NOW, Name 3 Things You Have Done That MOST People Have NOT

[matcom]

i'll go first:

1) Driven an M1A1 Tank

2) Bungie-Jumped

3) Jumped out of a helicopter into a frozen lake

yours?

[SeattleGirl]

1. Here's mine:

1. Went rock-climbing.

2. Flew in a helicopter.

3. Drove a race-car.

[Devra]

255. i went rock climing too.

[Initech]

2. Mine:

1. Gone to a World Series game (Angels vs. Giants - Angels lost but wound up winning the whole series!)

2. See the Rolling Stones in concert (11/4/05 at Angel Stadium Of Anaheim!)

3. Flown first class (although it was an insanely short flight - American from ORD to DTW).

[SeattleGirl]

3. I envy you for all THREE of yours!!

B-)

[Initech]

7. #2 hasnt happened YET...

Gotta wait two more weeks on that one!

[progmom]

11. i've done two of your three

:)

more than once each, actually.

[Initech]

13. Which two?

[progmom]

29. i've seen the Stones live at least twice...

and flown first class a few times.

[radwriter0555]

173. One up: I was onstage (side) when Prince was booed off the stage when he

opened for the Stones in Miami.

It was a long.... long time ago.

[puerco-bellies]

318. Same thing happened in LA

At that time I had never heard of Prince. People were bombing him with their own shoes. Very funny. That must of been in the late 70's or very early 80's

[Left Is Write]

112. Oooh!

I've flown first class too. Maybe I should make that my third.

Mine was a relatively short flight - Minneapolis to Memphis. I had a great time, though.

[LaraMN]

180. Passed out at a Radiohead concert, ten-ish feet from the stage.

Passed out in a Wal-Mart (ended up with a concussion from the fall.)
Passed out having blood drawn.

[begin_within]

4. Well here's mine

1. Sat down in a fireworks factory in China and made fireworks
2. Met Ken Kesey, Allen Ginsberg and Quentin Crisp - all now late
3. Stood in both the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean on the same day

and not to brag or anything but my Dad, as a boy, met Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt at the same time, one day at a National Geographic Society luncheon

[blackcatpgh]

24. fireworks

as someone who is interested in and knows more a bit about hobby pyrotechnics, i must say that i'm really impressed with #1 on your list. what kind of fireworks did you make?

[begin_within]

53. A multi-shot cake and a 1.75-inch diameter shell. It was very difficult,

and I got a new appreciation for those workers who are able to do it quickly and efficiently. My web site is www.fireworksland.com

[blackcatpgh]

65. damn!

for some reason your username sounded familiar, but i didn't put two & two together; i've been on your site before. i've always meant to get the class C buyer's guide, but never got around to it.

good to see another pyro here (stay green!).

[begin_within]

95. small world

A free version of the buyer's guide will become available in the next couple of months

[styersc]

5. Mine

1). I have excavated archaeological sites.

2). Ran for public office.

3). Have heckled Freeper counter-demonstrations at Washington anti-war rally.

[skoppa]

194. What public office did you run for?

[styersc]

208. I ran for the South Carolina State House

as a candidate from two small independent parties as the only opposition to a 15 year GOP incumabant. I took 21%. Next time I'll run as a Dem and take the seat.

[skoppa]

270. That's awsome.

Good luck next time, I hope you get it.

:toast:

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Me

1. Edited a newspaper.

2. Flown in an Experimental aircraft. (No, not a hang-glider with an engine; those are Ultralights. Experimentals look like actual airplanes but they're home-built from kits. If you wanna google it, it was a Van's RV-6A.)

3. Seen me naked.

[SIU_Blue]

20. Fricken awesome Airplanes

I've flown the RV-4s, 6s, and 8s, and loved all three.

:thumbsup:

[clydefrand]

32. Love #3. Can I see, too?

[Oeditpus Rex]

'Fraid not, sorry

Pictures, descriptions and accounts of me nekkid are prohibited under the Eighth Amendment, to wit:

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

[hfojvt]

192. are you sure that lots of people have not done #3?

I could put that on my list too, except that there are a few hundred who did that in gym class. I suppose, however, that that few hundred is still alot fewer than the number of people who have done the things on my list
1. traced my genealogy back to the early 1700s
2. gotten an MA
3. won two state chess tournaments (disclaimer I only won for my class - class A, and the consolation tournament, and the state was only Nebraska, which has, like fewer people than Cleveland or Twintown)

[flvegan]

8. My 3:

1. 19" biceps on a vegan diet

2. Stole more than 150 battery (egg) hens from a facility that was starving them to death (I had help)

3. Memorized the lyrics to every single Beastie Boys song to date

[Initech]

How quickly can you sing Brass Monkey?

[flvegan]

26. Well

I can do all 3 parts (Mike D, MCA, AdRock) along with the CD AND with them in concert.

I'm a Beastie-holic.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

66. Not as quickly as I can sing "Paul Revere"

:P

[flvegan]

76. Sounds like a Beastie challenge

And I DID do it with a whiffleball bat.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

100. You wanna know why - because I'm

October 31st - that is my date of birth
I got to the party and I did the Smurf
Taxing all females from coast to coast
And when I get my fill I'm chilly most
We rag-tag girlies back at the hotel
And then we all switch places when I ring the bell

OK, now I must hear that song.... now.

[flvegan]

114. A woman who knows her Beasties...

my kind of gal.

Cheers.

:toast:

[0007]

259. How does it go?

[Texasgal]

115. A beatie boy guy...

OMG...I fall deeper everyday..... ahhhhhh. :loveya:

[flvegan]

143. Oh, you

Liking my 3 MC's and one DJ is only going to further entrench you in my "People I really, really, really like a lot" black book.

I could be the fourth BBoy...they JUST won't call me back.

[LeftyMom]

9. 1. Sang in front of several thousand people

2. Coupled in public
3. Touched a live shark

[flvegan]

10. .

"coupled in public"

What (specifically) is that?

[LeftyMom]

12. What you think.

:evilgrin:

[flvegan]

23. .

Speaking as one who might have also done the same, if you ever care to do it again...

I'm shameless, I know.

[LeftyMom]

31. The problem is that I'm not shameless anymore

I'm not exactly boring in my old age, but I think I've had my fill of that stunt. Besides, in private one can take thier time and do the job right. :D

[flvegan]

39. Well, here's the thing

"in public" could be on the beach, in view, but not so much. It could also be on the hood of a Corvette, in the dark, light rain, with nobody else around.

One just goes with the desire and urge at the time. Then, when home (or wherever), take all the time you can. Over and over.

Sorry. I'm gonna need a moment...

[LeftyMom]

43. Okay, this was a bit more "in public" than that

That's just outside. This was with people a few feet away.

I'm bad. :evilgrin:

[flvegan]

56. mmmmm...

dream fodder.

Sorry...what?

[LeftyMom]

58. Well it wasn't as hot as one would think

Except the thing at prom. That was hot. :D

[flvegan]

61. Oh, darling

in the dreams I'd have, it's not something you've done. Rather something we'd do.

And yes, it'd be hot...

More flames than a PETA thread.

[LeftyMom]

64. "More flames than a PETA thread."

:rofl:

[flvegan]

70. Knew you'd like that

[southlandshari]

132. ....

:rofl:

And in case you and my new friend LeftyMom haven't noticed - you are practically coupling in public right here in the Lounge!

:P

Get a room, you two!

;)

[LeftyMom]

144. Geez, if you think that's bad

you should see our emails!

Actually, no you shouldn't, I'd die of embarassment. :blush:

[flvegan]

146. Well, unlike much of my gender

SHE gets the video rights.

A room? Just one? I apologize in advance to the folks that have to clean/change the sheets in this one.

I'm a good tipper, though...

Thank you, sls. You know why...

[LeftyMom]

147. video?

:scared:

[flvegan]

149. You know...from what's out there between folks...

Men that have the copies do what they will with no retribution.

Fuck them...it's the women that are exploited, not the fellas.

[LeftyMom]

151. Yeah I know that all too well

I already told you about that, didn't I?

[flvegan]

155. And had I a certain address...

certain someone's would have 19" of pissed off flvegan arm around said neck.

Plus...I've got...um, friends...

[LeftyMom]

158. *I* don't even know where that ass is

and it's better that way. Otherwise my Dad'd have to go bail me out and that wouldn't be cool at all.

[flvegan]

164. You know what?

Who cares? Fuck that dipshit.

Though...I have a most excellent lawyer. He helps keep me...clean.

[Devra]

256. i did 1 and 3

[Shakespeare]

14. Okay....

1. Rode in a hot air balloon

2. Rode in a B-17

3. Was personally insulted by Alistair Cooke (what a despicable little man).

ooh, I'll add one more:
3.1 Hugged Fred Friendly (20 years ago was fortunate enough to spend an entire day with him). A DELIGHTFUL man, and it's also my one degree of separation from George Clooney.

[Lavender Brown]

21. Can you tell the story of #3?

:)

[Shakespeare]

34. About 20 years ago.....

....when I was a baby college newspaper reporter, I had to cover a speech Cooke gave one evening (he was in town for a series of speeches at my university). I don't know if the man was drunk or senile (I suspect the former), but his first speech was the most disjointed, pointless 30 minutes of complete blather I'd ever been subjected to. Somehow, I managed to cobble together a decent story on the speech, and was complimented the next day by TWO of my profs who'd also attended the speech, one of whom told me, "I'm glad you were able to piece it out, because I couldn't figure out what the hell he was talking about."

I was also assigned to cover his speech on the afternoon of the second day, and in a large auditorium full of people (including a not insignificant number of my fellow media types), the man spent a full five minutes breathlessly trashing my rather rote speech synopsis story as being "racily and well-written, but overly sensationalized." NOBODY could figure out what it was I wrote that pissed him off so, but the man was peeved. My name is somewhat unisex in the UK (but not here in the states), and he assumed, chauvenistically, that I was a man. I sat right under his nose on the front row as he swore away at the mean, nasty job "he" (I) did in writing about Cooke's speech. There was much hilarity and teasing from the other reporters afterwards, and we never could figure out what I wrote that so annoyed Cooke.

[Lavender Brown]

42. Heh

How do you sensationalize a speech synopsis, by him of all people? :shrug:

[Shakespeare]

49. To this day, I have no idea.

They're about as dry as the daily farm report. Go figure.

[Oeditpus Rex]

69. 'Rode in a B-17'

If ever DU needed an I'm-so-freaking-jealous-I-could-eat-a-bunny smilie, it needs one now. Dog, that is SO cool!

Was it one of those Confederate Air Force deals where you take a ride for like $400?

[Shakespeare]

228. heh...it was FREE

One of the perks of being a reporter in the right place at the right time (I was sent to cover an air show by the CAF). :evilgrin:

[Canadian Socialist]

15. 1. Fell down the steps at Machu Pichu

twice. Cause, you know, once you do it, you have to do it again.
2. Ice diving in Manitoba in winter.
3. Played full contact croquet. And lived to speak of it.

