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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: The Pooka Date: 12 Nov 02 - 12:25 AM 1. I can't tie my shoelaces or neckties correctly. But, I get along somehow. Also I can't play cards. I don't mean play *well*; I mean play AT ALL. Mental block. / That's Two (Two! two) Truths in One!, ain't it? 1(c): I sometimes cheat. 2. I had lunch with Robert Penn Warren and watched a baby pull his nose. ("Man had a rather prominent proboscis..." - WC Fields) 3. I love WC Fields. Also WB Yeats. Also WF Buckley Jr., though I don't agree with him any more. Also Groucho Marx, Tom Lehrer, Tom Smothers, Stephen King, Allan Sherman, that old reprobate Liam Clancy, his young niece Aiofe Clancy (oy!), Bob Dylan, Bob Dole (though I don't agree with *him* any more either), and my Sixfoot Wife and darling Pookason. Not in that order of course. 4. I withdrew from Georgetown University. Three times. 5. I sometimes write strangely. Maybe that one's not so Obscure. 6. My feet stink. That one's fairly obscure, except to my Sixfoot Wife. 7. Did I mention I have a Sixfoot Wife? 8. I'm happy to learn some other 'Catters are self-absorbed too. :) 9. I was once in the Peanut Gallery on Howdy Doody. 10. I wrote Connecticut's Presidential Primary Law, and rewrote our absentee-voting laws. (It was while I was in the Peanut Gallery...nowait, that part goes on the other thread. Sorry.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Lepus Rex Date: 12 Nov 02 - 12:50 AM Hmm. Mine are gonna suck... 1. My first pet was a goat. 2. I've never lived in one place for more than four years. 3. Despite any rumours you may have heard, I did not "kill a teacher in middle school." 4. I don't drink, do drugs, smoke, etc. The one time I ever consumed enough alcohol to affect me was at a Richard Leakey book-signing thing. I was nervous to meet him, my childhood idol, and they had free wine. 5. I personally printed 99% of the shirts for the 1996 and 2002 Paul Wellstone campaigns. And, no, I'm not one of the vultures selling them on Ebay. 6. Much to my chagrin, I recently called a kid riding his bike on my lawn "you goddamned punk." OK, I'm going to mosey on down to the senior center, now. It's pudding night. 7. I'm named after the late R&B singer Little Willie John. My father's first choice was "Otto," but my mom wouldn't go for that. Knowing that she wouldn't like his second choice, either, he lied, and told her that "Willie John" was a guy who'd saved his life in the Army. She went for that. Personally, I would've preferred "Otto." 8. I really, really like Korean food. Dead Korean food, not that live octopus type shit. 9. As a child, I faked eye problems, just so I could get some glasses. 10. I'll never go out with a woman who shares her name with one of my close relatives. Just too creepy. ---Lepus Rex |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: GUEST,Mickey191 Date: 12 Nov 02 - 01:49 AM 1) I once owned a bullet nose Studebaker. 2) I read Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Everyday. 3) I've seen the "Quiet Man" 34 times. 4) Swam across the Hudson River. 5) I met Humphrey Bogart once. 6) Have all the Clancy Brothers autographs & Tommy Makems. 7) Never used my oven. 8) I've kissed the Blarney Stone.(It wasn't worth the walk) 9) Met "Johnny Call For Philip Morris" Cigarettes.(I was six and he scared the hell out of me. 10)A tinker in Ireland proposed something to me "Will you come share my tent with me, Foxy Red? I almost did. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Ebbie Date: 12 Nov 02 - 02:34 AM 1.Up to age 13 a car ride was still a novelty to me. I was Amish. 2.I remember the trip to Oregon from North Dakota when I was 8 months old. Don't remember much- but I remember there were a LOT of legs in the back seat (7 older kids in the car), how dark it was in the car and how tired I got from being lifted back and forth over the front seat. I also remember that one night we 'camped' alongside the car. ( In ND we had a car, weren't orthodox.) 3.I won the scholar's award in 7th grade: 15 silver dollars. Spent it on 11 books. (1949) 4.Went from 7th grade to college courses many years later. Not because I was so brilliant but that my family kept me out of school. (Let me tell you about the Amish!) 5.In my late teens I once necked for hours on an interstate bus with a really cute AWOL sailor on his return trip back to base. 6.I've never had a joint. No particular virtue involved; I certainly drank enough. If I were offered one now, I'd probably take it. 7.I smoked cigarettes heavily, compulsively, for 25 years. I stopped. 8.I'm a living testimonial that one can go from 'not needing anybody' to REALLY respecting, admiring and loving people. 9.I will drop anything for a chance to make music. 10.I would love to be able to play guitar like Red Smiley. