Post three things about yourself other DUers would be surprised to learn.

[JimmyJazz]

Me:

1. I love bluegrass music.

2. I have mucked a barn (more than once).

3. I make a mean loaf of challah :D

[jobycom]

1. I like Toby Keith (except his political songs), I have never been drunk,

and... No, I better not list that.

[progressoid]

2. 1. I have eaten racoon meat

2. I'm a chronic procrastinator.

3. I was on a short list for arrest for not registering with the Selective Service in 1981.

edited for correct year! sheesh!

[GOPisEvil]

3. Hmmmm...

1. I voted for a Republican once. Once.

2. I've mucked a barn too. More than once as well. I have a former friend who owns a horse farm.

3. I'm giving serious thought to attempting to move to Europe. I am pretty sure I can get an EU-member-nation passport. I'd like to spend some time there to see if I'd like it. I wouldn't stay permanently though. I just think it would be interesting to experience a different culture.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

11. I voted for a Republican once too: Bill Weld

because his Dem rival was an ASSHOLE: John Silber, president of Boston University.

[graywarrior]

14. Same here.

[Zuni]

39. I was very, very, very naive and I voted for

Bob Ehrlich in 2002 against Kathleen Kennedy Townshend for MD Governor, because she was so annoying and Ehrlich seemed like a good natured moderate in the debates I saw.:dilemma: I didn't do much reasearch, and even democrats I knew seemed to despise Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (RFK's daughter---how such a brilliant father had such a clueless daughter, I do not know) Biggest political mistake I have ever made.:banghead: Bob Ehrlich is a total ass, the worst governor of MD since Spiro Agnew.:mad: I absolutely despise him. Bob Ehrlich = dick.:mad:

I cannot wait until 2006 to vote for Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley (D) for Maryland Governor.:patriot:

I regret my decision all the time. Worst voting decision I have ever made. :hide:

sorry.

[FuzzySlippers]

41. Because you were born in Greece? n/t

[GOPisEvil]

45. Correct-a-mundo.

I was a Greek citizen until age 8.

[jobycom]

82. What you talkin' about?

You got at least four different cultures in the city where you live!

[MrScorpio]

4. My three

I'd like to be smarter

I'd love to be able to play a musical instrument

I don't have a violent bone in my entire body

[JimmyJazz]

10. I'd love to be able to play an instrument as well.

Excellent list, MrS :hi:

[Flaxbee]

31. aww, my husband doesn't have a violent bone in his body,

either... one of the things I love best about him. We need so many more people like you!

[matcom]

5. my turn

1) I've "had" JimmyJazz
2) I've "done" JimmyJazz
3) JimmyJazz is in LOVE with me

:P

[JimmyJazz]

9. MATCOM! You suck big fat hairy weinersnitzles!

'nuff said. :o

BTW - was I good?

[matcom]

12. you kidding?

your big fat hairy weinersnitzles are the BEST!!

[Jara sang]

6. 1. I can roll my tongue up lengthwise.

2. I like pottery, but I don't make it.
3. I have swam with sharks.

[Zuni]

7. ok

1. I am prone to extreme anxiety attacks

2. I occasionally go to Tanning Salons to fix the farmer's tans I get during the summer---I hate having nice tan arms and face and pastey skin where my T-shirt and pants were.

3. I rarely ever listen to music recorded after 1980, and most likely what I listen to was recorded before 1970

:shrug:

on edit----I actually deliver subpoenas and court summons for civil cases. That is something people wouldn't expect. I have been threatened, really threatened before.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. I've eaten badger meat

(not so good, IMO)

I was arrested for not showing up for jury duty (the one day of the 3 weeks or so I'd been calling in every night to see if they needed me the next day, and I got really sick, so forgot to call, then woke up a bit late the next day, because I felt like shit, panicked, I called in to the automated line, found out they needed me, was just getting ready to dial the courthouse to apologize and see what to do when the sherrif shows up at my door to arrest me, because it was the one day in the last 4-5 years that the judge finally got tired of potential jurors not showing up and decided that was the day to arrest everyone)

I used to play the board game Supremacy while on acid. We also had the Warlords and Pirates of the Neutral Zones addition.

[Taxloss]

15. I love Supremacy!

But I have never tried Acid, and would not want to.

