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I graduated third in my HS class and wasn't in the top 10% WheelWalker Aug 2018 #1
Okay! How is that possible? Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #2
Graduating class of 20? Shrike47 Aug 2018 #5
Wow! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #8
Twenty-seven in the class WheelWalker Aug 2018 #40
Three people in the class? The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #15
27 WheelWalker Aug 2018 #41
Years ago, I saw a biography on the Web, about a guy who missed out on a scholarship ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2018 #122
Proving, once again, math sucks. dchill Aug 2018 #254
Actually, people who write stupid rules suck. eppur_se_muova Aug 2018 #267
I was within 100 feet MosheFeingold Aug 2018 #147
Whoa! MLAA Aug 2018 #163
That's sad man. i bet you cried like we all did. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #187
I saw JFK the day before he was shot TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #245
When I was in college, I used to go see Stevie Ray Vaughan on Ladies Night back in 80-81 TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #246
Well, then MosheFeingold Aug 2018 #264
my mother was second in her class, and didn't make the top 10% lastlib Aug 2018 #221
I graduated from college in three years because I couldn't afford the fourth one. Shrike47 Aug 2018 #3
Awesome! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #6
I graduated from college in three years with money in the bank. (I lived with my parents). n/t rzemanfl Aug 2018 #51
Two newspapers and a trade publication featured articles about my birth. OilemFirchen Aug 2018 #4
Well! There's always the obits! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #7
Patience is a virtue. OilemFirchen Aug 2018 #10
You and Keith Richards! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #12
I pitched a perfect game. lapucelle Aug 2018 #9
Sweet!⚾️ Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #11
I've survived jumping off the Golden Gate bridge... Brother Buzz Aug 2018 #13
Cool story bro! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #14
It's totally true.... Brother Buzz Aug 2018 #16
Okay! That's cool! Mea culpa! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #18
The soil there was full of lead paint, asbestos, and other toxic nastiness. hunter Aug 2018 #162
When I was in 5th grade, I left my house on my bike....woke up two days later in the hospital. dameatball Aug 2018 #17
Damn! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #19
That's exactly how the aliens cover their tracks Major Nikon Aug 2018 #75
Yeah, but did your ass hurt? /NT sdfernando Aug 2018 #133
i'm a stable genius, 5X Aug 2018 #20
Trigger needs oats! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #25
I've been found out, 5X Aug 2018 #32
Did they really put peanut butter on Mister Ed's gums to make it seem like he was "talking"? red dog 1 Aug 2018 #36
According to Alan Young, who played Wilbur, rsdsharp Aug 2018 #108
Thanks for clearing that up for me. red dog 1 Aug 2018 #171
Wow. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #189
What is a "stable genius?" nt LAS14 Aug 2018 #239
thats what orange shithead called himself. n/t 5X Aug 2018 #242
I stole a car when I was ten. Snellius Aug 2018 #21
How long until you could sit again?😏 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #89
My mother thought it was pretty funny. Snellius Aug 2018 #91
My old man would've lit me up! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #93
BTW This was a bigly great idea for a thread, Floyd. Thanks. nt Snellius Aug 2018 #92
Thank you! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #94
I took a road trip at the turn of the millennium, and visted over half the states in the union The Genealogist Aug 2018 #22
Wow! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #90
Neat! nt SWBTATTReg Aug 2018 #228
I put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop Ptah Aug 2018 #23
I put the ram in the rama lama ding dong! red dog 1 Aug 2018 #29
Any chance True Dough Aug 2018 #85
No, just the sheriff. Ptah Aug 2018 #100
Go and sin no more! 🙏🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #97
If you took all my DNA and stretched it out end to end .... Kablooie Aug 2018 #24
Also you share 60% of your DNA oldtime dfl_er Aug 2018 #27
I tried this True Dough Aug 2018 #28
I doubt that mine is that flexible! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #99
But then I'd be dead. dchill Aug 2018 #255
No. *I'd* be dead. It was my DNA. Kablooie Aug 2018 #256
But you said it was about me, too! dchill Aug 2018 #258
Ok. Let's make it a suicide pact. Kablooie Aug 2018 #259
I've never had a drivers license oldtime dfl_er Aug 2018 #26
Same with my mother. She is 78. Doreen Aug 2018 #78
Wow! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #109