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Genie Date: 12 Nov 02 - 03:54 AM Ebbie (In my late teens I once necked for hours on an interstate bus with a really cute AWOL sailor on his return trip back to base. ) Well, Ebbie, Genie |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Genie Date: 12 Nov 02 - 03:57 AM Oh, and I almost forgot: In the second (bigger) earthquake, the 'bust' of Ronald Reagan (actually a Halloween mask on a wig stand), which was wearing a WWII Nazi helmet, fell off the top of a bookshelf and almost hit my host in the head. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: mooman Date: 12 Nov 02 - 04:43 AM 1. I used to work as a forensic scientist and have appeared in court as an expert witness in firearms and drugs cases, and have also analysed the stomach contents of a frozen mammoth and discovered Cannabis sativa on board an excavated Punic warship. 2. I used to own a music store specialising in and repairing/restoring old acoustic instruments 3. In the late 70s/early 80s I was the artist's model for an billboard advertisement for PG Tips Tea (the real chimps had been dropped for a while!) 4. I was also the artist's model for illustrations of Roberto (the Latin lover) in a "Woman's Own" series in the late 1970s (and Lady McMoo was the model for the jilted heroine!) 5. Jo-Ann Kelly once offered to sell me her 12-string Zemaitis guitar. 6. I have taught Tibetan Buddhist monks biology in a remote monastery in Southern India 7. Peter Green (of Fleetwood Mac and Splinter Group fame) was a regular listener in a trad session I used to run in London. 8. I have ridden motorcycles since I was 15 (i.e. 35 years) and dislike cars. I never had an accident (...running to touch wood!) 9. I once stood as a Green candidate in a County Council election in Surrey (UK) and, much to my surprise and pleasure, came second with 25% of the vote giving the resident Tory a nasty turn! 10. I survived a 2-storey fall from a window as a 12 month old baby...landing in a large heap of leaves! mooman |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Trevor Date: 12 Nov 02 - 05:19 AM Phew, here goes.... 1. I HATE, HATE, HATE parsnips, swede and apricots. 2. I prefer cats to dogs (they're much more subtle). 3. I love sailing, especially at night and on my own. 4. I love mountains, especially when I've just climbed one (and for many years that was how I made my living). 5. I once turned Jasper Carrot down for a folk club I was involved with 'cos I thought £30 was too expensive. 6. I once had to make a Whitehall farce-like escape from a bedroom with my clothes and shoes under my arm. 7. I used to be a trainer, selector and judge in international equestrian games. 8. I am so proud of my sons that I could almost explode sometimes. 9. I want to retire to Greece and to know more about Eastern philosophy. 10. Although I enjoy my own company, and I've got a lovely partner who lives next door, in my head I feel lonely sometimes. Catharsis or what!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Troll Date: 12 Nov 02 - 05:58 AM 1) I refuse to eat eggplant. 2) I am petrified of snakes. 3) I neither drink nor smoke. (any more) 4) I used to babysit Rosalie Sorrells kids. All Five of 'em. 5) Utah Phillips taught me to fingerpick. 6) Jethro Burns brother taught me my first chords on the guitar. 7) My first stringed instrument was an Islander Uke. 8) According to my mother, I could sing before I could talk. 9) I gave my son my fiddle when he got to be better than me. 10) I play drums in a klezmer band.(They asked me to!) troll |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Catarina Date: 12 Nov 02 - 06:27 AM Now, let me see: 1. Excepting for my parents names and mine, everything written in my birth certificate is a lie. 2. I'm affraid of telephones - I never use them if I can avoid it. 3. My favourite film is Mary Poppins and I must have watched it more than 100 times. 4. I still buy children's books for myself, although I let my daughters read them too. 5. I allways read books over and over again - never read them only once. 6. Although I almost never use them, since I'm left handed and handwriting is extremely tiring for me, I love fountain pens and note books and have a huge collection of both. 7. When I was 5 I wanted to be a truck driver - I turned out to be a teacher, and a mother, so no big difference! 8. I love broccolli! 9. The music I like tends to make me cry. 10. I'm allergic to most polens, but live in the country - so I sneeze most of the time ;-) 11 - This one's for Tinker - I ADORE Darkover and Pern Books!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: GUEST,Will D Beeste Date: 12 Nov 02 - 07:03 AM 1 I am not, and have never been, a member of Punch the Horse 2 I have been to Hull 3 I have been to Hawaii 4 I have met some Mudcatters in their natural habitat 5 I like wine and single Malt whisky 6 Big Mick gave me his Folk Legacy anniversary Baseball cap 7 I have sung at the Press Room in Portsmouth, New Hampshire 8 I like Tom Lehrer, Flanders and Swann, and other humorus songs 9 I have never seen the Rocky Mountains 10 I am Sorchas Secret Santa!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: GUEST,Helborama Date: 12 Nov 02 - 07:14 AM 1. I have only ever seen Hull in the dark. 2. I once saw a red squirrel fall out of a tree in Scotland. 3. I don't like cake or jam unless they are together. 4. The toes on my right foot are more prehensile than those on the left 5. Someone once sent me a very small pumpkin in the post 6. I started playing viola before fiddle 7. My living room has a home-made Thai xylophone in it [so is not technically Thai; it's authentic Thai with a Yorkshire accent] 8. My housemate takes accordions apart waaring his dressing gown while watching daytime TV. 9. I once drank a pint of beer with a lot of plastic farm animals in it. 10. I got indigestion afterwards. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: treewind Date: 12 Nov 02 - 07:17 AM OK, here's a random assortment:
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: sian, west wales Date: 12 Nov 02 - 07:43 AM 1. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a missionary, but I trained as a Costume Designer ... and now I'm doing neither! 2. I have extremely small toenails and fingernails. 3. I don't like to sleep in a bed within sight-line of the bedroom door. 4. I am not superstitious but I can 'read' cards, often with rather amazing accuracy. 5. I went off a bike head-first into a wall when I was 12 and had amnesia: temporarily lost 4 years, although recovered most of them. 6. When I wallpaper a room, I write something about myself on the wall before I repaper. 7. I worked twice with Jessica Tandy, once with Hume Cronyn and I've met David Putnam. 8. I was Productions Manager of an Oscar-nominated film. 9. The man who brought the Mickey Mouse Club to Canadian TV was a family friend. 10. Of all the cookies in the world (the ones I know about) my favourite are Spekulaas. sian, west wales |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: GUEST,Fat B****rd Date: 12 Nov 02 - 07:45 AM I am descended from Franco-Greman Geordies I once got Bill Wyman's autograph I can't eat or watch other people eating ham I bumped into Screaming Lord Sutch and broke his falsies I have three children of my own and six step-children I have two guitars which I don't play nearly enough I used to know the guy who wrote Madonna's "Ray of Light" I was once lightly praised (and my band) by Chris Barber I have a cat named Deacon ('cos he's blue) who needs de-clinkering regularly I, reading back, seem dull compared to other 'catters. But I don't feel it. Not all that obscure but...Hey.. what the Hell ! |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Pushkin Date: 12 Nov 02 - 08:13 AM 1. I make bath salts 2. I can't drink instant coffee 3. I've never been in a chatroom on the internet although have looked at Mudchat on a number of occasions 4. When the Simpsons first came out in the States I was one of the first few people to be shown a clip in the UK, in a meeting when I worked for CBS Fox 5. My cat Rhiannon likes to sit on my chest when I'm in the bath! 6. I talk to my cats on the telephone! 7. My hair won't grow any longer than just past my ears (it doesn't even reach my shoulders) 8. I always make sure I walk under a ladder in the street 9. I worked on an election in London where Cynthia Payne (well known Madame) was a candidate 10. I never sleep with my back to the door or allow my limbs to hang over the side of the bed in case something gets me! I'm normal really...... |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: John P Date: 12 Nov 02 - 08:58 AM 1. I once sat in the Batmobile. 2. I've been married three times. 3. I have a three inch deep concavity in my chest. 4. I sometimes make myself sick eating those big orange circus peanut candy things. 5. I am a nudist. 6. I enjoy playing "Your Song" on the Irish bouzouki. 7. I once had a job putting chrome plating on plastic car parts. 8. I have a secret desire to run for Congress. 9. One of the reasons I was hired for my current job is because I know how to play the harp. 10. I never knock on wood when people tell me to. John Peekstok |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: HuwG Date: 12 Nov 02 - 09:40 AM ... and I used to think I was odd ... Still, here's my personal arcana 1. My father is a Geordie, my mother is Welsh. 2. I would have been christened "Gareth", but my mother saw a screen version of "How green was my valley", just before going into the maternity ward. 3. Just to add to the confusion of my early years, I was brought up in the Vale of York. 4. I worked briefly down a gold mine in South Africa. (It seems to put women off if I tell them I was a gold-digger). 5. I served briefly as an officer in the Territorial Army. 6. I played rugby for many years, certainly enough to break several bones (including some of mine !) and destroy a good many brain cells. 7. I have a titanium plate behind and underneath one eye - the injury which finally forced me to stop playing rugby was quite an extensive one. 8. I was once tentatively suggested as an agent for the Official Monster Raving Loony candidate for the Ashton-under-Lyne constituency (not by the candidate himself, who eventually resigned his candidature on the grounds that he had recovered his sanity). 