3 things Id never know about you

[NorwegianMoon]

I am unsure to whether this has been done before but here goes mine...

1. I had a near death experience

1. I saw a UFO fly over my house

1. I am a Muslim

now go!

1. my 'dad' was only in my life between the ages of 7 and 9 and the court banned him from access... I'm 38 and still don't know why and my mother won't tell me why or admit that he's not my dad....

1. I am the only one in my family to go to uni, I did at 30 after my divorce and now have a Bsc, MRes and am halfway through my PhD

1. I met my 2nd hubby through the Guardian solemates and have never been chatted up in my life!

i had 3 stitches in my lip on my wedding day (not as sinister as it sounds)
my uncle won 'one man and his dog'
i sometimes have murderous thoughts

1 I had a near death experience (but no UFO's)

2 Every time I read Times New Roman typeface I smell burning rubber.

3 For a while when I was a child we had no telly,I was so bored I read the dictionary, I now have a wide vocabualary but I still can't spell

This is fascinating - each post brings up so many questions. Here are my three:

I once hitched a lift over the Vietnam/Laos border with opium smugglers, who bought me noodle soup.

When I was a child I used to lie terribly, so that my school friends would accept me and not find out what a fucked up, dysfunctional and poverty- stricken family I came from.

I fear that I will not achieve all the things I know myself to be capable of.

I too have met the Krankies, in fact Mrs Krankie stole some of my chips. It was a Friday.

I love this thread.

I too knew I would marry DH when I 1st laid eyes on him, I was 14 at the time.

I have a double lifeline on my right hand.

I believe in a world of magic and potential, we're all capable of creating a positive life for ourselves. We just need to believe we can, me included!

1)I featured on a series on uk living about 9 years ago with 3 other friends.

2)I've jumped out of a plane.

3)Although I'm proud I've run a marathon myself it's overshadowed by the fact that my husband has run loads of marathons and represented Great Britain in the nineties running steeplechase a few times.

ooh wheredidyoulastseeit I used to read the dictionary too, but not because we didn't have a telly - just because I loved it! Whenever old primary/early secondary school friends get in touch on facebook they always say they knew I'd end up doing the sort of job I do because they always remember me reading the dictionary.

I am a loser

1. In my family research efforts I have discovered that I am 12th cousin twice removed to Prince William - I'm waiting for my invite to the wedding;

2. I am one of only a handful of people in the world to have ridden a horse sired by the mighty racehorse Dubai Millennium who died in 2001 having only fathered 56 foals;

3. One of my Christmas presents was a beautiful shawl bought from a market somewhere in Afghanistan by my lovely BiL who was working out there last year.

cavemum I might know you (by telephone).
The export desk I used to work at for a govt dept, used to export race horses for companies in that famous suffolk racing town???? Do you have a really posh voice?

Ooh I am enjoying this thread!

1. I love the smell of petrol.

1. I still sleep with my own baby blankets in my bed.

1. I once got propositioned by a famous and very much married rock star.

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO dull.

• I represented Scotland on Going For Gold, the European Quiz Show with Henry Kelly when I was a student

• I am phobic of flying - I can do it, but not for long and I'd really really prefer not to.

• When I left school I planned to go to Bible College - that fell through as I couldn't get a grant and in the end I ended up doing a Maths and Economics course at a Poly that I hated when I was 17 and not ready for it at all. I did a year of it, left due to severe depression and took a year to recover at home before going to University when I was 19

1. I slept with a now revered musician when I was 14.

1. Both my children were conceived during manic phases of my bipolar disorder, I doubt I would ever rationally have thought it was the right time to have children. They have an 18 year age gap.

1. I am terrified of ostriches, I started crying in my car when I was diverted by police down a road past an ostrich farm.

vintage sadly not! I'm from Bristol originally so sound like a Yokel!

I do live in said famous Suffolk town though!

1. Hundreds of people have seen me naked because I worked as a life model for years while I was a student.
2. After I had dd, I had an article about me in Woman Magazine: "Having a baby IMPROVED my figure", accompanied by a full page picture of me desperately holding my stomach in.
3. When I was 18 I had sex with a very handsome man on the top of the Ngong Hills in Kenya. Outside. I was completely stoned and it was absolutely blinding.

<a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=i.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/47145998.nboebbfeb05155.JPG&imgrefurl=fishtown.us/node/8923&h=399&w=600&sz=68&tbnid=-pDvrdtmFVPaCM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dngong%2Bhills&zoom=1&q=ngong+hills&hl=en&usg=__tcu4nkffxI4FUwYk0ofj9d-4d1o=&sa=X&ei=NagkTZGAN4at8gOyqcH6Ag&ved=0CBkQ9QEwAw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wow!

1. DD was a published auther at the age of 6.

1. I have always had this strange feeling like i dont belong in this lifetime, but i'm not sure to which era i belong.

1. I am horrifically shy.

1. I have lost (and put back) about 300lbs in the past 10 years
2. One of my ancestors was a Duke (he impregnated the maid...)
3. I am terrible at socializing and only have one friend.

I love this thread - MNers are amazing!

1. I can dislocate my hip and put it back again.

2. I can usually answer most of the questions on University Challenge. It was the only regular programme I was allowed to watch on TV until I was 10.

3. I have two unrelated disorders that both mean I should never have learned to read.

A relative of mine was hanged for murder

Another relative was the first man to land a plane on a moving ship.

My great uncle made his fortune in gold and diamond mining in the 19th century.

1. Heather Mills rang me on my mobile
2. I only have one and a bit legs (hence the phonecall)
3. I grew up in Barry where Gavin and Stacey is filmed

not very exciting lol

1. I resolved last year to be a much nicer person. Have really tried hard, done favours before they were asked, been pleasant and kind, bought extra gifts, done free work for people - no-one has noticed

1. I have lost weight - no-one has noticed

1. At work I have to sit on a floor on my own, with no-one else, as there are no other spare spaces.

In view of the above, I wonder if I am invisble.

1. I visited the set of Prisoner Cell Block H, got signed photos and a single of the theme tune ....she used to give me roses, I wish she would again, but that was on the outside..etc etc.

1. my Great Grandfather was the first to import Levi's to AUstralia

1. my mum has a medal for (medical) service in Vietnam

ooh, seeing LD has reminded me that 3 of us have the same interesting fact...

Little Red Dragon, Reality and I were all married on the same day in 2010 (except LRD had hers over 2 days )

aww, Seabright.

I noticed you.