Me neither. Although I plan to get a drivers license this year. IrishEyes Aug 2018 #197
Good luck!!!! oldtime dfl_er Aug 2018 #214
It took me eight years to get a four-year college degree red dog 1 Aug 2018 #30
This is me too! Lunabell Aug 2018 #33
Mine went to 11 underpants Aug 2018 #64
Took me about ten years. malthaussen Aug 2018 #103
it took 11 for me gopiscrap Aug 2018 #114
Perseverance! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #115
Took me nine. I was "asked" to take time off twice, the implied threat being permanent expulsion. hunter Aug 2018 #170
11 for me too. El Supremo Aug 2018 #185
Another 11-year wonder: Class of 1967-78. VOX Aug 2018 #268
I am often mistaken for Scarlet Johansen. cyclonefence Aug 2018 #31
Good thing you're not often mistaken for Jake Johannsen red dog 1 Aug 2018 #37
You mean you're not? 😢 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #116
I am never mistaken for Scarlett Johansen. kwassa Aug 2018 #269
Me neither cyclonefence Aug 2018 #273
My nickname is Taco Bell True Dough Aug 2018 #34
I doubt that! ✌🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #117
In 1980 I registered as a Republican. Lunabell Aug 2018 #35
Good for you! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #118
I do stand up comedy. bitterross Aug 2018 #38
If you can make it to the 2nd drink, you have a "shot" dameatball Aug 2018 #39
Very cool! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #119
Do you tell jokes? red dog 1 Aug 2018 #174
I graduated college at 25 benld74 Aug 2018 #42
"I don't quit. Ever." would be a good thing to put on a resume lol unblock Aug 2018 #43
Nice! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #129
I don't either. Never. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #190
I skipped 2nd grade but was a 2nd grader twice. I didn't skip 4th grade but was never a 4th grader. unblock Aug 2018 #44
I'm confused!😐 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #138
simple: unblock Aug 2018 #146
Ah ki'lt a man in prison jpak Aug 2018 #45
I'm sure he had it coming! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #139
I turned Theodore Bundy away from a hotel when I was desk-clerking. Laffy Kat Aug 2018 #46
Awesome and creepy at the same time. sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #60
yikes! Kali Aug 2018 #65
Thankfully True Dough Aug 2018 #86
Every day on my way to class, I walked past the frat house at FSU where Bundy was staying. I looked Nay Aug 2018 #121
I know how you feel. Laffy Kat Aug 2018 #123
Was it a frat house, or a boarding house? red dog 1 Aug 2018 #150
IIRC, it was called "The Oaks." Could have been a regular boarding house. It was all guys and sorta Nay Aug 2018 #180
Wow! 😯 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #140
Wow, talk about chills! MLAA Aug 2018 #164
That' a chilling experience....was he creepy?? Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #191
Yes, as I said on an earlier post... Laffy Kat Aug 2018 #209
I won on Jeopardy. Mister Ed Aug 2018 #47
Whoa, how many people can say that? Laffy Kat Aug 2018 #70
Nice! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #141
I once had a discussion with Cary Grant about the Warren Report... First Speaker Aug 2018 #48
Honestly? Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #143
Yeah. No kidding. I know it sounds weird... First Speaker Aug 2018 #148
Beyond cool! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #149
My jealousy oldtime dfl_er Aug 2018 #175
Ju-dee Ju-dee Ju-dee Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #192
I have 10 inches Funtatlaguy Aug 2018 #49
+ You certainly have a huge lunasun Aug 2018 #56
Yum! With sour cream! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #144
Well, yes, when they plump up.....it oozes out. Funtatlaguy Aug 2018 #182
Don't go there! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #183
Like a moth to a flame......lol. Funtatlaguy Aug 2018 #184
I used to, kozar Aug 2018 #50
Good for you, kozar True Dough Aug 2018 #87
Awesome! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #145
Welcome to DU, Koz red dog 1 Aug 2018 #169
I went around the world Turbineguy Aug 2018 #52
Business or pleasure or both! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #151
Work. Turbineguy Aug 2018 #173
Hmmmmm.... sagetea Aug 2018 #53
Old belly dancers never die! They just Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #154
I've thought about taking classes TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #247
I went to UVA in the fall of 1980, made The Dean's List 3 of 4 first semesters... Va Lefty Aug 2018 #54
Same here. Except I'm a girl who met a boy. LakeArenal Aug 2018 #106
Glad you had your priorities in order! 😂 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #155
For a short while a long time ago I was a bike messenger in San Francisco lunasun Aug 2018 #55
