Here's another odd question for R & S...?

Question

Inspired by Gandalf's curiosity, I thought I'd throw out an enquiry to the R&S community. Could you tell us up to three surprising things about yourself that most people you know don't know? I'm not interested in personal stuff, just things about you that surprise people you tell. For example, here's mine:

1) I've never owned an umbrella
2) I'm faceblind (prosopagnosia)
3) I have a resting pulse of 51.

I love these answers. Exceeded my expectations. Aren't we all interesting! Sincere thanks to all.
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Answer 1

1) I had a Saluki as my first pet.

2) I have not been swimming in the ocean since I saw "Jaws"

3) I really can't remember what people tell me in Confession.

Answer 2

1. I attend church in a real Mickey Mouse community.

2. I learned to water ski when I was 9 years old.

3. I met Colin Powell in June of 1991, on the day of the Desert Storm parade in Chicago.

4. I remember meeting Gen. Powell, he probably does not remember meeting me.

5. I have a college degree in math with an accounting minor and I have trouble balancing my checkbook.

6. I also have problems counting to three!

Answer 3

1) I'm 13 years older than most people think.

2) My hand and eye co-ordination is good enough I can work to the pixel without magnification.

3) Chronic inflammation of the nearly everything means that I often have, under fairly repeatable conditions, an incredibly undeniably (except it's not real) feeling that something or someone is behind me. I've gotten so used to it that it's a really bad idea to sneak up behind me.

Answer 4

1. I have some very bizarre things in common with the goddess Athene.

2. I am obsessed with yoga.

3. I have been within inches of being killed on 3 seperate occasions.

4. (I have wondered if I have some degree of prosopagnosia myself because I am SOOOO bad with recognizing people.)

Answer 5

1) i was proudly ambidextrous until my school teacher told me it was devilish.

2) when i was 12, street lights always turned off when i walked by. It only happened while i was twelve. Never happened again.

3) i was awfully scared to grow up and lose my wonderful world of imagination. Adults freaked me out like Freddy Krueger never could. Then it happened. Sometimes, when i look in the mirror i feel ashamed, as though i let her down.

Answer 6

1. Once upon a time, my goal was to go up in a shuttle (I am terrified of flying lol).

2. Had a nice chat once with Majel Barrett (the late Gene Roddenberry's wife).

3. When meeting someone for the first time, I don't even bother listening to their name. I never remember, so I stopped trying long ago. I wait 'til the second meeting to pay attention.

Answer 7

1. I have canoed approx 25 different rivers in my state.
2. I have a small(but growing) fan club in my church and some other local ministries as a singer.
3. One of my dream jobs is to teach the Canoing class at my college(I teach in the Interior Design Dept.)

Answer 8

1. I was Mad Frank Fraser's minder at the Edinburgh festival.
2. I was personal security for Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy at a gig in Aberdeen.
3. The hardest gig I ever did was minding Ronald McDonald!

Answer 9

1) I'm writing a book about a woman who comes out of a coma and finds that she has lost custody of her kids and has to rebuild her life.
2) I picked the losing candidate in every Presidential election since Ronald Reagan's 2nd term.
3) I once was an elected member of a political party.

Answer 10

1.) I'm 20, but most people on here think im older
2.) My family use to own an Oil Co. In MD and now own three business here in VA.
3.) I live in Lynchburg, VA right off Thomas Road and Jerry Falwell use to live about a block from me.

Answer 11

1.) I'm apparently allergic to aloe, of all things.
2.) I was born breech with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck; fortunately, three disasters are better than two, as the umbilical cord snapped before it could strangle me.
3.) I almost pulled an Ethan Frome when I was 11, but there was no lasting damage.