[Shakespeare]

18. "Cause, you know, once you do it, you have to do it again."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Canadian Socialist]

25. Are you laughing at my misfortune, sir?

I am appalled at your lack of empathy and compassion. It is callous to poke fun at the terminally clumsy.













I'm kidding... really. Except for the appalled part.:rofl:

[Shakespeare]

35. No, it was a moment of complete commiseration!

I thought, "wow, sounds like me!" ;-)

[Canadian Socialist]

41. Heee...

One of these days, I will post "CS's Incredible South American Adventure", complete with pictures of all my injuries/wounds. And, for a bonus, I will add in the "Fleeing from Ecuador" pictures. I'm still a little gun shy right now (and if you now S.A., I'm not being euphemistic about the gun part).

[Shakespeare]

51. That's a report I'll look forward to.

I hope at least part of the adventure was injury-free!

[Canadian Socialist]

59. Yes, lots of injury free days.

The best part? I absolutely love Peru. There is this town north of Lima, on the Pacific coast, Trujullo. I want to move there and work and live. I just fell in love with that town. It was a place that I felt immediately at home. Me. A Canadian from Calgary, 50 years old, blonde. This place was completely outside of my experience in life. But, still, felt comfortable.

[Left Is Write]

16. Okay...

1. I have given birth in three different decades, two different centuries, and two different millennia.

2. I have introduced a band on stage while simultaneously hopping up and down to be able to reach the mic, which was adjusted for the 6-foot-plus bass player, and which I was instructed not to move. You might be surprised at how amusing that was to the audience.

3. Hmmm...I'm boring enough that I can't think of a third. Maybe something will occur to me later.

[Oeditpus Rex]

86. I know your third one

Looked incredibly, devastatingly, kill-me-now smokin' in a pink wig. :loveya:

[Left Is Write]

110. LOL!

Thanks. :blush:

I'm sure many others have worn pink wigs. ;)

[blackcatpgh]

17. mine:

1) toured europe with my band

2) refused to let fred rogers (of "mr. rogers' neighborhood") cut in front of me at an ATM machine

3) accidentally smoked PCP

[ghostsofgiants]

202. Number 1 would be cooler...

If you had toured WITH Europe.

[Flaxbee]

19. OK:

1. Taken a river-boat cruise down the Nile (and spent time in Aswan and Luxor);
2. Had a private tour of the Hermitage (I spent most of my available time in the Rembrandt room);
3. Worked at the Guggenheim in NYC

[bliss_eternal]

22. How about these?

1. Been on an escalator with Shannon Doherty--she did not kick my ass.

2. Been on television, once in a commercial, once in a documentary.

3. Served pancakes to John Malkovich and his son.

:shrug:

[southlandshari]

133. "She did not kick my ass"

:rofl:

:hi:

[bliss_eternal]

140. ..it was during her 'aggressive phase'

in Hollywood. :shrug: I guess I didn't seem threatening. LOL!

Hi Shari!
:hi:

[LincolnMcGrath]

27. Wake Skated

Saved someone from a dropped grenade

Been to Olongapo City

[eyepaddle]

28. Sure, here goes

1) Been to Antarctica (and done all the required "polar explorer" stuff eg skinny dipping through the ice, etc.
2) Got to identify mystery chemicals on the job, some of which may well have been shock sensitive explosives (think nitroglycerin type stuff people)
3):

[flvegan]

33. Your #3 is something I've really wanted to do

I have a buddy that kayaks all the time and has the best stories.

Someday...

[eyepaddle]

If you can get to the coast (if you're not already there)

you can go kayak surfing. As I understand it, that is a phenomenally good time. I could go on Lake Superior, but ooooooo---wweeeeeee, that water is COLD this time of year! :D

(Give it a shot--it IS as fun as it looks, just take a class at the start for safety's sake!)

[clydefrand]

30. Here's mine

1. Had dinner with Tom Brokaw at our embassy in Ulan Bator, Outer Mongolia

2. Snorkeled in the Great Barrier reef

3. Saw bare-breasted aborigines dance a native dance in the Outback and bare-breasted white girls dance at the Opera House in Sydney the same day. Talking about seeing two different cultures!

4. Saw China's Great Wall and rode a train from Bejing to Outer Mongolia and endured several hours of heat and noise in the middle of the night while the train's wheels were changed before it could cross into Mongolia. Chinese are still afraid of the Mongols!!!!!!! :-)

5. Snorkeled for the first time at age 55 in Molokini Crater, Hawaii! Got addicted right then and there. Almost as bad as being addicted to DU. :bounce:

Fran
On Edit:
Sorry, I just realized that I was only supposed to name 3. Mad Cow, here, as Denny Crane says.

[sundog]

36. ok

1) spent a large portion of my youth with the traditional native people on several reservations throughout the states

2) was homeless for a period of my life

3) worked 8 consecutive years without taking a single day off, 12+ hours a day (including today)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. When I was about 9 or 10 years old.

I got to drive a locomotive along the tracks for a short distance...

Got to breast-feed my daughter within 20 minutes of her birth, while I was still on the delivery table...

Can't think of anything else.......:shrug:

[XemaSab]

38. I am probably the only person in the world

to have seen 2 red-legged kittiwakes in the lower 48. (It's a gull that usually lives in Alaska)

I was there at Dean's "I have a scream" speech. (ask me about it!)

I was there when Bill Clinton announced that Reagan had Altzheimer's disease in front of 5,000 democrats. (kaiser center in Oakland)

[fudge stripe cookays]

359. I did #2!

:hi: Deaniac! I knew you looked familiar! ;-)

[ok_cpu]

40. Mine

1) Sat through a college graduation with David Bowie and Iman
2) Was on national television when family was featured on a show (not America's Most Wanted or Cops)
3) It's pretty weak but... dunked a basketball in a game

[Sugar Smack]

44. Helped a friend roll a doobie on a 1st edition of "Alice

in Wonderland"

White water rafted

Written my name in the bathroom at the top of the Eiffel Tower

[Jed Dilligan]

45. Jed Dilligan's

1. Hopped the fence of the OC fairgrounds to see a '92 Clinton rally.

2. Been raided by a troop of baboons.

3.

[Blue-Jay]

46. Oooo! I have three!

1) Skydiving: I have 72 jumps with no reserve rides yet.

2) Gotten paid to play music: I've been playing in bar bands since I was 17 years old. It was even a full time job for many years after graduate school.

3) Testified in a murder trial: He was found guilty, and is currently rotting in prison with no chance of parole. He gunned down a 17 year old gas station attendant for nearly seventy bucks. That's what life was worth to that son of a bitch.

[SOteric]

47. In ascending order of rarity:

3) Climbed a mountain and slid down a glacier.

2) Seen the Green Flash.

1) Earned DS1's respect.

[matcom]

50. no you haven't

'earned DS1's respect'

that simply does NOT exist

you warmed his loins. that is NOT respect (although it would be mine) :P

:hide:

[Blue-Jay]

55. feh! *I* earned DS1's undying love.

Or maybe that was scorn; I have a difficult time telling the difference.

[SOteric]

63. Tsk.

The jealousy just eats at you, doesn't it matcom?

[matcom]

67. but he has spanked ME

certainly YOU can't say the same! :D :P :*

[DS1]

303. Oh, she's got buckets of it

entire assbuckets worth of respect in fact. You, on the other hand, who can respect a man who pedals around town on his relabled heavily plasticized moped because he lost his keys while trying to pry open the walk-in cooler at the local packie. At least I can see the improvement in your legs

[Pale Blue Dot]

48. Mine:

1. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back up

2. Gone into Carol Channing's dressing room

3. Eaten Ostrich meat

[Chemical Bill]

286. Did your #1...

2 hours and 45 minutes to go down, 6 1/2 hours back up.

Bill

[A HERETIC I AM]

52. Here's mine:

1) Lived in 4 countries, traveled through 8 more as well as crossed the equator AND the international dateline on the same trip ALL before i was 15.
2) Traveled First Class on the Ocean liner S.S. United States From Bremerhaven, Germany to New York (1967, on the way back from living in one of the countries after having visited 6 of the countries)
3) Attended as a participant/team member in over 75 Indy Car races including 6 Indianapolis 500's (well over 200 races in all of various types, Indy, IMSA, NASCAR, NHRA and SCCA)

edited for clarity and grammar

[southlandshari]

119. Wow!

All three are cool!

:thumbsup:

[Rising Phoenix]

54. i could name some things...

but I don't think I could live them down...

[Briarius]

lol, are your things DUers?

:evilgrin:

[Rising Phoenix]

214. hehe, no

[NewJeffCT]

57. Climbed the Great Wall of China...

1) Climbed the Great Wall of China, at least for Americans. I'm sure a zillion Chinese have done it.

2) married a Chinese woman and fathered a child with her (again, a zillion Chinese have done it, not so many Americans)

3) went from being over $40K in debt when my ex-wife filed for divorce (not counting mortgage... so much debt that she got 0 alimony!) to being comfortably solvent in a newer & bigger house all in 5 years.

[northzax]

60. I'm not that wild, but in my wayward youth...

1: got high with Hunter S. Thompson in his kitchen (ph, everyone's done that, I guess)
2: got arrested and detained by the KGB in Moscow
2.5: was rearrested by the KGB two weeks later and escorted to the airport in Leningrad.
3: bought a round of drinks in a crowded bar (oh wait, that was last week)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

62. 1) Resuscitated someone who had cardiac arrest at a public event,

2)Been treated in a hyperbaric chamber

3)Lost about a thousand games of Palm Pilot solitaire in a row while waiting for my car to be worked on (seriously, this HAD to be some kind of record!).

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

72. My life has been generally uneventful, but I've done these things:

1) Performed at Carnegie Hall
2) Flew a Cirrus S-22
3) Wrote a law review article with 400 footnotes

[miss_kitty]

68. OK

1) I have run the Illinois river in southern Oregon, a tributary to the Rogue. Most Class 5 and 6 stuff. Had to portage once. Hey! and no helmet either!

2) Spent a total of 5 weeks in the hospital over two visits. The amazing thing-I got the SAME room on the second stay.

3) Saved my dad from his burning car.

[sakabatou]

71. Became paralyzed for a short time

Read War of the Worlds in under 45 min at one point
Taught Kung Fu

[southlandshari]

193. Me too!

How long?

[sakabatou]

247. For what? The paralyzation?

For me, 3 hrs.

[lizziegrace]

73. Nothing like everyone else's but here goes

1) Met John Kerry and John Edwards. (John Kerry shook my hand and didn't let go as he spoke to others - OUT OF THE WAY Teresa!!)

2) Flown in a two seat Cessna and intentionally stalled the engine. It's very, very quiet until the alarms start going off...

3) I can make dolmadas...

[frogmarch]

74. Here's mine

(1) as a baby, took my very first steps aboard a ship on the Atlantic

(2) did a large-scale comparative study of mammoth bones and teeth for age and sex determination

(3) attended the MST3K ConventioCon ExpoFest-A-Rama 2: Electric Bugaloo in Minneapolis in 1996, and was personally complimented by Mike on my "Melting Man's Ear Stuck on a Tree" costume at the MST3K ball.