Brutal! ✌🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #156
I was in short films for the Ga. Dept. of Education as a child. Solly Mack Aug 2018 #57
Sweet! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #167
I was an extra in a Best Picture jayschool2013 Aug 2018 #58
Jack has it! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #168
I worked for a landscaping company during one college summer that mowed lawns pangaia Aug 2018 #59
David Pecker underpants Aug 2018 #63
This was in about 1963 ish. pangaia Aug 2018 #67
Generoso Pope Jr. underpants Aug 2018 #82
Thanks. And all along I thought his name was Alexander Pope. pangaia Aug 2018 #96
Yikes! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #225
Yup... mowed lawns 6 days a week from 7 am to about 5-6 pm. pangaia Aug 2018 #236
I was stupid enough to give up 3 years of my full scholarship to sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #61
Wow! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #266
I met the author Stephen King while I was a student at U. Maine Orono in the 1970's. Bluepinky Aug 2018 #62
Many, many years ago I read that if Picasso wrote you a check for less than $100 CrispyQ Aug 2018 #104
Of course not! Bluepinky Aug 2018 #177
What I meant is that it would have been too perfect to have kept the papers... Bluepinky Aug 2018 #213
I would be curious what King's signature is worth. CrispyQ Aug 2018 #217
That cartoon is a riot, love all the misplaced eyes! Bluepinky Aug 2018 #218
I used to participate as a team roper (rodeo event, but totally amateur) Kali Aug 2018 #66
That's so cute! LeftInTX Aug 2018 #68
I am the only person in the entire world with my name. LeftInTX Aug 2018 #69
I used to be a stringer for a running magazine Bayard Aug 2018 #71
Cool. But, being a dumbass, I wasn't entirely Duppers Aug 2018 #223
I once had a delightful conversation with secondwind Aug 2018 #72
Been to the ocean three times backtoblue Aug 2018 #73
Omg, the ocean really dislikes you! Beartracks Aug 2018 #203
My farts smell like potpourri Major Nikon Aug 2018 #74
The other downside True Dough Aug 2018 #88
Better than my shorts being full of shit Major Nikon Aug 2018 #102
With zero previous knowledge, I completely remodeled my kitchen. LuckyCharms Aug 2018 #76
I wrote an award winning novel and was a poet laureate. nolabear Aug 2018 #77
What's the name of the book etc?? Do tell! Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #193
I'll pm you. I try to stay relatively anonymous on DU nolabear Aug 2018 #205
Good idea. Thank you. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #206
Just sent. nolabear Aug 2018 #208
Wow! red dog 1 Aug 2018 #219
I just saw this! Thanks. I'll PM you. nolabear Aug 2018 #220
When I was very young HeiressofBickworth Aug 2018 #79
I took pop rocks and drank coke. smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #80
Gutsy. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #194
Paul Newman was at my wedding. 😙 sprinkleeninow Aug 2018 #81
Go on......???? nt Laffy Kat Aug 2018 #124
He wasn't a guest. Just there. The girls in my bridal party left sprinkleeninow Aug 2018 #125
That's still really cool. Laffy Kat Aug 2018 #152
I should be at the bottom of Lake Pontchartrain MLAA Aug 2018 #83
OMG. That gave me chills. Laffy Kat Aug 2018 #153
I haven't thought about it in many years until I read this thread MLAA Aug 2018 #160
I remember it. I was born in '57 so I recall this accident. Laffy Kat Aug 2018 #178
Nobody said a word until sometime in my Dad mentioned it and I was shocked. MLAA Aug 2018 #215
I had a ticket for American flight 191 that crashed on takeoff Chipper Chat Aug 2018 #235
First thing that struck me is that if it happened today the fees are so high to change a reservation MLAA Aug 2018 #237
I was working on my master's degree at the university oh Hawaii. Chipper Chat Aug 2018 #263
I met with longtime TV news correspondent David Schumacher on his boat. empedocles Aug 2018 #84
In 1953 I was selected Mr.Bill Aug 2018 #95
I was quite the adventurous fool, The Figment Aug 2018 #98
You made me sprinkleeninow Aug 2018 #126
I was almost left back in Kindergarten solely because I couldn't skip or use scissors. no_hypocrisy Aug 2018 #101
Oh I'm glad Mom stood up for you Corvo Bianco Aug 2018 #210
At age 3, won my only beauty pageant! northoftheborder Aug 2018 #105
As a child lived in RI.... LakeArenal Aug 2018 #107
I once spent the night (by invitation) in the women's dormitory at Rutgers University. Aristus Aug 2018 #110
I was an extra on Miami Vice! FM123 Aug 2018 #111
I walked on my toes until middle school because I was born with short Achilles tendons. UrbScotty Aug 2018 #112
I delivered a baby on the side of a highway gopiscrap Aug 2018 #113
oh wow JHan Aug 2018 #120
At 25 years old, I may be the youngest person on DU. Lol! Unless someone else speaks up... bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 #127
