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Strange but true fun facts about yourself

Zee-Row

Banned
-I’ve never broken a bone in my body.
-I have a phobia of things near my eyes.
-I don’t have kids
-I own my own house
-I love spicy food
-I’m a Florida Man
-I’m Cuban American
 

Murkas

Member
I take shits naked. And usually with no phone which seems to be impossible to people nowadays who can't go in without their phone. Shits are me time. My escape from the outside world, use that time to reflect, confront anxieties/fears/joys etc that I may have.

Done more drinking and drugs than I have cigarettes (0).

Won a Toadstool skin 3DS from Club Nintendo years back. Pretty sure I posted it in the thread about it here.

Got suspended from school for showing friends porn, the porn in question was a picture of George Bush bumming Bin laden (might have been the other way round) from back in 2002 or so. Fun classical pre Youtube memes.
 
I was featured in a Japanese newspaper article when I was a kid. My picture was there and everything.

Only 2 other people that ever lived have the same name as me.

^^^^

Oh, and this reminds me.

I'm the only person on Earth with my first and last name combination.
 

juicyb

Member
I changed my last name when I was 12 by having my parents both sign and agree to it. Around middle school people started to make fun of me constantly, bully me, and call up my house phone and leave death threats. That's when I decided I would change my last name and after that, when high school came around, my name was different and I was able to make friends.

Some of my friends still stuck it out with me despite the bullying and pressure. Kids are jerks.
 

Qasiel

Member
I was so large as a baby (carried for almost 10 months) that I cracked a rib on the way out. Instead of healing properly, the 2 ends twisted round themselves (much like when you cross your fingers) and healed that way. This means I can't do certain exercises like running/jogging without getting sharp, stabbing pains in my chest. Oddly, swimming and cycling are fine.

Also, my eyes change colour a lot but I've heard that's a common thing among some people and things such as blood pressure or even weather can be causes. My eyes are usually blue/green with a bit of brown around the pupil but I've seen them go completely grey before. There's also pictures of me where I'm hetero-chromatic with one blue eye and one green eye.
 

liquidtmd

Banned
I'm the only person on Earth with my first and last name combination.

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I have the same name as a B-list actor.

I went to the Microsoft Word national championships in high school.

I have only two degrees of separation from Barack Obama.

I've been technically banned from Best Buy for the past 10 years, but it's never really enforced.

I think Mario 64 is one of the worst games in the series.

I used to own the domain name corresponding to the AACS encryption key.
 
-i sneeze when i think about sex
-i sneeze a lot
-i have nearly died around 15 times (not sneezing related)
-i made my own bed (out of metal racking and mdf) and i get to lie in it
-i practiced my own religion for a while
-i have seen 3 UFOs
leave it alone scepticGAF ;p
 

Smellycat

Member
I eat the starburst wrappers with the starburst. Don't know why. think my hands hurt one day and just said screw it.

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This is something that you should never admit to anyone


I have the same name as a B-list actor.

I went to the Microsoft Word national championships in high school.

I have only two degrees of separation from Barack Obama.

I've been technically banned from Best Buy for the past 10 years, but it's never really enforced.

I think Mario 64 is one of the worst games in the series.

I used to own the domain name corresponding to the AACS encryption key.

Details please
 

otakukidd

Member
Sounds like you two should meet up. Always a first time for everything!

otakukidd: how on Earth did you end up breaking 7 other people's legs?
Being 300 pounds in high school but still active in football and wrestling. 5 were from my own team...
 
I am deathly afraid of chucky, the horror character. So terrified in fact that I can’t look at a picture of him nor look at the cover of any of the movies. I’m terrified of going to a store where they sell movies right now because the new direct to dvd one just came out. It’s crippling and it’s effecting my life at this point. I will probably not open this thread again for fear of someone quoting me and posting a picture of him.
 
I love to eat raw tomatoes, just like people eat apples.

I've had to kill at least 3 snakes as a kid because they crawled into my home. We lived in a mountainous jungle kind of area and I am terrified of frogs.

I completed my bachelor thesis without having a single word with my advisor except for the time when I met him to submit it.

I've nearly drowned 3 times, with the last time I managed to save my and then girlfriend's lives just because my big toe manage to catch on to a rock and thus kept me from slipping into a deep pit. Pay real close attention to "no swim" warning sign folks.

I have a black belt with 1 dan in Karate Do. Though no one believes it except my close friends because I am quite fat now.
 
I will under no circumstances kill a spider or let anyone in my presence. I will MacGuyver up whatever I can to catch it and then transport it outside.
 

BearPawB

Banned
I have been a part of 2 Guinness world records.

Worlds Largest Coconut Orchestra
Worlds Largest Game of Simon Says (which i think has been beaten at this point)
 
I can kick myself in the head
I was invited to a backyard orgy from jacky joy. ( we went to he same high school)
Tom delonge brought me a beer
I was name Kyle after Kyle reese from the terminator movie.
Hired a porn star escort
 

Pau

Member
Have a birthmark in the shape of a heart in the center of my neck. Sadly it's gotten lighter as I've grown.

Sometimes people say it looks like a bat which is fitting. :3
 
I lived in Belize for 6 months. I don’t have the best sense of smell. I sip my soda, then smack my lips. I’ve heard this last thing has driven a loved one mad.
 
