Name Five Things You've Done That Others Probably Have Not

[Ghostwind]

1. Had 5 reconstructive/plastic surgeries on my face over 20 years ago as a result of going through a windshield (was a passenger in a car that hit a tree head on).
2. Lost partial vision in my left eye (see above) only to regain it 10 years later.
3. Came within a heartbeat of being a widower twice when each of my kids were born (wife nearly bled to death with first one and blood pressure dropped to critical on the second).
4. Have worked for a nationwide firearms distributor in the 90s.
5. Have had meals with Ed Greenwood, Elaine Cunningham, Anthony Valterra, JD Wiker and Andy Collins.
6. Have used a firearm to "draw" a target (think Lethal Weapon) for another person to shoot at.
7. Have had 2 books receive an ENnies honorable mention and one a Silver ENnie award within the past three years.
8. Can consistently hit a dime-sized target at 600 meters with a 7mm scoped rifle and have won money because of it.
9. Have had a squirrel crawl up my leg while sitting in a tree stand deer hunting (he thought I was part of the tree -- should have seen his face when I said "Boo" - Mastercard moment, believe me).
10. Have fallen 25 ft. from a tree stand and only sprained an ankle (one of the steps gave way).

I'm sure I'll think up some more oddities of my life that no one else here has mentioned...

 

[Jerome Steelsides]

1) I can also say that for some reason, I also bought the D&D movie on DVD.
2) Almost got hit by a train which was 10 feet behind me after I didn't hear it.
3) Same deal as earlier sorta, all of the girls I've dated have had the middle name Marie.
4) Read all 10 books of Wheel of Time so far and didn't complain about them.
5) Read Lord of the Rings only once. I don't know, I'm reaching.

As you can see, my life is boring...

 

[thalmin]

(snip)
9. Have had a squirrel crawl up my leg while sitting in a tree stand deer hunting (he thought I was part of the tree -- should have seen his face when I said "Boo" - Mastercard moment, believe me).
10. Have fallen 25 ft. from a tree stand and only sprained an ankle (one of the steps gave way).

Seems like the squirrel got the last laugh on you.

 

[reveal]

Seems like the squirrel got the last laugh on you.

Darned hunter! Make me get scared, huh? I'll show him! *saw*saw*saw*

 

[Jerome Steelsides]

6. Once dated a girl named Jacqueline Renier. Really. Ravenloft folks'll get that. I don't think she was a wererat, but I can't be sure.

 

[FreeXenon]

A lot of you will be able to say some of mine, but here goes

1. I have seen every Star Wars movie in the theater
2. I have played all editions of D&D (1rst through 3.5 - that is)
3. I have operated a nuclear reactors on the USS Enterprise during war time (Desert Strom) in the Mediterranean while we were bombing the crap out of Sadam (those darn lines of demarcation)
4. I have married an European (Belarussian)
5. I do a very poor imitation of Arnold Swarzenegger that everyone loves.
7. Read Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in 7 days while in Prague

 

[sniffles]

Um... let's see:

1. Was cut by the doctor's scalpel while being delivered by c-section. Still have a scar 45 years later.
2. Spent a month in Japan living in a traditional Japanese home. Succesfully purchased peanut butter without speaking or reading Japanese.
3. Tore my cornea by snapping myself in the eye with swimming goggles.
4. Had jury duty with Ursula K. LeGuin.
5. Been called a b*tch by Harlan Ellison.

 

[Rel]

5. Been called a b*tch by Harlan Ellison.

Well who hasn't?

 

[Lobo Lurker]

1) Been chased down the street at night by Ku Klux Klan members brandishing torches and shouting... 'impolite' suggestions that I return to a continent I've never seen.
2) Had 'relations' with a stripper in the back of a night club... without a condom.
3) Had two experiences with supernatural forces (ghosts).
4) Had prophetic/precognitive dreams (more than once)..
5) Had taxi drivers snicker at me hilariously 'cause they'd never met a black gringo before.

Uh... but I'm not done yet!

6) Been walked home at gunpoint by plainclothes police detectives just for walking around at night.
7) Had women refuse to sleep with me because 'it wouldn't fit if you tried.'
8) Psychotically stalked a girl in high school 'cause you can't figure out why she doesn't love you... yeah, that was scary for me too. I'll never do it again.
9) Baptized a youngster & welcomed them into church community.
10) Accepted a job in a foreign country only to find your plane didn't take you where you thought you'd be going when you arrived.

And lasty, but most importantly!

11) Been the Dad of the most beautiful baby girl to have ever been born. Yeah, technically all father's feel that way but the rest of them are liars.

 

[Ralts Bloodthorne]

5 things I bet nobody else has done?

1. Slept on top of a stack of tactical nuclear weapons with a net explosive weight of over 10 megatons and another time on a stack of enough binary nerve agent artillery rounds to kill any city that anyone here can think of.

2. Swung from a balcony and down through a (closed, ouch) window to surprise my naked girlfriend while only wearing a Batman cape and cowl. (Don't ask)

3. Had a large black man chase me to the ambulance berating me at the top of his lungs about how only white boys from Washington are stupid enough to lose thier fingers, shaking said finger at me the whole time. Surreal moment there.

4. Married a woman with more hot deployments than most infantrymen.

5. Helped steal a T-72 Main Battle Tank and try to convince everyone it "just appeared" in the CO's parking spot.