[LeftyMom]

78. OMG #3 is awesome.

I hate you now.

[Chovexani]

79. I am so jealous about #3

I wanted to go SO BADLY but couldn't. :(

[frogmarch]

103. LeftyMom and Chovexani

It was wonderful! Best time I've ever had. The cast were all friendly and funny, and the events super. We even got to tour the studio and see the set.

The glue on my costume hadn't completely dried, so when it was turn to show off my costume onstage at the ball, I was stoned from the fumes and fell up the steps. Mike helped me up. That's when he complimented me on my costume. He said it was very, very original.

By the way, yikes, Trace is stunningly handsome!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

75. 1) Ate 9 hits of acid

2) Tended bar at the Society of Illustrators with Marshall Arisman

3) Married Cassandra Uprising

[Rabrrrrrr]

77. Committed Genocide; Signed the Declaration; Walked on the Moon.

And in that order, too.

[matcom]

80. and yet you STILL died on the toilet

in your own shit and vomit :eyes:

way to go sparky

[Rabrrrrrr]

85. Hey, like I told you in the other thread, there's controversy over that

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4194367&mesg_id=4194367

[name not needed]

117. Pfft. Amateur.

I've started a limited nuclear war, and I'm on my 4th genocide.

[Rabrrrrrr]

134. Pfft. They only asked for three things, so that's all I gave.

Grandstander.

Only on your fourth genocide. :haha: What a loser.

[name not needed]

282. Those were some spectacular genocides.

Not like that bullshit you pull. "Blow up the UN supply convoy then run away". If you're gonna kill a shitload of people, just send some death squads in to clean house. Oh, and your arms dealer is fucking your mistress.

[ghostsofgiants]

204. Limited?

You fucking sissy. You don't get street cred with me unless that shit's all-out.

[name not needed]

273. Wait a week.

[ghostsofgiants]

277. That's more like it, haha

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

81. Hmm...

1) Driven an M1A1 Tank

Yes but did you hold a general's rank, while the Blitzkrieg raged, and the bodies stank? :shrug:

[Rabrrrrrr]

82. On a serious note: Almost slammed Sigourney Weaver's face with a door;

damn near knocked over Philip Glass in a hospital cafeteria, and was made kama'aina by Rev. Abraham Akaka himself (and his brother, the senator, knows me by name, though that was a few years ago, so I'm sure he wouldn't recognize me now)

[Chovexani]

83. This is easy.

1) Was mistaken for staff at a Renaissance Faire (this has actually happened a LOT)

2) Have been interviewed for Japanese television three different times, without ever setting foot in Japan (once in junior high school for a story on the anniversary on WWII and how it's taught in American schools, once at an anime convention, and a couple of weeks ago at a local Japanese bookstore)

3) Was featured in a documentary that might be on HBO (not Real Sex :P)

[bhunt70]

84. mine

got high with milla jovavich
played music and danced with stereolab after one of their shows
ran up the stairs of the washington monument and statue of liberty when you still could.

[hfojvt]

199. I have walked down the stairs of the Washington monument

but never been to the Statue of Liberty.

[LeftyMom]

87. I have more: 1. Met a serial killer

2. Survived a kidnapping attempt
3. Survived an attempted murder

All three were unrelated and years apart. I've had an interesting life I guess.

[flvegan]

88. Good grief!

I'll save those for interesting conversation pieces at another time...

[LeftyMom]

93. You already know about the poisoning.

The serial killer was a little old lady who used to come into my mother's bar. It turns out she was killing her boarders and burying them in the yard so she could pocket thier social security money.

The kidnappers were just some random couple who decided to abduct me out of the Gemco (a defunct grocery/dept store a bit like a super walmart) parking lot when I was three. My Dad was closer than they thought, there was a scuffle and I went home safe.

[XemaSab]

108. Ah!

Dorthea Puente?

I have been by the house, gawking... Interesting how much the little old ladies with a gardening hobby can get away with!

[LeftyMom]

109. Yeah

She used to come into the bar where my mother worked (The Recess Room, it burnt down years ago) to collect tenants of hers who would stay there drinking into the evening hours.

My mother has rose plants she gave her, as she was quite the gardener. Roses dig sulfur, which human bodies are just full of. I have a bit of a phobia about flowers as a result of having roses fed on human bodies in the yard growing up.

[XemaSab]

111. .

:scared:

[trackfan]

161. There was a dive down here in LA where she went that was on the list

of bars I've been to.

Dorothea Montalvo Puente

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

275. Hence the expression "pushing up daisies"

[FizzFuzz]

345. Wow, I read about her--

I like true crime stories.

Not sure what's weirder--reading the story or being reminded, like now, that they were real people

[khashka]

92. You and me both

except for me all three happened at the same time.

Khash.

Major :hug:

[LeftyMom]

94. Really?

Wow. Holy shit that sucks. :hug:

[khashka]

98. Yeah...

I've talked about it before. Twenty years later, it still sucks. One of those never get over things.

And twelve men are dead and if I had said something maybe they wouldn't be.... Maybe....

I'm just gonna have to live with that.

Khash.

[LeftyMom]

102. Oh shit that's awful

:hug: Looking back my family (not me so much, I was a very small kid) had some clues as to what was up, too.

[soleft]

137. Did you ever live in NJ?

[LeftyMom]

139. Nope. I've lived in Sacramento, CA all my life. nt

[Nevernose]

157. Me, too! Seriously.

Except it wasn't a serial killer, it was a mass murderer.

There seem to be a lot of us around here...

[Wetzelbill]

330. a was babysat by a future serial killer

hell, that didn't even make my list. I never think to ever mention it, but you just reminded me.

2 and 3 are pretty wild though. Glad you're ok.

[SarahB]

89. ok

1. went parasailing

2. spent 12 hours in transition with no meds

3. was held up at gunpoint

[LeftyMom]

96. 12 hours in transition?

Jesus H. Christ, that's awful! Just thinking about that makes me want to go get a tubal ligation. :scared:

[SarahB]

97. ended in a c-section too

They then fucked up the meds right before the c-section and I had a spinal headache for almost a week. I kid you not :(

[Briarius]

90. ok, I'll bite

1. Helped build a solar car
2. Drove said solar car (in the parking lot)
3. Was an exchange student in Germany

[lumberingbear]

91. Here's mine

1. Attended an indoor audience with Pope Paul VI.
2. Shook hands with Robert F Kennedy back in 1968 a few weeks before he was assasinated.
3. Had both eyes removed from there sockets twice. (Surgery)

[BlueIris]

99. I am beyond envious of your number two thing.

Damn. ENVIOUS.

[Midlodemocrat]

101. Okay, I'll play.

1. Married Mr. Midlo

2. Had his three children....at least he THINKS they are his.

3. Helped to raise millions of dollars for some very worthy charities.

[Metta]

104. Buddhist monk, '60s Berkeley, banks of the Ganges river.

Been a Buddhist monk in Thailand, lived in Berkeley during the '60s and lived on the banks of the Ganges in a Shiva courtyard.

[rbnyc]

105. ok

1. re-learned how to walk

2. been in long-term poly-amorous relationship, i.e. regular group sex with the same group sustained for nearly a year

3. free-climbed Bell Rock

[soleft]

141. I dissed Simon LeBon to his face (unintentionally - sort of)

I produced and directed an off off Broadway play (that got 2 bad reviews

I caught a double header to win a softball championship at 15 and then at again at 40

[Az]

106. Ok

1) Sat in the Pope's throne.

2) Climbed a 14k' mountain.

3) Made whoopie in a box seat during the Nutcracker ballad.

[Jara sang]

262. I've climbed 15 fourteeners

Long's Peak was the coolest and climbed several 13,000; 12,000 and lower peaks.

On edit: forgot about White Mountain Peak.

[DanCa]

107. Here's the truth

1: I have lobbied for stem cell research and continue to do so.
2: I "tried" to fight in the golden gloves but i was so bad they could me the great white hopeless. This was in the late eighties well before my disability.
3: I am learning to play the harmoninca

[GOPisEvil]

113. OK...

1. I was adopted.
2. I went through a US naturalization ceremony.
3. I've walked to the top of Diamond Head in Hawaii.

[skygazer]

116. Okay, here's mine

1. Hitchhiked across the country, alone, with almost no money (actually did it twice - once when I was 17 and again 20 years later).

2. Worked at a greyhound track.

3. Got hit by lightning.

[BikeWriter]

118. I'm a survivor of the largest industrial explosion...

in America's history, the Texas City Disaster. I've spent a year remote duty on a mountain in Alaska. Lastly and most dangerously, I survived a total of almost thirty years of marriage with my three ex-wives.

[huskerlaw]

120. Mine...

1. Rafted the Royal Gorge in Colorado

2. Climbed to the top of Diamond Head (GOPisEvil stole mine!)

3. Got so drunk and crazy with a group of friends that celebrities recognized US the next day

[GOPisEvil]

123. Neener, neener!

[DrZeeLit]

121. Delivered an 11 pound baby; met a stranger in Paris and

let him take me to dinner; and .... eeeek a 3rd thing... quit a 3 figure income and moved across country from CA to VT with no job or plan.

I suppose all that writing isn't unique.
But that's another story.

[Left Is Write]

124. I can't beat you, but I came close...

My son was 10 pounds, 9 ounces. :)

The stranger in Paris one sounds like it has a good story behind it.

[southlandshari]

122. Ok....

1. Called Shaquille O'Neal's dorm room at LSU at his request.

2. Threw up on both sides of the Israeli-Egyptian border during a busy Friday afternoon holiday crossing - and only stopped after a "doctor" in flip flops and sweat pants gave me a shot in the butt in tiny Taba, Egypt's border hospital.

3. Woke up paralyzed from the neck down - and stayed that way for almost a year.

:hi:

[Floogeldy]

131. I beg your fucking pardon?

Paralyzed for a year?

:-(

[southlandshari]

135. Yep!

It was temporary, but pretty bizarre. It's the reason I used - or tried to use - that Dragon Naturally Speaking software.

I was in ICU for two weeks, eventually moved to a rehab hospital for nearly two months. I was on the spinal chord injury floor, though my condition was not permanent. I loved all the therapists and nurses (there were some truly fine male nurses there!) and other patients - I dubbed a mix tape called "Shari's Disco Therapy for Those About to Roll" (as in wheelchair) and made copies for everyone.

Going home was a lot scarier than being in the hospital. Had to relearn everything - everything. I survived, though - good as new, now!

:)

[Floogeldy]

138. .....

:cry:

[Pithlet]

142. My gosh, Shari

What an ordeal. I'm glad you fully recovered.

[southlandshari]

178. Thanks!

There are a LOT of things I don't take for granted any more!

:hug:

[Az]

160. Dang girl!

Don't do that again. K? :hug:

[southlandshari]

179. LOL - I'll try not to!

But I don't know how I managed to let it happen the first time!

:hug:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

276. Was it Guillan-Barre syndrome, or a disk/spinal cord injury? Wow.

[southlandshari]

288. Yes.

It was one of those!

