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Mike in Long Beach : 11/3/2016 4:57 pm
What's a cool little quirk you have going for you? I'll start. I'm 31 and (knock on wood) I've never had to get prescription medication before. At least not since I've been old enough to actually remember it.

What's a fun fact that'll get you a "wow, seriously tho?" in a bar conversation?
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RE: RE: EricJ,  
EricJ : 11/4/2016 7:52 am : link
In comment 13203585 RC02XX said:
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Or that time he almost shanked a bitch with a swizzle stick. That would have been an awesome story.


I am going to have to start a thread specifically about that story again. Should keep you busy posting for a few hours :)
I met Richard Todd,  
XBRONX : 11/4/2016 8:07 am : link
Matt Robinson and Ed Marinaro at a bar in Manhattan. Marinaro was drunk and didn't like a question I asked him, Todd and Robinson had to pull him away. Before leaving the bar Richard Todd came over apologized and gave me tokens for free drinks.
I took my friends SATs  
pjcas18 : 11/4/2016 9:14 am : link
for him. Really wanted to get into a prep school near us and knew he wouldn't score high enough and they needed SAT not SSAT for PG's.
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GP : 11/4/2016 9:22 am : link
I'm not all that interesting. However, when I was about 10 I was in George Steinbrenner's office, jumped up and down on his leather baseball glove-shaped chair and then went to the control room and played with the stadium jumbotron and audio controls.
RE: I once drove a golf cart for Charles Barkley  
Brown Recluse : 11/4/2016 9:28 am : link
In comment 13203538 Greg from LI said:
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I vaguely recall you mentioning this in the past as part of a funny story. May have been someone else...
My boss when I lived in Alabama had a barbeque at his house  
Greg from LI : 11/4/2016 9:30 am : link
Among the attendees were Richard Todd, Robert Brazile, and Ken Stabler. He was friends with Todd and Brazile because they all played high school football against each other growing up in Mobile, and Stabler was from the area too although a bit older than the others.

The furthest back I can trace my family tree in America goes back to 1610. John Proctor sailed on the Sea Venture in June 1609 as part of the third supply mission to Jamestown. The ship was badly damaged in a storm and sank right off the coast of a then-uninhabited island, Bermuda. The survivors of the wreck landed on Bermuda, spending the next 10 months there building two new ships from what they could salvage from the Sea Venture and from lumber they cut down in Bermuda. They sailed successfully to Jamestown in May 1610. The story of the Sea Venture was Shakespeare's inspiration for The Tempest.
My wife once danced on Broadway in The Lion King.  
yatqb : 11/4/2016 9:30 am : link
And I was defended against an injunction during the Kent State days by William Kunstler.
RE: RE: I once drove a golf cart for Charles Barkley  
Greg from LI : 11/4/2016 9:31 am : link
In comment 13203755 Brown Recluse said:
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I vaguely recall you mentioning this in the past as part of a funny story. May have been someone else...


It was probably talking about the lunatic autograph hound that snuck into the club, stole a golf cart, and went riding around the course looking for Barkley. They had to call the cops.
When I was 12  
mavric : 11/4/2016 9:36 am : link
I put together a very extensive chemistry set in the attic. I had a bench that was about 12 feet long and shelves over the bench. I had a Bunsen burner and collected flasks, bottles, tubes, and of course all kinds of chemicals (nothing like a kid's typical chemistry set that comes in a box). Back in those days, you could buy some very interesting chemicals at the local drug store by talking with the owner who would order them plus he could get flasks, tubes, etc. Anyway, I created an experiment (I won't divulge the chemicals on here) that would create an endothermic reaction. I had done it before and it worked like a charm and a kid from the neighborhood was visiting and wanted me to show him. After mixing the chemicals, it didn't work. I said, "must be the chemicals are dead" (remember, I was only 12). My mother called and said it was time for dinner. We sat around the table as my father said a blessing when a huge explosion went off upstairs knocking the kitchen ceiling down on top of us. House burned to the ground. I never messed with chemicals again
Quite a story, mavric.  
yatqb : 11/4/2016 9:38 am : link
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RE: Quite a story, mavric.  
mavric : 11/4/2016 9:55 am : link
In comment 13203767 yatqb said:
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Wish is wasn't true. I put my poor mother through hell
There was an arrest warrant  
ChicagoMarty : 11/4/2016 10:14 am : link
issued for me in West New York NJ in the late seventies because I did not pay my fine for shoveling snow onto Blvd East when trying to get to work after a blizzard.

