Five fun facts about your life

[swingline]

A moose once bit my sister...

My sister once bit a moose.

 

[lcjjdnh]

My sister once bit a moose.

 

[Songbird]

Maybe he was just there to masturbate.

If so, did he ask first?

 

[Buck]

I want to switch one of mine:
I've been on an active battle ship and landed on/taken off from an active carrier.

 

[typefitter]

Ain't this fun?!

1. I won the school science fair in 6th grade recreating an experiment I read about in Disney Adventure magazine, but was foiled at county because I referred to the infrared light in a TV remote as a "laser beam" throughout my project. The legit judges weren't as impressed as those at my elementary school.

2. The only times I've kissed another man were during varsity basketball practice. As punishment for missing free throws during practice, my coach required the shooter to kiss a teammate. Yeah, pretty fucked up, in hindsight.

3. I coached a state champion boys cross country team (and the individual champion), earning the classification coach of the year award. The plaque included a typo in the spelling of my last name. The corrected plate I was sent spelled my first name wrong.

4. I was voted "Most Likely to Become a Millionaire" for my high school's Class of 2001. Though my current salary as a middle management marketer in the technology sector is twice what I ever made as a HS teacher/coach -- and more than 3x what I earned as a journalist -- seven figures doesn't appear to be in the cards.

5. I once won my team a trivia night tiebreaker via dance contest. Winner was decided by crowd applause. I defeated an endowed female. At Hooters. Chaminade vs. Virginia, that one.

There is a 1970s SNL skit to be done here about the kid who couldn't hit a free throw for shit during practice but was lights out during the game.

 

[qtlaw]

1. I proposed to my wife after knowing her 3 weeks (married 7 mos later, still happily married now 23 years later)
2. I once got to know, drink, sing and generally hangout with Julius Erving for a night during a celebrity pro-am (very cool dude)
3. Ever since I can remember, I used to dream about playing with my kids (luckily came true)
4. Became a biracial family in the early 70's with the arrival of my dad and I rarely thought anything of it
5. I was on a softball team with a retired Tongan LB from the Cowboys in the early 90's, before Tongas and Polynesians were well-known, dude was unbelievable athlete, 220 and ran like the wind; felt like I was playing with Bo Jackson.

 

[da man]

1. I proposed to my wife after knowing her 3 weeks (married 7 mos later, still happily married now 23 years later)
2. I once got to know, drink, sing and generally hangout with Julius Erving for a night during a celebrity pro-am (very cool dude)
3. Ever since I can remember, I used to dream about playing with my kids (luckily came true)
4. Became a biracial family in the early 70's with the arrival of my dad and I rarely thought anything of it
5. I was on a softball team with a retired Tongan LB from the Cowboys in the early 90's, before Tongas and Polynesians were well-known, dude was unbelievable athlete, 220 and ran like the wind; felt like I was playing with Bo Jackson.

Vai Sikahema, Mark Tuinei, Mosi Tatupu, Manu Tuiasosopo and Jack Thompson (among others) say hello.

 

[qtlaw]

Vai Sikahema, Mark Tuinei, Mosi Tatupu, Manu Tuiasosopo and Jack Thompson (among others) say hello.

Oh I remember those guys fondly but my context was those guys were an exception whereas today they are all over the place.

 

[Buck]

2. I once got to know, drink, sing and generally hangout with Julius Erving for a night during a celebrity pro-am (very cool dude)

One of these things doesn't belong.

 

[qtlaw]

One of these things doesn't belong.

Not saying I sang (very well), but he certainly put on his best Temptations impression.

 

[Buck]

I am of 100% Irish descent. I've been known to sing when drunk; it comes with the ethnicity.
But I'm not sure I'm doing it if I'm hanging with Dr. J.

If I had the pleasure of getting drunk with Dr. J, I'd likely spend the night shaking in my head and repeating 'Dude, do you realize you're Dr. f#cking J?!?'

 

[qtlaw]

I am of 100% Irish descent. I've been known to sing when drunk; it comes with the ethnicity.
But I'm not sure I'm doing it if I'm hanging with Dr. J.

If I had the pleasure of getting drunk with Dr. J, I'd likely spend the night shaking in my head and repeating 'Dude, do you realize you're Dr. f#cking J?!?'

Full disclosure, he wasn't hanging with me because of me, my buddy and I were hanging with two attractive women he knew and that was the attractant.

I was calling him Dr. J and he said "please call me Julius."

Best one, I asked "out of all the highlights in your career, which one do you recall most fondly?"; I'm thinking the unbelievable reverse in the Finals? maybe the tomahawk on Landsberger? Beating Celtics? He says "they were all the same to me." ?!?! Unbelievable.