10 things I've done that you probably haven't

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1) got asked for proof of age when trying to buy alcohol at age 37!

oo I had that one at 39. I told everyone I knew!

[dragonsue]

As I'm a newbie I have a lot of catching up to do, so I thought I'd better just post all 20 straight off, even though it's taken me an hour to think of them all! And I'm sorry, I really have had to scrape the barrel here.

1) I sat on Reggie Krays knee when I was four. (don't ask!)
2) Played with a lioness and her two cubs in their enclosure.
3) Survived double pneumonia and blood clots on lungs at the same time, without the help of antibiotics or a doctor, my OH thought I had a cold and just needed to sleep.
4) Won the Inner London Silver Fencing medal when I was 14.
5) Circumvented my first (and last) security alarm when I was 15.
6) Hand fed an Adder (yep the snake) until the RSPCA could find a man brave enough to take it away. (My Mum was having kittens as I was only 8 at the time!)
7) Got a 6 inch splinter in my bottom while playing in the school play ground.
8) Travelled Europe in a Skoda, before they got cool!
9) Had the 'Only Fools and Horses' van for my wedding car. The passenger door stuck and I had to climb in the back. On the way to the reception we passed another wedding party in a stretch white limo that had broken down!
10) My current car is a Reliant Robin.
11) Yelled 'Catch' as I gave the last push to deliver my daughter, with the midwife nearly dropping the baby as she had to step over my unconscious husband on the floor!
12) Served Edwina Curry when she popped in to the supermarket where I worked, and got a round of applause from the other staff when she left. (And yes, she did say; "Do you know who I am?", twice!)
13) Made a cup of tea for Lord Sainsbury, a real gentleman.
14) Went to the cinema with Jimmy Saville, for the life of me I can't remember what film we watched now.
15) Was stood-up by Rod Stewart.
16) I was a Goth back in the '70's before the term had even been coined.
17) I proposed to my current husband, on bended knee, in the middle of a crowded Chinese restaurant, on leap year, only to be told I'd get my answer after Eastenders had finished! (Thankfully he doesn't watch it any more or I think I might have taken the proposal back! )
18) I have been given 3 'expiry dates' by doctors, and have out lived all of them!
19) Rode my first roller coaster when I was 44, against doctors advice, and loved it so much I went on nine more within a week. (You gotta love Florida! )
20) Got kicked out of Girl Guides for being too adventurous.

Phew, thank heavens that's over! Reading it over it makes a pretty scary list.

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[quote="AXJ"]Superb selection circlecross, don't supose you've bumped into Max Mosley on your travels? LoL
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Who he?

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oh ha ha, I've just googled him (that's all officer), how would I know? He couldve been in a mask.......

[hedgewitch]

My first job as an agency nurse was to replace myself on the rota!

Oh the sweet irony!

Some of these are really funny and intriguing.
I am a HUGE fan of Lee Scratch Perry so I am in awe of both Clara and AXJ (and we all live in Spain....coincidence?)

1) Gregory Isaacs nephew visits my house regularly
2) I lived on a travelers site for 6 months
3) I got beaten up by two male bouncers and went back for more (yes I'm female..yes I was outraged)
4) I made a wood burning stove out of an empty calor gas bottle
5) Poured red paint over a woman who was wearing a fur coat
6) Drank 12 cans of Special Brew one Christmas
7) Walked over hot coals
8) Asked Howard Marks to sign my "Say no to Drugs" Frisbee and he obliged
9) Got paid a lot of money for being unfairly sacked
10) Fainted whist doing my reading test (and it was genuine)

[Wombat]

You've all made me thoroughly depressed now. My life's been so boring...

Me too, bet I can't get 10!

1. I hold an American patent
2. I've been monstered by a bunyip and survived
3. Got baptised on my 50th birthday
4. I have a world class collection of publishers rejection slips.
5. I've made a fool of myself on ABC radio
6. Been offroading in the Australian bush
7. Spun cotton at the Sydney Royal Easter show
8. slept under a bundy clock
9. Flown in a WW2 Auster aircraft
10. Kicked a box of gelignite (and also survived)

Nev

[The Prehistorian]

1. cycled from Lands End to Jon O'Groats.
2. recited shakespeare with a Ryder Cup golfer.
3. helped build the, then, largest sandcastle in the world
4. owned a dog who became a hero by breaking the headmaster's fingers
5. wrote my own GIS/VR system for a laugh
6. gave up a £40k + job to go and dig holes for nothing
7. mortgage and debt free
8. have owned at least four air cooled VWs
9. have been, briefly, on stage with Hank Wangford and Sleepy La Beef
10. have dug more featureless Bronze Age round barows than is healthy

[ashamomodablam]

hi
1;trekked to everest base camp
2;starred in a hindi film
3;nearly sliced 2 toes off falling in an indian toilet (dont ask)
4; made the worse carrot cake known to man
5;walked all round the countryside to find elderflower ,only to realise it was in my garden
6;served gene simmons in my yokel pub
7gave birth in my lounge naked with a tea towel on my head
8; swam from one island to another
9;gave an elephant a bath
10; saw harry enfield at saxmundham train station

[hedgewitch]

made the worse carrot cake known to man

I've done that one too.

[Badger Bob]

1. Lived for a fortnight in a Sheffield carpark when my student grant cheque bounced.
2. Become a Buddhist Monk to avoid the poll tax.
3. Been run over three times at the same bus stop in three consecutive years.
4. Been incorrectly pronounced dead by a medical student.
5. Gone completely grey at the age of 15.
6. Been interviewed naked by Richard Whiteley (I was naked, not Richard).
7. Ridden a bicycle in a sewer.
8. Caught a grass snake while fly-fishing (and released it unharmed).
9. Fallen out of the lighting rig during a panto and had to be stretchered off to the sound of "he'll be alright" "oh no he won't" etc.
10. Talked to a bloke in Lincoln who looked exactly like Tom Hanks then found out months later that it WAS Tom Hanks.
11. Appeared in a film with Sean Bean (well it was a crowd scene in When Saturday Comes)

[AXJ]

oh ha ha, I've just googled him (that's all officer), how would I know? He couldve been in a mask.......

LoL over 18s only

It is a safe download, no nasties promise.

I should say that the only thing in my opinion Max did was to ge caught, I am not fan, but a person is entitled to do what they like with concenting adults.

[mrsflibble]

21. did some explicit embroidery currently on show on craftster's needlework section. it's in the needlework's hot new projects area too lol!!

when I say explicit I mean gratuitously, completely, horrifically explicit so do not click the link if you are easily shocked, at work, or with children.

photos are not included in the body of the post, but there are picture links to take you to my darling piece of work.

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=253317.0

[barefootlinzi]

omg!!! bit shocked at first but i LOVE your pron embroidery! love the attantion to detail, its fab!!!! and very naughty







edited to add the pron word as the proper word highlighted this post as spam. red

[AXJ]

21. did some explicit embroidery currently on show on craftster's needlework section. it's in the needlework's hot new projects area too lol!!

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=253317.0

Far out MrsFlibble!

[Lady Willow]

Fabulous! You're so skilled Mrs F. How long did the couple take you to sew?