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| Janetblueyes | Posted – 2/13/2008 11:26:49 PM | show profile | email poster Wishing you all a very happy Valentine's Day! 1. Do you have any usual bits of trivia you care to share? 2. What answers are you perpetually seeking? 3. What did you receive and/or give for Valentine's Day? 4. Do you know anyone running from the law? 5. What was the worst hotel/motel you have stayed in? 6. What was the most wonderful hotel/motel you have stayed in? 7. What items have you stolen from your workplace? 8. Have you ever started a rumor about someone? 9. Are there any superstitions you act on? 10. How do you typically handle telemarketers? ~Bonus Question~ Time for a random confession. What would you like to admit/fess us/declare/get off your chest? |
| wineaux | Posted – 2/13/2008 11:51:15 PM | show profile Happy V Day Janet! Yay! Early Randoms! 1. Do you have any unsual bits of trivia you care to share? The man who started the wine industry in Cal. was supposedly eaten by crocodiles in Nicauragua and was a habitual lyer/shyster. 2. What answers are you perpetually seeking? What should I be doing with my life? 3. What did you receive and/or give for Valentine's Day? I got beautiful roses, chocolate and some cute undies and bras from the husband. I'm not sure what I'm giving yet. I'm going out tommorow to figure it out. I don't think I'll be able to top the Irish pewter monogrammed flask I got for him for his bday, however. That was a big hit. 4. Do you know anyone running from the law? I don't think so 5. What was the worst hotel/motel you have stayed in? A roadside motel in the Eastern Sierras when then boyfriend and I had car trouble. For some reason, though, it was pretty cool to stay in a place really dilapidated. It was clean, just very bare bones, teeny tiny, and adjoined the garage that was fixing our car. I'd probably have a different attitude if it were filthy, though. 6. What was the most wonderful hotel/motel you have stayed in? The Sheraton Palace in SF. It's really spectacular. They have a tea room that is breathtaking. 7. What items have you stolen from your workplace? I once swiped a bottle of wine after a particularly grueling day where I had no desire to head for the store. We had a lot of wine, so no one would have cared. I still felt weird since I didn't ask. I'm such a square. 8. Have you ever started a rumor about someone? In high school, I was very immature and did spread things about girls who were mean to me. I was more than a little vindictive back then. 9. Are there any superstitions you act on? Saying bless you after a sneeze. I won't walk under a ladder, and I feel like mirrors should be handled carefully. 10. How do you typically handle telemarketers? Not very nicely, I must admit. ~Bonus Question~ Time for a random confession. What would you like to admit/fess us/declare/get off your chest? I've done very little this week. Lazy as hell. And drank too much one night, which ruined my whole next day. Next week is going to be hell, since it's all piling up now. |
| writesonwater | Posted – 2/14/2008 12:13:11 AM | show profile | email poster Happy Valentines Day to you, too, JBE. That reminds me of the time my niece decorated a homely cake for her boyfriend on this occasion. She couldn't fit Happy Valentines Day and stuck with the easier Happy VD. We laughed something fierce. 1. Do you have any usual bits of trivia you care to share? The actress who plays Lisa Cuddy on House MD also played a hooker on West Wing (heart of gold, of course), a former fling of Mel Gibson on What Women Want and a disgusted diner in As good as it gets. We discussed this at dinner. We're easily amused. 2. What answers are you perpetually seeking? Where is the door to success in this building? Because all the others I've tried just led to more rooms .... 3. What did you receive and/or give for Valentine's Day? I still have to shop for this tomorrow. 4. Do you know anyone running from the law? No. I hope. 5. What was the worst hotel/motel you have stayed in? the America's Best Value Inn in Austin. Tiny bathroom, and the bed was like a plate on springs. 6. What was the most wonderful hotel/motel you have stayed in? I loved the Historic Inns of Annapolis -- my favorite is right across from the 300+ year old state house. Wow. Wonderful. 7. What items have you stolen from your workplace? I work at home, but sometimes I help myself to a $10 from my husband's wallet. 