I'm super obsessed with this weird hourglass like pattern. Sort of like this:

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By this I mean that I tap my fingers together. Each one touching my thumb in the order: Pinky, Middle, Ring, Index, repeat. Over and over again.

I do it with my teeth as well. Back right, front left, front right, back left, repeat. In fact, I've done this one so much, my teeth are actually worn down in the places I do it.

If i'm in a seat where My feat aren't comfortable resting on the floor, sometimes I do this with both my feet. Right heel, Left Toe, Right Toe, Left heel.

It's like this constant rhythm that I need to have going in the background while I process everything else I do.
 
I don't like most foods that are spherical in shape and cannot be easily segmented.

I eat food in groups of even numbers.

Chew on the left side and swallow. Chew on the right side and swallow.

The first bite must be chewed by the left side and the last must be on the right side. I have no idea why I do this. I think when I was a kid I was worried about using my right side too much and thought those teeth would get cavities and the ones on the left would have issues from being unused.
 

Hastati

Member
I only get a haircut once every six months, but it doesn't really matter because my hair doesn't ever grow long. Just thickly. Like a biomat.
 

Onivulk

Banned
I have trichotillomania (pull my own hair out)

2 people have attempted to drown me.

I didn't masturbate until I was 17.

I'm way into furry art and was super ashamed but found out that two of my closest friends are furries by accident. We all share the same secret and none of us talk about it.
 
I have a compulsion after I lock a door to check if it's locked. I will try to open it, tugging at the handle while it's locked from the outside or just holding the lock in place from the inside. I'll sometimes do this for up to twenty minutes before going out, or I'll sometimes patrol my house repeatedly checking to see if doors are locked and the garage is closed. I wonder if somebody will think I'm trying to break in, sometimes it keeps me from sleeping at night.

One day as a teen, I started chewing my arm hair off (probably from anxiety). I still do it sometimes while playing videogames, but not as much as I used too. I don't know if this counts as Trichophagia.

Fun!
 

Jobbs

Banned
I frequently repeat things to myself after I say them -- mundane things. anything.

As a child I'd often do it audibly under my breath, but I learned to keep it secret or just do it in my mind as an adult.
 
One day as a teen, I started chewing my arm hair off (probably from anxiety). I still do it sometimes while playing videogames, but not as much as I used too. I don't know if this counts as Trichophagia.

Fun!

This sort of reminded me of something that isn't really strange but video game related.

Back when I was first diagnosed with general anxiety disorder and trying to find out which medication would work, playing video games helped prevent panic attacks.

I believe it the act of focusing my concentration in them that pulled it away from feeling of worry and dread. So, fucking video games actually helped me through a rough time.
 

Mascot

Member
Made an emergency landing on a commercial flight after one of its two engines exploded at cruising altitude.
Accidentally went into the US from Canada without my passport then couldn't get back. Was officially nowhere for a couple of hours.
Drunkenly sneaked into a Madonna concert in Sydney via a fire door and (very) briefly ended up on stage with her.
Won £1,500 on a £15 bet based on a detailed premonition that came exactly true.
 
Never broken anything, but had tons of stitches

Never flown on a plane. Hate heights... but I'm quite tall. Ironic?

Was arrested multiple times for shoplifting when I was a kid. (11-15 range)
I was actually quite good at it, only got caught when other people screwed up.

Lost virginity at 15, ended up marrying the girl I lost it to. Together for 22 years. (Im old)
 
I poop naked 99% of the time. It doesn't matter where i am. All my clothes go on the floor, it doesn't matter if it's on a public toilet.
 
I can count the number of times I have shit in a public place since I was 10 (14 years) on one hand. Cant shit in a public place. I just never feel the need while at work or school. But as soon as I get home at the end of the day it'll happen. Its definitely psychological, but at this point I dont actively control it.

Somebody called me fat in junior high (~age 13) and after that I constantly sucked my stomach/gut in. Always. To this day I am constantly flexing/pulling in my gut. I dont even think about it. I actually have to actively force myself to 100% relax my core and to be honest I hate the feeling. I dont really even have a stomache anymore(not quite flat) but...still do it.

I can stop peeing mid stream. Learned I could do it one time hanging out with friends when I was 14. Went out back behind a tree to take care of business and a few seconds later they come running around the tree trying to scare me. I just stopped, pulled up my shorts, and ran. I've talked to friends about it since and they either dont believe me or cant do it themselves without it hurting too bad. For me its like just...stopping. I can wait a few minutes and then go again.

Married the first girl I ever kissed/dated. I was her first boyfriend that lasted more than a few months. We got married when we were 22. Just had our first kid a few weeks ago. Lots of people think we are too young or that we didnt try out with other people enough. Dont care. We are happy.

Bought a house at the age of 23.

Have had 3 concussions. Good friend of mine, and my sister's boyfriend, has had 7. He almost assuredly has CTE. It makes me nervous but I cant see myself changing anything about the way I spend my freetime playing sports and being physically active.
 
When I was 16, I once painted a full sized zebra crossing on my parents road while they were away on holiday. It made the local paper and everything.
 

old

Member
My pinky toes are curled up and tucked into the adjacent toe.

Parents bought too small of shoes when I was child and now I've got crushed pinky toes.
 
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