Ten things I've Never Done
The current blog meme doing the rounds, from Harry's Place, Ten things I've Never Done:
- Owned a car
- Visited any country outside Western Europe or the US.
- Voted for any successful election candidate who hasn't either suffered from cancer or died in office.
- Been able to tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi
- liked The Smiths or Morrissey
- Managed to read more than 100 pages of Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time".
- Read anything at all of "Ulysses" or "Atlas Shrugged"
- Played a MMPORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game)
- Actually finish a model railway layout.
- Managed to build a Parkwood OOV "Clayhood" wagon kit that runs properly.
On yours:
#1: I've owned a car (I've never lived anywhere with decent public transit). Once, I even owned a new one. I drove it for 13 years. Our current vehicles (neither technically cars) are 10 and 18 years old (though we've only had them for 7 and ~4 years respectively).
#2: Me neither, even less so.
#3: Okay, that one made me laugh. I think I may have voted for candidates who had already died when the vote was cast, but they weren't successful. One way or another.
#4: That's easy. Coke's the sickly-sweet-yet-still-bitter one, where Pepsi's sickly-sweet-yet-watery. Of course, regional formulations vary, so it may only be easy 'round these parts.
#5: The which now?
#6: I think I may have read the whole first book, but I was really, *really* bored.
#7: No Ulysses, I think, but I've read Atlas Shrugged. Junior high, I think. I tried to reread it not so long ago. I wasn't *that* bored.
#8: Me neither, though City of Heroes was kinda tempting.
#9: I have, lots of times. What, you mean the Brio wooden railway stuff doesn't count?
#10: Wouldn't know what it was if it bit me.
I've never:
1. Done illegal drugs. Or even smoked tobacco, come to that.
2. Voted Labour.
2a. Voted against Labour.
3. Sold anything on eBay.
4. Flown a plane. (Jumpseated in a 727 cockpit, but I didn't get to play with the controls.)
5. Put a Perl module on CPAN.
6. Owned any Apple computer. (No prejudice; it just worked out that way. If someone wants to buy me a Mac Mini I will happily come up with a different #6.)
7. Figured out the real words to Louie, Louie.
8. Managed to finish a college degree.
9. Been to a pro sports game. (I guess I did get dragged to a baseball game once, but I'm pretty sure that's not a sport. Plus we were so far away we watched it, such as it was, on the big TV thingy.)
10. Really seen the point in memes. And yet here I am.
1. Owned a train
2. Visited any French-speaking country
3. