Inspired by Rick and others, here are a few other obscure factotems:

I shared a hotel room with my sister and her husband on their wedding night. Then I stayed with them for part of the honeymoon.

I memorized and could recite Poe's "The Raven" when I was in high school.

I don't like ketchup on fries, either -- mainly because I don't like ketchup.

I can play the entire "Stars And Stripes Forever" on the kazoo (and proudly do so every July 4).

Open Mike, I can twist my tongue sideways and curl it toward my right, but can't do it at all toward the left.

I inadvertently 'mooned' the Masons of Des Moines, WA, twice in one year when hired to entertain them. The second time, I thought it might be a trend, and toyed with the idea of a song: "Merrily Mooning Masons On A Sunday Morn."

I have shared skating ice with both Tonya Harding (Portland's own) and former US Champion and Olympic bronze medalist Janet Lynn ( in addition to having Robin Cousins put on an informal exhibition at our local rink, while I stood just off the ice).

Foe, Pooby, I can tie maraschino cherry stems into (only one kind of) knots in my mouth (no hands). But then, there aren't a lot of great career opportunities hingeing on that skill.

Greg, I had one of those lapel lizards in high school, too. My first = one, and favorite, was named "Quentin."

My cat just farted.