[Rabrrrrrr]

18. Beats the living hell out of Risk, that's for sure!

I wish I could get my hands the game again. The one we used was a friend's, and he lives in Canada (we played when we were in college).

It's pretty cool to watch the entire world explode into total nuclear annihilation (which pretty much every game we played always ended up as) while on acid.

Still, I don't recommend drugs to anyone.

I know I would have done much better in college without them. But then again, I might not ever have gotten my third eye squeegeed clean.

[JimmyJazz]

22. HEY! 4. I kick ASS at Risk!

:P

on edit: my thread, my rules :D

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. And that you may! I'm just saying that Supremacy beats Risk's ass!

[Taxloss]

30. Supremacy is a better game, though, JJ.

It simulates the economy as well as the military, so you can theoretically win a game without firing a shot.

Theoretically.

But it adds a great deal of depth.

[Rabrrrrrr]

52. And it has nukes! Can't forget the nukes.

That's the best part of the game.

[Taxloss]

54. Did you never have a LIMITED nuclear exchange?

I've played a few. Only a quarter of the games I've played have ended in apocalypse.

[Rabrrrrrr]

56. I think we may have finished one or two games without apocolypse

But it pretty much always devolved into total nuclear annihilation.

Remember, we were a bunch of stoned, acid-tripping, drunk college men.

[Taxloss]

62. I tend/tended to play with idealists.

We would always restrain ourselves with the Big Red Button.

But I once won a game by nuking the Middle East, and securing an oil monopoly. Dirty, but quick and fun and my opponents didn't have a clue what was happening - I nuked one of my own territories!

[Rabrrrrrr]

68. Perhaps I should add that no only were we

a bunch of stoned, acid-tripping, drunk college men, we were a bunch of stoned, acid-tripping, drunk, super-stressed engineering-majors college men.

:-)

Brilliant tactic nuking your own land!

I'd love to have a hand of playing Supremacy with people are more serious about it than we were. While it was hella fun at the time, we also really didn't fully explore all the possible nuances and tactics and strategies. WE pretty much always knew that at some point, someone was gonna start a nuclear frenzy, so why bother with all the nuancing crap and trying to win through more legitimate ways?

I'd love to play again with non-stoned serious people.

[Taxloss]

28. I'm no substance angel, but Acid never appealed.

I have a copy of Supremacy, which I'm afraid you can't have, I still play it. But I recommend Ebay - stuff like that comes up regularly. But the game is now out of print, and is considered "rare".

[Zuni]

69. My friend and I invented a game that was risk

combined with trivial pursuit---you could only move as many figures as questions you answered correctly.

Fun game, but took hours to finish. I don't think we actually ever finished a game, but I had him really badly beaten once and would have won

[Rabrrrrrr]

71. To make Risk more interesting, we used the "chernobyl" rule

that we came up with (this was soon after Chernobyl).

Which was, if, when attacking, you rolled three ones, that was a "Chernobyl" and you lost all your troops.

Likewise, if one rolled three sixes, that was a "nuclear shitfire", though we had a better name for it I can't remember, in which the opponent lost all his/her troops.

Made the games a bit more interesting and fun.

[Taxloss]

13. Here goes!

1. I once helped start a rumour that was publicly denied by Bill Gates.

2. I once helped deliver a goat. One of the more revolting experiences of my life - sticky and smelly.

3. I was born in India.

[Lori Price CLG]

37. I want to know the rumor!! :) n/t

[Taxloss]

51. This was back in the late 1990s.

97 or 98. I was at Cambridge University, and although I was a historian I tended to hang out with scientists because they were very interesting people while my fellow artists were self-obsessed and cliquey.

Anyway, I was enjoying a late night with two scientists (I forget the particular disciplines) and we got into an argument about rumours, how quickly they could spread, and how the internet (which was relatively new to us at the time) might accelerate the process. As tended to happen with these guys (and this is why I preferred the scientists at the time) this quikly stopped being an argument and started being a discussion about how we could test the phenonemon.

We decided to create a rumour and set ourself a measurable goal. The goal was that the rumour would be reported as news in the university nespaper within one month. The rumour we had to tailor to the netheads, because most people weren't really online (apart from reading email).

