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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1245 on: August 14, 2011, 11:38:12 AM »
I started college at the age of 2.  My Dad was taking German as his foreign language.  It was only offered at the female college.  Mom wasn't happy that he would be taking it with coeds.  So, since she was pregnant with my sister, she would pretend to be sick sometimes when he had German classes so he would have to take me.  She wanted to make sure the female students knew he was married with child(ren.)

 Can you speak German at all, have any level of conversation in it?   :orly:
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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1246 on: August 14, 2011, 11:40:15 AM »
My right eye is set a millimeter or so higher in my face than my left eye, and at a slightly different angle.  :insane:

Wasn't there a cigarette that advertised it was a silly little millimete longer?

 That's vaguely familiar to me now that you mention it.  I wonder how many extra puffs you get from that!   :orly:

Benson and Hedges:  (This company introduced a "100 millimeter" long cigarette. Shortly after, Chesterfield cigarettes company did a parody of the B&H ad campaign and introduced a cigarette called "Chesterfield 101's" with the catchphrase "a silly millimeter longer." Many confuse the two campaigns and wrongly attribute the "silly millimeter" phase to the Benson and Hedges campaign.)  From TVAcres website.
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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1247 on: August 14, 2011, 11:41:03 AM »
I started college at the age of 2.  My Dad was taking German as his foreign language.  It was only offered at the female college.  Mom wasn't happy that he would be taking it with coeds.  So, since she was pregnant with my sister, she would pretend to be sick sometimes when he had German classes so he would have to take me.  She wanted to make sure the female students knew he was married with child(ren.)

 Can you speak German at all, have any level of conversation in it?   :orly:

Just some common curse words.  And because so many of the words are similar to English I can figure out some of them.
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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1248 on: August 14, 2011, 02:53:40 PM »
I'm watching an eBay auction right now.
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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1249 on: August 15, 2011, 10:17:08 AM »
I love the smell of wood especially oak
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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1250 on: August 23, 2011, 10:16:28 AM »
I tend to make fairly simple things quite complicated at times. I kinda use Ockham's (or Boerhaave's) adage 'simplex sigillum veri' to remind me to keep it simple.
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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1251 on: August 23, 2011, 01:27:39 PM »
I need new work shoes
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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1252 on: August 23, 2011, 01:45:06 PM »
I tend to make fairly simple things quite complicated at times. I kinda use Ockham's (or Boerhaave's) adage 'simplex sigillum veri' to remind me to keep it simple.

In America we say, KISS.  Keep It Simple Stupid.
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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1253 on: August 23, 2011, 01:56:30 PM »
Today was the first earthquake I have ever felt
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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1254 on: August 23, 2011, 02:04:10 PM »
Kinda stupid but I have wished I had a more simple mind before. Sometimes my compulsive brain 'whines' too much and seeing some other simple-minds having fun over nothing.. appearing totally careless.. I..

Well, ignorance sometimes IS bliss, I think.   :tard:
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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1255 on: August 23, 2011, 04:00:32 PM »
I overslept this morning.
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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1256 on: August 23, 2011, 07:24:08 PM »
I tend to make fairly simple things quite complicated at times. I kinda use Ockham's (or Boerhaave's) adage 'simplex sigillum veri' to remind me to keep it simple.

In America we say, KISS.  Keep It Simple Stupid.
:indeed: cause we don't cotton to that Herpes Simplex Sigillum stuff.  :tard:

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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1257 on: September 24, 2011, 10:27:05 PM »
I like clocks that tick.
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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1258 on: September 25, 2011, 08:53:38 AM »
We use a lot of the heavy bar style beer glasses at the house mostly because they are hard to break
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Re: Useless Personal Trivia
« Reply #1259 on: September 25, 2011, 09:28:47 AM »
I like clocks that tick.
:thumbdn: I detest clocks that tick. I remember the old Baby Ben alarm clocks.