with a capital "B;" a "Heather." If I didn't like your name, I changed it - usually to your detriment. If I didn't like you - you - and everyone else knew it. I even tried, unsuccesfully - thank heavens, to cut a girl's ponytail off without her permission. The darn thing was so whimpy and did not suit her at all. In my twisted mind I rationalized that I was doing her a favor because the 'tail was most definitely uncool.

I spent the next ten years feeling bad about it though and now I am only a *itch when I absolutely have to be.
Nietzsche Heretics
27-09-2005, 00:26
oh, i still am a biter. if that's what you call it when you get these random urges to bite the people you talk to/stand close to and follow that urge. hmm..i'm 20 now, ought i stop? :D
Xenophobialand
27-09-2005, 00:34
I once led my fellow Cub Scout troopers out of one of the caves at Craters of the Moon when we got lost.

I lost most of my sense of smell when I snorted a bottle of cologne on a double-dog dare. Most of what was left departed when I snorted a line of powderized Ivory Soap on another dare.

I've only suffered two broken bones in my life, despite being hit by a truck, falling several times off a 20 ft. haystack, and being run over by a herd of horses. It was the horses that did the trick, breaking my arm in the fall off the lead horse, and my skull when a horse stepped on me and kicked me in the head.

I was the only boy in my high school who could do an eight-inch V-sit.
Nietzsche Heretics
27-09-2005, 00:43
are you trying to say that this was, like, a long-tem thing? like, as in lasting damage? you still can't smell anymore? :eek:
i award this the absolutely most stunning trivia fact i read so far (and i folllowed every single one of these posts).
Syniks
27-09-2005, 00:46
I've been declared dead. Twice. I don't know whether to be mad at the anetheseologist or to hug him.

I picked up a Yamaha 650 Special (motorcycle) and threw it aproximately 2 meters. (I love adrenaline... but I hate motorcycle accidents - esp. when it's my bike with the forks buried in the heads...) :headbang:
Oxwana
27-09-2005, 00:47
oh, i still am a biter. if that's what you call it when you get these random urges to bite the people you talk to/stand close to and follow that urge. hmm..i'm 20 now, ought i stop? :DI bit a co-worker just the other day. Does it count if he goaded me into doing it, and I didn't even bite hard?
Bahamamamma
27-09-2005, 00:49
debends on where you bit him
Nietzsche Heretics
27-09-2005, 00:50
no, it doesn't.
*wants to be there very only one here in the thread and will therefore disqualify any other no matter whether deservingly or not*
;)
Oxwana
27-09-2005, 00:59
debends on where you bit himJust on the forearm.
If we're talking about more... intimate biting, though, I have done that too. Mostly, I like to be the bitee rather than the biter. ;)
Pure Metal
27-09-2005, 01:12
Those 3 apply to me as well. Quite weird.

And another one that applies to me (and you):

Candles make me feel lonely.
yeah, weird isn't it? :p

tho i do find candles calming, also. and when i'm away from home they can make me feel kinda homesick/miss my family (especially scented ones for some reason). but thats TMI & nobody cares (yet more useless trivia i suppose) :P

I've been declared dead. Twice.
:eek:
JuNii
27-09-2005, 01:15
Just on the forearm.
If we're talking about more... intimate biting, though, I have done that too. Mostly, I like to be the bitee rather than the biter. ;)
ummmmm... right... be right back...

*goes to take a very cold shower.*

say, Oxwana... wanna grab a bite? :D
Nietzsche Heretics
27-09-2005, 01:16
ain't it a little late for you to be around here, PM? ;)

and yes, i want to know more about the ebing declared dead one as well..:eek:
Avarhierrim
27-09-2005, 01:17
My beard is red haired. Seems to be genes from my dad's side

do you have ginger nuts? :)
Nietzsche Heretics
27-09-2005, 01:19
:D
(but now don't elaborate wether you got those form your dad as well) :eek:
Pure Metal
27-09-2005, 01:22
ain't it a little late for you to be around here, PM? ;)

and yes, i want to know more about the ebing declared dead one as well..:eek:
late? pah! i may live in the UK but my body clock is firmly fixed on eastern standard time :D
i mean its only 20 past 1... ah i suppose i ought to get some sleep soon - got work tomorrow after all :(
but this thread is just so interesting * ;)


* re: the being dead thing
Xenophobialand
27-09-2005, 01:23
are you trying to say that this was, like, a long-tem thing? like, as in lasting damage? you still can't smell anymore? :eek:
i award this the absolutely most stunning trivia fact i read so far (and i folllowed every single one of these posts).