;)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

290. All right, I'm gonna guess Guillain-Barré syndrome, since without trauma,

it'd be pretty unusual to be really paralyzed like that although not impossible I guess, unless your neck was already unstable for reasons unknown.

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/gbs/detail_gbs.htm

[southlandshari]

291. "I Will Survive"

Was the first song on my disco therapy cassette!

:hi:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

292. Did you get plasma pheresis treatments? Did they help? I remember you

responding to my Gloria Gaynor thread! :hi:

[southlandshari]

293. .....

Yes.

Yes.

And...at first I was afraid, I was petrified....

:rofl:

[Floogeldy]

125. Opening act for U2, Stray Cats, and Huey Lewis & The News

I mostly pride myself for other things, though.

:)

[Wetzelbill]

211. seriously?

Because that is pretty cool.

[Floogeldy]

299. Seriously

It all happened before 1984, in large clubs and smaller theaters. U2 had a pretty good cult following world-wide at the time, but they were not "huge" yet. Huey Lewis had just hit the top of the charts and he honored all of his bookings in clubs, even though he could have cancelled them and opened for a big act in halls. The Stray Cats were bigtime on MTV at the time, and they sold out a decent sized theater in Norman, Oklahoma. Brian Setzer was real nice and admired my Les Paul! :)

We also opened for Utopia in a big hall in Norman.

But I never became famous. :cry:

[fudge stripe cookays]

361. Norman?

Defenestration? Janis 18? Chainsaw Kittens? None of the above?

fsc

[Floogeldy]

365. None of the above

Check your PM. :)

[Dukkha]

126. here's 3

1. Assisted in a Dolphin Necropscy
2. Been on front page of 5 major newspapers
3. arrested on the Nevada nuclear test site

[hyphenate]

127. Gee, mine haven't been nearly as exciting

I've done a lot of things which a lot of people haven't done, but they're usually not very exciting overall.

Drove cross country three times, once alone.

Invested money in and organized several science fiction conventions on my own.

Been in an ice skating show at the tender age of 5 in front, right in the front of the first trip out on the ice.


Probably a lot more, but I can't think of anything right now.

[bicentennial_baby]

128. ah, alright then

1) broken my femur and spent 6 weeks in traction
2) wrestled a loaded gun away from someone much larger than i who was going to shoot it
3) been propositioned for sex by a drunk Frenchman in a unisex Parisian bathroom at an internet cafe

there's more, but that's under wraps....shhhhh! :P

[Gregorian]

129. Flew half way across the US at the age of 11.

My dad was with me.

Watched an autopsy.

Played in a trumpet trio with the late great Rafael Mendez.

[Missy Vixen]

130. Here's mine

1) Played with two lion cubs. Their fur is scratchy...

2) Watched multiple Mariners games from a suite. I recommend it.

3) Met and married my husband after he answered my personal ad.

Julie

[Pithlet]

136. I flew in a glider plane once.

A guy owned one near where I lived in Maryland and would give rides in it for a fee, and my parents treated me to one, once. It was a blast. The plane is very tiny and you're cramped in there behind the pilot with a see through canopy on the top and sides, and there's no engine noise so you're just swooping silently through the air. I got sick as a dog, but it was so worth it. Take off was cool; the plane was attached by a line to a prop plane, which would take off from a field (complete with cows nearby, watching the goings on passively) towing it behind, and then once you got to a certain altitude it would swoop down to release it. I'd love to do it again.

Edit:latitude/ altitude. Duh.

Edit again: That reminded me, I also flew in a sea plane over Moosehead Lake in Maine. That was equally as awesome, although I didn't see one damned moose.

[u4ic]

145. Here's mine:

rode in a show jumping competition
was a female lead in a tv show (one episode of what was THE most pathetic show ever made)
experienced -53C/-64F, (not wind chill) weather (it colder than -50C for a week)

[Xithras]

148. Got frostbite on my testicles...

#1: I got frostbite on my testicles (hey they can't ALL be happy memories). I was doing a late May hike in the Sierra's one year, wearing shorts, when we came across a late season snowfield that crossed the trail on a downhill slope. My buddies all decided to pack around it, but in one of my more moronic moments I decided to SLIDE DOWN on my butt. Hey, it was only a few hundred foot slide and the elevation loss was only about 50 feet, so it didn't seem all that dumb at the time, ok? Anyway, the snow turned out to be a nearly solid block of ice, and I ended up sliding waaaay faster than I expected. I got some nasty scrapes when I shot off the other end, but more importantly ended up with small frostbitten patches on both of my cheeks and my scrotum. Unfortunately for me, I still had 12 hours of hiking to do before I could get medical help :(

Luckily I only lost a few minor bits of skin, and that part of the body is rather stretchy. The doctors and nurses got a heck of a laugh at my expense though :(

#2: Went swimming with a group of sea turtles off the coast of Maui. I just jumped in and started swimming when these sea turtles showed up out of nowhere. Scared the hell out of me at first, but it was incredibly cool once I realized what they were. They didn't even seem to care that I was there. Neither did the small shark that cruised through :)

#3: This my favorite "Top This" challenge and I'd be remiss if I didn't mention it: I had sex on top of Half Dome :) Yep, that little mountain I use as my avatar has more memories for me than just a pretty view. There's actually a small chance that my first son was conceived up there (more likely, in Little Yosemite Valley on the backside though). My wife and I sat up there and watched the sunset once, and when it got dark and we realized that nobody was around, we couldn't resist....

That, of course, was followed by another experience that few people have had and one that I certainly don't recommend...descending the Half Dome cable ladder after dark. I've done many scary things in the forest, but that was probably the only time I ever thought I was actually going to die.

[flvegan]

150. Thank you all, but we have a winner.

Really, all 3 of your situations are very cool and inspiring.

Sex on top of Half Dome...I'll have to take my "hood of my Corvette" story elsewhere...

[Xithras]

152. Hate to admit it, but it really wasn't all that great.

It's an exposed peak with bare rock, and the temperature drops FAST once the sun goes down. It was fun at first, but by the end we just wanted to get our clothes back on :)

It's amazing how reality often doesn't match our fantasies. I'd been to the top of the Dome a half dozen times before, and always thought it would be a cool place to hang out, party, and "have a little fun". Reality turned out to be much colder and far windier. Sex is no fun when you're shivering! :scared:

[Hardrada]

153. Here's 3 from me.

1. Organized SDS antiwar and anticapitalist demonstrations

2. Have had a poem or articles or books in print for six decades.

3. Had someone come after me with a handgun but luckily he was arrested first (he was hospitalized and given extensive mental therapy.)

[Heather Chandler]

154. cow tipping

enjoy pate

play croquet regularly

[Earth_First]

156. Here's three...

Attended 19 consecutive Phish shows...
Had tea with Dennis (Kucinich)
In the near future: Build a straw-bale home...

edit: spelling

[wovenpaint]

159. ok, here's mine

Randomly....

1)Shorn alpacas and spun their fiber into yarn

2)Met George McGovern

3)Owned 5 Firebirds

[trackfan]

162. Had John Mayall play my piano

Learned Latin by reading and translating it.

Went to a game where Sandy Koufax was the starting pitcher.

[MarsThe Cat]

163. hmmm.

1.I was a Zamboni-driver at an ice rink
2.I was a costume character in an amusement park
3.I was a guest on the Oprah show(on the stage, not in the audience)

[Shine]

165. Here are mine:

1. Tandem sky-dived from 18,000 feet: 90 sec. of freefall, @ 120mph.

2. 100yd firewalk on burning coals....at 9 mos. PREGNANT.

3. Bought a house, moved in, and had our second child all within ONE
MONTH.

[Dave Reynolds]

166. I have bad ones, very nasty. WARNING..

1) Assisted autopsies, including scooping maggots from someone's head.

2) Had sex in a hospital recovery room.

3) Built computers out of spare parts and gave them to high-school kids.

[Wetzelbill]

331. that's not even including the one when you

brought that one chick home and nailed her while your ex was still living with you. Now that was pretty skillful I have to say. :)

[Dave Reynolds]

373. But that was one of those things

I only bring up when I feel a little bit cocky!

[The Flaming Red Head]

167. I can't tell

but they were good.

[nickinSTL]

168. well...let's see...

1. taken a car across the Nile on a passenger ferry (technically, I guess my parents did...I was just along for the ride)

2. visited 34 countries (excluding the US...and this is based on how many countries it was at the time I was there...the parts of Yugoslavia I've visited are now about 3 different countries...and Czechoslovakia is now 2)

3. seen an NFL game in Sweden (Bears-Vikings exhibition game in Goteborg, 1988)

[Redneck Socialist]

169. Thru hiked the Appalachian Trail

Helped to elect two US Representatives, a Governor, a bunch of state level folks and almost a US Senator and got paid doing it. (All Democrats of course, :) )

Was filmed for a PBS Documentary on Wilderness activists that some day might actually air. And...

4) Touched Steve Harris's shoe. (That one's for the metal heads out there. :headbang: )

[Angry Girl]

170. Since I'm procrastinating, let's see...

1. Lived in 6 different countries on 3 continents

2. Was a backcountry hiking guide in the Grand Canyon

3. Recorded a CD

[Kathryn STone]

171. here's a few:

1. saw Lakers with Magic Johnson and James Worthy
2. been to what's called Eagle's Nest it's in the Alps in Germany and was spared by bombings from Eisenhower to keep it to show the allies.
3. Saw the Clash perform at Fox theater in Atlanta GA when I was 17 (1982).
next.....

[the_real_38]

172. uh.. (1) shot my way out of a bad drug deal ....

(2) Had sex with a girl half my age (almost exactly)

(3) Got my master's degree in Mathematics

[enigmatic]

174. hopped trains, skydived, and

outdrank Peter Buck:)

[southlandshari]

195. #3.....

:thumbsup:

:hi:

[enigmatic]

197. LOL!!

Hey, I was younger and could bounce back quicker:rofl:

[Wetzelbill]

332. it remains to be seen if you can outdrink me though

although, quite formidable at one time, I may be out of practice right now. So I am vulnerable. :)

[LostInAnomie]

175. 1. Stolen a bull-dozer.

2. Won a power lifting contest
3. Taken a leak next to both my state senators (Sen. Richard Lugar, and Sen. Evan Bayh)

[Kablooie]

176. Bet you haven't done these!

1) Killed my parents

2) Eaten human flesh

3) Stood on my head for 1 1/2 hours.

[Susang]

186. Don't be so sure of yourself

1) Have you had a DNA test lately? Are those really your parents?

2) I eat human flesh every day. I chew the skin off my knuckles on an hourly basis.

3) You have no way of knowing what goes on when you're unconscious.

[yvr girl]

177. I would bet that most people have not

1. Had dinner with royalty

2. Flown an aerobatic plane

3. Had a solo dance in (several) hula shows

[SoCalDem]

181. People won't want mine

for starters: Don't everyone rush to the head of the line to steal them



1. been bitten by a poisonous snake
2. been brought to a hospital with no blood pressure/heartbeat
3. had a 9 milimeter pistol pointed at my head

[hunter]

182. I have the right to remain silent, but how's this...

1) Bungie jumping.