A true but little known fact about me? wendyb-NC Aug 2018 #128
Welcome to DU! red dog 1 Aug 2018 #161
So, you were 'born in a cross-fire hurricane'? Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #195
I was busted for pot while home on leave from the USMC Ernesto Aug 2018 #130
I have driven a vehicle in 49 states A HERETIC I AM Aug 2018 #131
I met Bill Haley and the Comets. Lint Head Aug 2018 #132
My eyes don't work in tandem Freddie Aug 2018 #134
In High School I Shared A Gym Locker With..... becca da bakkah Aug 2018 #135
I was thrown out of a party at John Landis's house back in the 80s. Iggo Aug 2018 #136
You actually got thrown out of Animal House? Snellius Aug 2018 #142
Long story short, I said something horrible at a place where they weren't having it... Iggo Aug 2018 #159
In June 1991... Kensan Aug 2018 #137
I met Danny Thomas when my sister got surgery for a cleft palate at ehrnst Aug 2018 #157
The President's daughter was on my plane mainstreetonce Aug 2018 #158
I took down this babushka/ bathroom attendant who was going to have me arrested in Novgorod, Russia. bettyellen Aug 2018 #165
How do you screw up flushing so... violently? Beartracks Aug 2018 #204
There is a button on the lid that's split in two, I hadn't seen one before. bettyellen Aug 2018 #211
I played golf with oswaldactedalone Aug 2018 #166
I met Michelle Obama in front of a grocery store in Chicago. milestogo Aug 2018 #172
I can twirl two batons. Zoonart Aug 2018 #176
Awarded an Emmy in 2015 .. DemoTex Aug 2018 #179
nice! Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #198
Outstanding kwassa Aug 2018 #270
I went to school with a bunch of people who became famous later. kwassa Aug 2018 #271
I worked as a model to get spending money in college. Tucker08087 Aug 2018 #181
I was once investigated by the FBI. El Supremo Aug 2018 #186
I had a supernumerary tooth. El Supremo Aug 2018 #188
I am adopted Runningdawg Aug 2018 #196
I have a secret dream of going to school to become a registered nurse. IrishEyes Aug 2018 #199
Go for it but be sure to go to a school that can hook you up with a residency program at a hospital TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #248
Thank you. IrishEyes Aug 2018 #250
Since it's a second degree for you, it won't take as long to get a Bachelor of Nursing degree TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #252
I'm hung. No seriously, Glamrock Aug 2018 #200
I had pretty much the entire BIG RED MACHINE's autographs several times over underpants Aug 2018 #201
Think Animal House liberal N proud Aug 2018 #202
I have four nipples MrScorpio Aug 2018 #207
I established a strange link between John Wayne and the Zodiac case. Harker Aug 2018 #212
Designed the house I live in. Duppers Aug 2018 #216
Anyone watching the new Amy Pohler series, Making it? nolabear Aug 2018 #222
In High School yuiyoshida Aug 2018 #224
I am a little known fact. democratisphere Aug 2018 #226
I was a cover girl spooky3 Aug 2018 #227
I had a one night stand with MontanaMama Aug 2018 #229
Okay! You skipped the line, but I knew a girl who left her husband and child for a 3DN band member. Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #230
Well it ended with that one fabulous night... MontanaMama Aug 2018 #232
Very cool! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #233
We ran into Harry S. Truman (former pres of the US) when I went to ... SWBTATTReg Aug 2018 #231
Me too! duforsure Aug 2018 #260
I was surprise guest at bachelor party for son of a friend Panich52 Aug 2018 #234
I never went to Second Grade RazBerryBeret Aug 2018 #238
Hubby and I had a private few minutes with Hillary before... LAS14 Aug 2018 #240
At first I read that as "snorting something" - LOL n/t TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #249
:) LAS14 Aug 2018 #265
Thanks to all! This is fascinating!! nt LAS14 Aug 2018 #241
I've held 2 world records. Rustynaerduwell Aug 2018 #243
You sure that quasar True Dough Aug 2018 #251
Marshall Herff Applewhite, the leader of the Heaven's Gate cult, was the choir director at my church TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #244
I was the person responsible for introducing my mother to my father when they first met. Doodley Aug 2018 #253
???? Elaborate????? LAS14 Aug 2018 #272
You dragged it out of me - I once met a guy who knew Boz Skaggs. dchill Aug 2018 #257
Met Ron Ziegler duforsure Aug 2018 #261
I said "Hi" to Richard Simmons in the airport discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2018 #262
I was involved in the negotiations Wolf Frankula Aug 2018 #274
Good one! But, impotus the great negotiator could have closed the deal! MLAA Aug 2018 #277
there are so many true but little known facts about me orleans Aug 2018 #275
I plum forgot this. I once was immature. sprinkleeninow Aug 2018 #276
I was a bridesmaid in a prison wedding. fleur-de-lisa Aug 2018 #278
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