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Old May 2nd 2007 | 11:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Wendy
Now you don't expect us to believe that do you





Number 9 just can't be true
Everything's true except number 10, it's actually 12 and a half inches but I stole the extra half...
 
Old May 2nd 2007 | 11:41 pm
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1 I am a member of the mile high club.

2 I have a 17-1-2 record as an MMA fighter.

3 I have a pilots licence.

4 I met and had a drink with Diana.

5 I am a broncos season ticket holder.

6 I was at the famous 4-3 NUFC/LFC game (First one)

7 I have killed for my country.

8 I got to the second last auditions for big brother.

9 I have a chess rating of 2479.

10 I am not fat.

 
Old May 2nd 2007 | 11:43 pm
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Originally Posted by walla
Everything's true except number 10, it's actually 12 and a half inches but I stole the extra half...

I was close...
 
Old May 2nd 2007 | 11:44 pm
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1) I'm Scots, my wifes chinese, and our children are australian
2) Sean Connery ran his hands through my hair when I met him as a kid at Gleneagles
3) I swam at national level and appeared on TV a few times for it.
4) I sound Irish, my wife sounds american, and our kids sound like screaming ozzies
5)If you've ever used Lotus 1-2-3 or Lotus Notes, you've used some of my code
6) If you've ever made an international money transfer, I wrote some of that too. But no, I've no idea why it takes 5 days
7) I appeared on 'Romparoom' as a child. My TV career didn't take off.
8) I've crashed a Renault 21 estate into a lampost at 80 miles an hour six feet in the air. Only one scar.
9) I've watched the car in front of me explode and our windshield blow in from the blast.
10) I detest unnecessary noise.

JTL

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Old May 2nd 2007 | 11:52 pm
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Originally Posted by Fat Bloke
1 I am a member of the mile high club.

2 I have a 17-1-2 record as an MMA fighter.

3 I have a pilots licence.

4 I met and had a drink with Diana.

5 I am a broncos season ticket holder.

6 I was at the famous 4-3 NUFC/LFC game (First one)

7 I have killed for my country.

8 I got to the second last auditions for big brother.

9 I have a chess rating of 2479.

10 I am not fat.

I cried after #6.
 
Old May 2nd 2007 | 11:55 pm
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1. I have had an article published in a medical journal even though I work in IT

2. I am a PADI rescue diver and have dived all over the world.

3. My husband is 18 inches taller than me - I am five foot and he is 6 foot 6.

4. I own over 50 pairs of shoes.

5. I swum for my county when I was a kid.

6. I have saved someone's life.

7. I got drunk one night at uni, fell down some stairs and cracked my head open. I had to have half my hair shaved off so they could fix it up.

8. I hate baked beans. The smell of them makes me feel sick.

9. I never went abroad until I was 20.

10. I have a phobia of birds.
 
Old May 3rd 2007 | 12:06 am
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1. I have two hated middle names that I will never reveal to anyone.
2. I'm rather good at trivia/general knowledge and was once on Sale of the Century
3. I have a phobia of moths and butterflys
4. I came to Australia alone and didn't know a single soul in Sydney when I arrived.
5. I'm trying to learn French for the fourth time
6. Met countless famous people in my days as a hotel receptionist and trolley dolly in the 70s.
7. Celtic music gives me goosebumps.
8. I can wiggle my ears.
9. I sneeze in the sun.
10. The door of an aircraft I was working on once, opened 400 feet out of Manchester airport
 
Old May 3rd 2007 | 12:24 am
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Default Re: 10 interesting things

Originally Posted by JackTheLad
1) I'm Scots, my wifes chinese, and our children are australian
2) Sean Connery ran his hands through my hair when I met him as a kid at Gleneagles
3) I swam at national level and appeared on TV a few times for it.
4) I sound Irish, my wife sounds american, and our kids sound like screaming ozzies
5)If you've ever used Lotus 1-2-3 or Lotus Notes, you've used some of my code
6) If you've ever made an international money transfer, I wrote some of that too. But no, I've no idea why it takes 5 days
7) I appeared on 'Romparoom' as a child. My TV career didn't take off.
8) I've crashed a Renault 21 estate into a lampost at 80 miles an hour six feet in the air. Only one scar.
9) I've watched the car in front of me explode and our windshield blow in from the blast.
10) I detest unnecessary noise.

JTL

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i saw on the jonathon ross show that 007 sean didnt wash his hands when he has a piss

im glad you recovered
 
Old May 3rd 2007 | 12:59 am
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  1. At 17 was nearly arrested outside Temple Meads train station for being drunk and disorderly at 10am….
  2. I was a skinny, white faced, Goth with black spikey hair
  3. Worked as a waitress in Switzerland for a winter season
  4. I inter-railed around Europe on my own at 21, sleeping on the trains to save money.
  5. I’ve held an Oscar (used to work next door to Aardmans!)
  6. Was offered a teaching job whilst travelling solo in the Hunza Valley, Northern Pakistan (didn’t take it)
  7. Adam and I got engaged after one month
  8. Had pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome in my first pregnancy
  9. Went to a Christmas Eve party in LA and met Ricky Lake in her PJs… (could have also met Helen Hunt, but we decided to go to see the Queen Mary instead).
  10. Travelled to 28 countries & have island hopped around 14 Greek islands.
 
Old May 3rd 2007 | 1:08 am
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Brisben,

Well done! You were the only one paying close attention!
I did that one on purpose, cause if you look closely you'll see it's Point number 4.5, and not just 4.
haha! Nerrrh! heh heh

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Old May 3rd 2007 | 1:16 am
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Default Re: 10 interesting things

Originally Posted by JackTheLad
1) I'm Scots, my wifes chinese, and our children are australian
2) Sean Connery ran his hands through my hair when I met him as a kid at Gleneagles
3) I swam at national level and appeared on TV a few times for it.
4) I sound Irish, my wife sounds american, and our kids sound like screaming ozzies
5)If you've ever used Lotus 1-2-3 or Lotus Notes, you've used some of my code
6) If you've ever made an international money transfer, I wrote some of that too. But no, I've no idea why it takes 5 days
7) I appeared on 'Romparoom' as a child. My TV career didn't take off.
8) I've crashed a Renault 21 estate into a lampost at 80 miles an hour six feet in the air. Only one scar.
9) I've watched the car in front of me explode and our windshield blow in from the blast.
10) I detest unnecessary noise.

JTL

hahaha! You sound like a very interesting person!
Thanks for the giggles.
 
Old May 3rd 2007 | 1:28 am
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Originally Posted by Vegemite
Brisben,

Well done! You were the only one paying close attention!
I did that one on purpose, cause if you look closely you'll see it's Point number 4.5, and not just 4.
haha! Nerrrh! heh heh
Ahh I disagree, you have edited it as my reply is a copy of your original post and there was no 4.5
 
Old May 3rd 2007 | 1:45 am
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! I'm boring
 
Old May 3rd 2007 | 2:36 am
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Originally Posted by Brisben
Ahh I disagree, you have edited it as my reply is a copy of your original post and there was no 4.5

Nice ploy, sadly let down by lack of intelligence and time stamps.

Oh Dear God ...
 
Old May 3rd 2007 | 4:19 am
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1/ I once sat on Tom Jones' lap
2/ I once shook hands with Prince Charles and wished him happy birthday
3/ I am hypermobile
4/ I am learning belly dancing
5/ I've fired a crossbow
6/ I once fell off a bus and broke my elbow
7/ My friend was in Dexy's Midnight Runners
8/ I've never tried drugs
9/ I once sank a rowing boat, by dancing in it!
10/ I've had my thumb chopped off and re-attached
 


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