Post an odd or embarrassing fact about yourself

[jpgray]

I once tried to acquire the habit of smoking, and failed miserably. How odd is that?

[Guy Fawkes]

1. I didn't learn how to ride a bike

until I was in the sixth grade. I was too busy rollerblading, I guess. Learned to do that when I was 5, though.

[flamingyouth]

2. I spent my lunch hours reading "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich"

in high school. How's that for odd?

[Fenris]

5. As did I. Several times over as well. But you knew that about me, love.

We're a pair.

[flamingyouth]

6. I know, sugar

I wore white lipstick and eye shadow at the same time. I'd like to see you top that.;)

[Fenris]

7. Black fingernail polish.

;)

[flamingyouth]

47. And you think I wouldn't have noticed you

tsk tsk

[jpgray]

10. I would 'practice' with my 'band'

We did a gloriously sloppy version of 'Sexual Healing' at the Talent Show. We were called Caligula and His Ramrods, and the performance was as disgusting as it sounds on virtually any level you can think of. The singer and I were both suspended at the end of that one. :P

[flamingyouth]

34. That's such a great high-school band name

Major points for that.:thumbsup: Being suspended just adds to your allure!;)

[Zomby Woof]

36. but it's no MAYHEM

You still owe me a mosh from their dance at the junior prom, dammit!

[flamingyouth]

38. MAYHEM!

Man, I try to go to bed, and I just can't rid of you! :loveya:

[Zomby Woof]

39. I am a pesky little Zomby

:loveya:

[fujiyama]

12. Cool

Sounds like you were one smart girl!

[flamingyouth]

35. I can't believe anyone thinks this is cool!

Shows that maybe it's true that the geeks shall inherit the earth! :)

[fujiyama]

43. I've been meaning to pick that book up

for a while (I've heard some parallels to the present are somewhat creepy). Haven't had the time until this week...

BTW I'm curious did others say anything as you were reading? Throughout elementary and middle school I used to hate going outside for recess...

And even better - my buddy and I were debating abortion in 10th grade on the bus. Funny thing is, I was a lot more conservative then than I am now cuz I remember being anti choice! :crazy:

My college friends still don't understand what I'm doing on the computer all the time. I told 'em I'm on internet message boards and that I read a lot of political articles. They don't believe me and think I'm surfing for porn all the time!

[flamingyouth]

46. No, I was ignored for my reading

Acknowledged only for my odd choices in clothing (Jackie Kennedy suits, Edie Sedgwick mini-dresses and tights) - this was the '80s. My hair was flat as a pancake. ;) I stood out like a sore thumb, and I like it.

[antigone382]

15. I started reading that book!

I plan to finish it one day. I bet you have an interesting take on the parallels between the Third Reich of Germany and the 43rd Reich.

My embarrassing fact? I'm 20-years-old and I have never had my first kiss.

[flamingyouth]

37. You should finish the book

And perhaps your suitor will come. ;) Don't be embarrassed, btw. A decent first kiss beats a million crappy ones any day. :)

[BigBrother]

54. Embarrassing fact...

I am 23 and have never had my first kiss. I also have never been on a date.

[WindRavenX]

3. I don't know how to drive

I'm 19. It's really embarassing :(

[antigone382]

16. Hey, me neither.

And I'm a year older than you.

Totally feeling your pain.

[LearnedHand]

4. I actually read EVERY WORD...

...of The Kennedy Tapes when it was published. Took me 8 months, but I read every word.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. I'm into scat

made you look! :evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

62. I love Ella Fitzgerald too

Hah!

RL

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

74. Actually I am a HUGE Ella fan

[Beware the Beast Man]

64. So you're an Ella Fitzgerald fan, right?

Wait- uh...oh....
:P

[Dragon Turtle]

9. Studying for a career in marine biology,

but I hate most kinds of seafood.

[Rowdyboy]

11. Do you have ANY idea just how sickening and twisted that is?

You are a hard core freak, and don't deserve civilized company!

Welcome, though, in spite of your horrible illness....

I, myself, am open to everything on earth except calamari, most opera, and advanced math...

[jpgray]

13. Judging by your avatar, you also enjoy the delicious dolphin

The smart makes for the tasty!

:silly:

[happynewyear]

14. I have a hard time knowing left from right

It is a real problem when you are driving. I often wonder if I am dyslexic or something. Left? Right? Directions? Forget it!

:D

:dem: :kick:

[last_texas_dem]

49. You're not alone

I can't find my way anywhere! I have had to drive to a place half a dozen times before I can remember how to get there, and I have to be the one doing the driving as well or it takes even longer for it to sink in. Obviously, driving is the most frustrating aspect of being directionally challenged, but it can also be a bit embarrassing getting lost trying to find my way out of the inside of a building if coming from a room that it took several turns to get to initially.