9. I have been engaged once, but it didn't work out; I am still eligible (on paper). 10. I suffered gout earlier this year, and now drink on weekends only. The pub nearly went out of business. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: curmudgeon Date: 12 Nov 02 - 09:41 AM Fear not, Jeri. As of 9:05 this morning, my # 10 is no longer true, and shoulf be replaced with: 10-I once was a member of the IWW. Yours in solidarity -- Tom |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Kim C Date: 12 Nov 02 - 10:03 AM Heehee! This is fun!!!!! :-) I forgot to mention, I prefer Fredericks of Hollywood to Victoria's Secret because the prices are better, the quality is better, and they use Real Women for models. Pushkin, I make bath salts too. They make wonderful gifts. I've never tried peanut butter and bacon, but I could see how it might work. It sounds like something my daddy would have tried... |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Rick Fielding Date: 12 Nov 02 - 10:35 AM My goodness....the threads that happen when I go outta town. It's hard to believe that there may be ANYTHING about myself that's a secret anymore....because: #1. I HAVE used Mudcat as some kind of therapeutic journal during some difficult times over the last four years. I've kept ninety percent of it musical or music-related 'cuz after all it's a music forum. #2. I really DO believe strongly in many of the things that Quentin Crisp advocated, including being as completely open as possible, even with strangers. It's the best method of dealing with shyness that I've ever seen. #3. My constant jokes about being thrown out of high school (and Art College) are totally true, but those experiences were humiliating at the time, and I'm sure are responsible for certain current personality quirks. Same thing with being fired from five or six 'straight' jobs before becoming a full time musician. #4.During the seventies to the mid eighties I often earned as much as forty grand or more per anum as a 'commercial' folk musician. I rarely had a penny left at the end of the year. Since then I rarely earn MORE than twenty grand as a teacher and part time 'non commercial' folk musician. Somehow (thanks to Heather), we actually manage to SAVE a bit each year! #5. Since getting out of Bars and 'commercial gigs', I've not bought even ONE package of TUMS, and have never ONCE had my prescription for back-pain medication re-filled. #6. I'm not as constantly pleasant, non-judgemental, and 'laissez-faire' in real life as I am on Mudcat. When I'm in an environment that I don't like, I can be as sarcastic and remote as your average curmudgeon. I have the ability to virtually "go to sleep", while keeping my eyes open and keeping a bit of a smile on my face, if I'm around people who are boring me. #7. Usually when I get bored it's because people are talking about stuff that I know nuthin' about, and it reminds me of what a hash I made of my schooling! #8. I'm rarely critical about weak musicians who are trying as hard as they can. Weak musicians with attitude and poor social skills drive me NUTS! (I usually have something to say in EVERY thread on jam and song-circle etiquette) #9. I sometimes feel like a total alien on planet earth. The CLOSEST I get to feeling like 'I belong' is around folkies. #10. I swear a lot in real life, when something's REALLY GOOD!. I Use both my favourite swear words "Shit" and "Fuck" in all their possible combinations! It embarrases the hell outta me, but sometimes I can't help myself. I NEVER swear when I'm angry. Go figger. #11. (I know, I know!) It's a bit hard to admit that Mudcat has had such a profound affect on my life, but it has. What started as a simple hobby (and an alternative to TV watching) has become an integral part of my everyday life. It has really helped me UNDERSTAND other folks so much better. And I'll bet I'm not alone in that area. Cheers (that was fun) Rick |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Fibula Mattock Date: 12 Nov 02 - 10:54 AM 1) I have double jointed knees and thumbs. 2) I am obsessive about people closing the loops of their letters in their handwriting. 3) I've got two blokes on the go but steadfastly maintain that I am not in a relationship. Both are tall, Dutch, computer scientists. Each one knows about the other, but it all works out nicely as one lives in the US and one in the UK. 4) Oliver Reed once kissed my hand at the breakfast table. 5) I was never baptised, christened or affiliated to any church, but despite being an atheist I did 14 compulsory years of religious education in school and am quite good at Bible quizzes. 6) I am known by my middle name. For all those who ask me why - well, I never had a say in it, my parents used it from my birth. 7) I can't sit with my back to a door, or to a room full of people - I have to be wedged into a corner with a good vantagepoint. 8) The only superstition I adhere to is "don't put new shoes on the table". I don't believe in superstitions, I just do this one automatically. 