Now I need answers, people!!!!!!

[yvr girl]

1. What is the first present you remember receiving?

2. How do you take your coffee?

3. Have you ever left the North American continent?

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child?

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it?

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU)

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten?

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced?

9. Dream vacation destination.

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'?

[XemaSab]

1. A fist present?

I thought there was a no-sex-thread rule...

[no name no slogan]

16. damn your banner whips the llama's ass!

very nice!!!

[XemaSab]

19. thank you so much!

Your appreciation means a lot to me! :-)

[Richardo]

2. I got a 'fist present' in the 6th grade when a guy punched me in the eye

Had a welt the size of a plum after that.

:)

[Terran]

3. My "fist present"??

Um, I think I'll stop there, thanks. :spray:

[yvr girl]

4. Ya, you're all funny. HA HA HA

I've fixed it.

[redqueen]

5. answers here:

1. What is the first present you remember receiving?
Some baby doll that came in a basket. I didn't play with dolls, but I kept that one in my closet for a while.

2. How do you take your coffee?
Black.

3. Have you ever left the North American continent?
Nope.

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child?
#2 out of 5.

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it?
Chess! (Is that a sport? If not, then grappling...)

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU)
Not yet.

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten?
Octopus tentacle.

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced?
No... I used to, but not any more. Too depressing.

9. Dream vacation destination.
Hawaii. Or maybe Belize.

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'?
Don't have one.

[MissB]

6. mine:

1. What is the first present you remember receiving?

A barbie car. One of those bright pink ones that the barbie dolls could ride in.

2. How do you take your coffee?

I hate coffee.

3. Have you ever left the North American continent?

Yes, reasonably often.

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child?

Youngest. Spoiled rotten.

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it?

Tennis

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU)

No, but maybe someday.

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten?

Black and white pudding, part of a traditional Irish breakfast.

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced?

No, but I keep my check book perfectly balanced. :D

9. Dream vacation destination.

Ireland. On bike.

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'?

I can flare my nostrils without moving the rest of my nose.

[progmom]

7. copycat!

1. What is the fist present you remember receiving?
Tawny Scrawny Lion stuffed animal

2. How do you take your coffee?
black

3. Have you ever left the North American continent?
many times

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child?
oldest

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it?
just one game?

6. Have you met another DUer?
yes indeed! :hi:

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten?
monkfish liver

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced?
no :cry:

9. Dream vacation destination.
i'm still very much stuck on Rome and Florence...

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'?
i don't think i have one. :shrug:

[Cathyclysmic]

21. monkfish liver!

was is gross? where did you find monkfish liver?

[progmom]

26. japanese restaurant

it was.....ok. i was out w/ a friend who is a food bully. :D

[edbermac]

8. I need an answer from you...aren't you dead?

Didn't you post last night that your doctor gave you 12 hours to live? I'm very confused...anyway...

1 FIST present? I'm not that kind of guy...
2 No coffee, decaf tea with cream and Equal
3 Yes London and Paris 1992
4 Oldest
5 Baseball
6 No
7 Squid
8 Yes
9 Scotland/London
10 No tricks

I hope you're feeling better...

[Richardo]

9. OK:

1. What is the first present you remember receiving?
A globe for Christmas when I was about 6 (really).

2. How do you take your coffee?
Black

3. Have you ever left the North American continent?
No

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child?
Oldest

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it?
Tennis

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU)
Yes: about 10-11 DUers

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten?
Bull testicle (Rocky Mountain Oysters)

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced?
No

9. Dream vacation destination.
Any beach.

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'?
Turning Oxygen into Carbon Dioxide.

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Let's see...

1. What is the first present you remember receiving? A painting of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which I still have hanging on my wall. Got it when I was around 5 from my cousin.

2. How do you take your coffee? I don't drink coffee.

3. Have you ever left the North American continent? Nope.

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child? Oldest.

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it? Skateboarding.

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU) Nope.

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten? I don't eat strange things. I'm not very adventurous in the food department.

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced? I don't have a cheque book.

9. Dream vacation destination. Japan.

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'? I can make fart noises with my neck, without using my hands.

[skygazer]

11. Here's mine

1. What is the first present you remember receiving?

A little school set that had two small student bears and a teacher bear. There were two little wooden desks and a chalkboard that was like an easel. I loved that thing.

2. How do you take your coffee?

With a double shot of Bailey's and shot of whiskey.

3. Have you ever left the North American continent?

No.

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child?

Youngest of six.

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it?