At the time, the local headlines were full of Bill Gates pouring money into the university to build a science campus, and he was generally putting himself about, so we decided to rumour that he was planning to buy Queen's College. Which would be MAJOR NEWS in the UK, since QC is venerable and distnguished, but at the time was having money trouble, which is why we chose it. We looked through ome Reuters business reports, noted their style, and then took some boilerplate phrases from Microsoft press releases. Using these two templates, we assembled a fake Reuters report using genuine - but vague - quotes from Microsoft and Gates saying that he was buying QC.

This fake report was then emailed in a "check it out!" format to some BBSs and blabbermouths. And we sat back.

We overplussed our plans. My co-conspirators were revealed and disciplined - somehow I escaped, something I still feel guilty about. The rumour spread like wildfire and the stink it created was unreal. We regretted the entire endeavour. Within a month, Gates visited Cambridge, and was on the front page of the university newspaper as well as the local paper. He was asked what he thought about "rumours, originating from Clare that he was planning to buy Queen's College." As I remember, his comment was "I don't know anything about that."

[Lori Price CLG]

81. Great story, Taxloss!! :) n/t

[bertha katzenengel]

16. 1. I have made out with guys.*

2. I wish I could have a dog.

3. I wish I had made a career in the military.

* the 70s definition of "made out" -- kissed, and groped through clothes. I am a proud Gold Medal Dyke.

[MrScorpio]

19. Yeah, But you're our dyke

That's good enough for me

[bertha katzenengel]

20. Damn right.

:pals:

[LibDemAlways]

17. Repuke Senator George Allen and convicted

spy Daulton Lee (of "The Falcon and the Snowman") were in the same high school graduating class - mine.

In 1973 I won a car on a tv game show called "Split Second."

My one and only child was my 20th wedding anniversary present.Didn't want to rush into parenthood.

[MisterP]

49. hey, think you could do another thread about your life and times with

frat brat Allen with the dumbassery and graffiti (or was that another DUer and Republican official?)

[LibDemAlways]

72. That was probably me. Although my DUer

brother has also posted about Allen. I think as Allen's re-election campaign gears up, I'll re-visit the issue here and ask DUers for help in spreading the word in Virginia. I also want to give an early heads-up to Allen's opponent. Last time around I talked with Robb's people, but it was too close to the election to do any good. My dream scenario would be for the creep to be ambushed at a Townhall type Q and A event about his racist past. If he can be stopped next year with a strong opponent and an "expose Allen for what he is" campaign, his WH ambitions will die.

[graywarrior]

21. I'm the only one in my family not a musician

I hung out with an outlaw biker gang for a while in my youth

I love watching Blind Date

[The Flaming Red Head]

23. I have 3 jobs

and I was attending school full time.

I work as a housekeeper for an agency. ( when ever they call)
I'm an assistant at an office. (two days a week)
And I'm a home health nurse. ( weekend and holidays option)

and I'm so fucking tired today that I can't go to sleep

[Mrs_Beastman]

60. That is so uniquely American!

Hell, I bet you don't have health insurance!

That makes me so mad, you have no idea. :mad:

[Robb]

25. 1) I play the banjo

...really well.

2) I secretly imagine myself beating someone I can't stand senseless, and the very thought of something so out of character starts my heart racing like I've been in a car accident.

3) I attended several years at two exceptional (and famous) universities, but have no degree from either -- and also never graduated from high school before being admitted to them, and have no diploma or GED. Hence, while I work within the vast liberal media conspiracy, I cannot get a job at a gas station. :)

[proud2BlibKansan]

26. 1. I am a graduate of an exclusive all girls private school

(where I got an excellent education) and so I know a lot of the 'elite' in my home town. Comes in handy once in awhile.

2. I originally planned on having no kids, then got pregnant. 27 years later, I am glad to be a mom.

3. My favorite uncle is a priest. Since I am rabidly anti-Catholic, this surprises even me :)

[Left Is Write]

27. I don't know if there IS anything about me that would surprise you.

1. I have completed more scrapbook projects than anyone else I know.

2. My first radio job was doing news.

3. Most of my fiction writing is dark.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

29. Let's see

1. I have a slow but bad temper

2. I don't enjoy country music

3. I'm actually a man












Just kidding on #3. I couldn't think of anything else to say. :shrug:

[LynzM]

32. Hrm....

I got 'pregnant out of wedlock.'