8. Have you ever started a rumor about someone? Not recently, but as a kid, after my feelings were hurt. 9. Are there any superstitions you act on? Say "bless you" after a sneeze. 10. How do you typically handle telemarketers? "I'm sorry, we can't take a sales call now. Click." or sometimes I dont say "I'm sorry." ~Bonus Question~ Time for a random confession. What would you like to admit/fess us/declare/get off your chest? I made a momentous decision to get back into full-time work, strictly 40-hours a week so I can finish my book. After a four-year hiatus, I retook the managing editor post at the local weekly, in part because I missed my associates, in part because I want STEADY income, in part because they promised NO LAYOUT and in part because I need to get out more. Also I had a dream that the last editor let me stay there, and she was sick, and the minute I woke up I checked email and there was a message about the position being open and would I consider? Weird ....... |
| Bleak Spouse | Posted – 2/14/2008 12:26:51 AM | show profile 1. Do you have any usual bits of trivia you care to share? Some frogs can pull their eyes into their throat and help push food down. 2. What answers are you perpetually seeking? The same questions we're all programmed to seek answers to. 3. What did you receive and/or give for Valentine's Day? Nada 4. Do you know anyone running from the law? No 7. What items have you stolen from your workplace? Nothing 8. Have you ever started a rumor about someone? No 9. Are there any superstitions you act on? No 10. How do you typically handle telemarketers? They never call. ~Bonus Question~ Time for a random confession. What would you like to admit/fess us/declare/get off your chest? Nothing |
| keltoi | Posted – 2/14/2008 2:20:21 AM | show profile And you as well, JBE. May you find the Valentine who is truly right for you. 1. Do you have any usual bits of trivia you care to share? I'm a trivia nut, but I'll be good and just give a few: the distance between an alligator's eyes in inches is its length in feet; Neil Young tried out and failed to get the role that went to Mickey "Monkees" Dolenz; you can't sneeze with your eyes open; David Bowie chose Bowie because another pop star had his name, Davy Jones; all the ants in the world weigh more than all mammals combined. 2. What answers are you perpetually seeking? When will Americans wake up; who really killed JFK/RFK/MLK; why does anyone possibly care about Paris Hilton/Britney Spears/any flavor of the month; are clams truly happy? 3. What did you receive and/or give for Valentine's Day? Giving my wife nifty earrings from the Met Museum, socks with the aurora borealis and polar bears, flowers, some chocolate, and a really nifty Navajo vase with an aurora borealis and wolf motif (she loves the auroroa borealis, fyi). And we're going out to dinner at a Thai place we've been wanting to try. 4. Do you know anyone running from the law? I know a few who should be. 5. What was the worst hotel/motel you have stayed in? Probably the one in Greece with the demon. 6. What was the most wonderful hotel/motel you have stayed in? Probably the Hotel Katiekes in Santorini, whitewashed rooms hugging the cliffside over a caldera of deep blue sea. Heaven. 7. What items have you stolen from your workplace? I print something out for my own use occasionally, if that counts. 8. Have you ever started a rumor about someone? Tried to get one going that Cheney was the AntiChrist, but someone beat me to it. Otherwise, no. 9. Are there any superstitions you act on? I knock on wood occasionally. 10. How do you typically handle telemarketers? Stopped having a landline about 4 years ago, which helps. Those that get through to my work phone I usually answer by saying, "Why are you interrupting me at work?" Shuts them up pretty quickly. ~Bonus Question~ Time for a random confession. What would you like to admit/fess us/declare/get off your chest? I confess that I can hardly go a day without chocolate. |
