Something you've done that few others have

[Imperatrix]

I have delivered newspapers when the windchill was -98° Fahrenheit/-72° Celsius. (Actual air temps were around -30°) My route had several apartment buildings where I could take breaks to warm up a little bit. It's not cold until your eyelashes freeze together. :-)

I love it. Your nostrils must have been completely non-functional at that point!

I've swum in the Atlantic in January. Greasing up first makes it more comfy.

[Timmo]

Thank you! Re: burnt brain cells, there ain't no healing them mofos.

I just read a news article about a teen mother who brought her 2 year old child to visit her grandmother, only to have the child mistakenly eat some of granny's crack. Grandmother of the year award goes to that family. Nearly as bad as the grandmother of little Adolph Hitler in Pennsylvania, who was released to his grandmother' custody until it was discovered that she was passed out in the back of her car in her own vomit.

Anyway, I digress. I found this interesting...and chilling. Acid, unlike Trix, is NOT for kids.

http://researchlsd.blogspot.com/2009...ested-lsd.html

http://www.neurodiversity.com/librar...mson_1967.html

Thank you, Timothy Leary. I guess.

[Punj Lizard]

I inadvertently dropped some opium in a cat's bowl of food. He spent most of the evening with his head in a paper bag.

[sam]

I inadvertently dropped some opium in a cat's bowl of food. He spent most of the evening with his head in a paper bag.

Yes; but what effect did the opium have on him?

[Punj Lizard]

Yes; but what effect did the opium have on him?

Judging by this, nothing at all ...

[Mind Driver]

I trained the Chow in my avatar to let me take his food bowl away from him while he was eating.

Try that with a Chow and watch your hand get bit.

My little guy knew not to bite the hand that feeds him.

[Imperatrix]

I just read a news article about a teen mother who brought her 2 year old child to visit her grandmother, only to have the child mistakenly eat some of granny's crack. Grandmother of the year award goes to that family. Nearly as bad as the grandmother of little Adolph Hitler in Pennsylvania, who was released to his grandmother' custody until it was discovered that she was passed out in the back of her car in her own vomit.

Anyway, I digress. I found this interesting...and chilling. Acid, unlike Trix, is NOT for kids.

http://researchlsd.blogspot.com/2009...ested-lsd.html

http://www.neurodiversity.com/librar...mson_1967.html

Thank you, Timothy Leary. I guess.

No, it definitely isn't. I don't remember much about my experience, except that I was alternately horrified and engaged. I did go to the hospital, if I remember correctly.

[Strawbs]

Yesterday I witnessed someone getting tased, pull the wires out, get tased again. Then the cops kicked the crap out of them.

[Mind Driver]

Yesterday I witnessed someone getting tased, pull the wires out, get tased again. Then the cops kicked the crap out of them.

Ouch! What did this person do?

[Strawbs]

Ouch! What did this person do?

He came into our store. He was acting very strange. We thought he was going to rob us. We called the cops. He was wandering around the parking lot when the fuzz showed up. Someone said he swallowed some drugs when they confronted him.

[Mind Driver]

He came into our store. He was acting very strange. We thought he was going to rob us. We called the cops. He was wandering around the parking lot when the fuzz showed up. Someone said he swallowed some drugs when they confronted him.

At least they didn't shoot him. A Chicago cop got shot on the southside last night.

[Hammerhead]

And I thought it was bad when mom gave our cat a piece of jalapeño cheese by mistake. Poor Oliver started drinking lots of water after his first few bites.

I inadvertently dropped some opium in a cat's bowl of food. He spent most of the evening with his head in a paper bag.

[chipperoo]

When demonstrating to my twin brother the building of a six line icon for the I Ching using a penny.
(Yin=heads, Yang=tails)...I flipped 6 heads
Amazed...I continued to see how many more in a row I could get....I got 10 heads in a row before hitting tails.

...Wished I was playing red on roulette.

I once cut 2 decks of cards simultaneously....and got the ACE Of SPADES on both! (the death card).
I was very careful for the next few days.

Those odds are astronomical on both events!

I once won with a royal straight flush in a five card draw poker game. I was dealt the K, Q, J, 10 of hearts and then drew the Ace! Too bad it was crummy dime ante poker with my high school friends at basketball camp.

[Punj Lizard]

I watched all three Lord of the Rings films (extended versions) back to back (on several occasions).

I watched all six Star Wars films back to back (order I-VI, for those of you who might be curious).

I watched all three Matrix films back to back.

I watched a whole series of 24 in one day.

[Mind Driver]

I rode a camel two weeks ago - very gentle, loving creatures. One laid it's head on my shoulder as I was stroking it's neck.

That same day a parrot that was sitting on my shoulder kissed me.

What an experience.

[sam]

I watched a whole series of 24 in one day.

Really? How long did that take?

[Punj Lizard]

Really? How long did that take?

I'm not sure if that's a serious question or not, given that the show is supposed to cover a 24-hour period, but to answer seriously ... it took about 18 hours including breaks. Each episode (if you skip the "Previously on 24" bit and the credits) is actually only about 40-42 minutes long (no ad breaks either, of course), so it takes about 16 hours to watch the lot. However, over a 16-hour period I find it useful to be able to stop for the loo, lunch, dinner, tea and so on. So 18 hours just about does it. I've done it a couple of times (how sad is that?).

[sam]

I'm not sure if that's a serious question or not, given that the show is supposed to cover a 24-hour period, but to answer seriously ... it took about 18 hours including breaks. Each episode (if you skip the "Previously on 24" bit and the credits) is actually only about 40-42 minutes long (no ad breaks either, of course), so it takes about 16 hours to watch the lot. However, over a 16-hour period I find it useful to be able to stop for the loo, lunch, dinner, tea and so on. So 18 hours just about does it. I've done it a couple of times (how sad is that?).

It was meant half- seriously (why would I single '24' out from the rest otherwise?). I'm a binger on TV shows, too, but not sat down and watched a whole series in a row-maybe one episode every couple of days. I've watched nearly all of Star Trek Original series but am approaching the very last episode and feel silly to feel a bit sad that it is coming to an end. Idiot that I am :)

With the ad breaks taken out, most shows that last an hour are 42 minutes or so. Except for the Beeb, of course, where an hour IS an hour.

[PhaseDance]

I've watched nearly all of Star Trek Original series but am approaching the very last episode and feel silly to feel a bit sad that it is coming to an end. Idiot that I am :)

I finished doing just that last week.

Currently working my way through the animated series. Never seen 'em before.

[Timmo]

It was meant half- seriously (why would I single '24' out from the rest otherwise?). I'm a binger on TV shows, too, but not sat down and watched a whole series in a row-maybe one episode every couple of days. I've watched nearly all of Star Trek Original series but am approaching the very last episode and feel silly to feel a bit sad that it is coming to an end. Idiot that I am :)

With the ad breaks taken out, most shows that last an hour are 42 minutes or so. Except for the Beeb, of course, where an hour IS an hour.

I watched all five seasons of Six Feet Under in less than a week. Best TV show EVER.