9) My main aim in life is to have about 5 children, a dog and an orchard. I'll settle for two or three children and a bowl of apples, but I'd really like that dog. 10)I can make tetrahedrons out of folded sweet and crisp packets. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Allan C. Date: 12 Nov 02 - 11:17 AM Lots of my obscurities have been mentioned in other threads or told to various 'Catters at one time or another. I'll try to consolidate some of them here: 1. I have had an incredibly wide variety of jobs and so many that I have totally lost track. I don't claim to have "done it all"; but I may be approaching it! Currently, I am a night auditor at a Best Western Hotel. 2. Even at an early age (18 months,) I am told that I loved to "sing". Unfortunately, it came out more as a screech in those days and in doing so, I managed to wear three holes in my windpipe. A large bubble of leaked air filled the skin around my neck and began to choke me. The hospital told my parents that I was not expected to live through the night. I am happy to say that I somehow managed to surprise them all. 3. I enjoy working with wood - especially carving. I don't do much of it; but seem to do okay. Recently, I have also made some things in bone (deer and cow) as well as some experiments in brass. 4. It was through the encouragement of the folks here at the Mudcat that I have been able to overcome a deeply entrenched stage fright. I feel I have come a long, long way since I first signed on here in May of 1998. The stage fright still haunts me from time to time; but I am happy to say that it is no longer debilitating. Thank you! Thank you all. 5. I'm a landlord. I own a duplex that I have been remodeling almost constantly for the past four (or is it five?) years. I very much enjoy doing carpentry and plumbing as well as working with drywall. I hate the idea of painting; but take pride in it when I actually get to doing it. One of my next projects is to replace some kitchen cabinets. 6. I can't read music. By that I mean that I have never learned how to apply written notes to a musical instrument - fluently. I can sorta figure out which notes are which and can plunk them out with painful slowness on a keyboard; but cannot sight read very well either vocally or otherwise. I have resolved to take piano and voice lessons next year. It can only help! 7. I have an abiding interest in wildflowers and edible plants. Besides the usual field guides, I also have a small collection of guides to the medicinal uses of wild plants. I once created a field guide titled, "Edible Vascular Plants of the Back Bay Area". (It was self-published and so cannot be found at your local library or bookstore.) 8. As might be deduced from #7, I am very fond of the outdoors and am very much at home in the woods. I enjoy observing and tracking animals. I also enjoy canoeing - no thrill rides, please - just pleasant float trips where I might even have an opportunity to do some fishing. About four years ago I backpacked more than a hundred miles of the Appalachian Trail - from the southern end of Shenandoah National Park to the northern end. 9. I love mentoring people. I have sometimes been in a position to give a boost to some folks and always have been pleased for the opportunity. While I'll have to admit that doing so has sometimes been like pouring sand down a rat hole; there have been many other times that have proved extremely worthwhile. It is a lovely thing to watch someone grow and to feel that something I did may have been helpful toward that end. 10. I am omnivorous. I love to eat all sorts of foods. Eating something new or exotic is to me both a treat and an adventure. Tied in with this is the fact that I love to cook and to bake. With a bit of notice and a little planning I can put together a very nice meal at times. Gee, can I squeeze one more in here, please? 11. I am a fan of all of the following (in no particular order): Perry Como, Uriah Heep, Lou Rawls, The Seldom Scene, Ricky Nelson, Los Indios Trabajaros, George Winston, Starland Vocal Band, Buddy Guy, CSN(&Y), Brahms, Jo Stafford, Lenny Welch, Wes Montgomery, Glenn Miller, The Kingston Trio, The Spencer David Group, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Michael Martin Murphy and of just about any Do-Wop group you might ever think of. Oh, and if you have bothered to read this far, I am probably also a fan of yours. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Kim C Date: 12 Nov 02 - 11:39 AM What's a tetrahedron? |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Fibula Mattock Date: 12 Nov 02 - 11:54 AM Tetrahedron (It's basically a pyramid.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: irishajo Date: 12 Nov 02 - 12:09 PM This is all very interesting. It is also rather cathartic. I think I'll share a few more. 11. My mom tells people she named me after characters in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Amy Jo) but truthfully she was under a lot of medication afterwards and I don't think she remembers why she named me that. 12. I cannot stand tea in any form (nor can my grandmother). 