LBS Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I'm pretty sure I'm not very unusual considering the great variety of folks here, but I'm sortof bemused at of my span of talents or, should I say, attempts: I am a Tiger Den Leader in our old Pack, and also the advancement chair and Eagle Coach in my sons' troop. That's a stretch of Scouting ages. I taught French Hand Sewing and Smocking for years, and had a wedding gown design and restoration business. THEN, kids needed me to follow them where I sent them (to public school) so I subbed, volunteered, got trained as an assistant Scoutmaster, had meetings every night of the week....and now that I'm homeschooling, I have only 1 or 2 meetings at night a week, which is so cool. I use my sewing and design education to help big kids with their Anime Con costumes. I feel stretched, spanning a wide range of stuff.....an odd mix of specialties. Oh, yeah, getting a permit to carry concealed weapon, something I never thought I'd care for, but doing it with a friend. I don't so much feel well rounded with these diverse oddities of knowlege, so much as a cobbled together discombobulation. I have a hard time reconciling the smocking, lace working me, with the sessions training boys to start a fire with one match or less. Yes, I can. I specialize in cat hole digging, too. Somebody has to tell them. No rhyme or reason to it, I just flow on....I wish I could be more graceful about it, but I flounder around a lot. I'm thinking many of you have more diverse talents stretched out than I, with a greater range of children's ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Rather than "I bet I am the only one" I will say "I HOPE I am the only one who..." ... During her wild college days, went on spring break, had too much to drink, entered and won a bikini contest, and ended up in a bikini on Coors Light posters in bars all over the country. How humiliating. :tongue_smilie: Well, there is the proof that God can change even the worst of us! :D . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpe Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 There are a few things here that I am/do/like but I lost track because I got distracted by stiletto heels. I bet I'm the only one that has pole danced in stiletto heels. Not professionally or anything, it was an exercise class. The shoes were not a requirement but the instructor said the higher the shoe the faster your butt would perk up. And it sure did. I opted for a lovely pair of 6" black pumps. I kept them for "special occasions." :lol: Honestly I think that heel classifies as a weapon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I am the only one here who met and got engaged to my dh at a square dance. Of course not the same dance, it was about 5 months apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabel Lee Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 "I HOPE I am the only one who..." ... During her wild college days, went on spring break, had too much to drink, entered and won a bikini contest, and ended up in a bikini on Coors Light posters in bars all over the country. I KNEW you looked familiar!!!! (just kidding!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Us too. :D I bet I'm the only one here who has eaten fire. :ohmy: What, now? :lol: Okay, mine is not quite as public as ending up on a Coors light poster, but I bet I'm the only one who, after attending a Russian Vodka party with two guys named Sergei, woke up in the morning with her feet in the toilet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Okay, mine is not quite as public as ending up on a Coors light poster, but I bet I'm the only one who, after attending a Russian Vodka party with two guys named Sergei, woke up in the morning with her feet in the toilet. I bet I'm the only one whose three kids all had pneumonia one right after the other. I could have used a Russian Vodka party right about then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Loves Beyonce's music. Love. And I love Beethoven, Mozart, Handel and Vivaldi just as much as I love Beyonce's. I think it's weird, but it's how I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I'm the only one whose three kids all had pneumonia one right after the other. I could have used a Russian Vodka party right about then. :grouphug: That's no fun! Believe me, you still do not want the Russian Vodka party. It also involved eating pickles after every round of vodka. :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisbeth Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 (edited) I'm probably the only one who was at Anne Rice's house for a party. edited for smartphone typos Edited January 8, 2012 by Lisbeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 My cousin and his wife were here last night. They live in China. She was telling us about the dinner dogs. As in, "Don't pet that one. It's a dinner dog.". Eww. I know it's just a cultural difference, but... We have a friend who raises our beef for us each year. Dh is always trying to get me to do down to the pasture to see our cow. I tell him "I don't want to meet our meat...or it will likely become a pet and not dinner!" I am not naive about where meat comes from, but I also know my own limitations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottonmama Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I wear a headcovering with blue jeans. :) I only cover at church or when praying, but I wear blue jeans unless I am going somewhere with a dress code. Hmmm.... I bet I'm the only one here that wears a headcovering while wearing pants. :D (Not all the time. I don't always wear a headcovering, and I somtimes wear skirts instead of pants. And I sometimes wear a headcovering AND skirts. But I never, ever see other women wear a headcovering with pants. :)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawana Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I'm the only one who got engaged to be married 10 days after the first date.:tongue_smilie: (We've been married 17 years now.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MamaT Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I am the only one who gets annoyed when things are crooked. For example, if I'm laying in bed I can't have one side of the sheet going over my shoulder and the other side going over my waist; they must both go across at the same level. Or in school, my desk HAD to be parallel with the wall. If it was angled, I had to fix it. DH seems to think it's funny to twist his socks or the kids' pants around because it absolutely must be fixed. :glare: Punk :tongue_smilie: Nope. I have to have the covers on the bed lined-up.( the edge of the comforter must be exactly lined up with the sheet and blanket) or I CANNOT get to sleep. My hubby goes in to fix the bed before bed.:lol: Twisted pants on the kids drive me nuts as well as, sippy cups with miss-matched lids.:tongue_smilie: I thought I was the only one! I am related to you guys. I do all of that! My older kids used to put the wrong lid on the sippy cups just to mess with me. I bet I'm the only one who took their son to get a tattoo for his 18th birthday - and got one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I'm the only one here that likes public schools and even most of the kids I've met who go to them. LOL! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottonmama Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Okay, I came up with mine. I bet I'm the only one who had an hour-long conversation with her future husband, which conversation consisted of us throwing math puns back and forth while sitting in a baseball stadium not watching the game. Back when I adamantly did not like him. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I'm the only one who camped on their honeymoon, at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and enjoyed it. :auto: There's nothing like engines roaring and the smell of burning rubber to wake up to in the morning. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I KNEW you looked familiar!!!! (just kidding!) AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :svengo: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 (edited) I bet I am the only one here with several scraps of tinted nitrate film stock from the 1910s in a little basket on the shelf. And had 15 lb, 15 oz of baby at one time (over due twins) - at 5"1" I was as big around as i was tall. And whose fil was mistaken for Pope John Paul once at the Vatican. Edited January 8, 2012 by JFSinIL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertmum Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I'm probably the only one who was at Anne Rice's house for a party. edited for smartphone typos Oooohhh. I am sooo jealous! I'm a huge fan of hers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Robyn Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 LOL!!! Not a big NWA fan, but I do love House of Pain and Eminem (along with pretty much every musical genre except country). I bet I'm the only one here that....reads business strategy books for fun. I also regularly go to Karaoke night (and yes, I sing!) but I have a feeling there are some other WTM'ers on here that need to come out of the Karaoke closet... ;) Well, the first time my now dh and I ever hung out we went to karaoke. He sang some Led Zeppelin. Now he owns his own karaoke business. Some songs I sing at karaoke: Hook by Blues Traveler Fidelity and Hotel Song by Regina Spektor Add it Up by the Violent Femmes Uprising by Muse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 In the food category: I like banana and mayo sandwiches. Mayo is the only thing I can eat banana sandwiches with. My mom fed them to me when I was a kid. Now she, on the other hand, is probably the only person ever to eat ice cream sandwiches. Not the frozen confection kind. The kind made with ice cream spread over two pieces of toast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 In the food category: I like banana and mayo sandwiches. Mayo is the only thing I can eat banana sandwiches with. My mom fed them to me when I was a kid. Now she, on the other hand, is probably the only person ever to eat ice cream sandwiches. Not the frozen confection kind. The kind made with ice cream spread over two pieces of toast. I LOVE banana and mayonnaise sandwiches!!!!!! My mom made them for us all the time when I was a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I LOVE banana and mayonnaise sandwiches!!!!!! My mom made them for us all the time when I was a kid. You're the first person I've known outside my immediate family that likes these! Everyone I've ever mentioned it to just looks at me funny. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I'll bet I'm the only one here who hoopdances. Well, I try to hoopdance, anyway. I'm a work-in-progress. ;) My dd (5, at the time) practices a couple of hoop moves . :D Mine is Hoopnotica. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuzi Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I'm the only one who got engaged to be married 10 days after the first date.:tongue_smilie: (We've been married 17 years now.) 9 days here! :D (but only 9 years [10 in May] in the marriage department ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivka Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Originally Posted by Rivka I bet I'm the only one here who has eaten fire. :ohmy: What, now? :lol: Well, when I say eaten, it's not like you swallow it. But "I bet I'm the only one here who has extinguished a torch in her mouth" just doesn't have the same ring to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I may be the only one who has thrown out the first pitch at a Major League Baseball game. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Mine is Hoopnotica. :) Another hooper! :party: I haven't tried Hoopnotica, but it looks like they have nice hoops. My first adult hoop was 3 pounds and 42" (I'm only 5'4".) I hated it! It was a $40 special order (shiny and beautiful) and I ended up just giving it to the 6'1" 15-year-old girl next door. My current hoop is 14 oz. and 37" (from Hoop Mamas) and it is a much better fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 In the food category: I love ketchup on pasta. My mother served it up that way throughout my childhood. I don't think she discovered tomato sauce until 1979. Weird quirks: When I go to bed at night the bedroom door has to be cracked open 1" . It can not be closed all the way or open more than that or I am unable to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawana Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 9 days here! :D (but only 9 years [10 in May] in the marriage department ;) ) :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Ever have an interest, hobby, idea or ideology that you are absolutely *positive* no