| Mag Girl | Posted – 2/14/2008 10:11:19 AM | show profile Wishing you all a very happy Valentine's Day! 1. Do you have any usual bits of trivia you care to share? Writes, she was also the "risotto" girl on Seinfeld. :) 2. What answers are you perpetually seeking? How did the universe get here. And what is it in my dog's breed that makes him follow me everywhere? 3. What did you receive and/or give for Valentine's Day? Dunno yet- doing the card exchange tonight. 4. Do you know anyone running from the law? Nope. 5. What was the worst hotel/motel you have stayed in? A little place in East Texas. It had the option to pay by the hour, and the towels they gave us were probably form the 1970s and covered with colorful patterns. The sheets and comforter were covered with stains. The whole fam slept with clothes on and laid our jackets on top of the bed to sleep on. I still shudder to think about it. 6. What was the most wonderful hotel/motel you have stayed in? A cute lil boutique in Paris full of charm. Can't remember the name now. 7. What items have you stolen from your workplace? Pens and Post-Its 8. Have you ever started a rumor about someone? Nope. 9. Are there any superstitions you act on? Spilled salt over the shoulder 10. How do you typically handle telemarketers? I don't answer the phone if I don't know who it is on caller ID ~Bonus Question~ Time for a random confession. What would you like to admit/fess us/declare/get off your chest? That I am scared about a possible health issue right now. |
| voracious reader | Posted – 2/14/2008 10:14:00 AM | show profile Happy Valentine's Day! 1. Do you have any usual bits of trivia you care to share? You'd think with all the reading I do, I'd be great at trivia, but I'm such a bore when it comes to trivia! 2. What answers are you perpetually seeking? Where's a cure for genetic metabolic muscle diseases? 3. What did you receive and/or give for Valentine's Day? We don't celebrate Valentine's Day. 4. Do you know anyone running from the law? No. 5. What was the worst hotel/motel you have stayed in? I'm with writesonwater! It was probably the same motel in Austin. I should have remembered the name so I know not to make the same mistake twice! 6. What was the most wonderful hotel/motel you have stayed in? Any of them that our kids weren't staying with us! 7. What items have you stolen from your workplace? Paper? I will say, however, when I'm in a doctor's office if I haven't finished reading an article, I'll mistakenly walk off with the magazine. 8. Have you ever started a rumor about someone? Never. Although it has crossed my mind! 9. Are there any superstitions you act on? Bless you! 10. How do you typically handle telemarketers? Vigilant about being on the "Do Not Call" list. I'm usually am polite and say, "Please place me on your 'Do Not Call' list. Bonus Question Confess, admit, fess up, declare/ get off my chest? Okay, it's Valentine's Day, so I declare if Richard Gere walked through my door, I'd strip him and me naked in a heartbeat. That holds true for Viggo Mortensen and a few others as well. :) |
| Unemployed-gal | Posted – 2/14/2008 10:21:25 AM | show profile 1. Do you have any usual bits of trivia you care to share? Its all presidential: The tallest president was Lincoln at 6'4; the shortest was Madison at 5'4 (he was also the first president to wear long pants, by the way). The heaviest president was Taft (not sure of the weight, but he had to have a bathtub built in the White House that was so large the six men who installed it could all fit in it); the most lightweweight was Madison. Largest feet: Washington (wore the equivalent of a size 17); smallest feet were Wilson's, who wore a size 9. 2. What answers are you perpetually seeking? Why can't I find a job? And, why can't I find a job? 3. What did you receive and/or give for Valentine's Day? Nothing. Valentine's Day is not a good holiday, so I don't celebrate it. 4. Do you know anyone running from the law? No. 5. What was the worst hotel/motel you have stayed in? There are several contenders for that distinction. When I was in my car accident in Feb. 2004, I had to stay overnight at this motel in Fancy Gap, Virginia (on the VA/NC border). There was also that horrible hotel in Barcelona on the Ramblas in the summer of 2004, when I went backpacking with some friends (wow, 2004 was a bad year for me and hotels). 6. What was the most wonderful hotel/motel you have stayed in? Dec. 2003, in Rome. It was a family vacation and we stayed at this palatial hotel near the Spanish Steps. My parents went all out for that one. 7. What items have you stolen from your workplace? Manilla folders. Pens. Envelopes. You know, the usual. 8. Have you ever started a rumor about someone? I probably have... 9. Are there any superstitions you act on? I avoid the number 13 at all costs, and my lucky number is 9 (born in the ninth month, nine letters in my first name). 10. How do you typically handle telemarketers? Hang up on them. ~Bonus Question~ Time for a random confession. What would you like to admit/fess us/declare/get off your chest? I suspect that I will never get married or have children. I'm dying to go to graduate school for medieval history (there are some great programs in the UK, but I don't know if my undergraduate GPA is good enough). |
