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What's an unbelievable fact about yourself?
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AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
I know something that nobody knows, but everyone also knows the very same thing.
LookAtMeGo
Member
I am a decendant of Kenneth MacAlpin.
Cato the Censor
Member
I accidentially rammed a bayonet into my forehead when I was a kid (about 10). Grabbed it, angrily chased my sister in the living room and stumled.
My grandmother threw me on the table, wiped the blood away, put a band aid on the wound and sent me on my way.
Can feel the dent in my skull to this day.
My grandmother threw me on the table, wiped the blood away, put a band aid on the wound and sent me on my way.
Can feel the dent in my skull to this day.
Lol. That's pretty awesome. (the job, not the disbelief, of course)
Mr. Poolman
Member
I can beat both Contra and Super C without losing a single life.
Always-honest
Banned
Dude.. some WiiU games will really light your gaming fire. Amazing games.
Switch Back 9
a lot of my threads involve me fucking up somehow. Perhaps I'm a moron?
What a roller coaster of a post.
choco-fish
Member
Well done.
House of the Dead 3 is the only time I've ever completed an arcade game in an actual arcade.
High Fry Frow
Member
I had a tumor on my pituitary gland that had to be removed. Because of the extensive depressing effect it had on my mood, I had 17 treatments of ECT done. As a result of all of the brain tinkering, I illegitimately have no recollection of any event, detail or interaction from November 2015 to July 2016.... Nothing. It is a blank slate. It is as if I enjoyed my family thanksgiving and then I woke up the next day to a Californian summer.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
I had a Top Secret Clearance with no HS diploma or a GED. Might be impossible to do anymore. Even when I joined up, only 0.5% of the recruits had even a GED. I had to get a waiver. On top of the to get my TS, I might be the only person since the draft to do it.
Megalosaro
Banned
I once had a shotgun aimed at me by an FBI agent that was raiding my hotel room.
choco-fish
Member
Oh I just remembered,
Aged 3 I almost drowned in a pond. My dad was busy making a wire netting to go over the pond at the request of my mum, because she was worried one of the kids might drown in the pond.... He had his back turned and was on the other side of the garden for a few minutes whist he finished the net.
He turned around and found me floating face down in the water. He dragged me out and checked me over, I was still breathing anyway... dunno how long I was under for but I was OK. Dad stayed calm but my mum was screaming like a banshee, its the only time my dad ever slapped or hit my mum.
Aged 3 I almost drowned in a pond. My dad was busy making a wire netting to go over the pond at the request of my mum, because she was worried one of the kids might drown in the pond.... He had his back turned and was on the other side of the garden for a few minutes whist he finished the net.
He turned around and found me floating face down in the water. He dragged me out and checked me over, I was still breathing anyway... dunno how long I was under for but I was OK. Dad stayed calm but my mum was screaming like a banshee, its the only time my dad ever slapped or hit my mum.
neurosyphilis
Definitely not an STD, as I'm a pure.
-I'm 20 years old, but everyone thinks I'm 15.
-Whenever I go somewhere during school hours everyone asks me why am I not in school and always assume I'm skipping or dropped out.
-I have an uncle that I'm 1 month older than, we just call each others cousins so we don't have to explain ourselves to people.
-I force my self to eat a lot of food to try and gain weight, but it doesn't work and I'm still only 130lbs.
-Whenever I go somewhere during school hours everyone asks me why am I not in school and always assume I'm skipping or dropped out.
-I have an uncle that I'm 1 month older than, we just call each others cousins so we don't have to explain ourselves to people.
-I force my self to eat a lot of food to try and gain weight, but it doesn't work and I'm still only 130lbs.
VeryGooster
Banned
I won a sports championship
It was a signup volleyball tournament in high school but damn it my serves were killer
Oveja Negra
Member
This was a legit interesting/crazy/happy/sad story.
Correctomundo's post was ace too. Beyond amazing how "weird" our brains can function sometimes.
milkham
Member
Mcdonalds on canal street?
Rabbi_Vole
Banned
My uncle's first wife was a child extra in Smokey and the Bandit 2.
Summer Haze
Banned
I had a rare condition as a baby called Kawasaki Disease in which the blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed, in my case I had severe inflammation of the coronary arteries and was very close to death. I had to take daily medication until I was 10 years old to cure it. My Mom told me that it was so rare at the time that the doctors asked her if they could take pictures of my symptoms for their records.
Not really unbelievable I guess but it's all I could think of.
Not really unbelievable I guess but it's all I could think of.
Absolutely. It feels great against my skin.
Rabbi_Vole
Banned
Is it named after you?
Summer Haze
Banned
No, it's named after Tomisaku Kawasaki.
LookAtMeGo
Member
I once had to break up a fight between 2 friends because the one slept with the other ones girlfriend who happened to be one of the twins who was the baby in 3 Men and a Baby.
I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not
That raises even more questions.
That's impressive if that was only 1 continue. Fuck fool.
ClayKavalier
Banned
I was obsessed with Pootie Tang as a kid and watched it every chance I got. I think because I was so young I assigned meaning to his slang, and used the phrases often. My parents and their friends just thought it was funny, and other kids were often weirded out but some found it amusing and while I was teased about it it was never especially malicious and never gave me much trouble.
That is until I started looking for work. I actually got my degree debt-free by working while going to school full-time and going to community college for electives, but I ended up taking out a sizable loan after being convinced that I wasn't being taken seriously in interviews because of the way I talked. At this point it was 20+ years of habit to drop in Pootie'a words when appropriate, and especially if I got nervous it was hard to filter my speech. I am able to control it now though.
Also I chew an entire pack of gum nearly every day.
