Clara wrote:9. Defrosted a bottle of olive oil under a dog (Cairngorms, January, wild camping, nuff said!)
LMAO!!!! I want to swap something from my list for this one!
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Fine I´ll have the faery, but you´ll have to find your own dog, I don´t think George wants to repeat the experience!ocailleagh wrote:Clara wrote:9. Defrosted a bottle of olive oil under a dog (Cairngorms, January, wild camping, nuff said!)
LMAO!!!! I want to swap something from my list for this one!
10. Lived in a tipi whilst at university.
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Thats cool, I have a dog who is willing and stupid!Clara wrote:Fine I´ll have the faery, but you´ll have to find your own dog, I don´t think George wants to repeat the experience!ocailleagh wrote:Clara wrote:9. Defrosted a bottle of olive oil under a dog (Cairngorms, January, wild camping, nuff said!)
LMAO!!!! I want to swap something from my list for this one!
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1. Had the nape of my neck pierced for 5 years
2. Had my forehead pierced. Seriously, like a bindi. Lasted 2 months.
3. Was on Songs of Praise as a child
4. Got proposed to at Glastonbury
5.....went to Glastonbury for my honeymoon
6...and am currently celebrating my 1st wedding anniversary....and going to Glastonbury next week to celebrate (notice a theme here?)
7. Met Briget Strawbridge (at Glastonbury!) and suffered the embarrassment of my husband telling her that I 'quite like' her son!
8. Have a Dutch camper van which until recently wouldn't go up hills (maybe it's not used to them?)
9. Had an interesting drug experience when I was 19 and now have an irrational fear of conkers and sun hats.
10. Was one of the first children in the UK to undergo treatment with synthetic human growth hormone.
I have done a few things on other peoples lists, like run a pub, ales and all! And like Clara I have never driven a car.
This is a great thread, everyone seems really interesting!
2. Had my forehead pierced. Seriously, like a bindi. Lasted 2 months.
3. Was on Songs of Praise as a child
4. Got proposed to at Glastonbury
5.....went to Glastonbury for my honeymoon
6...and am currently celebrating my 1st wedding anniversary....and going to Glastonbury next week to celebrate (notice a theme here?)
7. Met Briget Strawbridge (at Glastonbury!) and suffered the embarrassment of my husband telling her that I 'quite like' her son!
8. Have a Dutch camper van which until recently wouldn't go up hills (maybe it's not used to them?)
9. Had an interesting drug experience when I was 19 and now have an irrational fear of conkers and sun hats.
10. Was one of the first children in the UK to undergo treatment with synthetic human growth hormone.
I have done a few things on other peoples lists, like run a pub, ales and all! And like Clara I have never driven a car.
This is a great thread, everyone seems really interesting!
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1. I once drank the contents of a goldfish bowl (water + goldfish, plural) as the result of a stupid bet;
2. Played cricket under the midnight sun with the only other two Englishmen for a 1000 miles;
3 At the same venue as "2" ate shark flesh preserved in human urine (not as bad as it sounds);
4. Went to North Korea;
5. Came back;
6. Was shot at by Syrian bandits who later fed me and gave me a bed because a war ended that day (Iran / Iraq) and they thought that a good reason not to kill me;
7. Drove from Nouâdhibou to Nouakchott without the benefit of a road;
8. Can speak Dutch if sufficently provoked;
9. Fathered the only girl named "Félicité" in France during 2006;
10. STILL haven't been found out.
2. Played cricket under the midnight sun with the only other two Englishmen for a 1000 miles;
3 At the same venue as "2" ate shark flesh preserved in human urine (not as bad as it sounds);
4. Went to North Korea;
5. Came back;
6. Was shot at by Syrian bandits who later fed me and gave me a bed because a war ended that day (Iran / Iraq) and they thought that a good reason not to kill me;
7. Drove from Nouâdhibou to Nouakchott without the benefit of a road;
8. Can speak Dutch if sufficently provoked;
9. Fathered the only girl named "Félicité" in France during 2006;
10. STILL haven't been found out.
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Millymollymandy wrote:I can count to 10 in Welsh.
me too ;) and say llanfairpwllgwyngyllgolgerychllwydroblechllantisiliogogogoch (though I doubt I spelled it right) 1. Have never flown anywhere on holiday
2. Sold Tupperware in Berlin while it was still within walls
3. Passed my Motorcycle A1 test at 50
4. Taught myself to process wool fleece, spin, dye & weave
5. Spent two nights camping in the paddock at Brands Hatch during BSB
6. Can ride a horse but have never owned one
7. Spent many lunch hours chatting to George Best in 1960/70's Manchester
8. Made bridal clothes for four and arranged the wedding while the groom was abroad.
9. Saw Queen in concert (also Cliff Richard but we don't talk about that)
10. Baked bread and scones on a camping gaz stove whilst camping in Austria
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I too have never driven a car, can ride a horse and have never owned one (a horse that is, I have owned a car... technically... for a couple of months).
When I'm a proper adult I'm going to have an olive-oil warming dog (or two), too
When I'm a proper adult I'm going to have an olive-oil warming dog (or two), too
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Only after the last fish has been caught,
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Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you realise that money cannot be eaten"
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This is a bit of a has been list, since children life has been unremarkable.