I have a really bad tendency to perseverate on end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it scenarios, and try to plan what I'd do in those cases.

I've never been drunk enough to throw up or have a serious hangover.

[Southsideirish]

33. I loathe authority.

[skygazer]

34. Here's my list

1. I love to quilt and do it entirely by hand.

2. I read People magazine every week (it's an addiction but I can stop ANYTIME!).

3. I hitchhiked across the country twice - once when I was 17 and again when I was 37 (it was great both times, too).

[xmas74]

35. Mine

1) I one a trip to the United Nations when I was 16 for a speech that I wrote and "performed"
2) I was a vegan for three years, had the worst ice cream craving ever and fell off the wagon, never to return
3) When I was a child (preteen age) I used to have pictures of Sally Ride and Sandra Day O'Connor on my bedroom wall next to my poster of John Taylor. Back then it wasn't about her politics, it was about her accomplishment.

[Lori Price CLG]

36. I won an Emmy - Technical Team Studio - 1997 NFL Draft (ESPN)

1) The Emmy, for 'video' (shading the cameras) during the NFL Draft
2) Was paid (overtime, too!) to work at a World Series, <g>.
3) I love meteorology, tv technology

But, you would NOT be surprised to learn... I spend much of the day fighting the Bush dictatorship!!

:)-Lori

[SOteric]

38. There's an amazingly long list of things DUers would be surprised

to learn about me.

Most DUers anyway. I tend to only let the more vulnerable aspects of my life out to those to whom I'm closest.

[JimmyJazz]

42. I'm still waiting for the list of three! Just three! Is that so hard?

:P

you know I :loveya:

[SOteric]

53. Sheesh.

1) English is not my first language.

2) I spend my weekends in a temperate rainforest working with a rapidly dwindling tribe of Native Americans.

3) I drive a convertible sportscar. Too fast.

[JimmyJazz]

59. Holy Shit!

Just, Holy Shit! :o

[Lydia Leftcoast]

76. As a linguist, I have to ask:

What IS your first language?

[SOteric]

100. Italian

My parents and my two eldest brothers were born in Parma, Italy. My folks immigrated and my brothers, Joey, Mike and I were born and raised in San Francisco's very Italian North Beach district.

So I grew up in the U.S. and speak unaccented American English, but I was primarily surrounded by Italian language and culture. I also speak unaccented Northern Italiano, and the Italian came first.

[FuzzySlippers]

40. Me:

1. I have freakishly flexible fingers.

2. I can flutter tongue.

3. I'm not a complete and total idiot.

[jaxx]

43. I'm breaking in on all you 1000+ posters

I've been married twice.......one long term, one very short. Single is good.

I always wanted to run for mayor......too many do-gooders in this town.

I think the 60s-70s were the best of times.

[JimmyJazz]

46. Dude - Welcome to DU! Your post count means nothing to me

other than it gives me the opportunity to say "hello."

So "hello." And, the only way you get to be a 1000+ poster is to keep posting :D

[jaxx]

65. Thanks. I like this place.

[HeeBGBz]

44. Hmmmm, that calls for deep thought

1. I used to be a fundie.

2. I used to be a topless shoeshine girl.

3. I used to be able to assemble an M16 in 2 minutes.

[CubsFan1982]

47. I'm probably going to regret this.

1) I'm actually quite a calm and sedate kinda guy.

2) I'm distantly related to the Norwegian royal family.

3) I've made out with a guy before (long story).

[RevolutionaryActs]

50. !

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


You did what now? :7

[CubsFan1982]

96. Like I said.

It's a looooonnnnnggggg story.

There was booze involved.

[seemunkee]

48. I took tranquilizers in middle school to keep my hands from shaking

I have made costumes for my hedgehogs(jester, knight, dragon)
Nothing else is all that surprising.

[Magrittes Pipe]

55. I, too, love the bluegrass.

I love birdies, and want to pet and scratch and love them forever.

I ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2003/2004 (long-time DUers will not be surprised, but newbies might).

[JimmyJazz]

57. We will get together in Cleveland. There is no doubt!

:D With your family, of course.

