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I have just now noticed that Helen Q. ReadySteadyGo!-pants, the co-founder of my embroidery club and quite possibly the smartest person with whom I have ever shared french toast, has tagged me to continue a “6 unimportant things about you” blog-meme-a-mabob. Her response is delightful (also her blog is my pretty much my favorite ever).
here’re my 6 useless me-facts:
1) I can entertain myself for hours and hours by adding my own 3rd person backing vocals to songs sung in the 1st person, on the radio.
For example:
Meatloaf: I would do anything for love…
Me in a high falsetto: he would do anything for love…
Meatloaf: but I won’t do that…
Me, again: oh no he won’t!
ad nauseum.
(’hifi’ by artist chris silas neal)
2) I will go to great lengths to remove the white umbilical-cord-looking thing (called “chalazae“, see #4 & 13 in diagram below) from eggs before I bake with them. If I remove too much of the clean egg white in the process, I will crack another egg and replace the removed amount so that I don’t destroy the recipe. I know it’s harmless and tasteless and that technically its a sign of the eggs freshness, but it is not my fault that it is also the Grossest Thing Ever.
3) I have a small collection of celebrity hand-turkeys.
- Frank Black (from the pixies) - collected by me at an album signing at a barnes and noble.
- John Entwistle (bassist of The Who) - collected by my crosscountry-roadtrip-#1 friend, christian.
- Question Mark (of ? and the Mysterians) - collected for me at this year’s ponderosa stomp by my dear friend nick.
4) As a child, I thought the small chicken pox scar in the center of my forehead was where my unicorn-horn used to be.
5) I sometimes participate in harmless fibbery, en masse. Here are a sampling of untruths I have helped spread:
- The pasta-serving-spoon/fork-thing is technically called a “Supple Gaga”.
- The speed limit on Minnesota highways is relative and determined by momentum - the higher the mass of your vehicle, the slower you are allowed to drive. Hence motorcycles can go 100 mph while 18-wheelers must go 35.
- Regis Philbin invented the choco-taco.
- I have a silent ‘3′ in the middle of my name: “mere3dith”.
6) Ever since 9/11, I have a cnn.com-compulsion. I was in college at the time and we did not have a television in our campus-apartment. So to get the most updated info about the attacks, I clicked the browser refresh button on cnn.com over and over. And now, out of a sort of ptsd-meets-ocd habit, I still check cnn.com randomly and often. This explains why I am often the first to hear about important breaking cnn.com-worthy headlines, for instance on today’s homepage: “don’t adjust monitor: puppy IS green“.
I am supposed to get 6 others to do the same, like an evil chain letter, but how about some of you post your 6-unimportant-things in the comments? or not, either way.
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I take umbrage with your claim that those facts about you are useless. In fact, from where I sit, I can think of many uses for each.
perhaps they would be useful for folks who collect raw-egg scraps?
need a new shirt?
this reminds me, i’ve been wanting a spam shirt for ages. please help me pick the best one.
edwina - I really want to know how they decide which of their headlines they will offer as t-shirts, because I see no discernible pattern.
according to the FAQ page, it’s this:
How long are headlines available?
Headlines for T-shirts are available as long as the headline stays in the Latest News section. If you would like to see a listing of all headlines that are available for purchase, please visit our All Shirts page.
BUT it’s not ALL of the headlines so I have no clue how the judge which ones to be printed. Maybe they track the number of clicks and go with the 10 highest?
I had no idea that was Helen’s last name. It must have taken her forever to fill out those bubble sheets for college exams.
I also co-umbrage Helen’s umbrage. The fact that Regis Philbin did NOT in fact invent the choco-taco is of great import. In fact I am now off to retract my previous Regis wikipedia entry.
Hi! I just finished reading through your blog - I knew I would love it when I saw the title - clever, funny and witty as was every post! Thanks, I needed a good laugh - so I’ll be back for more.
nan - hi hello I <3 you. also, you have officially just been added to my links AND my rss-reader, you had me at “glazed strawberry”.
(-j. - I do feel a wee bit guilty for outing helen’s full name… but really, there must be hundreds of Helen Quibbus ReadySteadyGo-pants out there… )
re: #5, i wanted to let you know that you are still listed as “mere3dith” in my cell phone. and also that alemanjandras (sp?) remains my favorite mere3dith faux-explanation-narrative.
I’m almost certain its spell “Sepulgaga”
Also, Tony is a world champion yodeler.
Dear Readers of my comments-sections, David L (commenting above) is a founding and accomplished co-conspirator in the mass fibbery. He is truly a master in the field.
yours,
meredith
Wait… the festival of alemanjandras is a not a real day? And to think, I have been celebrating this for years! So does this mean I just celebrated my 24th or my 25th brithday?
if you believe in alemanjandras, then *I* believe in alemanjandras - this year, we will celebrate together - you bring the daisy-catapult and I’ll bring the bears.
Celebrity hand-turkeys sound awesome.
You forgot about the national yodeling competition lie. I almost said I was a yodeling champion in my company’s quarterly meeting slide, in which they forced me to describe one interesting or funny fact about myself.
calamity j. - I didn’t include that one, because it is 100% true.
obviously.