I've worked hard in recent years trying to improve this "disability" of mine, trying to tell myself it's something psychological that perhaps I can work to control, but I've come to the conclusion that it's really just that I lack the mental capacity to remember or figure out directions. Focusing a good deal can help cement them a bit more firmly in the brain but does nothing to improve other aspects of direction sense such as being able to reverse them to find one's way back, etc. Also, consider that a certain ex-girlfriend of mine used to vent at me whenever I would get lost- she being of the belief that having bad direction sense was somehow "unmasculine"- and I suppose that's why it's even more of a headache for me than it would be otherwise; I always fear how unsympathetic souls will react to my lack of direction sense.

So I certainly understand how you feel. :-)

[Feanorcurufinwe]

17. I can't snap my fingers.

[Gothic Sponge]

18. I talk to myself when i'm alone.

[Zomby Woof]

19. I have this mole on my ass

If you look closely, you can see a likeness of Nixon giving his 'Checkers Speech', complete with Pat's "good Republican cloth coat."

[Bat Boy]

22. That's where my mole went!

Give it back!

[Zomby Woof]

24. you said it was mine!

BatGirl said you never used it as a period like nature intended.

[Bat Boy]

25. I said you could borrow it.

I didn't expect it to disappear for good.

I've discussed it with nature, and nature told me I could use it however I wanted. So there.

[Zomby Woof]

27. Nature also gave you 3 sets of teeth

And 5 elbows. I think nature is making fun of you.

[Bat Boy]

28. Nature explained the three sets of teeth...

Said I was supposed to be a prototype "uber carnivore."

Didn't explain the elbows though. Kept changing the subject when I brought it up.

I'd be fine if they didn't all bend in opposite directions.

[Zomby Woof]

29. your moisturizing lotion bill must be through the roof

All those dry elbows. Must be hard to keep them all off the table at dinner.

And when you hit your funny bone, it's 5 times the pain, 5 times the fun!

[Bat Boy]

30. You're right about the lotion bill...

But it has nothing to do with my multiple elbows.

And that's my embarassing fact!

[Zomby Woof]

31. Oh yeah, I forgot!

You need lotion to... you know.. wink wink nudge nudge...

For your kneecaps. Damn, I keep forgetting the importance of kneecap skincare.

[Bat Boy]

33. Never underestimate the value of healthy kneecaps.

All fifteen of them.

[yvr girl]

20. When I was 7

I played 'Mythology' with my friend. We would choose characters from Greek, Roman or Egyptian myths and act out some myths and invent new ones.

[Tom Kitten]

21. my mom caught me masturbating once...

I was 15...it was morning, she came into my room, saw me and yelled out "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!" and then left....half an hour later I sneaked downstairs and saw her in the kitchen, it was like nothing ever happened...But really, you don't EVER forget such an incident!

15-20 years later, we're all talking and the Seinfield TV show comes up...my mom says she hates that dirty show, turns out the first episode she happened to watch was the George "Master of my domain" one where his mom catches him masturbating...."dirty dirty show!" she said...of course I remained silent because like I said, some things you just don't forget!

Although over time she has found some things to laugh at watching Seinfeld reruns mainly due to my sister (the Republican) and I describing favorite moments to her...

But back to topic, that is about an embarassing moment as I've had...

[Tom Kitten]

26. Oh! I have another!

In college I was anonymously cool because I was a popular dj at the college radio station...so as a result I got invited to parties by people who would eventually be called "hipsters"...At one party I had to sneeze a few times...I wiped my nose between interacting with other people at this one party and noticed some were acting a little aloof towards me...Finally I had to go to the bathroom and once done peeing I looked in the mirror and to my horror a big green dried-up nose booger was stuck to the top of my nose!!! Honestly and nobody had said a word! I came out of the bathroom and immediately left the party....I really felt humiliated about that one, I wanted to make a good impression!

[Zomby Woof]

32. your mom once caught me too!

But she was nice enough to finish it off for me.

It was booger-free anyway, no complaints, other than mkuhl took her lotion.

[Tom Kitten]

40. well thanks for that!

Somehow I feel embarassed x 2 all over again!

[Zomby Woof]

41. have a Tic-Tac!

;-)

[sushi]

23. I'm used to undressing

as soon as I come in the house after a long day, and dropping my clothes. They'll end up on the floor, hung over doorknobs or chairbacks, or thrown on chairs and tables.

And sometimes people come in before I've had a chance to tidy up! I am trying to change.

[liontamer]

53. i do that too eom

[JackDragna]

42. I'm over 7ft tall.

Yowza!

[fujiyama]

44. .