[Mrs_Beastman]

58. hmmm

1) I'm extremely frugal. Before I buy a big ticket item, I research for months. And I love to read books on economics and finance.

2)I've been diagnosed with Depression when I was 15.

3)I read my horoscope everyday. I'm a Taurus. :crazy:

[ghostsofgiants]

61. 1) I've never been drunk or high

2) I thought "Dude, Where's My Car" was hilarious
3) I'm Canadian, but I hate hockey

[RevolutionaryActs]

64. Dude, Where's My Car IS hilarious.

:D

[ghostsofgiants]

66. Fuckin' a!

So absurdly ridiculous, it's impossible not to find it hilarious. Fuck all those film snob naysayers.

[Zuni]

83. Honestly

I don't think I laughed once during the entire film.

Dodgeball was hilarious.

[Redstone]

63. That there is one thing they'd be surprised to learn,

and a second thing;

and a third.

Redstone

[JimmyJazz]

70. You post something or I'll start telling my own stories about you!

:D

[Redstone]

79. Like what? That I

1) Am addicted to cheesesteak hoagies;

2) Have had a lifelong weakness for black-haired waitresses, and

3) Am tall?

They already know these things.

You got nothing on me. Sorry about that.

Redstone

[SarahB]

67. Me....

1. Exactly four years ago (when I was 8 & 1/2 months pregnant), I weighed 85 pounds more than I do right now.

2. I have spent 7 years of my life lactating, I believe strongly in the importance of health and nutrition in terms of breastfeeding, and plan on becoming a lactation consultant when I complete my second degree (my first is in early childhood development/education) and become an RN.

3. I'm actually a bit more on the introverted side than not (especially when I don't know people well). It's perpetually been mistaken for being aloof or "bitchy".


There's much, much more....

[Lydia Leftcoast]

73. My three:

1. I've sung at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Cneter (not as a soloist)

2. I didn't get a driver's license till I was 29.

3. My grandfather was a high school teacher, and his students included The Andrews Sisters, Ann Sothern, and Arlene Dahl (celebrities of the past).

[JimmyJazz]

78. COOL.

:yourock:

[Dastard Stepchild]

74. Oh I just can't resist...

1. I tried to arrange a faux marriage between my Irish girlfriend and a gay pal to keep her in the country.

2. I took a ride from a stranger as a child.

3. I was once interviewed by a TV reporter regarding my research on heroin.

[ChaoticSilly]

75. Hmm

1. I deliberately sabotaged my grades in high school so I wouldn't be valedictorian or salutatorian & have to give a speech at graduation.

2. I actually like the sound of bagpipes.

3. I used to live with a girl who was related to Elvis.

[margaritamama]

77. Here goes

1. My true love is fishnfla
2. I love nature
3. My drink of choice is margaritas

[Sugar Smack]

80. no kidding? no. 3? really?

:D

[In_The_Wind]

84. When I was 18 ~ I lived on a horse farm and mucked out a few stalls.

I was part of a crew of two bringing a 60 foot sport-fishing boat from Key West to New York.

I researched and competed a paper on the North American Goldfinch which is part the Museum of Natural History Bird Study.

[VelmaD]

85. Ok...here goes

1. Since I left home for college in 1989 I've only ever had a roommate for about the first 3 weeks of college. After that I've lived alone.

2. I'm still getting over being afraid of heights and falling after an accident where I fell out of my parents' attic a few years ago.

3. Up until about a year ago I hadn't had anything alcoholic to drink in a decade (since my junior year of college).

[RevolutionaryActs]

86. Alright I've come up with three things

1. I'm really not that big of flirt.

2. I don't mean to threadjack, it just happens.

3. I can't stand raw tomatoes, like on sandwiches and things, but I love ketchup.

[tyedyeto]

87. Surprised to learn? I doubt it but here goes.....

1. My daughter is getting married this summer.

2. I'm a fish out of water in the deserts of Arizona.

3. My family doesn't understand where I'm coming from (they're all 'real' conservatives, not neo-cons).

[Parrcrow]

88. hmmmm lets see...

Not that there are three things about me that my fellow DUers would be interested in hearing, Nevertheless;

1) I'm getting married very shortly and do not regret leaving behind my former lifestyle of debauchery.
2) I still can't help thinking that my fiance must be seriously twisted because she loves me.
3) I own more books than we have space for(well over 2,000 at last count).