| writesonwater | Posted – 2/14/2008 10:53:19 AM | show profile Mag Girl, I heard this pet show on NPR the other day and it sounds like your dog is trying to herd you. I love that! I have taught my dog to talk -- he says Out! and I love you, Mom. Well, he can't say T sounds, so he says Ouf! and he sings with me if I howl -- we get the whole family going. |
| Mag Girl | Posted – 2/14/2008 11:04:39 AM | show profile Writes, that is so cute! How did you teach your dog that? Mine is a herding dog, but when he follows, he'snot in his herding mode- I can tell when he's herding :) It's just his breed characteristic- he's an Aussie. They're Velcro dogs who follow everywhere. I just want to know why they do that :) |
| GrOoVaL!c!OuS | Posted – 2/14/2008 11:05:38 AM | show profile 1. Do you have any usual bits of trivia you care to share? Nah, not this week. 2. What answers are you perpetually seeking? What happens after we die? Is there such a thing as a "soul mate"? Will I ever find mine? 3. What did you receive and/or give for Valentine's Day? He's coming to see me from out of state, and he sent me a package that arrived on Monday. Haven't opened it. Waiting till he gets here. I'm getting him DVDs of his all-time favorite tv shows. 4. Do you know anyone running from the law? Yes. It's immigration-related. 5. What was the worst hotel/motel you have stayed in? Haven't had any bad ones really. But once when I was in college doing an externship, I stayed with the executive editor for whom I was working. She kept the nastiest house I've ever seen. I slept with all my clothes on and avoided eating any food from her fridge. 6. What was the most wonderful hotel/motel you have stayed in? Gosh, I don't remember the name of it. Was in Washington, D.C., though. Had HUGE, comfortable beds. A really big, deep, garden tub. Great view of the downtown area. The place was like paradise. Too bad I only stayed two nights. 7. What items have you stolen from your workplace? Pens, packing tape, paper clips. The usual. 8. Have you ever started a rumor about someone? Once. And very unsuccessfully. 9. Are there any superstitions you act on? Nope. I'm the least superstitious person you'll ever meet. It'll all mumbo-jumbo to me. 10. How do you typically handle telemarketers? I tell them no thank you and ask to be taken off their "list." ~Bonus Question~ Time for a random confession. What would you like to admit/fess us/declare/get off your chest? It's so shameful, I can't even write it here. |
| jr_designer | Posted – 2/14/2008 11:09:56 AM | show profile 1. Do you have any usual bits of trivia you care to share? Ketchup used to be used as medicine - The Snapple lid says so. 2. What answers are you perpetually seeking? Too many. 3. What did you receive and/or give for Valentine's Day? I have chocolate covered strawberries being delivered to my b/f. Not sure what I'm getting yet. We don't really go all out for Valentine's day; we don't see the point. 4. Do you know anyone running from the law? Nope. 5. What was the worst hotel/motel you have stayed in? Red Roof Inn in CT - found TWO roaches. Our room was changed right away! 6. What was the most wonderful hotel/motel you have stayed in? Divi resort in Aruba 7. What items have you stolen from your workplace? Probably just Post It notes. 8. Have you ever started a rumor about someone? When I was younger, probably. 9. Are there any superstitions you act on? I don't think so. 10. How do you typically handle telemarketers? I don't even pick up. However, my brother has a pretty good method: He picks up the phone and asks them to explain their product about five times, acts like he's really interested, tells them to hold so he can get his credit card, then puts the phone down and continues eating his dinner and picks the phone back up in about 15-20 minutes (they can't hang up) to say he's no longer interested. ~Bonus Question~ Time for a random confession. What would you like to admit/fess us/declare/get off your chest? I'm upset with a friend for dropping out of a concert last minute and leaving me with an extra $300 to pay for two tickets I now won't use although I told her it's ok. |