[bookfreak]

45. I am incapable of crying on command

I could never be an actress and have to cry in a scene, or fake crying to achieve something. If I'm crying it's for real. :cry:

[Skittles]

48. transvestites do a better job with makeup than I do

they make a lot of us "real" women look very bad. :o

[Placebo]

50. I LIKE TO EAT MY SKIN.

fo' serious.

when i was younger i used to peel the skin off my toes, bottom of my feet, and my thumbs/fingers and EAT IT. I'd peel it off until there was red SORE skin as the only thing left! then i'd have to cover it with band-aids and wait until it healed to do it again! i'd be limping and in total pain and no one would know why, but alas, thats life. :)

also, i am addicted to and collect ALL shiny silver objects. i have a shelf full of a collection of totally random non-related but shiny silver/metal objects!

i can spend days browsing airliners.net looking at photos of planes

ive memorized every star trek movie, i love lucy episode, seinfeld episode, and ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS episode

i'm 18 and still don't know how to ride a bike or car, and would rather spend all my days money on cab fare then take public trans

i have a total NIXON obsession! i've read almost every one of his speeches, memorized the movie NIXON and most of his speeches

i'd give my left nut to have a house in france :)

[Piperay]

51. I lost a baby tooth while

I was in high school. :o I was hopelessly behind schedule in reaching adulthood. :shrug:

[MissMillie]

55. I still have 2 baby teeth

and I just turned 40.

[Piperay]

78. Glad to know

I'm not the only one! :hi:

[SarahB]

52. My first love dumped me a week before we were going to sleep together.

How's that for embarrassing?
We were together almost 6 months too (a good chunk of time at 16 and 17 anyway). Then he started going out with the most boring, asexual girl after me. I think he had some uncertainty about his sexuality because I heard a rumor that he had some gay experiences with one of his friends. Doesn't matter now, but it was very confusing at the time especially considering we had continual flirting/make out sessions for a long time after our relationship ended on occasion. I wouldn't have judged him at all, but honesty would have helped me feel a little better at the time.

[DemWitch]

56. I pee in the tub...

I wake up at least twice a night to go pee, being half asleep and being a neat freak, there was always a "mess" around the toilet that needed to be cleaned up the next day. One night, I dunno why, I just whipped back the shower curtain, leaned against the back wall and peed in the tub. No fuss, no muss. Next morning turn the water on a minute or two before I take my shower and voila... Anyway, I found that the toilet and surrounding floor area satys much cleaner by doing this, so now, I would guess 75% of the time I pee in the tub regularly, and then just turn on the shower for a few seconds after.

[skypilot]

57. I almost voted Republican...

...in my city's last mayoral election. Almost.

[ScreamingMeemie]

58. There are too many. I couldn't pick just one!

:hi:

[THUNDER HANDS]

59. I can't tie a tie

I'm such a loser. :(

[Bertha Venation]

60. I am intensely self-conscious about showing my upper arms.

Could have something to do w/ the fact that they're bigger than some people's calves. :shrug:

[Mara Steele]

65. Oh, Bertha...

No one but you really cares! And none of us are perfect, anyway!!

We love you dearly...

:pals:

[Bertha Venation]

71. I know that, but surely appreciate hearing it.

I'm over the poor self-image stage of my obesity. But the self-consciousness sometimes remains. Funny, I can wear shorts with no problem, and I don't want to tell you what the size of my thighs compares to. :)

[Dastard Stepchild]

61. I pissed myself in third grade.

I was too shy to interrupt the teacher, so I sprung a leak right in my seat.

[terrya]

63. I masturbate WAY too much.

:-)

[yellowcanine]

77. What is unusual about that? What is too much, anyway?

.

[Mara Steele]

66. I cried during the movie "The Hot Chick"

...and I frequently forget to zip up my pants. Yikes! :D

[Beware the Beast Man]

67. I hate going shirtless, even around my wife.

Even though she likes my chest, I'm very self-conscious of my hair and flabby man-boobs (which she claims I don't have).

[Mara Steele]

68. I could never get into smoking, either, jpgray

:shrug:

Am thankful, though...

[MissMillie]

69. I like Barry Manilow

I can't help it... his stuff just reminds me of some of the fun moments in my childhood.

[bearfan454]

70. I get gas a lot

No matter what I eat.

[VOX]

72. I've never flown in my life. (Yet.)

As a kid, there just wasn't any opportunity. Then, as a teenager, I developed panic disorder w/avoidance of situations, etc. There was NO way I would get on an airplane.

Now, the panic disorder is barely there, and I have gotten fairly used to crowds and tight situations for extended periods of time. (I don't think I'll ever actually like those situations, but I can tolerate them well.) I'm certain that it's possible for me to fly, even now that it's far more difficult, post-9/11.

Eventually, I'll get around to it, probably sooner than later. But to date, my butt has never yet been in an airplane seat.

[ellie]

73. When I was young,

first or second grade, I dropped one hundred pennies during Christmas mass, during communion when it is really quiet. My poor mother. The guy next to her said, "She hit the jackpot!"

[Bogus W Potus]

75. I walk around the house is naked when no one else is home.

nt

[yellowcanine]

76. I have a fifth wisdom tooth. It is behind one of the others, just

sitting there in my jaw. I didn't even know I had it for about 30 years until a dentist pointed it out to me on an x ray. He was going to send me to an oral surgeon but then he said something about possible damage to the maxillary nerve if the surgeon wasn't careful and I said "No thanks, it can stay right there until there is some compelling reason for removing it." A floppy face I don't need.