Equestrian - Three Day Event (dressage, cross country jumping and stadium jumping)

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU)

No. :(

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten?

Ants. Not chocolate covered or bought in a store - live ants picked up off the ground. The little orange ones have a sort of citrus flavor, the red ones are hot and make your tongue numb and the black ones just taste like dirt.

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced?

Yes. Very anal about the checkbook. I balance it daily.

9. Dream vacation destination.

Italy.

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'?

I can do a perfect imitiation of Pinocchio from the movie Shrek.

[khashka]

12. Ok why not?

1. What is the fist present you remember receiving?

Fist or first? Fist: my boyfriend punched me in the face, knocked me down and broke my nose because I had not let him take care of me when I was sick. Not a nice story, but I learned that day how helplessly in love with me he was. First: As far as I remember it was a Planet of the Apes colouring book.

2. How do you take your coffee?

Strong, black, sweet. THe same way I take my men :)

3. Have you ever left the North American continent?

I've spent very little of my life on it.

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child?

Oldest. First born son.

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it?

Australian rules football. No contest.

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU)

No

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten?

Little whole baby squid.

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced?

Religiously.

9. Dream vacation destination.

Jamaica or maybe Tahiti.

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'?

I can stick my tongue in my own nostrils.


Khash.

[trackfan]

13. Answers:

1. What is the first present you remember receiving?

Some kind of toy car or truck

2. How do you take your coffee?

Black

3. Have you ever left the North American continent?

No
4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child?

Youngest

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it?

"Baseball is the only real sport, I think" - Babe Ruth

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU)

No

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten?

Abalone

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced?

Yes

9. Dream vacation destination.

Dunno

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'?

Can make shrill reed noises with a blade of grass

[no name no slogan]

14. Here you go

1. What is the first present you remember receiving?
Not my first, but my most memorable was a globe I got for Christmas when I was 8. I wasn't getting any toys that year and that globe was the best gift I got.

2. How do you take your coffee?
Depends. Sometimes black, sometimes cream n sugar.

3. Have you ever left the North American continent?
Yes. Lived in the UK for a while in the early '90s.

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child?
All the above (only child) :).

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it?
Pro Wrestling.

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU)
Yes, I have met several. Minnesota has a very active DU contingent that meets IRL every month or so.

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten?
Haggis. Definately.

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced?
Not in 20 years.

9. Dream vacation destination.
Andalucia, in southern Spain-- the home of Flamenco.

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'?
I have perfect pitch, and it is totally natural (not trained). This comes in handy when you're a musician :P

[Rick Myers]

15. Okay!!!

1. What is the first present you remember receiving?

Batman jammies

2. How do you take your coffee?

Black

3. Have you ever left the North American continent?

Does Alaska count?

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child?

Oldest (of 2)

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it?

a NASCAR race (I'm really a mountain biker, but)

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU)

Yes, the amazing Kef was the first DUer I met

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten?

raw eggs (again, in Alaska!)

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced?

Never!!!

9. Dream vacation destination.

The Far East. China, Japan, etc.

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'?

Just being ME!!!

[ohiosmith]

17. Here you are.

1. What is the first present you remember receiving? Candied apple.

2. How do you take your coffee? Double cream.

3. Have you ever left the North American continent? Many times.

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child? Eldest.

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it? Boxing.

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU No.

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten? Grilled ostrich.

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced? Yes.

9. Dream vacation destination. Antarctica

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'? I can touch my elbows with my tongue.

[Cathyclysmic]

18. here you go

1. What is the first present you remember receiving? sleeping bag

2. How do you take your coffee?cream and sugar

3. Have you ever left the North American continent? No, which sucks

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child? youngest, three older sisters

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it? I played basketball in high school, and in the state champs we came in second by one point...would have liked to win

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU) yes

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten? hmmm, surprisingly, I'm pretty conservative when it comes to weird food...I guess the weirdest thing I ate was a worm...my sister wouldn't let me in the house until I ate the worm, when I was 6...she was 18. Ironically, she's actually one of my favorite sisters.

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced? yes, what's the alternative?

9. Dream vacation destination. India

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'? hmm, can think of any off hand

[roguevalley]

20. for you, honey

1. a stuffed dog
2. don't drink coffee
3. yes. England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland. Best. Trips. Ever.
4. Middle youngin' (or oldin', whatever you wish)
5. Running
6. Never met another DU'er
7. forced to eat cooked spinach as child. still gasping
8. No. Can't balance it so the computer tries. It curses me too
9. New Zealand
10. keeping a spoon on the end of my nose.