Pretty much. I can smell stuff only if it's strong enough to knock another person over, although to be fair, the fact that I grew up downwind of a feedlot didn't exactly help, so I don't know if the cologne and the soap can claim full credit.

I have to ask another person if I'm wearing too much cologne, because I can never tell.
Avarhierrim
27-09-2005, 01:25
Hmm. A few things:

1. Double jointed in the knees.

2. Average reading speed around 5000 wpm.

3. A lot of useless trivia is locked in my head.

me too! although showing off number one has really buggered up my knees
Nietzsche Heretics
27-09-2005, 01:28
PM: and i know i shouldn't be talking, ebing in germany it's an hour later with me than with you...;)

xeno: you still use cologne?! :eek: i think i'd ahve been cured for life..;)
Pure Metal
27-09-2005, 01:36
Pretty much. I can smell stuff only if it's strong enough to knock another person over
aha! useless trivia point #21: i have an excellent sense of smell, an even better sense of taste (people reckon i should be a tea taster or a chef), and an even better sense of hearing. especially for quiet things.... things people usually can't hear. things that i can't seem to block out and often make me annoyed/distracted/crazy beyond, er, normal


PM: and i know i shouldn't be talking, ebing in germany it's an hour later with me than with you...
you're in Germany? lol :p
well then, *puts on best mothering voice* get to bed young man ;)


useless trivia about me #22: i am off to bed myself now. g'night all :)
Xenophobialand
27-09-2005, 01:40
PM: and i know i shouldn't be talking, ebing in germany it's an hour later with me than with you...;)

xeno: you still use cologne?! :eek: i think i'd ahve been cured for life..;)

Well, I haven't put it up my nose since, so I'm not seeing how that is anything other than an unqualified victory on my part. . .;)

But I do, every once in a great while. Mostly I just stick with the deoderant.
Nietzsche Heretics
27-09-2005, 01:47
it's young woman, m'dear ;)

and yes i'm getting myself to bed now. but don't you dare imply i#d listen to oyu! :P
Lovfro
27-09-2005, 02:30
One of my favorite sandwiches is peanut butter, nutella, and sliced banana.


Ooooohhh, I love that, great combo of yummy goodness.
Murderous maniacs
27-09-2005, 02:37
here's a scary one - i'm at uni right now, despite it being the holidays.
(uni = short for university = college for you americans)
Pyotr
27-09-2005, 02:46
i have two skin diseases :headbang:
Emeroe
27-09-2005, 02:57
Without exageration, I've probably fired enough ammunition and explosives to supply a third world army. :D
Zatarack
27-09-2005, 03:11
I am fully capable of my legs crossed close to me and nearly completely vertical while my body also is. Quit a comfortable position to read.
Undelia
27-09-2005, 03:42
I was born with my upper spine twisted 15 degrees to the left. You can't fix it, so it still is.
Murderous maniacs
27-09-2005, 03:44
I was born with my upper spine twisted 15 degrees to the left. You can't fix it, so it still is.
i'm sure we can try, but it's most likely to make your spine worse, and hurt alot
Lovfro
27-09-2005, 03:45
Hmmm.... best trivia?

* I'm schizo-typal psychotic
* I sometimes go for a couple of days without eating
* I've sung with Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails) at a concert
* I have a patch of skin on my chin where no beard can grow, even though I am pretty hairsuite and my beard and hair grows very fast (to the point that I had to shave halfway through a shift when working as a waiter)
* My skin temperature is about 2 degrees (Celcius) warmer than the average
Neo-Anarchos
27-09-2005, 10:14
Pyotr>> Suck! That must itch a lot?

Lovfro>> me and my brother have that same thing, with a bit of totally hairless neck. Weird, that is.
Pure Metal
27-09-2005, 10:21
it's young woman, m'dear ;)

lol not doing too well was i? :p
apologies... guess i'd gotten confused on the "when did you start..." thread or something :confused:


and yes i'm getting myself to bed now. but don't you dare imply i#d listen to oyu! :P
OBEY. ;)
Delator
27-09-2005, 10:37
I've sung with Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails) at a concert


*is jealous* :)
I V Stalin
27-09-2005, 11:00
I have next to no feeling on the backs of my hands, and seemingly cannot develop scar tissue on them. Believe me, I've tried.