I ama snow felon

The guilt has worn me out

I confess to feelling better now
a former NFL head coach gave me a wedding gift - a silver bowl  
Heisenberg : 11/4/2016 10:21 am : link
and then a couple years later my brother got married and he got the exact same bowl as a gift. I'm pretty sure he had a crate of them in his garage and his wife just sent them when they got invited to weddings of somewhat distant relatives.
hah, that reminds me of something  
Greg from LI : 11/4/2016 10:22 am : link
I managed to get my father arrested in Philadelphia once.

Back in 1999, I went up to Philly to visit a buddy of mine who was going to school at Temple. He told me to park in the alley behind his building - "People do it all the time, no one ever gets a ticket" So, of course, I got a ticket. Pfffft - how often am I going to be in Philly? I was just about to move to California for my first "real" job. I tossed it in the trash.

Problem was, I had borrowed my dad's car to go up because mine needed some work. About five years later, my dad was in Philly for work, was pulled over for speeding, and got an unpleasant surprise. There was a warrant for his arrest for an unpaid ticket. He was less than pleased with me, and I ended up having to pay him back something like $1500.
I admire that people have been so forthcoming  
Overseer : 11/4/2016 10:32 am : link
nice job folks.

If you wanna smear mud on your ass, smear mud on your ass - just be honest about it. Look, I've never told anyone this before, but I can suck my own dick. And I do it. A lot.
Missed qualifying for Mens Olympic Marathon trials  
micky : 11/4/2016 10:37 am : link
"B" qualifying standards by minute and half in 2:23:28 in 1989
RE: I admire that people have been so forthcoming  
Brown Recluse : 11/4/2016 10:42 am : link
In comment 13203854 Overseer said:
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nice job folks.

If you wanna smear mud on your ass, smear mud on your ass - just be honest about it. Look, I've never told anyone this before, but I can suck my own dick. And I do it. A lot.


Overseer rarely ...  
Crispino : 11/4/2016 10:42 am : link
leaves his house.
We already know RB^2's interesting fact  
Anakim : 11/4/2016 10:58 am : link
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RE: We already know RB^2's interesting fact  
Brown Recluse : 11/4/2016 11:01 am : link
In comment 13203890 Anakim said:
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She's a moaner
RE: I admire that people have been so forthcoming  
eli4life : 11/4/2016 11:01 am : link
In comment 13203854 Overseer said:
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nice job folks.

If you wanna smear mud on your ass, smear mud on your ass - just be honest about it. Look, I've never told anyone this before, but I can suck my own dick. And I do it. A lot.


I would do it but I can't get it to bend in half when it's hard :-)
RE: a former NFL head coach gave me a wedding gift - a silver bowl  
Les in TO : 11/4/2016 11:25 am : link
In comment 13203835 Heisenberg said:
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and then a couple years later my brother got married and he got the exact same bowl as a gift. I'm pretty sure he had a crate of them in his garage and his wife just sent them when they got invited to weddings of somewhat distant relatives.
that sounds like a jerry Glanville move.
I am 46 and Have Never Dated.  
10to13td : 11/4/2016 11:40 am : link
YUP. It's True..
Based on reading the other responses  
pjcas18 : 11/4/2016 11:50 am : link
it seems something maybe interesting and possibly unique about me is I never felt the urge or need to lie or exaggerate the size of my penis.
RE: RE: a former NFL head coach gave me a wedding gift - a silver bowl  
Heisenberg : 11/4/2016 11:50 am : link
In comment 13203953 Les in TO said:
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In comment 13203835 Heisenberg said:


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and then a couple years later my brother got married and he got the exact same bowl as a gift. I'm pretty sure he had a crate of them in his garage and his wife just sent them when they got invited to weddings of somewhat distant relatives.

that sounds like a jerry Glanville move.