2) Streaking, in a group with women who were also streaking.

3) And... I used to be part of a large medical study that was following up on kids who, um, well, I don't want to go into too much detail, but when I was a kid medicine was still primitive and the so-called "modern miracle" of chemistry could do no wrong. Doctors did things that would horrify medical researchers today.

Anyways there was a minor medical problem I was having that may or may not have been related to this, and my wife convinced me to see a specialist. The problem turned out to be nothing serious, but my wife was with me while I was telling the doctor my history.

In the middle of taking the history the doctor suddenly got all excited and almost jumped out of his seat.

"Oh, oh!" he exclaimed, "I just read about you guys! Most of you are infertile!"

My wife and I glanced at one another and in that instant we decided to torture the guy, so we both stared deadpan at him, or at least in my case, looking slightly confused.

The doctor started to squirm and then my wife coughed quietly into her hand and said coldly, "No, I'm absolutely certain he's fertile."

I couldn't hold my laughter very long, but for a few moments I could see the poor guy wanted to yank out his own tongue and melt into the floor.

[CanuckAmok]

183. hmm...

1) been the subject of a high-speed police pursuit.

2) fallen out of a moving helicopter.

3) tied two knots in a cherry stem with my tongue.

[democracyindanger]

184. Tequila shots with the World's Fastest Man

Cast shadow puppets against the fuselage of a small plane on a rural Indian airstrip while waiting for refueling

130 mph on a motorcycle

and I've seen ships on fire in Orion's Belt.

[Wapsie B]

185. Ok here's some of mine:

1. Survived a horrible auto accident at a very young age

2. dated women 20 years older and 20 years younger than me

3. Saw the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Orchestra Hall and Ravina

[HEyHEY]

187. This is hard too

1. Been a British Columbian who voted for the Bloc Quebecois
2. Taken a train, auto, airplane, and boat to work in a 1.5 hour time frame.
3. Jumped into a hot tub wearing a veyr expensive suit

[Tafiti]

188. Got it:

1. Shook hands with Too $hort.

2. Got blacked-out wasted, walked home from the bar, passed out in someone's lawn (apparently), and got home 3 hours later (two miles away, tops). Oh, that happened 2 weeks ago! :D Lost my cell phone too.

3. Lived in Madrid, Spain for six months.

[MrScorpio]

189. Mine

1. Some menage-a-trois
2. Hang out in Amsterdam and NOT do any drugs
3. Flew in a jetliner OVER Mt. Fuji

[indigo32]

221. Hey

I managed the Amsterdam thing too LOL

[Allenberg]

190. I'm pretty average

1. Climbed Mt. Fuji - at least the paths the Japanese guide took us on

2. Drowned to death, but was revived on the ER table

3. Helped with the rescue of F-16 pilots by locating their distress beacon and using it for direction finding.

[mwdem]

191. Mine:

1. Had my lower lip bitten in half by my (ex) pet iguana.
2. Stayed in the turret of a castle on the Rhine.
3. Flown Business Class to Europe and back. Before 9/11. (actually about 2 weeks before).

[Susang]

196. Okey dokey

1) Pissed in a rice paddy on the side of a road right outside the DMZ in South Korea

2) Sang "Like a Virgin" at a karaoke bar in my big white fluffy wedding dress after my wedding reception.

3) Posed for an ad wearing full dominatrix garb, with only a gorgeous, naked man as a prop.

[IChing]

198. Drove a tank when I was five

true story, only for a long enough,......we had dad's day...with a neighbor in DC.

[Whoa_Nelly]

200. #1 Bought a brand new VW camper and lived in it for

over two years with my dog, Flippy, traveling wherever no timetable.

#2 Lived in a wall tent on the Nenana River in Alaska for almost 5 months while working for a rafting and cabin company, then bought a car in Anchorage and took a two-week camping trip from Alaska, through the NW Territories, and Western Canada before returning to life as I know it in the US.

#3 Danced for 40+ years

[njdemocrat106]

201. I'm not that exciting, but...

1) Won 3rd prize in my school-wide geography bee (6th grade at the time)

2) Had an editorial published in the newspaper (though it was almost a month after it was published that I found out. I realized it was published when I read some Freeper's editorial in the same paper, which was a direct response to my pro-Democratic one. I kept reading the editorial section of the local paper every day, looking for it, but the day I didn't read it was the day the published it.)

3) Been to the top of the World Trade Center (and I've never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building).

[Maddy McCall]

203. 1) Run over myself in my own jeep. 2) knocked self out while raking.

3) caught a catfish, not with a lure, but with a net, because it just swam up on the bank where I was standing.

[tallahasseedem]

266. #2 LOL!

How on earth did that happen?

[Maddy McCall]

309. It's all right here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4166467

:silly:

[ghostsofgiants]

205. This thread has reminded me just how boring my life has been so far...

I really can't think of anything.

[PittPoliSci]

305. i'm the same damn way!

i haven't done shit compared to these guys!

[billyskank]

206. Okay

(1) I have taken initiation from a spiritual master.

(2) I have taken bath in the Ganges.

(3) I have learned to play the Maple Leaf Rag. ;)

[Shine]

219. #3

:thumbsup:

I remember my dad working on Maple Leaf Rag for a loooong time to learn it. Tricky piece. I LOVE Scott Joplin!

:hi:

[billyskank]

223. Tricky, but not as hard as the score looks

on paper it looks as if it was written by a spider that had crawled out of an ink pot. In practice the notes fall under the fingers quite nicely. I even learned the difficult "trio" section (many people skip that)!

In my opinion The Entertainer is significantly harder. For one thing you have that octave-plus-a-major-third reach in the right hand - that's a very big stretch. I think these ragtime players of the late 19th century must have had huge hands. Secondly, it's in G major (one sharp) whilst the Maple Leaf Rag is in A flat (four flats). Strangely enough the extra black notes actually make it easier to play!

:hi:

[Shine]

253. LOL! great description: "written by a spider..."

You're funny. I love The Entertainer, too. Interesting comment about the big hands of the players from back then. Hmmm...

I'm impressed with ANYbody that can play an instrument and actually read music. All that music theory stuff is beyond me.

I don't read, but I sing in a choir (first alto) and have to tape record all the rehearsals. Luckily, I've got a good ear!

I play congas, for what it's worth. Ya don't have to read music for that stuff!

:hi:

[indigo32]

220. Maple Leaf Rag

one of the two songs I can still play without a second thought after about 10 years of lessons when I was a kid.

[billyskank]

225. Sticks in the mind, doesn't it?

The notes just fall under the fingers quite naturally. It's not quite like riding a bike, but I find I can pick it up again with minimal practice. :)

[kwassa]

235. I used to kill at recitals at age 13 with the Maple Leaf Rag

then I abandoned piano forever. I still could play it for many years, though now I've finally lost it.

[billyskank]

240. And did you p[ay the "trio" section also?

:)

[kwassa]

243. I'm not sure what the trio section is

The whole piece is quite complex. I disliked classical music at that age, but I had a very cool piano teacher who found this, and also Dave Brubeck pieces for me to play. I think I could pick up the Rag again with a few hours practice.

I was a star at the recitals because I was the only kid playing jazz pieces.

[billyskank]

245. It's the bit where it goes into five flats

:)

[kwassa]

248. I do remember playing lots of black keys

maybe that was it

[indigo32]

257. Yup

I remember that

[Peter Frank]

207. I...

...played lead guitar for Melanie ("Candles in the Rain") in Europe.

...lent Kent Lavoy -- band leader for LOBO ("Me and You and a Dog Named Boo") my Ovation Legend guitar when he opened up for Melanie at Wolfman Jack's in Kissime Fla.

...opened for Rare Earth & Smokey Robinson at the Bayfront in St. Pete with my band -- Sky Island.

et. al.

[fleabert]

209. been nearly run over by a car indoors...

personally attended the birth of a friends full term, 8lb twins at home, planned. (plus the hospital births of 5 others - one of which was a c-section)

got married on Dec. 31 1999, and danced thru the Y2K change at my reception...

[Wetzelbill]

210. 1. was a bull rider 2. Wrestled in Bulgaria 3. directed a music video nt

[RebelOne]

212. Mine

1. Skydived
2. Flew a small plane
3. Appeared on TV

[merh]

213. Here goes

(1) Portrayed the victim during closing arguments of a murder trial as the shooting (struggle for the gun) was recreated by defense counsel. (not once, but twice - for the judge prior to closing and at closing)

(2) Stranded on the outside of the guard tower with the tower guards who accidently locked themselves out of the tower in the worst section/block of the prison as the inmates were being brought in from the yard.

(3) Had a twice convicted murderer fall in love with me and send me love letters and make me cards and call me from death row.

[bertha katzenengel]

215. been in a mental hospital . . .

seen "Superman II" at a drive-in 27 times

managed recreational softball leagues

:shrug:

[khashka]

224. Oh so you did that too?

1. Had myself committed to the loonie bin - rather an interesting experience.

2. Survived a serial killer.

3. Had a daughter... yeah I know other people have kids, but no one else had mine!

Khash.

[bertha katzenengel]

226. i checked myself in too. best thing i ever did.

we'll have to compare notes sometime! amazing the number of women there (on the Christian ward) who said they weren't lesbians but had had long-term relationships with women.

# 2 -- jesus fuck. :yoiks:

# 3 -- very sweet.

[indigo32]

216. lets see

1. had both eardrums replaced

2. sang on stage at First Ave (think Purple Rain) OK .. it was seventh street entry (small stage) but still.

3. Washed and prepared more than one dead body for family before the undertaker came to pick them up in a long term care facility I worked in.

[Devra]

217. let's see

1. I went to Israel
2. I fell asleep during star wars twice!! (the original)
3. my name is on record in congress(as part of a Field trip in 4th grade my class was allowed to speak into one of the microphones at a congressman's (can't remeber which one)desk. my Name and age are on file in the library of congress some ware)

[Devra]

260. heres some more

4.I read from the torah on the high holy day's (twice)
5.I saw Clinton
6.I was born before I was taken to the hospital.

[XNASA]

218. 1. Conversed, via air-to-ground, with 4 shuttles, MIR & the Space Station.

2. Performed in front of 30,000 people.

3. Met Muhammed Ali.

(I've also been for a ride in the Shuttle Motion Based Simulator, but that's too similar in nature to #1. It was really cool though.)

[China_cat]

222. Welllllll.....

1. Stood for a knife thrower
2. Handled snakes
3. got paid for playing in the mud.

[taterguy]

227. my list

1) Hiked from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon to the Colorado River and back in one day
2) Been asked about my sexual orientation by my avatar image
3) Inadvertently given a fake name to a paramedic (there was drinking involved)

[bikebloke]

229. My trio

1. Bungy jumped in New Zealand.

2. Solo bike trekked up the east coast of Australia.

3. Unknowingly walked repeatedly through an area salted with land mines in the Negev Desert, without getting blowd to pizzas. Eventually, the army finally came along, stringing up barbed wire and danger signs.

