Robert Bidinotto tagged me with the latest "tag" meme: list five weird things about yourself, then tag five others to do the same.
I'm plenty weird; I hardly know where to start. Here goes:
1) I should have died many times already. I must have nine lives, in which case I only have three left.
2) I am a voice mimic. When I was a little kid, my heros were Mel Blanc and Rich Little. I once recorded myself doing the entire Disney movie Robin Hood, from memory, in all the weird voices (Excerpt: <ustinov>Taxes, TAXes! Beautiful, lovely TAXES! Ah-hah, AH-hah</ustinov> <terry-thomas>sssSire, you have an absolute skill for encouraging contributions from the poor</terry-thomas> Thanks, you've been a lovely audience, I'll be here all week, try the veal, tip your waitress). I can do dozens of Looney Tunes voices, lots of Muppets, and a few politicians.
3) I didn't learn to sing until I was 35. Now, if you put a microphone in front of me, you can't shut me up. And since I sing bass, for which there aren't a lot of songs, if you go to Karaoke with me you hear a lot of Johnny Cash.
4) I ride bicycles a lot... I mean, a LOT. Over the last 20 years, I have ridden bicycles as my main mode of transportation for 17 years. This past year I haven't been riding bikes very much at all, and have gone from 165 to 195 pounds. Time to get another bike!
5) I learned the Greek alphabet while I was still a kid, so when I joined a fraternity (???) and all the other pledges were learning the Greek alphabet for the first time, I learned to say it backwards. Now I can hold a burning match and say the Greek alphabet both forwards and backwards before it burns down to my fingers.
OK, that wasn't too bad. Weird, but not particularly embarrassing. Now, to find five
Candace of Waking Up on Planet X
Aizlynne of Exposed Agenda
Becky of Lone Pony
Steve of Angry in the Great White North
Kate of Small Dead Animals
They'll all be receiving a message from me over the next couple of minutes.
2 comments:
Wow Ed! I knew you were weird, but not THAT weird. Just kidding. Fascinating actually. I think you need to elaborate on that first one. Anyhoo, ok, here goes.
Haloscan wont let my ping go through. So here it is:
I’ve been “weird” tagged by Ed Minchau. Believe me, there is NO WAY I'm gonna top his weirdness...wow...just...wow.
5 weird things about Lone Pony
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