John Scalzi found one of those silly meme things floating around the Live Journal kindergar- er, community, and thoughtlessly turned it loose in AOL J-land. It is now spreading as mercilessly as the Melissa virus. Even blogs I previously thought I could count on to be well balanced and mature have jumped in with both feet.
Now, credit where due, it is one of the more original meme ideas I have seen. Everyone who has participated has had at least one eyebrow raising item on their list, and for the most part, I believe you have all done what you have claimed. I must say though, that there have been one or two lists I have seen that seemed to me somewhat, er, exaggerated shall we say.
With that in mind, I herewith present to you my (slightly exaggerated) list of Ten Things I've Done That You Probably Haven't.
1) Tasted the Buffalo style chicken wings in every bar in Buffalo, on the same day.
2) Talked Neil Armstrong out of running for President of the United States.
3) Ordered cat in a restaurant in Kowloon, and had it served to my wife without telling her.
4) Spent a night at Stonehenge hiding from security guards.
5) Water-skied behind a US army patrol boat above the Arctic Circle.
6) Left a cake out in the rain.
7) Turned down an invitation from Spinal Tap to appear onstage with them during the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium.
8) Won a bet with Mark Messier by eating just one.
9) Checked my wife out of the local hospital just before it was locked down due to the SARS epidemic.
10) Started the feud between Britney and X-tina.
Because I am an honest person at heart, I have to tell you that most of that list is an absolute crock. In fact, only one of those items is true. Can you tell which one? The reason I resorted to such an egregious falsification of the facts is that my life is rather more boring than yours. My original list, a truthful list, of ten things I've done that you probably haven't looked like this:
1) uh...
Not exactly riveting entertainment. OK, the truth now...which one of you exaggerated your list?
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11 comments:
I think you're just better with invention than with memory. I'm guessing #9.
Mine is all true:
http://journals.aol.com/mavarin/MusingsfromMavarin/entries/1579
Karen
Please don't tell me it's number 7 ....now, THAT would have been a hoot. Tina
lol
i love your list :)
i didn't exaggerate on my own list .. because i didn't make one .. if i had it would have been identical to your 2nd list ..
nothing but one big "ummmm"
thoroughly entertaining .. thanks :)
pamela
Yeah, probably 9. But the cake thing's plausible too. Sounds like something out of a song though...
And I thought you had previously professed a certain degree of malevolence towards that gosh-darned word, 'meme'. Now you're flouting it with utter abandon!!
Simon
http://simianfarmer.blogs.com
Definitely #9!! There's no way in hell you can eat wings in every bar in Buffalo in one day!
I think you left the cake out in the rain. Which is too bad, because I'm pretty sure you'll never have that recipe again.
I'm gonna vote for number 3 just because it's sick & twisted ;-)
#6
I think #9.....I told the truth in mine, there are things in everybodies life that kind of belong only to them at a certain time....delve deeper and the truth shall set you free!....Sandi
Mine was true, but not as fun as yours. :-)
i'm going with #10.
i played along too -
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