[VelmaD]

22. ok...here ya go

1. What is the first present you remember receiving?
I'm not sure I really "remember" it...but the first present I ever received I still have...my godfather gave me a stuffed puppy the day I was born. :)

2. How do you take your coffee?
I don't. I suppose if I had to have coffee I'd prefer coffee ice cream.

3. Have you ever left the North American continent?
Nope. But I really want to.

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child?
Oldest of two. Older by a little over 2 years.

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it?
Basketball. I played pretty seriously as a kid.

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU)
Dozens. The list is too long to even begin to name them all.

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten?
Well, some people would say crawdads but I like 'em. :) Also had barbqed goat and javelina. Yummmmmm.

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced?
Yup. I'm obsessive about it.

9. Dream vacation destination.
A private island somewhere with white sand beaches and matching cabana boys named Raul and Ramon. It would be nice to be really warm. :)

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'?
I don't think I have one. *pout*

[GOPisEvil]

23. OK, OK!!

1. A race track for my Matchbox Cars.
2. Lotsa milk, lotsa sugar.
3. I was born in Europe and lived outside North America until I was 4.
4. Only.
5. I'd like to win The Masters in golf.
6. Many, many DUers.
7. Chocolate covered cricket.
8. Nope, I bank online.
9. 30 days to wander around Europe with no real plan.
10. I can't really think of one. :shrug:

[Name removed]

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[u4ic]

25. Let's see

1. What is the first present you remember receiving?
an easy bake oven for Christmas - I was 4 or 5. Not long after, the basement flooded and it ruined :-(

2. How do you take your coffee?
in a Coffee Crisp

3. Have you ever left the North American continent?
yes

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child?
youngest of 5

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it?
Dubai World Cup (horse racing) $6 million purse. Nuff said.

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU)
no

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten?
dog biscuits

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced?
don't have one.

9. Dream vacation destination.
it varies day to day. If I could be granted a protective shield against terrorism and the Norwalk virus, a Nile cruise.

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'?
I can pick stuff up with my feet.

[In_The_Wind]

27. ten answers

1. What is the first present you remember receiving? A train set with trestle from my uncle.

2. How do you take your coffee? light & sweet

3. Have you ever left the North American continent? No

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child? only child

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it? football

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU) Will Pitt

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten? tongue

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced? sorta

9. Dream vacation destination. wherever the road leads

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'? none

[Ariana Celeste]

28. Ok.

1. A little pink bird that squeaks when you squeeze it. My grampa bought it for me the year he died, when I was 4. I still have it.

2. Spoonful of non-dairy creamer and two teaspoons of sugar.

3. Nope.

4. Oldest, for my mom. Youngest for my birthfather. Middle for adopted dad.

5. Billiards. Because I suck at it.

6. Nope.

7. Acid laced sugar cubes.

8. Don't have one.

9. Ireland or Germany. Or both.

10. I don't know if I have any. My SO thinks its weird how far I can bend my fingers back, if that counts.

[RevolutionaryActs]

29. Why are you and progmom so demanding?

1. What is the first present you remember receiving?
No idea.

2. How do you take your coffee?
Milk and sugar.

3. Have you ever left the North American continent?
Nope.

4. Are you an Oldest, Middle, Youngest or Only child?
Youngest.

5. You get to win in the sport of your choice. What is it?
Swimming.

6. Have you met another DUer? (Met first thru DU)
Yes.

7. What is the strangest thing you've eaten?
I don't know. I don't eat many weird things.

8. Do you keep your cheque book balanced?
No.

9. Dream vacation destination.
Some where in Europe.

10. What's your 'Stupid Human Trick'?
I don't think I have one. :o

[Chicken Girl]

30. 1. I remember getting a lunch box for my 5th birthday. (With a thermos!)

2. I don't.

3. Does going to the Bahamas count?

4. oldest of three.

5. uh... horizontal hockey. ;)

6. I've met Chichiri, but I met him through another board.

7. I'm drawing a blank.

8. I don't have a check book.

9. Scandinavia.

10. The amazing ability to get drunk on half a Mike's.

[stlsaxman]

31. stlsaxmans answers:

1. Mighty Mite truck toy.

2. Black (fresh ground french press).

3. Europe 2003 Bosnia 1999

4. 5th of 6

5. Sex (but i never want to be the sole winner)

6. Will Pitt, LynneSin and Khephra at the first D.C. ANSWER Coalition March

7. Sandrocks

8. Yes.

9. World Peace.

10. Composing Music.