1. Lived on a traditional wooden narrow boat
2. Produced Album Artwork for Lee Scratch Perry's record label.
3. Swam in the Falls Road (Belfast) Swimming baths while there was a riot going on outside.
4. Tried to find an open pub in the middle of the Brixton Riots.
5. Propped up a bar with Archbishop Desmond TuTu and shot the breeze.
6. Had eye contact with Margaret Thatcher when she was in power, and followed her round a private view art exhibition looking over her shoulder whilst discussing her policies with my companion making sure she could hear.
7. Had a perfomers pass for Glastonbury.
8. Grabbed hold of a "suicide bid" and had them dangling over the edge of Waterloo Bridge by their wrists, when initially I intended to take picture of them jumping.
9. Had my 22 year old best friend literally drop dead for no known reason.
10. Rescued my S.O. from the back of a police van during an anti-cruise missile peace vidule outside St Martin's in the Fields.
1. Lived on a traditional wooden narrow boat
2. Produced Album Artwork for Lee Scratch Perry's record label.
3. Swam in the Falls Road (Belfast) Swimming baths while there was a riot going on outside.
4. Tried to find an open pub in the middle of the Brixton Riots.
5. Propped up a bar with Archbishop Desmond TuTu and shot the breeze.
6. Had eye contact with Margaret Thatcher when she was in power, and followed her round a private view art exhibition looking over her shoulder whilst discussing her policies with my companion making sure she could hear.
7. Had a perfomers pass for Glastonbury.
8. Grabbed hold of a "suicide bid" and had them dangling over the edge of Waterloo Bridge by their wrists, when initially I intended to take picture of them jumping.
9. Had my 22 year old best friend literally drop dead for no known reason.
10. Rescued my S.O. from the back of a police van during an anti-cruise missile peace vidule outside St Martin's in the Fields.
My life has also been very boring reading all your posts, but I thought I'd join in with what I can!
1) Age 12, my brother died from a cot death at 10 months old, it was the worst experience of my life seeing him being carried away from his bed.
2) Age 14, won a beauty competition at a Butlins type site in Devon(Not worthy, but has to be one of my top 10!!)
3)Lived in a caravan in a friends garden when I was 16
4) Got married on my 20th Birthday
5) Honeymooned on a campsite in the New Forest, got waterlogged by stormy weather, and eaten by gnats and the like!
6)gave up on honeymoon after three days, but stayed married for 14 years!!!
7)Got my first speeding ticket on my 30th birthday along with an extra £30 fine as my passenger was not wearing a seatbelt
8)Am in more debt that I ever imagined I would because of a bad relationship..I now know he has a 25 year ban from entering America, and a 10 year ban on entering the UK due to fraud mainly relating to a severe drug habit!
9) Have met Dame Judi Dench who is the most loveable person ever!!
10) Have to go to court on Friday this week due to one of the large debts (owing to number 8 on this list), hoping to keep my house for me and the kids!!!
Can I have 11??
11) Loving working my allotment.. half of it is a mess, but it gives me something to think about and to plan for, and the part I have cultivated is doing good I think
Katie xx
1) Age 12, my brother died from a cot death at 10 months old, it was the worst experience of my life seeing him being carried away from his bed.
2) Age 14, won a beauty competition at a Butlins type site in Devon(Not worthy, but has to be one of my top 10!!)
3)Lived in a caravan in a friends garden when I was 16
4) Got married on my 20th Birthday
5) Honeymooned on a campsite in the New Forest, got waterlogged by stormy weather, and eaten by gnats and the like!
6)gave up on honeymoon after three days, but stayed married for 14 years!!!
7)Got my first speeding ticket on my 30th birthday along with an extra £30 fine as my passenger was not wearing a seatbelt
8)Am in more debt that I ever imagined I would because of a bad relationship..I now know he has a 25 year ban from entering America, and a 10 year ban on entering the UK due to fraud mainly relating to a severe drug habit!
9) Have met Dame Judi Dench who is the most loveable person ever!!
10) Have to go to court on Friday this week due to one of the large debts (owing to number 8 on this list), hoping to keep my house for me and the kids!!!
Can I have 11??
11) Loving working my allotment.. half of it is a mess, but it gives me something to think about and to plan for, and the part I have cultivated is doing good I think
Katie xx
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eccentric_emma wrote:1. Had the nape of my neck pierced for 5 years
Mine's 2 years old...
I should have put 'Had a 10 piece spinal corset piercing for 3 years...its growing out now
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I'll do it for you!ina wrote:You've all made me thoroughly depressed now. My life's been so boring...
1. Writes more fluent English than most anglophones!
2. Did all sorts of exciting things on a goat farm in France
3. Did all sorts of exciting things on a farm in Australia
4. Took the bus from Scotland to Germany and back
5. Keeps goats in her back garden
6. Lives in the coldest house in the UK
7. Still hasn't got her home PC set up
8. Still hasn't got living room curtains yet (well I still haven't yet and we seem to be pretty similar
)9. Still hasn't got any bees or chickens despite talking about it on this site for 3 years
10. And this one, NO-ONE HAS DONE - is the proud owner of the Self-Sufficientish beanie hat knitted by Luath!!!