| jr_designer | Posted – 2/14/2008 11:12:14 AM | show profile Opps! Number one should read "Ketchup was once used as medicine..." |
| GrOoVaL!c!OuS | Posted – 2/14/2008 11:16:16 AM | show profile Saying "Bless You" When someone sneezes, of course I say "bless you." But I don't think that's a superstition. I think that's just being polite. |
| voracious reader | Posted – 2/14/2008 11:36:38 AM | show profile GrOoVal!... ...Oh, now I get to answer something trivial! Bless you, following a sneeze is a superstition, dating back to when people believed that the devil entered your body causing the sneeze to occur. That's where the expression, "May G-d bless you," shortened to "Bless you," came from. :) Nowaday, you're right now about it being polite to say "Bless you," when someone sneezes. |
| keltoi2 | Posted – 2/14/2008 11:40:54 AM | show profile And "bless you!" got started due to the superstition that either your soul might escape at that moment so that keeps it in or your heart might stop at that moment so in case it did, you were blessed. Can't remember which. Oh--and shaking hands with the right hand was either because it showed you were unarmed or because folks wiped with their left, or both. And castle circular staircases are designed in such a way that people coming down the staircases (ie, the defenders of the castle) had a lot more room on their right to draw and swing their swords than people climbing up the stairs (ie, the attackers). |
| keltoi2 | Posted – 2/14/2008 11:41:38 AM | show profile Beat me to it, vr. |
| Mag Girl | Posted – 2/14/2008 11:42:14 AM | show profile voracious, the version I've always heard is that sneezing can throw your sould from your body, allowing the devil to temporarily sneak in. SO, you say bless you to keep the devil out. I am sure there are other versions floating out there. I once heard a kid say that you say bless you to say sorry to God for sneezing your snot out at people. Ha! |
| Janetblueyes | Posted – 2/14/2008 12:06:40 PM | show profile 1. Do you have any usual bits of trivia you care to share? The weight of the average bowel movement is between 1/3 to 3/4 of a pound. Air only comes out of use one nostril at a time. Air then switches to the other nostril after approximately 20 minutes. The right nostril is usually the dominant nostril. 2. What answers are you perpetually seeking? How can some women go a few days between hair washings and still look good? 3. What did you receive and/or give for Valentine's Day? Nothing given, nothing received. 4. Do you know anyone running from the law? Just Foto. 5. What was the worst hotel/motel you have stayed in? A Howard Johnson in Mystic, Connecticut. It was so gross I actually left in the middle of the night and slept in my car. 6. What was the most wonderful hotel/motel you have stayed in? The Ardilaun in Galway, Ireland. I've never seen a more beautiful place. 7. What items have you stolen from your workplace? When I was poor and in college I worked in the kitchen of a fancy restaurant and would sneak home food. Even though I had $5 to my name, I was feasting on shrimp, lobster and chocolate mousse several times a week. I think the owners knew, but took pity on me and let it slide. 8. Have you ever started a rumor about someone? No, but a few have been started about me. 9. Are there any superstitions you act on? I always pick up a penny if it heads up, and won't touch it if it tails up. 10. How do you typically handle telemarketers? I always picture some poor schmoe on the other end trying to make a few bucks so I try to be polite. If that doesn't work, I start barking random and fierce sounding German words which throws them for a loop and they hang up. ~Bonus Question~ Time for a random confession. What would you like to admit/fess us/declare/get off your chest? I have taken on a new job and I am dangerously attracted to my new boss. He is Irish, has a wicked brogue, tall, boyishly cute and single. He looks like what I imagine Keltoi looks like. I am not yet divorced and still living with my soon to be ex. The last think I need is to get mixed up in a romantic quagmire. I have been without male attention and affection for so long that I feel like attaching myself to his leg like a barnacle. What would The Donna Chang do? |
| Bleak Spouse | Posted – 2/14/2008 12:09:27 PM | show profile A new answer i'm you perpetually seeking: Why did the six men who installed President Taft's bathtub have to get inside it? |
