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RE: Post 10 Random Facts About Yourself
September 15, 2015 at 12:55 pm
(September 15, 2015 at 12:40 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: (September 14, 2015 at 6:34 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: 1. I hate wearing pants. Shorts and skirts are the way to go!
I get the feeling pants means something different in the US. Either that you or are a brave girl.
Lol, what?? What else would "pants" be called in other english speaking countries??
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RE: Post 10 Random Facts About Yourself
September 15, 2015 at 12:55 pm
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Hey I just remembered another one!
I don't feel the cold nearly as quickly as most people. I can still wear shorts and t-shirt in winter unless it gets bitingly cold.
However, I feel the heat quicker than most. I have to let a cup of tea cool for about 15 minutes longer than my wife's.
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RE: Post 10 Random Facts About Yourself
September 15, 2015 at 12:55 pm
(September 15, 2015 at 12:51 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: (September 15, 2015 at 12:01 pm)Exian Wrote: 1. I actually can lick my elbow.
Yeah I'm going to need a video of that.
I can lick exians elbow.
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RE: Post 10 Random Facts About Yourself
September 15, 2015 at 12:57 pm
(September 15, 2015 at 12:55 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: (September 15, 2015 at 12:51 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Yeah I'm going to need a video of that.
I can lick exians elbow.
I'll take a video of that as well.
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RE: Post 10 Random Facts About Yourself
September 15, 2015 at 12:57 pm
(September 15, 2015 at 12:55 pm)robvalue Wrote: Hey I just remembered another one!
I don't feel the cold nearly as quickly as most people. I can still wear shorts and t-shirt in winter unless it gets bitingly cold.
However, I feel the heat quicker than most. I have to let a cup of tea cool for about 15 minutes longer than my wife's.
CL: Pants in England means underpants! What you call pants, we call trousers.
Oh hahaha! I had no idea. Here we call them panties. Yes, I do wear panties.
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RE: Post 10 Random Facts About Yourself
September 15, 2015 at 12:58 pm
(September 15, 2015 at 12:55 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: (September 15, 2015 at 12:40 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: I get the feeling pants means something different in the US. Either that you or are a brave girl.
Lol, what?? What else would "pants" be called in other english speaking countries??
They form a base layer to ladies garments a part of lingerie, knickers perhaps would a term you are familiar with. Americans and us, we almost share a language, almost. You should have seen my wifes face the first time she heard an american lady refer to her "fanny", pure gold.
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RE: Post 10 Random Facts About Yourself
September 15, 2015 at 12:59 pm
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1. I once entered a screenwriting competition called Sci-Fi Shorts, the first prize for which was to see your ten-minute script produced for the big screen. Not only did I not win, but one of the judges decided to die shortly before I sent in my entry. His name was Douglas Adams.
2. I have never been off the ground, either by aeroplane, helicopter, balloon or anything similar. I'm planning on changing that soon, though.
3. I too can sit quite happily in the full lotus position and can also walk around on my knees. Or on all fives.
4. I've recently (ish) found something of a minor talent for mimicry and impressions. I can sort of do Richard Burton, Loyd Grossman, John Kramer from Saw, as well as a few others. I used it to convince a security guard in Tesco that he was having a phone conversation with someone he knew well. It worked.
5. I once sat in the audience for a recording of QI and appeared on screen twice at the end. It's the Flora And Fauna episode.
6. I was a virgin up to the age of 31. Though not strictly from choice.
23. I don't know how numbers work.
8. The Cassini-Huygens probe is carrying a CD-ROM filled with digitised signatures and messages. Including mine.
9. I'm starting to run out of ideas for random facts.
10. I'm shit scared of heights. Which might make number 2 on this list fun.
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RE: Post 10 Random Facts About Yourself
September 15, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Yeah, America recognised English was the correct language but couldn't stand just copying us so it butchered the language with a rusty hacksaw. Now we have girls with panties but no pants 
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RE: Post 10 Random Facts About Yourself
September 15, 2015 at 1:21 pm
(September 15, 2015 at 12:54 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: (September 15, 2015 at 12:14 pm)Dystopia Wrote: - I am 1.76cm tall (that's 5 feet 919⁄64 inches according to google) which is considered average in my country for a male and weight 75kg (165 pounds)
Being 1.76cm tall, how do you type on a keyboard? Is sex difficult?
I've never been to Portugal, but I have a hard time believing that's average.
What? That's average, just a little bigger than Tom Cruise.
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RE: Post 10 Random Facts About Yourself
September 15, 2015 at 1:24 pm
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(September 15, 2015 at 1:21 pm)Dystopia Wrote: What? That's average, just a little bigger than Tom Cruise.
Tom Cruise is a little guy, but he's bigger than 1.76cm.
Your inability to see that I am being semantic about a typo here is taking the all of the fun out of this, Dys.
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