one here on this board would connect to- pure weirdo food realm stuff? So you say nothing ever about it because you'd be blown out of the water or passed by? This is the thread to put your interest entry in. I'll get all Joe Brave and start. I bet there is not another soul reading that enjoys NWA remixes and finds them somehow intellectually expanding, stimulating. Especially remix on repeat play with extended bass. --- Your turn....have an entry? I bet I still know every word to the Straight Outta Compton album... And Eazy E's Eazy-Duz-It album. Although I think my favourite group from that era of my life was Cyprus Hill. I haven't heard any of it in years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 We didn't get married or engaged that fast but we moved in together after knowing each other less than 2 weeks. Yes, I still apologize to my parents. We've been married 17 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caribbean Queen Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I am the only one drinking rain water collected by putting a clean bucket outside in the rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I am the only one who spent a week sleeping the hard floor of a theatre with three other people while we attempted to build the set and male costumes for Beauty and the Beast in one week. My kids camped out with us, they still beg to sleep at the theatre again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I betcha I'm the only one who has driven a fire truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Bet I am the only one that likes watching WWE RAW & Smackdown wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I'm the only one missing church today because we are all out of clean laundry. :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I'm the only one missing church today because we are all out of clean laundry. :svengo: We are in the exact same situation!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I'm the only one who let their kid play Skyrim for 3 days straight when it came out, instead of doing schoolwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I'm one of only a handful of people who has half a dozen different music genres in her Pandora station list. I have country, rap, heavy metal, grunge, classical, new age, jazz, oldies, and pop in my list - and there are multiple stations for some of these, because sometimes there isn't enough overlap to get all the good music in one station. I DO listen to all of them... and frequently sing along. I bet I'm also one of only a few people who has ridden in a hot air balloon. For free :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I'm the only one that received her engagement ring via US Certified mail, 1 month after meeting her husband to be in person for the first time, which took place 1 month after meeting in an AOL chat room, and was then married on Friday the 13th on purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I'm the only one who let their kid play Skyrim for 3 days straight when it came out, instead of doing schoolwork. Well he got it for Christmas and school wasn't planned anyway, but, yes, he played it for several days in a row. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Just checking to see if the conversation had turned to exotic places to have TeA yet? Carry on. :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 "It's Friday! You ain't got no job. You ain't got .... to do. We gonna get you high." Nope. Not the only one;):lol:. I even watched Friday After Next. I raise my own meat. I like banana and mayo sandwiches. And when I have been really broke, sugar and mayo sandwiches (which oddly taste similar to banana and mayo sandwiches). I bet I'm the only one who decided now-dh was the one based on a neck and neck scrabble game where we both scored over 300. (I won, BTW, with a triple word score for smug. It was beautiful.) Oh, and I bet I'm the only one who wants to go extended range scuba diving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I hope I'm the only one who got engaged in a Super 8 hotel room. I cringe when women start swapping proposal stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom23Boys Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Lol! I love old skool rap! (Disregard if you are thinking of a classier NWA) I think I am the only one here who is absolutely fanatical about football. I skipped a potential date night with dh because the Saints are playing a play-off game tonight. BTW, they won, so it was totally worth it. Also, I am making dh take the dc to karate Monday night so I can watch LSU beat the tar out of Bama. I mostly lurk, but I am right here with you with the football. Down to the teams. Geaux Saints! Last night was a great game! I am so darn excited about tomorrow's game - Geaux Tigers!! I live in the Baton Rouge area and graduated from LSU. My dad was the mascot in the early 1980s. We bleed purple and gold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwjx2khsmj Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I bet I'm the only one who raises "cute little lambs" (as my friend calls them in hopes that she'll change my mind) for my freezer... People always want their kids to see them..."Sure" I say, "Come on over". They arrive and want to play with them. I razingly have to tell the parents that we don't play with our food :tongue_smilie: .But I'll still let the kids hold a calm lamb if there is one...believe it or not those little guys can jump around like rabbits. Oh and right now I have a bottle dairy bull calf that I'm raising for the freezer as well. ...now I'm off to my corner to hide from those that will think I'm terrible :leaving: We have a dairy bull calf named T-bone. All the kids swear they are becoming vegetarian when his day comes. We harvested 95 chickens in October. We've been discussing sheep. We need to improve our fencing before we are ready for that. I may have to pick your brain about that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Another sports one, but the other sort of football..... I bet I'm the only one who is a massive Glasgow Rangers fan (despite not being able to watch the games on tv :sad: ). I am usually sitting here at the computer on Saturday morning catching as much match commentary and live blogging of the SPL as I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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