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GypsyPirate Regular user 110 Posts 
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Let's see if anyone can top this:
I got grey hair when I was 12... I have a streak of it over my left temple. My jaw pops (which is great for the twisting arm illusion, which you can add to the list if you don't know the trick) I can do weird things with my eyes and/or eyebrows indepedently I do magic (haha... that wasn't funny, sorry) and... *drumroll* !!!!I WAS BORN WITH 12 FINGERS!!!! That's right folks, I had a little extra finger on each hand, like another pinky. There wasn't bone in them, so they just cut them off. I still have very slight scars. Weird, eh? You know how babies hold on to fingers? The extra fingers would flop over into my hands, and I would hold onto them... isn't that disgusting? Too bad they cut them off; if they didn't, maybe I could actually palm a card.
Magic Mark
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Beetroot Loyal user 267 Posts
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I can crack my groin.
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irossall Special user Snohomish, Washington 529 Posts
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I've never considered myself a freak but I like to freak.
Iven 
Give the gift of Life, Be an Organ Donor.
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Shane Wiker Inner circle Las Vegas 1199 Posts
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I'm a magician.
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awfulawful New user Boston, MA 19 Posts
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I have no sense of smell.
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GypsyPirate Regular user 110 Posts
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Did you ever have a sense of smell, or did you lose it somehow? Wow that'd be weird...
Magic Mark
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Dr_Stephen_Midnight Inner circle SW Ohio, USA 1555 Posts
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Nothing makes me a freak; I'm self-made.
Steve
Dr. Lao: "Do you know what wisdom is?"
Mike: "No." Dr. Lao: "Wise answer." |
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awfulawful New user Boston, MA 19 Posts
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On 2004-08-18 17:20, GypsyPirate wrote: I was born without the sense. The condition is called Congenital Anosmia. |
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Reis O'Brien Inner circle Seattle, WA 2467 Posts
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On 2004-08-17 14:05, irossall wrote: Check that yankee flag on that bike. |
drwilson Inner circle Bar Harbor, ME 2191 Posts
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I have a freak's memory. I use mnemonics, sure, but even before that people were always amazed at how I remembered everything.
So, you know the Elephant Man? A friend once told me my head was like that on the inside. They might not have been talking about my memory, though. Yours, Paul |
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jonesc2ii Loyal user Oxford, England 235 Posts
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I don't think anyone's likely to top the 12 fingers but
I broke the world record for one-arm-press-ups when I was 18. (115 in a minute, no longer recognised by the Guinness book of records, long story!) I have an IQ of 153. Like Paul I also have a naturally strange memory. I once spent a weekend memorising all the answers to trivial pursuit. Stangely though, my short term memory is pathetic, I can get up to go to the fridge and by the time I get out of the room I've forgotten what I was doing. If anyone asks what I've done today I often have no idea. I have Asperger's Syndrome which makes me rubbish at socialising but I used to be a teacher and I love public speaking and performing. Some people seem to find this hard to understand but the difference is that I am in control if I'm speaking or performing or teaching, it's fairly predictable. But a simple conversation, even with people I know well, can be totally unpredictable and I get confusticated. And I don't have a TV.
www.ixyl.co.uk/forums - for when you fancy a debate or a quiet chat.
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Patrick Differ Inner circle 1540 Posts
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My right shoulder dislocates completely and at-will.
Will you walk into my parlour? said the Spider to the Fly,
Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; The way into my parlour is up a winding stair, And I've a many curious things to show when you are there. Oh no, no, said the little Fly, to ask me is in vain, For who goes up your winding stair -can ne'er come down again. |
Rupert Bair Inner circle ? 2181 Posts
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My Jaw pops like yours I hate it.
Im also the creator of the Fred the dog word game! Matt |
Shade New user Utah 31 Posts
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I have a lightning scar on my forehead.
not really, but my head makes a popping sound everytime I chew on something chewy.
-Shade
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MinnesotaChef Regular user Minneapolis,MN 176 Posts
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After years in the kitchen I have almost no temperature sensitivity in my hands. It's to the point that I can put cigars out in my palm without leaving a mark. I sometimes do this without thinking in front of people because there isn't an ashtray handy. I can also weigh things accurately within 1/2 Oz. in my hands.
"Great restaurants are, of course, nothing but brothels.There is no point in going into them if one intends to keep one's belt buckled."- Fredric Raphael
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JJDrew Loyal user Arizona 221 Posts
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One of my eyes is half-blue/half-brown.
I can do the arm twisting illusion, only it's not an illusion when I do it! I have double-jointed shoulders. Put your hands on your hips and then try to squeeze your elbows together in front of your body until they touch each other, while keeping your hands still (they can rotate, but they stay on your hips). I can do that. I sneeze when I come out of a building into bright light, or in general when I look towards the sun. (It's some kind of syndrome, only 25% of people do this). I don't float in water. You know how when you learn to swim and you're supposed to float if you just lie on your back? I sink right down. I have to keep kicking my legs to keep them on top of the water. Otherwise my legs sink and the rest of me quickly follows, even if my lungs are full of air. |
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jonesc2ii Loyal user Oxford, England 235 Posts
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On 2004-08-25 17:47, Shade wrote: My brother was actually struck by lightning while I was stood next to him under the same umbrella! His ear was touching the umbrella when the umbrella was struck by lightning! The same brother also has one green eye and one brown eye.
www.ixyl.co.uk/forums - for when you fancy a debate or a quiet chat.
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jonesc2ii Loyal user Oxford, England 235 Posts
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On 2004-08-26 03:52, JJDrew wrote: I think that's normal?! Well, it's the same for me anyway.
www.ixyl.co.uk/forums - for when you fancy a debate or a quiet chat.
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GlenD Inner circle LosAngeles, Ca 1293 Posts
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Another group I don't fit in with...
"A miracle is something that seems impossible but happens anyway" - Griffin
"Any future where you succeed, is one where you tell the truth." - Griffin (Griffin rocks!) |
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Shane Wiker Inner circle Las Vegas 1199 Posts
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On 2004-08-19 17:10, jonesc2ii wrote: It's like you're describing me, except the TV, teacher, and world record thing. Everything else you said describes me almost exactly. Shane Wiker |
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