For Fun: Name something that most people don't know about you:

NikkiBenzo · June 2011

Here is mine:

I never knew how to give a hickey. I've tried - but never could.

GO!

dlast09 · June 2011

Not sure why, but no one would ever guess I have tattoos. And will be getting more ;]

They say I don't seem like the type. But I didn't know you needed to be a type. LOL.

Willosious · June 2011

I can read upside down and backwards. Geeked

jeshapiro · June 2011

I was a SIDS baby, and survived!

NikkiBenzo · June 2011

jeshapiro:
I was a SIDS baby, and survived!

WHAT!? Elaborate!

forensicmama · June 2011

NikkiBenzo:
jeshapiro:
I was a SIDS baby, and survived!

WHAT!? Elaborate!

Ditto!!! Need more information! Curious!!!

forensicmama · June 2011

If a social worker walked into my childhood home, we all would have (and should have) been taken away. I'm glad it didn't happen, because it would have killed my mom. Four years later, she's still suffering from my brother's suicide.

JMKaut · June 2011

I can juggle REALLY well. I've used clubs, rings, scarves and balls. I wanted to get the flaming balls, but my husband vetoed it. go figure.

In high school a couple of us were going to busk for the summer, but the license was way too expensive.

Nita2603 · June 2011

I worked in the music business for 10 years - toured with bands, that's how my husband and I met. One of those 7 marriages in the business which work out. ;-)

Also, I was born at 26 weeks - first German baby to survive this.

LauriJean_2009 · June 2011

The year my parents divorced (and I'm so glad they did) I was 13. I spent the next year of my life obsessed with Philadelphia Flyers Hockey. I didn't go out and play, my friends stopped knocking and asking me to come out. I just watched hockey for a whole season, clipeed newspaper reports, read stats and memorized them, and knew every player's name and number. (Still remember most of them).

Then one day the following year, a friend knocked on my doo and I went out.

I'm a well-adjusted adult even though everyone thought I was a weird kid.

pag41989 · June 2011

I LOVE old school gaming systems and H's PS3 gets on my nerves because the graphics are too realistic to me. I could literally spend all day playing atari, sega genesis or the Nintendo NES. To this day I still think Sonic is the shiz Smile

forensicmama · June 2011

luffy26:
I don't drink alcohol..just doesn't appeal to me.
People are usually always shocked when I tell them or they don't believe me for some reason.

I don't drink, either. I understand running into disbelieving people. lol

maryNamory · June 2011

I am super shy. Most people meet me and think I am outgoing, but I don't know how to make girlfriends. I am excited because this weekend I am going out two separate times with two different gal pals.

txhottie · June 2011

I have a purple and green dolphin tattoo. I got it when I was 18 and now with my growing body, it looks more like a whale!

Elsa1984 · June 2011

I have Brachydactyly Type D (toe thumb, club thumb, hitchhiker thumb, thumb dwarfism....whatever you choose to call it). It is genetic and the only other person in my family that has it is my 2nd cousin (on my dad's side) but she only has one short thumb....I have two short thumbs. Our baby can be born with it so we are waiting to see. It makes it really hard to get acrylic nails...thats for sure!

The scariest moment in my life was when I was holding one of my nanny kids on my lap and he (at 5 months) stopped breathing and went limp. Somehow, I managed to not only take care of him, but pack up the other two (almost 3 years, and a 3 month old - at the time) for the hospital. I got him breathing again, but they never figured out what happened. He is now a happy and healthy 3 1/2 year old.

SheLovesMrHip · June 2011

I met my DH at a bar, and him and I both thought that we would be just a fling......I seriously was only attracted to him for his looks, I thought he was a total douche.....funny how we grew on one another......6 years later= marraige and a baby!!! Bar flings work out people! Beer

jonnygurl76 · June 2011

forensicmama:
luffy26:

I don't drink alcohol..just doesn't appeal to me.

People are usually always shocked when I tell them or they don't believe me for some reason.

I don't drink, either. I understand running into disbelieving people. lol

me too. i stopped over 10 years ago when i was diagnosed with hypoglycemia.

mine: i was in an abusive relationship when i was 20-22 and i was lucky to get out of it alive. everyone who knows me thinks of me as a girl who doesn't take any sh!t...and i am ever since then. and none of my family or friends knew it was going on until i tried to get out of it. just goes to show that it can be anyone you know--even the last person you would ever expect it to happpen to.

LauriJean_2009 · June 2011

pag41989:
I LOVE old school gaming systems and H's PS3 gets on my nerves because the graphics are too realistic to me. I could literally spend all day playing atari, sega genesis or the Nintendo NES. To this day I still think Sonic is the shiz

LOVE.

forensicmama · June 2011

Elsa1984:
I have Brachydactyly Type D (toe thumb, club thumb, hitchhiker thumb, thumb dwarfism....whatever you choose to call it). It is genetic and the only other person in my family that has it is my 2nd cousin (on my dad's side) but she only has one short thumb....I have two short thumbs. Our baby can be born with it so we are waiting to see. It makes it really hard to get acrylic nails...thats for sure!

Megan Fox has that, too. I have a weird body part, too. I have Partial Anodontia. Ah, what I would give for symmetrical teeth!

ETA: Google images depicts it to be much freakier than it actually is. O.o* Two of my teeth (eye teeth) are still adolescent/baby teeth. Two more are asymmetrical. Thankfully it isn't terribly noticeable. Bothers me, though.

forensicmama · June 2011

jonnygurl76:
me too. i stopped over 10 years ago when i was diagnosed with hypoglycemia.

mine: i was in an abusive relationship when i was 20-22 and i was lucky to get out of it alive. everyone who knows me thinks of me as a girl who doesn't take any sh!t...and i am ever since then. and none of my family or friends knew it was going on until i tried to get out of it. just goes to show that it can be anyone you know--even the last person you would ever expect it to happpen to.

Yikes! I'm glad you made out of it safely!

NikkiBenzo · June 2011

forensicmama:
If a social worker walked into my childhood home, we all would have (and should have) been taken away. I'm glad it didn't happen, because it would have killed my mom. Four years later, she's still suffering from my brother's suicide.

So sorry to hear this... hugs

NikkiBenzo · June 2011

I love reading these! Keeo 'em coming!

Here's another of mine:

When I worked at Aetna, Inc. in NYC, we were at a company social outing and one of my coworkers started choking on a piece of steak. Before anyone could react, I ran over to her and gave her the Heimlich and saved her life. Her last name is Guggenheim so I can proudly say that I saved a Guggenheim. (Incase you didn't know - the Guggenheims are a famous and wealthy family and there is a museum named after them in NY.)

StarLightStar22 · June 2011

I am allergic to red food dye and scared my girls will be too. I never had the allergy until I was in college. I used to drink cheerwine (kinda like a cherry sprite) everyday then one day it almost killed me. My throat shut, had hives everywhere, lips looked HUGE... I was given cherry benedryll right before my throat started swelling.. and wouldnt you know cherry benedryll has red dye in it.. so after an epi-pen stabbing and days in the hospital I recovered. It scares me that my girls will have this allergy as well... so many medications and foods have it that you would never know about - tylnol (even the white ones with the red writting) and even twinkies!

amyc216 · June 2011

I also have a club thumb and I hate it. I tend to hide it!

I don't drink either. I also hate seafood. Both of these things tend to get the "What?! Why?!" response a lot.

pennysuedog · June 2011

I love Punk and ska music!

I was 19 when I got pregnant with my son, but low and behold me and his daddy worked out despite stats. and have been married 11 years, and I love him to death!

I won't ride a bike because I had a horrible bike accident when I was 12 and smashed face first into the street. I lost teeth and my face was covered in road rash. I can't stand to watch kids wiggle loose teeth now either.

terrijason · June 2011

I am allergic to avocado.

I dont like seafood

jeshapiro · June 2011

NikkiBenzo:

jeshapiro:
I was a SIDS baby, and survived!

WHAT!? Elaborate!

My mom and a group of her friends took me camping in Yosemite when I was a baby. My mom's friend came in to check on me and another baby while we were sleeping, and I was completly blue. Luckily, my mom and all her friends are nurses, so they performed CPR on me. I was then helicoptered to my hometown's hospital. My mom knew I would be ok after I smiled at her. If I wasn't with all nurses, I wouldn't have survived. I am a very lucky person.

zurawsk5 · June 2011

I have cadaver tendons in my ankle. (I have a chip missing out of the ankle bone and after a few surgeries it became really weak, so the tendons are there to stabilize it.

I was also on Dirty Jobs last fall.

lmknight7 · June 2011

NikkiBenzo:

I love reading these! Keeo 'em coming!

Here's another of mine:

When I worked at Aetna, Inc. in NYC, we were at a company social outing and one of my coworkers started choking on a piece of steak. Before anyone could react, I ran over to her and gave her the Heimlich and saved her life. Her last name is Guggenheim so I can proudly say that I saved a Guggenheim. (Incase you didn't know - the Guggenheims are a famous and wealthy family and there is a museum named after them in NY.)

Isn't it an amazing thing to save someone this way! I gave the heimlich to a 16 mo old toddler (who was playing, inappropriately, with a transformer doll) - her mom (who I didn't know) freaked out and just handed her to me!! Luckily - the toy piece flew out of her mouth and all was ok!!!

UGADawg8 · June 2011

I have never been drunk, high, or smoked a cigarette. DH is also the only guy I've ever slept with. I realize this makes me sound like a total lame-o but in college I was always the first one up dancing on the bar or kissing the random guy I met that night. All my friends loved that I'd go out, have a great time, and still be able to drive their drunk assses home.

I grew up in a family full of chain smoking alcoholics so none of that ever appealed to me. I also knew myself well enough to know that if I slept with one guy I'd probably sleep with every guy I met so I just didn't let myself go there.

colliebabe · June 2011

I did CPR on a guy once and saved his life. Gave him mouth-to-mouth (this was before they taught the new way w/o mouth-to-mouth), chest compressions and everything. The AED was really what saved him by shocking his heart rhythym back, but I administered the whole thing. It was so scary when it happened but I am so thankful he made it.

I am trained in CPR for my job but I am not an EMT or doctor or anything like that - I'm a high school teacher.

lmknight7 · June 2011

zurawsk5:

I have cadaver tendons in my ankle. (I have a chip missing out of the ankle bone and after a few surgeries it became really weak, so the tendons are there to stabilize it.

I was also on Dirty Jobs last fall.

What is/was your Dirty Job!?

carstekj · June 2011

Crazy runs deep in my family and I'm REALLY scared of postpartum depression!!
**I'm a very smiley optimistic person in general, but depression can strike anyone**

FrauElyse · June 2011

I can actually be quite silly. Most of my family and friends think I'm a totally uptight goody-two-shoes, and while I am a stickler for rules and can be a bit of a taddle-tale, I do have a very silly side. People always seem to be surprised when they see that side of me and I don't know why. I don't think even stickiest of us could be sticks in the mud all the time.

mellymel12 · June 2011

I can't make a taco tongue!

I've also sang on tv, radio and at Angel Stadium!

NikkiBenzo · June 2011

lmknight7:
NikkiBenzo:

I love reading these! Keeo 'em coming!

Here's another of mine:

When I worked at Aetna, Inc. in NYC, we were at a company social outing and one of my coworkers started choking on a piece of steak. Before anyone could react, I ran over to her and gave her the Heimlich and saved her life. Her last name is Guggenheim so I can proudly say that I saved a Guggenheim. (Incase you didn't know - the Guggenheims are a famous and wealthy family and there is a museum named after them in NY.)

Isn't it an amazing thing to save someone this way! I gave the heimlich to a 16 mo old toddler (who was playing, inappropriately, with a transformer doll) - her mom (who I didn't know) freaked out and just handed her to me!! Luckily - the toy piece flew out of her mouth and all was ok!!!

I also gave the Heimlich to my daughter at her 2nd birthday party because she was choking in chips that someone gave her. She was turning red and blue and I just scooped her up and did it without even thinking - she vomited and everything went back to normal. She acted like nothing happened. Afterwards I was shaking. I have a fear of her choking...

jonnygurl76 · June 2011

Elsa1984:

I have Brachydactyly Type D (toe thumb, club thumb, hitchhiker thumb, thumb dwarfism....whatever you choose to call it). It is genetic and the only other person in my family that has it is my 2nd cousin (on my dad's side) but she only has one short thumb....I have two short thumbs. Our baby can be born with it so we are waiting to see. It makes it really hard to get acrylic nails...thats for sure!

i have this too!!! both of my thumbs! the only other person that has/had it in the family is my mom's aunt.

jonnygurl76 · June 2011

forensicmama:
jonnygurl76:

me too. i stopped over 10 years ago when i was diagnosed with hypoglycemia.

mine: i was in an abusive relationship when i was 20-22 and i was lucky to get out of it alive. everyone who knows me thinks of me as a girl who doesn't take any sh!t...and i am ever since then. and none of my family or friends knew it was going on until i tried to get out of it. just goes to show that it can be anyone you know--even the last person you would ever expect it to happpen to.

Yikes! I'm glad you made out of it safely!

thank you, so am i!! you hear about these women and you think 'what is she an idiot?' that she is in an abusive relationship.....they don't all start out abusive, they can become that way. when i tried to leave him he choked me and then tried to run me down with his car. i had to get a restraining order and a lawyer and take him to court to end it. it is embarassing to talk about but it is one of those taboo topics that those that are suffering don't speak of it, they hide it even if it kills them. i am lucky to have survived it and it has helped make me who i am.

HappyAardvark · June 2011

My grandfather was friends with the real Dr. Seuss and our family name is mentioned in Oh the Places You'll Go.

zurawsk5 · June 2011

lmknight7:
zurawsk5:

I have cadaver tendons in my ankle. (I have a chip missing out of the ankle bone and after a few surgeries it became really weak, so the tendons are there to stabilize it.
I was also on Dirty Jobs last fall.
What is/was your Dirty Job!?

I was on an episode entitled, "Bug Detectives". I am a forensic entomologist - i.e. i pick maggots off of dead bodies Not what most people would assume is my job when they look at me!

ecartstan · June 2011

Just found out today that I got a 4% raise at my job. Apparently, a 4% raise is like finding a unicorn. No one thought they existed! I'm really proud of myself!

Also, I didn't say a word until I was 3 years old! Not Mama, Dada or anything. They thought I was a deaf/mute. Went to speech therapy for a year to encourage me to talk. Now, that's all I do for work. Apparently, I told the therapist I had nothing to say to anyone.

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