That is until I started looking for work. I actually got my degree debt-free by working while going to school full-time and going to community college for electives, but I ended up taking out a sizable loan after being convinced that I wasn't being taken seriously in interviews because of the way I talked. At this point it was 20+ years of habit to drop in Pootie'a words when appropriate, and especially if I got nervous it was hard to filter my speech. I am able to control it now though.
Also I chew an entire pack of gum nearly every day.
CloudyTuba
Member
I have seen The Empire Strikes Back over 100 times.
I have accidentally wandered into a scene starring Johnny Depp while going for a walk.
I was the hostage in a bank robbery.
I've done horizontal loops in a small plane that I was piloting.
My great great grandmother was alive when I was born.
I share a name with a famous person.
I have accidentally wandered into a scene starring Johnny Depp while going for a walk.
I was the hostage in a bank robbery.
I've done horizontal loops in a small plane that I was piloting.
My great great grandmother was alive when I was born.
I share a name with a famous person.
Knuckle Sandwich
Member
Our neighbor ran over both my legs in his big truck when I was around 4 or 5 and I was fine. No breaks, not fractures, just bruises. Maybe young bones are flexible or somethin'.,
Escape Goat
Member
I invented the question mark.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Hey, me too.
I can also raise my eyebrows independently of one another, cross my eyes at will, snap the fingers on both of my hands.
I've met Bill Clinton, and he shook my foot.
Part of me says to just leave it at that, but I'll explain.
It was, if memory serves, September of 1992. I had just turned 6. My father was covering a sports game in another state but had to come home early due to his laptop being destroyed by an errant foul ball. So, we went to his office to pick him up (he'd gotten a ride from the airport to the office).
As we waited for my father, we noticed a surprising amount of people waiting outside the main entrance. Normally it was pretty empty. My father came out and picked me up, putting me on his shoulders, and then we wandered over to see what was up.
As it so happened, candidate Bill Clinton was there for an interview that had just finished, and was doing the whole shaking hands and kissing babies routine outside. Somehow we got into the crowd, and found ourselves face to face with him.
He looked up at me, and went, "Hi, I'm Bill Clinton!"
And I, emboldened by the fact that I was on my father's shoulders, said proudly, "Hi, I'm (my name), and I'm taller than you!"
It was quite obvious, even to me, that this was not the reaction he expected. He paused for a moment, and then laughed. Not a fake laugh, but one of those "this cheeky kid" sort. He then reached up and shook my right foot.
Which, I should add, was bare, because for some reason my mother let me walk around this area barefoot.
So, yeah, when I was 6, Bill Clinton shook my foot after I gave him a cheeky answer.
Part of me says to just leave it at that, but I'll explain.
It was, if memory serves, September of 1992. I had just turned 6. My father was covering a sports game in another state but had to come home early due to his laptop being destroyed by an errant foul ball. So, we went to his office to pick him up (he'd gotten a ride from the airport to the office).
As we waited for my father, we noticed a surprising amount of people waiting outside the main entrance. Normally it was pretty empty. My father came out and picked me up, putting me on his shoulders, and then we wandered over to see what was up.
As it so happened, candidate Bill Clinton was there for an interview that had just finished, and was doing the whole shaking hands and kissing babies routine outside. Somehow we got into the crowd, and found ourselves face to face with him.
He looked up at me, and went, "Hi, I'm Bill Clinton!"
And I, emboldened by the fact that I was on my father's shoulders, said proudly, "Hi, I'm (my name), and I'm taller than you!"
It was quite obvious, even to me, that this was not the reaction he expected. He paused for a moment, and then laughed. Not a fake laugh, but one of those "this cheeky kid" sort. He then reached up and shook my right foot.
Which, I should add, was bare, because for some reason my mother let me walk around this area barefoot.
So, yeah, when I was 6, Bill Clinton shook my foot after I gave him a cheeky answer.
bulletbill10
Member
I've cut open a man's head and removed his brain.
It was for a cadaveric anatomy class. We started with fresh cadavers, and I was on brain duty
Lord Thrappleper The 49th
Member
My full name with title and honourifics is Sir Lord Shadow-Justice-Oversecretary Wallace Philistine-Willinhiem Cuthbert Thrappleper the 49th, 49th heir to the family estate of Warfordshire in Kensington-on-Stoke. Personal under-squire and confidant of her Majesty Elizabeth II, or Lizzy, as we've become close chim-chums of late.
RoyaleDuke
Banned
I survived viral spinal meningitis 4 times.
Delicious Waffles
Member
I can move my ears.
LilWayneSuckz
Member
I'm 29 and have never had a boyfriend or girlfriend
Trigonometrize.
Member
I can do those two things at the same time
Megalosaro
Banned
Long story short... I was 15 at the time. The year prior, my parents had become addicted to cocaine, pissed away their careers, pissed away their savings, pissed away their retirement funds and pissed away our house. We had moved into an apartment... but we lost that too.
My parent's drug dealers felt sort of guilty about the whole thing, so they invited us to come stay with them at a hotel.
Things were going sort of good until one day our room's door came flying open and FBI agents came swarming in. I was sitting in a chair, with a blanket wrapped around me. One of the agents aimed his gun at me and shouted at me to remove my hands from under the blanket. I did so.
They then took all the adults and started questioning them. I wasn't questioned, curiously enough.
Turns out the drug dealers had been robbing banks. Thankfully my parents weren't involved (though we were probably benefiting from the robberies since the hotel rooms were paid for by the dealers). My parents were let go and their dealers were arrested.
I'm so fucking lucky my parents weren't arrested or whatever. That would have sucked DICK
Anyway, we were kicked out of the hotel and had to sleep outside for a bit. Until my parents could scratch up enough money from unemployment to get us a hotel room somewhere else.
Anyway, that sucked.
What was that like?
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