[blindpig]

230. Here ya go:

1) Caught and eaten piranha. Taste like bream, sweet and boney.

2)Fell out of a moving car then had said car back over leg. Those were the days.

3) Walked into the den of a polar bear. She was as surprised as I was, thus I'm here to report.

[Cathyclysmic]

231. ok

1) Been to 48 of the 50 states by the time I was 5( I guess that would be my parent's brag, not mine)

2) Met Annie Sprinkle.. twice.

3)Seen a ghost (yes, I was a skeptic and I am right-brained, science nerd kind of person)

edit..spelling

[Ladyhawk]

232. Hmmm.

1. Eaten rattlesnake
2. Eaten bear meat
3. Physically handled a wild skunk while pulling a jam jar off its head.

[Ally McLesbian]

233. My three

1. After living 20+ years as a boy, became a woman.

2. Climbed the Great Wall of China.

3. Visited Amsterdam only to find racist, sexist, homophobic thugs.

[Ally McLesbian]

368. Okay, scratch #3...

My new #3 is:

Visited Korean DMZ and stepped briefly into North Korea.

[toey]

234. mine

1. I have my eyebrow pierced and about 10 years ago I pierced my own nose (no longer pierced).

2. I have gone to 4 different colleges/universities and still don't have a bachelors degree. (Currently attending and 24 credits away though.)

3. When I was about 7, I got my leg wedged in a tree when I was climbing down and was stuck there for a while 'til my g-pa got home from work to get me down.

[Parrcrow]

236. here are mine

1. Ran accross about 16 lanes of traffic on the roundabout at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris at rush hour....and survived.

2. Broke my ankle and then broke it again three weeks after the cast came off.

3. I've read The World According to Garp four times and each time I've read it a close family member has died.

[u4ic]

357. Holy crud!

I barely survived that roundabout...and I was on the sidewalk!

[kwassa]

237. 1) Saved a Japanese woman from drowning

without knowing anything about life-saving and almost drowning myself.

2) Hitchhiked cross-country

3) had a picture of me published in the "Best of Life Magazine"

got a bunch of other mostly odd ones, not as adventurous as many here.

[tonkatoy57]

238. Here Goes

1. Performed in a concert conducted by Leonard Bernstein.
2. Appeared briefly in the movie, "Being There".
3. Received "oral favors" in a private box at the La Scalla opera house in Milan.

[m_welby]

239. what the heck...

1. My new bride an I went to a Frank Zappa Concert after our wedding (with, of course, our soon to be born son).

2. Drank quite a bit of Pinch (Haig & Haig Scotch) laced with LSD (very strange, though today I'd probably pick tequila)

3. Smoked weed on the steps of the lincoln memorial only ten feet away from the cops, while tripping my brains out with above mentioned psychedelics (1977 great american smokeout in DC).

- all of these things happened long, long, ago.

[Wetzelbill]

244. dude, you are hardcore nt

[m_welby]

246. In my Youth, In My Youth n/t

[TallahasseeGrannie]

241. Written a book, survived a school shooting

[RetroLounge]

242. Okay, lets see.

1) As poetry editor of a nationally recognized literary magazine, I both rejected and then published poems by Charles Bukowski.

2) Survived period of destitute homelessness.

3) Rode an entire day in the cab of a Locomotive as a guest and photographer while the railroad crew did their days work.

RL

[Tikki]

249. We were...

1. Invited back-stage at The Roxy

2. Voted "Best Dancers" in 9th Grade.

3. We were married by (Mr. Tikki's) grandfather.


The Tikkis

[ucmike]

250. 1) climbed a 300' communication tower w/ gear but no training.

2)tried to shove larry holmes out of my way (inadvertantly)
3)got a handshake and a sincere "thank you" from gov. pataki while working near ground zero. he actually said "thank you for being here. its people like you who make a difference".

[Jimbo S]

251. 1. Seen my own DNA

2. In attendance when my favorite baseball team won the pennant.
3. Done the nude beach thing.

[AllegroRondo]

252. Not much

1. Biked across Europe with only a tent and extra clothes.

2. Played (music) for 3 sitting Presidents.

3. Had my picture in Playboy.

[Horse with no Name]

254. What fun!

1. Ran a camera at a TV station.
2. Grew alfalfa sprouts for a hydroponic farm.
3. Had 3 nasal surgeries in one year.
:silly:

[Jara sang]

258. Mine:

1. Stood on the summit of Mount Whitney. The highest peak in the contiguous 48 states. Also climbed Mount Saint Helens.

2. Swam with spinner dolphins. Wild ones, in a coral fringed bay.

3. Hitch-hiked from Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon and around the four corners.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

261. OK...

1) Compete in a kart race
2) Teach Linux
3) Climb up the stairs of the Ulm Cathedral

[AllegroRondo]

263. Wonderful Ulm

Did you learn the great tongue twister about the city?

Im Ulm, um Ulm, im Ulm herum.

[GalleryGod]

264. Landed in Havana, Managua, and San Salvador and passed customs

All with a "less than bona fide" papers.

Ah,yes! The "Miami Period" of my life!

[tenshi816]

265. My 3 things

1) Ran into a bear while hiking in Kashmir, northern India,

2) Almost drowned after being caught in a riptide and pulled out into the Atlantic Ocean,

3) Saw the Rolling Stones three times in a three week period, once with a backstage pass.

[no name no slogan]

267. Here's mine:

1) As a delegate, voted to endorse Paul Wellstone for U.S. Senate on SEVEN BALLOTS at the 1990 Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's convetion (yes, he won endorsement on the seventh ballot, and the rest is history).

2) Worked with Paul Wellstone on a 1988 state legislative race (in which the Democrat won-- our sole victory in my district that year).

3) Worked as a cellarmaster in a traditional British pub in London in 1991. The pub was the 1990 Evening Standard "Pub Of The Year" and has a very good reputation for its beer.

[achtung_circus]

268. 3 things.

1. I, a city boy, decided he wanted to be a cowboy, the real kind, and did so, for 5 years.

2. Flew, as a passenger, in a B-25 dropping water and retardant rather aggressively on forest fires.

3. Decided to try the spirit quest thing. I sat, naked and fasting overlooking a coulee for an unknown number of days and saw Golden Eagles. I still dream about eagles occasionally. It seems to fortell great change. I had a dream last Monday.

[driver8]

269. I have landed on, and flown off of an aircraft carrier, I lived in the

middle of the Aleutian Islands for 2 years.

I almost bit my tongue in half when I was 5.

[DrDan]

271. walked on the Great Wall of China,

Attended the second night of AIDA at the foot of the pyramids
met Rommel's grandson

[CottonBear]

272. Here's mine:

1.) Broke my right ankle in three places thus completely separating the bones of my foot from those in my leg. Until it was repaired a few days later, my foot just flopped around on the end of my leg. :( (I had surgery ***ouch*** and I'm all back together now.) :)

2.) I witnessed history in Czechloslovakia in the early 1990s: By complete chance (I went to Prague on a whim), I was there on the National Holiday in late October. I saw Vaclav Havel announce the Velvet Divorce on live TV that day and then attended a massive political rally that very evening in the same square (Wenceslas Square) where the Velvet Revolution took place just a few years before. (I met a young woman named Sophia from Sofia, Bulgaria, who translated for me.) It was very exciting to be in such an historic palce and time.

3.) I won both the blue ribbon and the silver trophy in an Adult Amateur Equestrian Equitation class against people with more training, more money and more expensive horses. :woohoo:

[WI_DEM]

274. ok

1) written and published a book with a contract for two more books (I'm as shocked as anybody)

2) Was the telemarking supervisor for the State Senate Democratic Committee (SSDC) in Wisconsin for two years.

3) Walk 3.5 miles to and from work most every day during the week (round trip 7 miles).(It's not a notable accomplishment but I doubt most people do that).

[woofless]

278. One thing stands out.

I hit a deer doing 60mph on my classic Moto Guzzi.

The deer was decapitated, the bike survived, and so did I.

Woof

[ThatsMyBarack]

279. Hmm, let's see....

1. Rode the scary rides at the Stratosphere in Vegas (912 feet above street level--definitely not for the faint of heart!).

2. Swam with the dolphins (at Dolphins Plus in Key Largo, FL).

3. Skated in an exhibition with 2004 World Pairs Champions Tatiana Tominina (sp?) and Maxim Marinin.

;)

[gizmo1979]

280. Smashed beer bottles

over my own head.Back flips off the dog house,and been married 4 times.

[Breeze54]

281. ok...I'm game! .....lol

1.) Sued the POWER company (MA) for discrimination against Women.
Took a little over two years. I won!
They appealed to the State Supreme Court.
I (WE) WON!
They can no longer discriminate against single, separated, divorced or widowed women!

2.) I jumped off a railroad trestle, 25 feet above the water!
Later found out there were cars down there and I had had a 'near miss'! (oops!)

3.) Had 8 orgasms in one afternoon......

.... ooh la la!! (Nice!)

sorry but gotta add...

4.) Testified in front of the Nevada State Senate (on live camera),
in defense of parent's on Welfare.
Won! again..... (lol)

[TheCentepedeShoes]

283. Let's see...

1) Met Ike - I was 3 yrs old and he was campaigning for Pres.

2) Cooked an armadillo in a brown 'n bag.

3) Wrote a letter to Nixon asking for his resignation. OK, maybe that's not so uncommon.

[marigold20]

284. Detached retina surgery - twice

Does that count for 2?

Arrived for greatly anticipated vacation just as West Glacier Montana was evacuated due to forest fires.

[VelmaD]

285. 1. Had my face on national tv...

playing the national anthem at the Cotton Bowl. (I was playing cymbals that day and got a close up)

2. Won a medal in an international piano competition.

3. Been called a name by Karl Rove and called him one in return. (He called me a "fundamentalist Shi'ite feminist" and I called him a "scum-sucking bottom-feeder")

[Chemical Bill]

287. Let's see...

1) I rode a bicycle 100 miles in one day.

2) I went 19 years without eating beef (now I eat it every few months, I'm just not committed anymore....)

3) I sold a pair of shoes to Harry Callahan. He was suprised I knew who he was.

Bill

[kwassa]

351. The photographer? I knew him when he taught at RISD

Though I took my introductory photo course from Aaron Siskind, another famous photog. (Siskind had better, um , people skills)

[arwalden]

289. 1) Fantasized About Matcom

[Elidor]

294. I knew I'd read this damn thread & feel compelled to respond!

1) I've crawled for hours in dark caves, through muddy streams, over sharp rocks, up and down steep slopes of mud and scree just to see rare formations and endangered critters in places hardly seen by anyone since the hand of god created them. Underground waterfalls, incredible gypsum crystals, massive flowstones. Long rocky hallways leading ever down, down...into the unknown.

2) I've slept under bushes in the freezing rain with no protection but the clothes on my back.

3) I've called my boss a fucking sonofabitch to his face and meant it and still kept my job.

[NNadir]

295. OK

1) Worked with phosgene.

2) Flown three times on the Concorde.

3) Become a first time father in my forties.