13. I have diagnosed myself with social anxiety (I hesitate to use the word disorder) and started this thread as a form of self therapy. Thanks for sharing everyone! |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Ebbie Date: 12 Nov 02 - 01:19 PM I agree- this thread is fun. How often does one get to bring in these kinds of subjects! "I really DO believe strongly in many of the things that Quentin Crisp advocated, including being as completely open as possible, even with strangers. " Rick, I agree- as I keep saying: What are we afraid of? On the other hand, I'm still working on 'solo performer anxiety'. I know they won't hurt me, that they will be supportive and responsive, that even if they are not, it won't kill me, but - well, I'm still working on it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Kim C Date: 12 Nov 02 - 01:29 PM Aha! Thanks, Fib. Ebbie, they might just throw tomatoes. ;-) (kidding!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Wesley S Date: 12 Nov 02 - 01:39 PM 1 - I once jumped across the Mississippi River 2 - I'm taller than Richard Gere 3 - Engaged twice, married once { and married very well I might add } 4 - George Winston opened for me several times and backed me up also back in the 70's 5 - I once worked as a hospital orderly { and hated it } 6 - At various times I go through patterns of reading mysteries, westerns and science fiction. 7 - I still have a lot of my old comic books left 8 - My wife just might disown me if I bring home another instrument { but what Mudcatter can't say that } 9 - My dad went to high school with Noel Neill who played Lois Lane on Superman { the TV series } 10 - I acted in several plays with Terrance Mann who's now a big deal on Broadway. Bonus answer - I like mayo on my peanut butter sandwiches. Second bonus answer - My son Brendan is the smartest, sweetest, and best looking kid on the planet. And he turns 23 months old tomorrow. That most likly makes me the oldest dad { 51 } here at the Mudcat. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Merritt Date: 12 Nov 02 - 01:44 PM I'm a newcomer, so by definition an obscurista. Offer 10 odds & ends as introduction. 1. My first ancestor in N. American (New France) arrived in 1643. Probably not voluntarily. 2. Based on genealogical research, I have just an incredible amount of inbreeding in my family history. It's a wonder I can drool. 3. Graduated in the fifth quintile of my high school class. See 2. 4. Worked 10 blue-collar years before going to college - truck driver, construction laborer, short-order cook, roofer, gas attendant (remember those?), drill press operator, carpenter,.. 5. Played keyboards for a while in top-40, disco and reggae bands. Recovered. 6. BS in Latin American Political Economy; MS in Urban & Regional Planning 7. Stabbed by "entrepreneur" in Quito, Ecuador; lost spleen, some lung damage, massive internal bleeding, stayed alive until surgery by choosing to live 8. While I eating peanut butter and banana sandwich on a factory lunch break in rural North Carolina, co-worker Bobby Joe said "What you got there, Meerit?" I described. He responded that "Why, I'd just as soon eat cat shit. What you need to get you is a peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwich. Now that's eatin'." He was right, of course. Geography of culture. Matters of taste cannot be disputed. 9. Found my singing voice at the age of 48. 10. Believe that alternatives to corporate globalization are not only necessary, but possible. - Merritt |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Justa Picker Date: 12 Nov 02 - 01:48 PM 1. I was very good friends with Jim Carey prior to "In Living Color" 2 I peel all the shrimp on my plate before eating a single one and, am mildly obsessive-compulsive in general. 3. My absolute favorite meal is devilled egg sandwiches with lettuce and onion on hallah (egg) bread, coleslaw and fries. 4. I bore easily. 5. I dislike most (but not all) folk music. 6. I won a public speaking competition for my hometown when I was 12. 7. I'm very introverted but fake it in group situations. 8. I am sometimes attracted to that which repulses me. 9. I prefer solitude to company. 10. I loathe the taste of any straight, hard liquor. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Ebbie Date: 12 Nov 02 - 01:48 PM Nah, KimC, tomatoes in Alaska are too expensive to be used like that. Cabbages maybe? |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Amos Date: 12 Nov 02 - 02:42 PM Merritt: Welcome to the Cat, if I didn't say so before, and thanks for that decision to live!! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Wesley S Date: 12 Nov 02 - 02:55 PM Merritt - It's always nice to meet another peanut butter and mayo man. You're OK. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: greg stephens Date: 12 Nov 02 - 03:37 PM Well what a strange lot of people. 1) I once went to a hotel to meet Memphis Slim, but he wasn't there. 2)I kept a lizard behind the lapel of my jacket at school. 