[Scout1071]

89. Allright, here goes.......

1) I work in sports.

2) I cannot watch scary movies

and

3) I'm a helluva good ping pong player. If only there had been a scholarship in college!

[usedtobesick]

90. me...

- I can prove there is a God... Butterscotch Malts and Guinness Stout, but not at the same time.

- I was one of Jerry Falwell's kids back in 1980. I was asked not to return to Liberty after my freshman year. Something about my lifestyle not in harmony with their idea of correct behavior.

- I just bought a jeep.

[progmom]

91. three things about meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

1. I was really good at math in school.
2. I've trained with a title-holding boxer.
3. I am incredibly ticklish.

[leftofthedial]

92. surprised, if not interested?

1. I have five different jobs.

2. I was once a very serious baseball player.

3. My two favorite sounds on earth are a pedal steel guitar and a backbeat on a great sounding snare drum.

[Tsiyu]

93. Cool thread

and bluegrass was the original heavy metal!

Mine?

1) I can stand on my head indefinitely ( I honestly believe it reverses the aging process LOL!!!!)

2) I was born blonde

3) I have never liked cats, but I LOVE my cats

[RagingInMiami]

94. I'll play

1. I almost died from bacterial meningitis when I was four years old (I spent several weeks in the hospital).

2. I participated in a drive-by shooting when I was 17 years old (no one died).

3. And I walked out on my fiancee a month before the wedding when I was 29 years old (she was a manipulative bitch and it would have ended in divorce).

[SmileyBoy]

95. 1. I am the Tetris Grand Master Champion of the Twin Cities area

2. One of my nostrils is much smaller than the other (birth defect)

3. I graduated high school a semester early (January 2001)

[Seabiscuit]

97. 1. When I was 12 I caught a shark by the tail (with a fish hook);

(I had to hold it by its sandpaperlike dorsal fin on the Fort Myers pier in Florida until it finally quit twiching and died. My hands were sore for a week).

2. When I was 22 I caught octopus for a living in Mykonos, Greece. I'd beat the goo out of them on the rocks, carve the beak, brain and digestive organs out, and dry them out in the sun before serving them to the fishermen for dinner who bought me all the wine I could drink all night. I was actually paid to do this by the owner of a beachside restaurant.

3. I haven't done anything this dangerous with water creatures since.

[Scout1071]

98. How interesting and gross at the same time!

Seriously, sounds like a great time - except for the whole beating the octupus to death part - but other than that very entertaining.

Don't get me wrong, I'm no vegetarian, but I do prefer to live in denial at times about how the food came to my plate.

Thanks for sharing.

[Seabiscuit]

99. I forgot to add I had to cut out the ink sac and heart as well.

And the beating wasn't just to kill the octopus - it had to be done on a rock half-submerged with water so that the sliminess would wash away as well - it would ruin the texture and the taste after it was dried out and then cooked in water, herbs and white wine. What really killed the octopus was cutting out its brain and heart along with the ink sac and digestive tract. The beating just eliminated any twitching left in the tentacles - but primarily it was to eliminate the slime. And it wasn't just beating - you have to grab it and rub it hard on the rocks and in the water to get it all out.

Yeah, it may seem gross, but once you get used to it it's just all in a day's work. :)

[Taverner]

101. Well for me....

1 - I once interviewed with the CIA and seriously considered becoming a field agent for them.

2 - I was Rush Chairman for my Fraternity in College

3 - I am a Freemason (just like brother Kef, RIP)

[Maestro]

102. Let's see

1) I am metal head but I have this love for acid house/trance music and outlaw alt country

2) I've been arrested. (But it wasn't my fault. Well yes it was, but, but, but...)

3) I look like a do but I speak fluent Spanish.

[Bok_Tukalo]

103. Boink

1. The longest stretch of time I have ever lived alone is the one I currently am in.

2. I eat cucumbers more than any other food product.

3. I rarely discuss politics outside the Internets.

[Dan-W]

104. Better late than never...

I was almost nineteen when I got a driver's license.
I was almost twenty two before sexual activity.
Twenty nine getting married.