[joneschick]

296. 1. drinks & a dinner date with Herb Kohl

2.attacked (sort of) by coatamundi at Iguasu Falls.
3.slipped between the loading platform and the monorail train at Expo '67

that other stuff is all rumors.....unsubstantiated rumors.

[ignatius 2]

297. Went skydiving,saw Jim Morrisons grave at Pere le Chaise,and

helped pull a baby calf from its mothers abdomen(That was truly Wierd)

[In_The_Wind]

298. I navigated a 66 foot boat into the New York Harbor from Key West Fla.

I've driven a large school bus full of kids from the Catskills in New York to Hershey, Pa. and back again in one day.

I walked on the beach in South Carolina everyday for 5 months during the winter a few years ago.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

300. Nothing really special but

1. I've been in hospital at least 15 times for surgery
2. I've been to much more of Asia and North America than a considerable number of people my age have
3. I joined my political party at the age of 15 and knew a considerable number of my Members of Parliament from an early age as well -so well that they still remember me a decade later even though I haven't seen them for years. That also applied to the then leader of the Opposition

[Terran]

301. Here are mine

1. Posed nude for a major gay men's skin magazine;

2. Had a conversation with Pat Buchanan;

3. Participated in a Wiccan Yule ritual.

[Ferret Annica]

302. OK, here's mine that resonate somewhat with yours'

10 Flown a UH-1H helicopter.

2) Fallen three stories to the pavement nearly dying in a protest against Nike when a security guard pulled my rope.

3)Static line jumped into the Pacific Ocean in a water jump near Saipan, the largest of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

[tibbir]

304. Here goes....

1. Opened my own (successful) CPA practice.

2. Had a nervous breakdown 12 years ago.

3. Recovered.

[amitten]

306. 1. Kissed a mob guy (long story)...

2. Saw AND heard a ghost (yes it was real, and no I'm not crazy).
3. Knocked out the back molar of a man far larger than my petite self (yes it was self-defense, no I'm not at all violent normally, and no, #1 and #3 are not in any way related.).

[AlienGirl]

307. Helped catch a serial killer

Survived cancer

Drove solo across the country to move in with people I'd only met online

And a bonus fourth: got someone else to move across the country for me, having only known me on the Internet. (I :loveya: Everythingsxen...)

Also, been in the psych ward, held a tenrec, roomed with a kestrel, met the Clintons, babysat a movie star's kid, made front page news in my hometown and also in a city in Idaho, and shared my life with a cockatoo.

Tucker

[eridani]

308. Three things

1. Placed 3rd in the 1963 Illinois State Latin contest.
2. Memorized the entire oeuvre of Tom Lehrer (including The Elements Song
3. Had my dissertation research used for the development of a method to check muscle deterioration of astronauts spending a lot of time in low-gravity environments.

[hickman1937]

310. Climbed the water tower about 15-20 times btw 1969 and 1971.

girls weren't supposed to do that back then.

Went to the peace march in DC in 1973.

Became a sprayman in 1985. (its a factory thing. Women supposedly couldn't handle it.)

[Renegade Six]

311. Mine

1. Up in the gun of M1114 wearing a cheap imitation of a viking helmet, blaring 'Ride of the Valkyries', while we drove past Paul Brenner's green zone. ( it was some kind of twisted protest but few got it and i got my ass reamed for days. ) :spank:

2 Skated on the Boston Garden ice

3. Jumped off a 30 foot bridge into the very cold Connecticut River

[The Sushi Bandit]

312. Top this!!

1) Stand up comedian at the Improv and Ice House

2) Piloted a US Nave Guided Missle Frigate (FFG) as a Civilian

3) Walt Disney Imagineer

[Frozen Hamster]

313. Mine aren't nearly as impressive as most here are

1) Held a human brain (last friday)

2) Disected an Artic Fox (yesterday)

3) Went skinny-dipping in the Bay of Thailand (where it is illegal) with two australian girls I just met. (Last summer)

[BreweryYardRat]

314. Since there's precedent for citing things you're going to do...

1. Hafted a Daneaxe (that's happening over winter break).
2. Seen Eric Clapton live. The man is a GOD.
3. Driven a golf cart unsupervised...when I was about 3 or 4.

[bridgit]

315. oh all right, here goes...

1. emancipated @ 13yrs & independent pilots license @ 16yrs of age (that's kind'a like 2 i guess :shrug:)
2. silhouette dancer in duran duran's "girls on film" video
3. toured w/match box 20 & not as a roadie or groupie

[puerco-bellies]

316. Played chicken with an Exocet armed Omani Gun Boat.

Fished for crab during winter on the Pacific Coast.
Been shot point-blank in the abdomen.

Now I have chosen the serene life of a commodities broker.

[bridgit]

317. Exocet is rather tenacious isn't it, what was the platform you used...

to circumvent :hi: glad your still here so as to say

[puerco-bellies]

322. They (The gunboat was skippered by a Brit) choose not to fire.

If she would have it would not have gone well for either vessel (I was on a U.S. Guided Missile Destroyer).

Edited because I spell like a freeper.

[WeRQ4U]

319. Hiked 72 miles in 10 days, held a state triple jumping record, AND........

Skinny Dipped in a Mountain stream that couldn't have been more than about 36 degrees. I could SEE where the water was melting into the stream.

[underpants]

320. Committed act of war entering Czechoslovakia

Appeared in a political ad
Had anonymous sex on moving train (this one tops rolling under a moving train).

[soleft]

347. Did the base that scene in Stripes on you?

[grace0418]

321. 1. Lost (and FOUND) my contact in a mosh pit.

2. Watched a blue whale swim by me only about 20 feet away, and he breached the water with his enormous tail.

3. Helped take over Lake Shore Drive in a spontaneous war protest march in Chicago. I doubt many people can say they walked up the middle of the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive during rush hour (me and 15,000 of my friends, I guess ;) ).

[Mrs.Matcom]

323. My 3

1. survived cervical cancer.
2. married Matcom



















3. survived being married to Matcom... :*

[noiretextatique]

324. mine

1) missed having lunch at lina wertmueller's flat in rome because i got drunk with my boyfriend's mother the night before.
2) sat in on a session of the italian parliment and met the leader of the italian socialist party
3) had a short play produced in san francisco, with one of the actors attempting to play yours truly.

i'm feeling especially shitty today, so thanks...this took my mind off my troubles for a minute.

[elehhhhna]

325. Spent a weekend at Camp Casey,

Find octapi (?) frequently when snorkeling.
Swam with a wild giant eagle-ray.
Literally walked into Jon-Benet Ramsey's Dad.
Turned down a full ride @ West Point.
Owned and loved Joey, the best kitty of all time/infinity.
Married a real man!
Went to the "old country" & met distant cousins in Holland (WHAT A PARTY!)
Dropped Richard Dent (Chgo Bears SuperbowlWinner/Defense) to his knees w/ a martial arts move while 8 months pregnant.
Ran for Governor at Illinois Girl's State (& LOST!)
State Champion Speechteam 2 years.
Met & had a blast with a bunch of drag queens at The Baton.

I'm sure there's more...

[ohiosmith]

326. Did TV commercials when I was a kid, survived an auto accident

in which my 1976 Honda Civic was totaled, met Timothy Leary.

[ignatius 2]

328. Wow,these are all awesome!!!Dems are fucking tons more interesting

than repubs. KUDOS ALL!!!

[Ramsey]

327. Mine may be gross

1. Helped to perform an autopsy on the 140 year old body of former president Zachary Taylor to prove he was not poisoned (OK, I really just watched!)

2. Performed The Lips at Rocky Horror Picture Show live stage act about 100 times in my corset and fishnets.

3. Witnessed the matcom butt-crack live! (Well, maybe that one shoudn't count, probably LOTS of people have done that!)

:loveya:

I left out the other disgusting things I dissected while doing forensic path as a medical student.

[BuelahWitch]

329. Mine are pretty unique, I think

Going chronologically:

1. At 4, I almost fell out of a ferris wheel when the bar flew open. My mother grabbed me and was holding me by one arm. Don't know if that counts cause I didn't "do" it on purpose.

2. Walked around Brigham Young University dressed in a black leotard, fishnet stockings and high heels. I was doing a singing telegram. Oh yeah, this happened LONG AFTER #1, so God wasn't punishing me.

3. Got a tour of Charlie Chaplin's old studio in Hollywood. Twice.

[graywarrior]

333. OK, since I'm awake at 6 am

1. I do these


2. Drank with Hell's Angels

3. Was a concert promoter in the 70's in Boston

[FizzFuzz]

348. I used to do those!!

shop I worked at closed (I was only there for a year. Was taken on as an apprentice and two weeks later, the artist had to attend to family emergencies out of state. YEEK! But I did ok (phew!) Sadly, the people he put in charge of the business end didn't know what they were doing. It closed a year later, but it was cool while it lasted.
That is a BEAUTIFUL piece there! :thumbsup:

2) Slept in a tent with a biker (I had ridden by myself to a biker fest, on my 1984 FLHS Shovel rat bike. Planned to ride back home that evening, but this guy said it was a bad idea, shrimpy me riding alone late at night. So he let me sleep in his tent with him, and NOTHING impolite happened! He was very nice! :) Everyone was wonderful to me; it was very very fun.) I hadn't thought of this one in awhile--you reminded me.

3) Interpreted (Sign Language) for many cool performances, including onstage with Howie Mandel, Allen Ginsberg (!), Jesse Jackson, local Rocky Horror show (I was Columbia), Indigo Girls, Allison Krause, Lynyrd Skynyrd, among others.

[graywarrior]

350. We're twin flames of a sort

[FizzFuzz]

367. and I've got long grey hair too

well, I like to call it silver ;)

:hi:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

334. hmmmm...

1. I've interviewed authors on the radio

2. I attended a Japanese university for a year, and not on any special program for American students, either

3. At the age of ten, I participated in a recorder ensemble formed by my church choir director, who was an early early music freak, as in he was an early music freak before there were very many of them.

[Solon]

335. OK, my three or more...

1) I died(heart stopped), specifically drowned in a frozen lake, all I remember is waking up the next day in a hospital, with all sorts of monitors on me.

2) I was born at 12 lbs, I guess that would be something about me that's different, don't know if it counts though.

3) Sex on the beach, and no I'm not talking about the drink, I have fond memories of Cancun, what memories I have that is ;) Broke my heart what happened to it. :cry:

4) Rode in a Helicopter, that was fun!

5) While in Cancun, rented a VW bug with a couple of buddies, and off to Tulum, we didn't follow signs, it was years ago, and we promptly got lost. I used a compass, and we finally found familiarity and worked our way back to Cancun, that was an interesting all-day adventure.

6) Invited to a presidential dinner with President Clinton(ok, not really me, my Grandmother, but she wanted me to go, I had other commitments though, oh well.)

