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To not have a fun fact about me?

123 replies

Whatsforyouwontpassyouby · 24/08/2023 18:11

I’ve just started a new job and they want me to do me to do introductory video for our newsletter.

They want me to add in a fun fact but I don’t have anything!

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Wotwotwotwotwot · 24/08/2023 18:44

I've never been to Nandos

corlan · 24/08/2023 18:44

Don't do what I did if you make one up. I said that I'd been a gogo dancer in Bangkok. It was clearly a joke but lots of people believed it and would bring it up months later.

OhLookIveChangedMyNameAgain · 24/08/2023 18:52

I don’t have a fun fact either. It makes me cringe the thought of it.
is there any food combo you like that’s unusual? Or an animal you like a lot? Or somewhere you have never been that most people have? Or have you been somewhere unusual that others might not have? An unusual colour you like? Do you have any hobbies? Or something you can’t do that most people can like ride a bike or swim?

Holidaystress11 · 24/08/2023 18:55

Make up a new language name and say you speak it fluently. I can guarantee no one will question you or disbelieve that the language exists. 🤣

ChinHairDontCare · 24/08/2023 18:57

I love x and do it most days - mine is reading. To a reader that's not very exciting but lots of people don't read often, or want to read more, and find it very interesting that you do. So any habit that you do daily - walking/ gardening/ reading your horoscope, you get the picture. You'll either identify your tribe or people who don't do that habit will be impressed that you do.

littlemissdelightful · 24/08/2023 18:57

I'd go with something like:
Fun fact! My favourite Disney character is Simba, my favourite show is the bill or my favourite colour is green.

I certainly wouldn't share anything intimate x

WunWun · 24/08/2023 18:58

You could say something very deadpan and over the top boring, like "A fun fact about me - yesterday when unloading the dishwasher I didn't put the cutlery away first" and then stare into the camera for an uncomfortable few seconds before moving on.

Holidaystress11 · 24/08/2023 18:59

@WunWun I actually laughed out loud at that 🤣

littlemissdelightful · 24/08/2023 18:59

Merapi · 24/08/2023 18:23

You always wear green varnish on your toenails, and own an album of pressed flowers collected by your ancestor from Beatrix Potter's garden.

You're welcome.

I love this 😂

AhNow123 · 24/08/2023 19:03

What about killing the fun in the fun fact by saying something like “sometimes I lie awake at night and consider the certainty of death”. That’ll show them.

Datafan55 · 24/08/2023 19:04

I normally add in something topical like 'Earlier I escaped when the floor was made of lava on a zoom call with my lovely nieces', or whack in a 'once I met a (famous person)'. Apart from anything else, it takes the focus off me and onto - well, I don't want to brag - Rod, Jane and Freddy from Rainbow or someone like that.

PuppyMonkey · 24/08/2023 19:06

Your fun fact could now be: “I posted on MN to ask for suggestions on what could be a fun fact about me.” Grin

calmcoco · 24/08/2023 19:07

AhNow123 · 24/08/2023 19:03

What about killing the fun in the fun fact by saying something like “sometimes I lie awake at night and consider the certainty of death”. That’ll show them.

Grin
Arthriticmiddlefinger · 24/08/2023 19:09

WunWun · 24/08/2023 18:58

You could say something very deadpan and over the top boring, like "A fun fact about me - yesterday when unloading the dishwasher I didn't put the cutlery away first" and then stare into the camera for an uncomfortable few seconds before moving on.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

GasPanic · 24/08/2023 19:10

You must have had something funny in your life happy.

Maybe you did something stupid. Or have an impressively useless skill.

Or you hate strawberries. Or set fire to your friends hair when you were a kid.

Or something.

It's impossible to go through life and have done nothing.

Lonicerax · 24/08/2023 19:10

Looks like no one else can come up with a fun fact either.

OutingMyself · 24/08/2023 19:11

I normally say "I was once bitten by a squirrel" (which is true)

Vinvertebrate · 24/08/2023 19:15

Tell them you can fart the Marseillaise.

FettleOfKish · 24/08/2023 19:15

You must have had something funny or notable happen in your life surely?

I've used 'I've sung in the Royal Albert Hall' in the past because my school choir once appeared in the school proms.

strawberryjeans · 24/08/2023 19:16

I never have one either and I despise shit like this. ‘I own 30 cardigans’. That’ll do.

AhNow123 · 24/08/2023 19:22

strawberryjeans · 24/08/2023 19:16

I never have one either and I despise shit like this. ‘I own 30 cardigans’. That’ll do.

That’s actually really impressive though

PollyAmour · 24/08/2023 19:22

Just say anything, it doesn't have to be witty or clever. You could say dandelions are my favourite flower or I love the sound of thunder or I enjoy reading Agatha Christie novels.

needanotherhol · 24/08/2023 19:27

WunWun · 24/08/2023 18:58

You could say something very deadpan and over the top boring, like "A fun fact about me - yesterday when unloading the dishwasher I didn't put the cutlery away first" and then stare into the camera for an uncomfortable few seconds before moving on.

Brilliant @WunWun made me LOL.

I hate this question too, I want to say 'I'm
Boring, I don't have time to do anything fun that you would find interesting'!

Neverseenbefore · 24/08/2023 19:28

Holidaystress11 · 24/08/2023 18:55

Make up a new language name and say you speak it fluently. I can guarantee no one will question you or disbelieve that the language exists. 🤣

Ooh, I wouldn’t do that. It’d definitely get queried where I work.

MMAMPWGHAP · 24/08/2023 19:29

I’ve never seen … name a v famous film