BrigieDarling

... that we don't need to know about you!

(an exercise in seeing the person behind the screen)

I collect things that I had when I was a child. (toys and books)

I graduated from a dance academy (17 years of training). I have a certificate signed by Dame Margot Fonteyn.

I've never, ever had the hic-ups in my life.

I wanted to marry Suggs from Madness when I was a teenager.

I'm trying to get daisies to grow all over my lawn, just like it does in England. (Nothing happening yet, but I have faith)

dudleydowg

I think I'll have a go at this one

1. when I was 11 I wouldn't wear my snorkell jacket because I thought it looked like a foreskin and was going through a phase

2. My parents wouldn't let me watch Dr Who because of the Daleks

3, I hate that wood you could buy from a sweet shop and can chew

4 My claim to fame is that I knocked over Glynis Barber of Dempsey and Makepiece fame on a nightclub dancefloor


5 I have a 50m swimming certificate by hopping with one foot on the pool floor. Still can't swim

Webbie

With you on that one. What was the point of that "sweet" ?

Ok here are mine (this is more like a confession of sins)

1. I thought my Dad was Elvis Presley. (If you saw a photograph of him in his younger years you would say the same.)

2. 1. I nicked some sweets from the pick and mix at Woolies when I was 5 years old. My mother never saw it but some old ladies did but they just chuckled at me.
Did some shoplifting years later, but not for very long. Too scared of getting caught.

3. I tried to chat up my best mates girlfriend. They had recently broken up, but I broke the code. Didn't get anywhere though.

4. I have some pathetic little quirks when going to bed. - I can't sleep if the door is open or if it's too dark (yes I have a nightlight.
) and I have to have some music playing quietly in the background. I hate silence.

5. I can actually cook (I was a chef years ago) so didn't need the pancake recipe. (see other thread)

edwords

1. I can send and receive Morse code at over 20 words per minute.

2. I have a lawn and backyard that's covered with red rocks.

3. I passed the test for Jeopardy!, but they never called me for the show.

4. I traveled between New York and Southampton on a German ocean liner (also Southampton to New York).

5. My grandfather was shot out of a torpedo tube during World War I.

Patrick

1. I am the second person on this ng that can send and receive morse code at over 20 wpm, but I can also touch type at over 60 wpm and use semaphore. Can't ****ing talk english though

2. I have finsihed 3 screenplays, still waiting to hear back from Mr Spielberg

3. I was the first person in my family to attend University (Bachelor of Engineering)

4. I was mentioned in despatches for work I did with the UN in Namibia.

5. Have the largest collection of porn this side of the Mississipi - only joking, Bridgies is twice the size of mine (and her porn collection too).

The real number 5. Am in the process of Adopting

Patrick

Lion in Winter

1) Know damn all about morse code.

2) Have a degree in philosophy and so can't get a real job.

3) Ran a marathon twice (on two separate occasions), very slowly.

4) Can't cook anything except mince pies.

5) Once swam across the Thames (Henley, not London) under the influence of something called a Horse's Neck. OK, two Horses Necks.

Lizzi

Thanks for the laugh dudleydowg

Manc

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anyhow. Morse code aside. This is the extent of my sad pathetic life.

1) I am an avid flight simulator enthusiast.
2) I fly for a virtual airline (www.joinava.org)
3) I am studying air traffic control.
4) I know the phonetic alphabet by heart because of it.
5) I need to get out more.

any other sad flight simmers out there?


ok thought not.

dudleydowg

That should be sierra alpha delta. Nobody should knock the power of simulator flying, it was invaluable to me when I was taking my ppl, I was able to practice what I had learned on my lessons, I say fair play to you and I still have my rudder pedals and I might even dust them off now and have a go

Yosser

1. At 10 I had a Judo fight with Neil Adams....and lost.

2. At 13, I nearly broke both of my arms whilst cliff jumping in my new 10mm thick wetsuit (they were not very supple in those days).

3. At 15, I got suspended for 3 days at school for dyeing my hair red.

4. At 23, I lived on a beach camp site (Perth Australia) with 8 swiss chaps, a couple from Sweden, one Aussie and his welsh girlfriend and a dude from Germany. I picked grapes in the morning for a living, surfed all afternoon and grilled steak everynight.

5. At 26, I started my own ink sublimation business but just as I got it going (broke even in the first year) I met a rather nice girl from Dallas Texas.

Manc

one day, when the kids are dead, I might be able to afford my own ppl

GJB

1. When I was 8 years old I broke a window on my mums greenhouse. I knew she'd go mad so I walked to the local police station (about 3/4 mile) and confessed to them. One of their officers walked me home (in tears) and told my mum what had happened.

2. With the aid of caffeine, I once sat up for 32 hours straight playing all 4 missions on the Playstation game Resident Evil 2. (Now that I know where everything is and how each puzzle works I can complete each mission in about 2 hours).

3. In a drunken state, I bet my (also drunk) friend 75 quid that he wouldn't swim across the Thames (in Walton On Thames, Surrey one night while walking home from the pub. He did, I was out of pocket. It was 2am, in January.

4. I've had 2 of my dreams come true. I had been using my sisters (Unisex) bike for about 2 months and dreamt that she said I could have it. The very next day she did. When I was 10 I was invited to a friends birthday party, but didn't know the address. I dreamt that the lollipop lady at my primary school knew, so the next day I asked her. She was his next door neighbour and gave me directions to his house.

5. I've played darts (on and off) for about 6 years now, and have spent the past year adapting to the 'soft tip' game. I am captain of my local darts team here in the USA, and we are winning the league (of 18 teams) with 4 weeks left to go. (www.dodgecitydartsleague.4t.com)

GJB

Patrick

1. Truly, I have been there, done that and got the t-shirt

2. I am loved by all women and feared by all men

3. I fought the law and the law won

4. I've been to Georgia and California, and anywhere I could run.
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me

5. I am a compulsive liar, it started a few years ago just after I had won wimbledon for the third time.

Peter

BrigieDarling

How cute you were to go and fess up like that!

Have you got a pic of you at that age we can see?

ladyofthelake

1. I too know the phonetic alphabet, but I'm not going to tell why.

2. I have 89 packages of Girl Scout cookies in the boot of my car.

3. My dad was a WW2 veteran, and his (very) recent passing away has prompted me to find out more about the war and his part in it. He never liked to talk about it much when he was alive, so info is sketchy.

4. My maternal grandparents were cousins :scared: The plus side is it makes family tree research a lot easier.

5. 10 years ago my big toe was cracked after an idiot driver ran over my foot.