[StellaBlue]

336. hrm

1 - I have lived in a foreign country for four years

2 - I have been pinched on the butt by world dart champion Phil Taylor

3 - I have been to a cocktail party with the Archibishop of Canterbury (he was not my date! haha)

(4 - I have been picked up by TV chef Ainsley Harriot)

(5 - I have been hugged by smut novelist Jilly Cooper)

(6 - I have protested outside George Bush's bedroom window dressed in colonial garb and was featured on Mexican TV)

[Red Knight]

337. Camel Spider, old naked guy and Greg Brady

Those things have all touched my life. Not literal touching but...you know.

1.)I was attacked by a camel spider. I don't know if anyone has seen these ugly things but they are just a little bit frightening. It was during the first Gulf War....I was in logistics and worked the night shift. Our aircraft were down during the initial bombing(mostly C-130s--so they didn't need to be up)and two other airmen and I were playing Monopoly in the warehouse. The back roll-up door was open. This-----"thing" comes gliding in---right for the table we're all sitting at.

I bravely got up and ran behind the desk while another guy--in an obvious attempt to save me---jumped on TOP of the desk. The hero was the guy on guard duty who happened to have a broken arm from tripping over a tent rope a few days earlier. He could only hold the M-16 with one arm and soon realized that swinging it at the critter wasn't doing much.

I suggested a heavy phone book.

He put the rifle down and smashed the spider with the book.

Pure M-A-S-H moments.


2.)While helping the Denocratic congressional candidate canvass---she was on one side of the street---I was on the other---I came to a house, knocked on the door, and an 87 year old guy opens the door wide---and yes--he's stark naked.

He wasn't embarrassed at all because he just stood there waiting for my speech.

I uttered a quick apology and offered some pamphlets. I think he was sorry I rushed off but he did promise his vote.

Two houses down I was attacked by a dog.

Fortunately the lady running for congress had no such incidents to deal with on her side of the street.


3.)Had drinks with Barry Williams(Greg Brady) and Judy Norton-Taylor(MaryEllen Walton). This was at a remote site in Alaska for a short tour when I was active duty back in the 80's. It was at the NCO club. They were both terriffic. Not so terriffic---Catherine Bach(Daisy Duke---much shorter than I thought)was somewhat snobbish.

It was like walking into Nic-at-Night's T.V. Land.

[underpants]

339. Welcome to DU

in an obvious attempt to save me---jumped on TOP of the desk

That's too funny. I've seen pictures of those camel spiders and YIKES! (cold shiver)

Hey if you haven't already read "The Last True Story I Will Ever Tell" by a guy named John Crawford. A great look at life of a infantry man in Iraq. If you have ever been in the Army you will laugh out loud at the "What the fuck!?!" moments. A GREAT read.

[jojog]

338. ok

1. Hang out with the Ramones backstage (actually a shed) at Exit/In in Nashville in 1978.

2. been to 3 different World Series, 1987, 1995, 1996

3. Was witness to Red Brigade bombing of Fiat dealership in Italy in 1970's.

4. Purchased 1st Clash album in England and brought it back to USA before it was on sale here.

5. Working backstage of Crosby Stills Nash concert, Stephen Stills shared an ointment - Tiger Balm - with me. He used it to keep down sweat on his forehead.

6. Saw Queen of England riding horse throught streets in a parade.

7. Been in the rain forest of Coasta Rica with FDA Ethno-Biologist Jim Duke.

There is more but let's say "May you live in interesting times"

[Rabrrrrrr]

340. Ha! I jumped out of an F-16 into a damp sponge!

[bridgit]

346. jumped out, or were ejected...

:shrug:

[Rabrrrrrr]

353. Jumped out, of course.

Never ejected.

[Lumily]

341. My three.

1. Saw Elvis Presley in concert, It was 1976, and I was 6 years old.

2. Had Mikhail Baryshnikov give me a rose, tell me I was very beautiful, and I responded by running away and throwing up in a trashcan outside his dressing room. I was 20 years old, and it was easily the most embarrassing moment of my life. He was very nice to me after my "performance" and gave me a damp towel for my face. Oh! That was so embarrassing!!!

3. Raised $4400.00 for the Eliszabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation over the internet.

[ET Awful]

342. 1) Rapelled down a 300 foot cliff-face.

2) Been knocked off a surfboard by a diving pelican in northern San Diego County.

3) Shared waves with dolphins while surfing off of Leo Carillo State Beach in California.

[av8rdave]

343. Here's mine

1. hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and rafted it for 6 days

2. piloted aircraft past mach 1

3. stared down Newt Gingrich

4. met Howard Dean

5. whale watched on Bay of Banderas

[Rob H.]

344. My three:

1. Eaten octopus sushi - mainly just to be able to say I've done it. And now I've said it, so nyah. :P

2. Served on a municipal jury, a federal jury, and a grand jury. I served on the first two a little over a year apart. Why can't The Man leave me alone?

3. Lived in Iran. My parents worked for Bell Helicopter/Textron and we left right before Ayatollah Khomeini returned. Some of my parents' coworkers had had their cars firebombed and that was enough motivation for us to get the hell out of there.

[Mizmoon]

349. Had my sandwich stolen out of my hand by a seagull

It flew in from behind, hit me in the head, stole my sandwich right out of my hand, and flew away with it. That's fairly rare, I think.

I had sex in the office of the college president. It wasn't with the college president and I'm not saying what college it was.

Had my website mentioned in the New England Journal of Medicine and I'm not even a doctor (or advertiser).

[seemunkee]

352. Climbed Mount Ranier, Ski toured for 2 weeks in the Adirondacks,

and wrapped a canoe around a rock in PA and went through the rapids without the boat.

[KamaAina]

354. Swum with dolphins, in both the ocean and in pools

Seen a Dead show in New Orleans, at Lakefront Arena in '88. (Afterwards tie-dyes ruled Bourbon St., and as far as I could tell, no one was "set up like a bowlin' pin".)

Met with the staff of both my present U.S. Senators, last month (did you know I am the chair of a semi-quasi-important state agency?)

[Jamastiene]

355. I met Deborah Harry.

I have played original music in several rock bands in an area where no one wants to hear original music.

When I was 12 years old, I stuck my tongue in a light socket to see if it was turned off. It's a long story, but I had seen people stick their tongues to 9 volt batteries to test them. The light buld went out and my grandmother was going to get a new one to put into the lamp. I was playing with the lamp when she started to go get the bulb. She couldn't remember if she had turned the lamp out. I told her I would check it and wow, it was amazing. At first, I liked it. Honestly, I didn't notice the pain at first. I heard pretty music and felt my bones tingling. My bones were making music, in a way. They were resonating. I didn't really mind it until I noticed I couldn't move and the current was really starting to go through me and hurting. Luckily, it threw me off the lamp. Otherwise, my dumb ass would be dead today.

[dback]

356. Hmm, these were the first ones I thought of:

1. Seen a movie ("E.T.") more than 40 times in a theater--separate admissions.
2. Posed nude for "art photography"
3. Won on a game show
4. Seen more than five "gay divas" (Streisand, Midler, Minnelli, Peters, Cher, Madonna, Lupone) in concert
5. Married the same person twice
6. Been a published author (with a royalty check)
7. Been a performed playwright (and won 2 awards for it)
8. Been an exchange student to a foreign country
9. Sat atop the marquee at the Castro theater
10. Had sex in a church stairwell

[Demobrat]

358. I was taken off of a South American bus at gunpoint

and lived to tell about it.

Arrived in Budapest by train at midnight - with no plan and no place to stay.

Worked on a salmon fishing boat in Alaska.

Passed a sobriety test after about 12 margaritas. No idea how I did that.

[MnFats]

360. shook hands with Mick Jager AND Jerry Garcia.

and a couple of sex things that i suppose i should not go into here tho one of them is commonly referred to with a phrase in French.

[Martin Eden]

362. 4 homers, shook hands with Ernie Banks, interviewed on TV

I hit 4 home runs in 4 at bats in a slow-pitch softball game, each over the head of a different outfielder (no fences).

In the mid-sixties I was visting my cousins who lived on Beverly Avenue in Chicago down the street from the Beverly House (a swanky joint). They were friends with the parking lot attendants who told us Cubs star Ernie Banks and his wife would be there that night. We waited, shook his hand, and got his autograph. He was as friendly as he always is on TV.

On March 14 2003 while waiting behind the Art Institute of Chicago to catch one of the 3 A.N.S.W.E.R. buses taking us to the antiwar protest the next day in Washington DC, I was interviewed by local channel 37 after the reporter saw my sign that said THIS WAR IS UNWISE - THIS WAR IS UNJUST on one side and BUSH BETRAYS THE PEOPLE'S TRUST on the other. I talked on camera for a solid 5 minutes and got in all the essential points, but my segment was clipped to about 20 seconds on the broadcast.

[fudge stripe cookays]

363. 1. Auditioned for Jeopardy

2. Slept with the drummer for the Goo-Goo Dolls back in the 80s when we were buds in our college dorm.

3. Been to the top of the Diablerets Glacier in Switzerland

[DainBramaged]

364. Hmmm interesting

1)Flown in a commercial jet plane when one of it's engines blew up on take off in 1973. Obviously I survived.

2)Won NHRA Super Stock finals at Springnationals in Ohio in 1976 as crew chief

3)Found a bottle from the 1800's scuba diving off Virgin Gorda in 1983

[swimboy]

366. All right--I sang for Prince Charles, twice, and Jacques Cousteau.

I smoked pot with some great Italian guys in the hills above Urbino.
Nude snorkeling at a red sand beach in an extinct volcano.
Hitch-hiked in Great Britain so I could climb the face of Glyder Fach and spend the night alone on Castell y Gwynt.

[swimboy]

369. And I killed the longest damn thread I've ever seen here.

:cry:

[JackDragna]

370. My 3 cents.

1. Been face-to-face with a polar bear in the wild.

2. Had sex with 3 people at the same time.

3. Drank beer with a Nigerian economics professor.

[Kailassa]

371. I guess these would qualify.

1. I've been delivered to school by helicopter, landing in the middle of the quadrangle, scattering the students who were singing the national anthem.

2. I've physically thrown three men off a moving train at night on a steep hillside covered in thorn-bushes. They were forcing all the girls in the carriage to tongue-kiss them, and when I kicked two of them in the groin and ran to the train door they forced it open and tried to push me out. And I had the advantage of being sober.

3. I slept with the man who I had been dating for the last 12 months, before the wedding. Five minutes before, actually, and his wife-to-be was not impressed. Giving me a wedding invitation had been his way of breaking the news to me that he'd been two-timing, and I'd gone, (it was at the bride's family's lavish mansion,) intending to just have a look out of curiosity.

But even tho I didn't know his bride, she knew me, and started jeering at me, saying Philip wouldn't want to touch me with a 10' pole. I asked her if she'd like to bet on that and she said yes. Their marriage lasted nearly a year, and he couldn't understand why I would not take him back afterwards.

[ccinamon]

372. My 3

1) spent 45 min in an airplane on the ground in Vietnam in 1971 (I was 13 years old at the time and we were being sent to Bangkok, Thailand)
2) sat in the cockpit jumpseat for an hour flight -- I did work for the airline, but it was not part of my job function to be in the cockpit
3) in my spare time, I perform Raks Sharqi (aka bellydancing) at numerous events each year