to pretend to be in a film or tv programme. Quite a lot?

[threeineachlobe]

or perhaps Am I normal?

I was recently Irene Adler walking seductively through London, being all mysterious and red-of-nail. Last night as I poured my chardonnay I was Bridget Jones. I'm often the posh lady who very nearly gets the better of Poirot, but doesn't quite and has a "damn you" moment. In my youth I was rather obsessed with Quantum Leap - I regularly leapt into my own body to somehow save a life / a business / the world.

Externally, I'm just an accountant with a happy homelife. Internally, I'm anything I bloody like.

Normal? Come on, I can take it. I've been a Russian spy with homicidal tendancies. In Asda.

[thinks she's figured out the OPs real identity]

Oh noooooooo! Nobody on this thread wants anyone to work out their 'real identity'!

I'm definitely missing out on a whole world of fun and lunacy. But isn't it a bit like extreme multitasking? How do you segway from Elizabeth Bennet to entering your pin number?

Oh. You probably mean online 'mumsnet' identity. That wouldn't be the end of the world.

Oh yeah, I mean the "real" MN name, not (presumably) her actual name, address and vital statistics!

you're not the only ones

Aaaahhhhh....:)

Not just me then. I cant tell you what a relief that is, I thought I was the only person in the world that did this! I am an iPod Dreamer too :o

oh yes i do this quite often

in a shop today as i walked out i heard others say is that really her wow she is really beautiful in real life, fantastic actress. many famous men have fallen in love with me too. or i like being caught up in some sex/political scandal

I do this too! Complete with the needing to get rid of DH aspect before I can be shagged sideways swept off my feet by Richard Armitage. I tend to favour death. Sorry DH. But you know, widows weeds are strangely alluring to men like Richard Armitage

I work for MI5 you know. Quietly out of service at the moment (cracking funeral - Harry did a beautiful eulogy about my work at the Department of the Environment) whilst out of the country.

Then there was the time I was giving Jenson Button some driving instruction. Ignore that nasty Villeneuve, I advised. I'll take him out on the first corner. I'll let you win Silverstone but only because I'm already 123 points ahead of my nearest rival.

I think it started when as an 8 year old girl, I made an amazing discovery of fossils that literally amended our concept of evolution.

I just asked DH what he daydreams about. He muttered about 'things I ought to be doing, like tax returns', so I don't think he needs to know about this.

Hmm, Is our little secret, no?

Dh has had several affairs so I can take the moral high road before being courted by the very gorgeous ... I don't think I'll be telling him though

Started at 6 or 7 by being Jo in the "famous fives".
Glad I am not alone .
For LOTR I was "aragorn", I like to change sex depending on the books/film/TVshow.
It is multitasking, it never stopped me doing anything so not like your link kick.

YANBU.

I'm part of Dr House's team a lot. Hugh Laurie sits on my son's bed whilst I do my exercise DVD .

Ah, fellow nutjobs

If I was the only survivor of a deadly virus, apart from Chris de Burgh, I would have to go and lick some oozing corpses until I too was fully virus-d up. There'd be no future in me'n'Chris. Can't wear red or abide creepy small men.

I pretend to be Elizabeth Bennet when walking the gardens of stately homes. I also pick up mannerisms from films and books which extends to my clothes and even ways of walking. My wardrobe can be classified by genre and traced back to specific film-gorging sessions.

It only affects how I act though, I don't actually daydream into the film/book and solve the crime or whatever. That's bonkers, that .

Ah, Graeme Garden. My secret guilty lust object. even with the horrible pitted skin

Ooh CaveMum, which clues lead to your deduction?? Think we've already established that I - and all of you it seems - are several people all at one.

Yes I been in a few West End shows too. Even singing them out loud in the kitchen. DS thinks I'm cleaning it but really I'm acting out my debut!

Hahahaha! Hello Lovely people!!
I am a dancer @ every major event and every popstar/rockstar want me on their books! When I dance everyone wants to know how I'm so in tune with music and wants to be me. ( my audience is my 1 year old)
Glad I'm not alone its something I could never admit to in rl , I do wonder if others are completing in a more adventurous life- now I know I'm not crazy

I also do the internal monologue/voiceover thing - think Sex and the City but not so irritating. Or terminally stupid hopefully.
And guilty of brief flashes of Truman-Show style delusion, verging on solipsism.

threeineachlobe I suspect you and I have encountered each other in a certain thread over in Sleb Twaddle

[probably totally wrong]

ElasticNipples, you've reminded me that I am also a highly sought after dancer for pop videos. I have featured alongside Beyonce, Madonna and The Trousersnake, who, naturally, fell head over heels in love with me

ElasticNipples You have reminded me that I am also a prima ballerina. I'm often caught seen pirouetting and leaping around the island unit in the kitchen. especially when I've a glass or two of wine

ah, we're not Walter Mitty - we are allowing our brain's to relax, like a wipe-clean before getting on with some must-do/must-think task.

I used to have a beyond stressful job where I just couldn't switch off, during this time I never escaped into my fantasy world, I tried but I just couldn't.

I like that there is enough brain space free for me to indulge, means I'm in a happier place

Oh, and I get to shag Johnny Depp (Vanessa is jealous of our friendship but understands that some love just lasts for ever) and he is normally dressed as Captain Jack.

No namechange here, I'm mad and I'm proud