3) I'm lousy at tickling trout. The only time I got one right out of the river,it landed on the bank and jumped back in. 4) I shot a swallow on the wing once with an air-rifle. I've never fired at anything living since. 5) I eat as much fruit as possible. 7) I quite like Edmundo Ros. 8)Julian Clary and Boy George have both sat in with the Boat Band singing Iko Iko. 9) I once saw Harold Macmillan walking down the street. 10) I've played on St Kilda |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: GUEST,Foe Date: 12 Nov 02 - 03:42 PM 1. I worked as a claim jumper in the Arizona desert 2. I had a Mohawk in 6th grade, went to a Dodger game at Ebbets field with it and got on TV 3. I drank beer with Judy Collins in her hospital room 4. Fried peanut butter sandwich is a favorite 5. My friend's (next door when I was a kid on E. 32nd street in Brooklyn) aunt was Frank Sinatra's cousin. 6. I shook hands with Eisenhower in Denver in 1952 7. I can tie nine different knots in 9 seconds 8. My g-grandfather X 11 was killed by Indians in 1702 9. I can say the alphabet backwards 10. If the web sites are correct, I can trace my ancestors back to Old King Cole |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Kim C Date: 12 Nov 02 - 03:43 PM I dunno, Ebbie, maybe in Alaska they throw fish heads! ;-) Merritt, I discovered cousins marrying cousins in my family tree as well. Mister found an ancestor who was transported from Newgate Prison. I might be related to William the Conqueror but it's all speculation. Peanut butter and mayo..... hmm............. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: GUEST,boab_d Date: 12 Nov 02 - 03:45 PM 1 i used to do a lot of drugs in my younger days 2 i left school with no qualifications 3 i am now a clean living and drinking offshore medic 4 my father is the cleverest man i know. 5 my life revolves around my girlfriend and my family 6 i worry that i might return to the way i was 7 i served 2 tours of kosovo with the royal army medical corps 8 life always keeps me in the knowledge that you can have loads but it can be lost by a few simple mistakes 9 i wake up every morning and say thanks to god for the day even though i m not religious 10 language and talking keep me true to myself |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Ebbie Date: 12 Nov 02 - 03:49 PM KimC, eeewwwwwwww! |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: gnu Date: 12 Nov 02 - 03:53 PM Hey katlaughing... if you are related to Donald Sutherland, does that possibly mean you have New Brunswick, Canadian roots ? (Don's from Saint John.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: gnu Date: 12 Nov 02 - 03:57 PM Hey GUEST, boab_d... are you the guy from the Bodhran Tips thread ? I just posted a search warrant for (maybe) you... I wanted to know if you have any pictures of the tippers you (may) have described in that thread. Ere yee the lad for which I spy ? |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: gnu Date: 12 Nov 02 - 04:02 PM And if yer the lass for which I spy, oops, sorry. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: GutBucketeer Date: 12 Nov 02 - 04:43 PM 1. I was the first baby born in San Angelo Texas in 1955, and my brother was the second. 2. I made a 14 foot canvas and wood Kayak from plans in a book I ordered from England, when I was a Junior in High School and then only used it about 5 times. The coolest part was the shaped plexiglass seat that required sitting on the plexiglass while it was hot! 3. As a business venture my Dad imported a chinese junk that we sailed in on Lake Travis when I was 7. It ultimately was used as a bar by LBJ on his lake. 4. My mom's maiden name is Findlater and we are part of the Oglivie Clan. Our ancestors include the Earle of Findlater and there is a Findlater Castle in Scotland (2 miles east of Cullen in Banff). The Castle fell into ruins after it was abandoned in 1600. The story goes that in about 1560, the Ogilvie Laird argued with his son, disinherited him, and signed the properly over to Sir John Gordon, third son of the Earl of Huntly. In 1562, the Gordons rebelled against Mary. refusing her entry to the castle, and when they were defeated at the Battle of Corrochie, the Earl was beheaded and the castle was abandoned was in ruins by 1638. So I may have a real beheaded ghost in the family! 5. I can crack a bull whip really loud! As we found out one summer while trying to load young bulls in a cattle trailer: If you stand your ground bulls will still chase you! Bulls get the runs when they are scared. A cattle prod doesn't hurt but it shocks the bejezzus out of you! And that's no bull. 6. I'm married to a twin named Linn. 7. I got my first non-musical musical instrument in my Xmas stocking when I was 11. It took us forever to figure out how to play that jaw harp. Since then, I have become a master of non musical instruments, and am forever trying to learn real ones. 8. My brother and I took 2nd in the state (Michigan) in Forensics Multiple Reading in High School in "The Secret Life of Walter Middy" (I was the mild Walter). Since then I am a closet Story Teller. 