Haha. Nope. This guy was far less colorful, but more successful.
I once had to travel to Russia during the Cold War to box in an  
Patrick77 : 11/4/2016 11:56 am : link
Exhibition fight against the man who killled my best friend in the ring. I won. I kid you not before the fight the Russian said to me " I must break you".

I also was ran out of Hope Washington by the local
Sheriff as I was a drifter for almost a decade after I returned from Nam where I was in the special forces.

I now run an Italian restaurant in Philadelphia.
I was a champion electric football player  
Gman11 : 11/4/2016 12:34 pm : link
at least in our household.
RE: I once gave change to Uncle Floyd at the Boardwalk  
Matt M. : 11/4/2016 12:46 pm : link
In comment 13203641 Giantgator said:
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A friend of the family worked on Uncle Floyd's show. He may have directed and was the camera man.
My real name is Banned Poster  
loafin : 11/4/2016 12:56 pm : link
and it is my birthday!
Had Rosh Hashana dinner  
Matt M. : 11/4/2016 1:00 pm : link
with Earl Monroe about 5 years ago.

Pissed off John Sterling by refusing his autograph (some here are familiar with that story).

Went to HS with Wentworth Miller III (Prison Break) and Emmanual Lewis (Webster).

Got about 5-10 minutes of camera time on the Late Show (Fox 1980s). Arsenio Hall took over for Joan Rivers. I was in LA with a friend, staying with his uncle who was an executive for the fledgling FOX network. He got us seats in the center section about the 3 or 4th row. We were backstage and pass this mountain of a man. We didn't recognize him, but knew he was an athlete. He ends up sitting behind us; LA Raiders OT Henry Lawrence. He was trying to start a singing career. Arsenio sat in the aisle to talk to him and have him perform "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay". The whole time the camera was on him, my friend and I were on camera.
RE: RE: My Dad  
BMac : 11/4/2016 1:25 pm : link
In comment 13203397 RC02XX said:
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In comment 13203391 shelovesnycsports said:


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was a High School football coach. I once kissed Tommie Frazier.



Holy shit! I once kissed Tommie Frazier also! What are the odds?!?!


Tongue, or no tongue?
I used to live in the  
Rick5 : 11/4/2016 1:25 pm : link
same neighborhood as Rich Kotite, and my father had him over the house once.
RE: I am 35  
Mike in Long Beach : 11/4/2016 1:35 pm : link
In comment 13203330 dep026 said:
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And never had an alcoholic beverage in my life.


This explains so much.

Just kidding :)
RE: I am 46 and Have Never Dated.  
Mike in Long Beach : 11/4/2016 1:39 pm : link
In comment 13203974 10to13td said:
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YUP. It's True..


Have you been laid? Serious question!
World Series  
bitterblue : 11/4/2016 1:40 pm : link
I can name the World Series winner for any year and can name all the years a team has won the World Series.
Starting to run out of things  
Greg from LI : 11/4/2016 1:42 pm : link
I went to the same physical therapist in Malibu as Brian Bosworth. Seemed like a friendly guy, and much smaller in person than you'd think.
RE: hah, that reminds me of something  
Mike in Long Beach : 11/4/2016 1:50 pm : link
In comment 13203841 Greg from LI said:
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I managed to get my father arrested in Philadelphia once.

Back in 1999, I went up to Philly to visit a buddy of mine who was going to school at Temple. He told me to park in the alley behind his building - "People do it all the time, no one ever gets a ticket" So, of course, I got a ticket. Pfffft - how often am I going to be in Philly? I was just about to move to California for my first "real" job. I tossed it in the trash.

Problem was, I had borrowed my dad's car to go up because mine needed some work. About five years later, my dad was in Philly for work, was pulled over for speeding, and got an unpleasant surprise. There was a warrant for his arrest for an unpaid ticket. He was less than pleased with me, and I ended up having to pay him back something like $1500.


