‘Cool’ things you have done!

[Chelsea26]

Today DP and I took our 4 kids up to London to the theatre.

After, we had a walk round a few sights and he flashed his warrant card and we were able to walk down and take a picture outside Number 10 Downing Street (not that I like anyone in there but still… quite cool)

We walked on a little further and went past the HoP, in my youth I was part of a film crew that went up ‘Big Ben’ and stayed up there for a few hours (also cool), and then, as I was the only woman on the crew, I got to wind the clock!

So as we were walking past today, I casually told the kids that I had wound that clock and I am probably one of very few people alive that have done so

and I was cool for about five minutes

What ‘cool’ things have you done?

I had a relationship with a famous person when I was younger. I was chatting with a friend the other day and this ex came up in conversation. Friend said that when my daughter is older and thinks I'm seriously uncool (as all teens do a out their parents) I'll be able to pull that revelation out of the bag and give her a shock. Made me chuckle.

Published a book - they think that's quite cool

Host/guest on a podcast- excruciatingly embarrassing.

Not really cool but doesn’t happen every day. Child in my class had stopped breathing and I resuscitated him successfully.

I've been on TV several times and sometimes do a guest spot on the local BBC radio station. My DC find that embarrassing but I travel for work and they won't be told that I'm not a spy. Apparently this complete fiction is cool.

This is very cool

A older woman was running for the bus I was on when it was raining. I was stood by the back doors with DD as we were getting off at the next stop. Anyway, just as I turned my head to look out the doors I don't know how or why my reflexes kicked in so quickly, but I caught her with one hand as she fell face first. I literally caught her right before she hit the pavement and managed to lift her up WITH ONE HAND. I call it my superhero moment.😅 DD looked at me like I had a cape on and actually said, "Whoa!😯" Still gives me goosebumps thinking about it lol

Actually all of these are very cool - I sadly have nothing to add.

I worked in military intelligence for 17 years.

I don't know if this counts but I was looked after for a week by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton when I was about 3 years old.

My dad still has the Christmas and birthday cards they sent me and a picture of them both with me on the red trike they gave me for Christmas.

I'm also a distance relative of Henry VIII's chaplain Nicholas Ridley who was burned on a cross in Oxford by Henry's daughter.

.not sure I have ever done anything "cool". But I do party hard and leave the cool to others

A great many years ago when the USSR crumbled you could pay $ to fly in their combat aircraft.

I went in and flew (have a pilots licence) a Mig 25 foxbat at well over mach 2 and upto 78,000 ft.
the sky above is black and the word below is curved.
best money i will ever spend.

Did stand up at Edinburgh festival.

Made a speech at Sydney Opera House.

Awarded an OBE.

(Last two unrelated to the first)

I used to break horses in. I never really liked the term, I was very gentle with them (I had to be, the horses were twice my size)!
I once had a quick chat with Prince Phillip at a horsey event when he was out alone in a big country park on his quad bike.
I overnighted as a guest of a big company on the Embankment. The big companies have posh private house style accommodation for VIPs in Central London, and you get to sit by a big fire on big leather arm chairs helping yourself to the wine. It felt very Mycroft Holmes.

Had a piece of my work Influence a US presidential campaign.

Won an argument with a US shock jock who had his show cancelled that night.

Flown in a Black Hawk.

successfully represented the country in sport. Am enjoying the serious coolness & snippets of so many interesting MNers on here

Spent a summer sailing around the west coast of Scotland as a 17 yr old teenager, with 5 mates (hello "Dignity" ear worm!). We had an amazing time and I still think it was a cool thing to do.

Have done a skydive, which my kids got to watch and they thought it was cool.

Used to be a nightclub dancer in my early twenties - just a bit of fun and easy cash on a Friday/Saturday night. Did a summer in Ibiza. You'd never think it if you saw me now, a mum of two teenagers in my forties and definitely not cool! (The teens don't know about the nightclub dancing, it's my secret. I sometimes use it at work in those "two truths one lie" cringey ice-breaker things).

Climbed the 02 a couple of years back. Always a talking point.

I’m not sure any of this is “cool”

exvept @Cocolapew

i don’t think “cool” is cool any more either!

some really interesting things done though.

Wow 😲

Not particularly original. But I have, and do, get paid to travel the world.

Florence, Germany, Maldives, California, France, Hong Kong, cruises you name it!

I review hotels

Stopped a man from racially abusing two girls and two ladies on a bus in Birmingham, then fought off his bottle attack when I was 6 months pregnant.
I won.

I was brushed up against and inspected (sniffs, grunts, dribbles and all!) by 4 giant male tigers! - not cool per say, but mad that I am alive to tell the story I recon! would not recommend 😂👍

@TheWayoftheLeaf absolutely 100% jealous. I would LOVE that job. Can I ask how you got into it? Background qualifications needed?

I've ridden the Wall of Death.

I successfully put a bedsheet on my Dad's midsleeper mattress at 42 weeks pregnant.

Does that count?