9. I have broken more bones than anyone I know, and average a major break about every 5 years. Last time I drove myself to the hospital, and they wouldn't believe that I had a compound fracture of my foot...until they took the xrays. 10. I spent a summer in 1974 living on the corner of Haight and Cole one block up from Haight-Ashbury while working as a construction worker building Embarkadero #3. While there we (my brother and I) took a improvisation class and did street improv in the park. and 11. I wear a pocket protector at work. Gutbucketeer |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Crane Driver Date: 12 Nov 02 - 04:56 PM 1. I was born in a mainland UK county which was neither in England, Scotland or Wales (and is still technically at war with Germany) 2. My father's family claimed descent from Lady MacBeth 3. My maternal grandmother emigrated to Australia aged 76, looking for a new life 4. My father is still alive (aged 91 next February) 5. I have University degrees from London, Edinburgh and Swansea 6. I do not operate large lifting equipment 7. I can't drink caffenated coffee - tea is no problem 8. I've been singing in folk clubs since 1968, and bought my first concertina in 1971 - for £15!! 9. I very rarely finish lists ...... |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: SINSULL Date: 12 Nov 02 - 05:03 PM 1.I own a 5' Knight In Shining Armor. Spanish, I think and rescued from the trash. 2.I once managed to get three plates formerly belonging to Nicholas and Alexandra out of Russia. Ah, to be that young and foolish again. 3.I was once attacked by a kangaroo. Dressed in white, no less. Me not the kangaroo. 4.Halloween is my favorite holiday. 5.I have never married but managed to raise or help raise multiple children. 6.Mumm's Cordon Rouge is my absolute favorite drink. 7.My mother once told me that I was related to Lightfoot Lee, a signer of the Declaration of Independence but it was a lie. 8.I dislike fish, lobster, shrimp, etc but occasionally eat crabmeat. 9. On three separate occasions I have found myself staring down the barrel of a loaded gun. And I was never in the armed services. 10. I have never been able to sit through an entire "Godfather" movie. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: SINSULL Date: 12 Nov 02 - 05:10 PM GutBucketeer...does this mean that somewhere in the world there is an exact imprint of your butt at age 13? With or without? SINS |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Morticia Date: 12 Nov 02 - 06:23 PM Mmmmm, like others, I'm not sure what I haven't shared on here at some time or another but.... 1)I painstakingly taught myself the accent I now speak in 2)I once had lunch with Spike Milligan 3)I still believe there is good in all people, regardless of lots of evidence to the contrary 4)I use humour to cover the fact that I am basically quite shy 5)I love liquorice, especially salt liquorice which I can't buy in the UK 6) I have spent more of my life in other countries than I have in the UK 7)This is the first time I have ever lived in one place for more than 2 years 8) I am a grouch in the morning 9)I have given inumerable secretaries fits trying to decipher my handwriting 10)I have just survived the break up of my second marriage and DO NOT intend to try it again. |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Bat Goddess Date: 12 Nov 02 - 07:45 PM Hey, Sins -- What did you move to Maine for if you don't like lobster?!? (Can I have your share, please, can I, huh?) I prefer Perrier Jouet in the Lalique bottle (but mostly can only afford to fantasize about it). Cordon Rouge is a bit sweet for my taste. I'm tweaking my supplemental obscure facts list before posting it. Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Skipjack K8 Date: 12 Nov 02 - 07:54 PM Umm........ 1. I can make goose bumps come.........and go 2. I can reduce and increase my heartrate at will 3. My resting heartrate is 48. I have reduced it to 35 by thought control 4. I was addicted to sniffing petrol, aged 3. 5. I once rolled John Otway a smoke. 6. I sailed the Atlantic at 17 years old 7. I sail boats and play music without thinking about it. 8. I never declare my vote 9. I slept with Eric the Viking 10. He didn't respect me in the morning |
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Subject: RE: BS: For fun - Ten obscure facts about you From: Joe_F Date: 12 Nov 02 - 07:55 PM 1. I have read _Nineteen Eighty-Four_ more times than any other book. 2. I have seen the arctic pack ice. 3. I once got laid on a bale of hay. 4. I have written two pornographic stories and posted them on an Internet mailing list. 5. I could sing "Lead, Kindly Light" when I was two years old. 6. I would rather eat chicken wings than beefsteak. 7. I have never been in debt. 8. I didn't learn to drive a car till I was 27. 9. My most frequent fantasies are of (1) insulting people, (2) giving lectures, and (3) having sex, in that order. 10. I get one haircut a year, in the spring. |