Hahaha, good lord. That must've went over well. How old were you?
22 when I got the ticket  
Greg from LI : 11/4/2016 1:54 pm : link
About 26-27 when he landed in the pokey.
For a brief period I was being mistaken for Matisyahu, the singer  
Matt M. : 11/4/2016 2:05 pm : link
His given name is the same as ine. When he first hit it big, we would get random calls from people looking for him. We once had a message from an excited kid, practically out of breath saying "Matisyahu?!" over and over. Another call was from a 12 year old boy (maybe same kid) asking me to come to his Bar Mitzvah. I should have accepted.
hah,,,,you would have given him the most disappointing bar mitzvah  
Greg from LI : 11/4/2016 2:13 pm : link
EVER!
RE: I am 46 and Have Never Dated.  
Les in TO : 11/4/2016 4:03 pm : link
In comment 13203974 10to13td said:
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YUP. It's True..
why?
I barely fit  
davek3698 : 11/4/2016 4:50 pm : link
into Magnum XLs.
I have a 3rd nipple  
TheMcThrill : 11/4/2016 5:36 pm : link
I was born in England
I was almost deported from Cuba
I was once arrested for trying to steal a sign that said "No Christmas Trees"
I had sex with Kelsey Grammer's daughter, Spencer, in Australia
When I was a kid  
aimrocky : 11/4/2016 6:25 pm : link
I was invited to Roger Glover's son's birthday party and drove his Tyco hovercraft into a rock, popping the raft balloon. Roger ripped me a new one.
I worked on Capitol Hill as an intern  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 11/4/2016 6:34 pm : link
In college.
.....  
Route 9 : 11/4/2016 6:54 pm : link
At the Packer game in 2013 when the Packers were gaining momentum after GB made it 20-13, their fans started chanting "Go Pack Go", and then JPP had that INT ran back for a touchdown. If you listened you could hear a JPP chant erupt in that same voiced chant of the Go Pack Go one minutes earlier. I was the one that started that chant mocking the large number of Packer fans present in our section. It would've grown larger but I think something goofy happened on the field on the XP.
RE: My wife once danced on Broadway in The Lion King.  
Rick5 : 11/4/2016 8:29 pm : link
In comment 13203757 yatqb said:
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And I was defended against an injunction during the Kent State days by William Kunstler.

Small world. I have jammed many times with someone who played in the LK orchestra pit for years.
RE: RE: RE: My Dad  
RC02XX : 11/4/2016 9:31 pm : link
In comment 13204133 BMac said:
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In comment 13203397 RC02XX said:


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In comment 13203391 shelovesnycsports said:


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was a High School football coach. I once kissed Tommie Frazier.



Holy shit! I once kissed Tommie Frazier also! What are the odds?!?!



Tongue, or no tongue?


Obviously tongue...what do you take me for? A prude?
RE: RE: RE: EricJ,  
RC02XX : 11/4/2016 9:34 pm : link
In comment 13203661 EricJ said:
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In comment 13203585 RC02XX said:


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Or that time he almost shanked a bitch with a swizzle stick. That would have been an awesome story.



I am going to have to start a thread specifically about that story again. Should keep you busy posting for a few hours :)


Don't flatter yourself. It'll occupy me for a single hour at the most...well, maybe an hour and a half...but not much more than that...ok...maybe two...but that's all...or maybe three...
I almost married Gus Niarhos'  
bradshaw44 : 11/4/2016 10:05 pm : link
Grand daughter.

Sat amongst Mike Tyson, little bow wow, snoop, warren Sapp and fat joe at the NBA All Star game at Verizon Center.

Started my own business last year and one of my clients is a famous rapper.

Fished with Sam Choy and Emeril on the big island.

Played A certain adventures in babysitting actress in fousball at a house party.

Slept with a female Fox News contributor after meeting her at brass monkey in Adams Morgan back in 2000 before she was a somebody. (She's not one of the bigger names)

Have had guns pulled on me 4 times.

I've got more but that's enough for now.

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