Some little known or odd personal facts.
The time is now ... let's share and have some fun.
Hmm, let’s see, what should I write about? “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”, they say. Maybe it’s time we have a little fun and ward off a burn out.
[scratching my head, thinking, eyebrows knit together]
I know! Let’s all share some little known, odd facts about ourselves! It should be things people wouldn’t naturally assume about us without being told. (I wish you could see this …) my inner child is gleefully clapping and jumping up and down.
I can see I have her approval, so I’ll even go first:
1. I have assisted a pathologist, start to finish, all the way through an
autopsy.
2. At 75 I’m the world’s oldest tomboy.
3. I can wiggle both ears at the same time and separately.
4. I can point both index fingers toward each other, spin the right one clockwise, spin the left one counterclockwise, at the very same time.
5. As a child, I learned how to say tongue twisters really fast.
6. I can curl my toes under, tip my feet forward, & walk on the tops of my
toes.
7. I am part Cherokee on my mother’s side.
8. Daddy is Joe; Mama is Joanne; my middle name is Jo.
9. I have a Kimber .380 for protection and I know how to use it.
10. My favorite number is 3.
11. I can easily curl my tongue.
12. My favorite color is forest green.
13. I learned to drive a stick shift car during one lunch hour.
14. My dream car is a white ‘67 Porsche 911 (when I win the lottery).
I can gleek you from 2 feet away (gleek: lift tongue toward the back roof
of the mouth, force bottom jaw forward. Spit flies from under tongue.
16. All three of my daughters were delivered by C-Section.
17. I’m a Parrothead —a big Jimmy Buffett music fan.
18. I love solving the NY Times Sunday newspaper crossword puzzle.
19. I love playing any kind of word games like Scrabble and Wordle.
20. I have a large brown birthmark on my neck that looks like a dragon.
21. I hate wearing shoes, I love being barefoot, but hate stubbed toes.
22. I love Dunkin’ Donut coffee. I think Starbucks tastes burnt.
A favorite meal is liver & sauteed onions, mashed potatoes & gravy.
I was wearing bi-focal glasses when I was only 2 - 1/2.
I’ve moved twenty-seven times and lived in ten different states.
I once ran through a public fountain barefoot on a dare.
I love egg nog and hate that it’s only available during the holidays.
‘Gleeking’ is a type of spitting that occurs when the tongue accidentally puts pressure on the sublingual glands, forcing out saliva. It usually happens while yawning, and only 35% of people can do it, with only 1% being able to do it on demand.
Okay, I’ve bared my odd and weird facts. Now it’s your turn. What are some little known, odd or weird facts about YOU?
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I count things unnecessarily. For example, taking clothes out of the washer or dryer I silently count each item. I asked an OCD expert about it and he said it's just a quirk, not OCD.
I learned to make my own egg nog. I can do the curl the tongue thing too. One of my favorite cars was a Mercedes 500S, another a dark green, 1972 BMW 2002 . I had two VW beetle convertibles, one 1973 red, one 1979 yellow, not at the same time. I've lived in 10 states and moved 26 times. I like cooking and baking. I wrote 4 books, working on a fifth. Kept a flock of chickens, had two miniature donkeys and built a large barn. Had 4 different careers over a 60 year span of working full time. Became a great grandfather a year ago.