| nandy | Posted – 2/14/2008 12:52:49 PM | show profile 1. Do you have any usual bits of trivia you care to share? -- 2. What answers are you perpetually seeking? -- why two people raised in the same environment (family) can be SO different. 3. What did you receive and/or give for Valentine's Day? -- gave my daughter a big heart box of chocolates; sent my son a card 4. Do you know anyone running from the law? -- no, with all the law enforcement relatives I have, it would be ironic, though. 5. What was the worst hotel/motel you have stayed in? -- a family vacation on Long Island in the early 60's. That place was a bughole. 6. What was the most wonderful hotel/motel you have stayed in? --A Florida vacation...stayed at the South Seas Plantation on Captiva. 7. What items have you stolen from your workplace? -- a few pens, probably some paper clips (inadvertently). There's not much to steal. 8. Have you ever started a rumor about someone? -- No. 9. Are there any superstitions you act on? -- No. 10. How do you typically handle telemarketers? -- "No thanks" ~Bonus Question~ Time for a random confession. What would you like to admit/fess us/declare/get off your chest? -- Nothing today, thank-you. |
| keltoi2 | Posted – 2/14/2008 1:24:51 PM | show profile JBE, if he bears a striking resemblance to Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery, or Russell Crowe, well....that's not me. Anyway, you're not even unbound let alone on the rebound, so I would nix the barnacle impulse and kinda nest solo with your emotions for a while before putting them back out there. That's my two cents anyway. And bleak, the men in the Taft tub (I recall it being 3) were there for the photo op. The photo still exists. And the tub was about 7 feet by 3 1/2. After gettting famously stuck in the original White House tub, Taft was taking no chances. |
| PublicityChick | Posted – 2/14/2008 1:49:18 PM | show profile hi Do you have any usual bits of trivia you care to share? nope 2. What answers are you perpetually seeking? why am i hear 3. What did you receive and/or give for Valentine's Day? chocolates from my sweetie on my pillow 4. Do you know anyone running from the law? no 5. What was the worst hotel/motel you have stayed in? the lynnbrook motor lodge in lynnbrook long island. it was a last resort. 6. What was the most wonderful hotel/motel you have stayed in? the raffles hotel in singapore 7. What items have you stolen from your workplace? none 8. Have you ever started a rumor about someone? no 9. Are there any superstitions you act on? knock on wood 10. How do you typically handle telemarketers? i'm polite ~Bonus Question~ Time for a random confession. What would you like to admit/fess us/declare/get off your chest? |
| PublicityChick | Posted – 2/14/2008 1:53:11 PM | show profile keltoi pls explain the demon in the greek hotel. i'm intrigued. |
| pholiday | Posted – 2/14/2008 2:08:32 PM | show profile XXOO 1. Do you have any usual bits of trivia you care to share? Why are there ridges on quarters, etc.? Because when change was actually made of valuable metal, shop owners would take a bit off each coin and melt it down and then sell it. The ridges prevent that, I guess. That's what some guy told me anyhow. This hasn't actually been verified as fact. 2. What answers are you perpetually seeking? Passion or money - which is worth more? 3. What did you receive and/or give for Valentine's Day? My hubby stayed home today! I gave him lots of morning loving:) 4. Do you know anyone running from the law? Not today. 5. What was the worst hotel/motel you have stayed in? Oh boy. I have stayed in some bad places. The worst was alone in a city, interviewing for job, couldn't sleep in car so I get cheapest hotel EVER. Locks didn't work. Only room left. I thought I was going to die all night long. I put chairs in front of the door and windows. 6. What was the most wonderful hotel/motel you have stayed in? Same city - Destin, Fla. Sandestin Hilton. 7. What items have you stolen from your workplace? Paper and stuff like that. Some food, maybe. 8. Have you ever started a rumor about someone? Surely, somewhere along the way. 9. Are there any superstitions you act on? I knock on wood. 10. How do you typically handle telemarketers? I tell them to remove me from their list. They have to by law. ~Bonus Question~ Time for a random confession. What would you like to admit/fess us/declare/get off your chest? Nothing comes to mind. |
