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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!

OP posts:
Paul2023 · 24/08/2023 19:29

HeckyPeck · 24/08/2023 18:14

I hate those kind of things!

I just make stuff up, like 'When I was 5 I wanted to be an zookeeper' or 'I once met Annika Rice'

I actually did meet Annika Rice in 2006 on a holiday to South Africa ! Was doing a tour and she was part of our group, she was also on holiday as a tourist too !

DrSbaitso · 24/08/2023 19:30

Just say you once met someone famous on the train and they were very nice.

WhamBamThankU · 24/08/2023 19:30

I tell people I was named after a family pet. Job done!

anunlikelyseahorse · 24/08/2023 19:33

Fun fact 'I want to be an astronaut when I grown up"
Fun fact "I've never been to Timbuktu"
Fun fact "I've always wondered if Merlin had a beard"
Fun fact "I was watch the solar eclipse in 1999"

foulksmills · 24/08/2023 19:34

Tell them "I can count to thirty" with a big smile. I guarantee there'll be a short silence, followed by an awkward silence, while they wait for you to say more (like, "in Korean" or "with my toes" or something).

If you like - I mean, if you really need to break the awkward silence - you could end it with "backwards!".

becarefulofyourheart · 24/08/2023 19:34

Just go super daft. I thank each Jelly Baby for their stellar work before I eat them.

QuietDragon · 24/08/2023 19:34

I always choose something that doesn't require any further explanation.

My colleague once said 'I love to read' and then the course leader started questioning her on her favourite book! Her mind went blank and you could see the panic rising 😳😭 So I'd go with something basic and unremarkable, that no one can question you about, E.g. 'I'm scared of spiders'.

I hate this shit.

Redkatagain · 24/08/2023 19:35

I am a non-executive director of the local crematorium.

Guarantee you will never be asked again

Paul2023 · 24/08/2023 19:36

I also hate ice breakers and have done quite a few with various jobs.
Fortunately I’ve a few facts that are true - I’ve done 3 parachute jumps and have met a few famous people over the years.

If you have none just say you met someone famous ( make up a random person and place ) . Atleast it’s an easy white lie that can’t be proven wrong !!m

Someone said they could speak a foreign language once and they couldn’t- it was proven when someone else in the group said they could also speak that language. The person who lied wanted to die of embarrassment when questioned on it by the other group member !

FormerlyPathologicallyHappy · 24/08/2023 19:37

Wotwotwotwotwot · 24/08/2023 18:44

I've never been to Nandos

Same.

iolaus · 24/08/2023 19:40

My daughter's 'fun fact' she informed me today was that she used to play in a murderer's house = not my proudest parenting moment and a fact I'd rather she didn't have

PookieHook · 24/08/2023 19:45

I loathe this shit! I was once on a training course with a wacky funster as a facilitator who said we all had to say our name, our job title and our favourite alcoholic drink. So I said my name, job title and that I was an alcoholic so couldn't drink. That shut the stupid cow up sharpish. She even came to apologise to me for putting me in that position and that she wouldn't use that ice breaker again.
A small victory I think.

StrawberrySquash · 24/08/2023 19:47

Say I have never xxxxx. Most people have something that they should have done but never did.

maddiemookins16mum · 24/08/2023 19:47

Make it up. A lass I interviewed once claimed she’d got to the last auditions for GBBO. A few years later (during a tipsy Christmas works do), she confessed it wasn’t her but her flatmate from Uni.

Namechangedforthis25 · 24/08/2023 19:48

Honestly I think most people don’t have fun facts - who keeps asking for this nonsense

hundred percent make something up - that you once (jumped oit of a plane/visited/dived/met someone/won a contest)

whatkatydid2013 · 24/08/2023 19:49

Last time I was asked I said “Come on we are all accountants and we just have to accept that means we are boring 🤷🏼‍♀️”

Daftasabroom · 24/08/2023 19:49

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. 🤣

I know someone who would.

You're very unlikely to meet him TBF.

NotMadeOfStone · 24/08/2023 19:49

LoopyPoopyPoo · 24/08/2023 18:14

I fucking hate those "tell me something fun about you!".questions.

I wouldnt know what to say either. I'd just put N/A so they had to leave that out of their article.

But I'm a private person who doesn't like work colleagues knowing all my ins and outs.

That you answered 'not applicable' to a fun fact is your fun fact 😁

takealettermsjones · 24/08/2023 19:53

Tell them you're indifferent towards Marmite

Daftasabroom · 24/08/2023 19:58

takealettermsjones · 24/08/2023 19:53

Tell them you're indifferent towards Marmite

Actually weird food preferences is probably really safe ground.

I like marmite and beetroot sandwiches.

Moonmelodies · 24/08/2023 20:01

I usually just say I haven't got long left to live so can we just get on with this please.

calmcoco · 24/08/2023 20:04

PookieHook · 24/08/2023 19:45

I loathe this shit! I was once on a training course with a wacky funster as a facilitator who said we all had to say our name, our job title and our favourite alcoholic drink. So I said my name, job title and that I was an alcoholic so couldn't drink. That shut the stupid cow up sharpish. She even came to apologise to me for putting me in that position and that she wouldn't use that ice breaker again.
A small victory I think.

Excellent work!

Redavocadoes · 24/08/2023 20:09

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.

Love this 😂

whatkatydid2013 · 24/08/2023 20:10

There are plenty of silly non answers but to be fair easy ones are things like

  • I can count to 10/swear in x languages
  • I watched something being filmed on location, met someone famous on a plane/on holiday
  • I was travelling to x when dramatic thing y happened (eg I’ve was in a city when there was an attempted coup/ a riot (possibly not so fun) or when there was a nice memorable event or I got stranded by the volcanic eruptions in Iceland and travelled home in an unusual way
  • weird job you did as a teenager or student
  • I have a qualification in something unusual or won a competition

You can even make it work related so something like a noteworthy project you were involved in, a work travel misadventure or similar. One of my colleagues facts years ago was that their car was hit when part of the office roof was blown off

Savemesos · 24/08/2023 20:16

God it’s all so tedious isn’t it. I wouldn’t know what to say either, sorry!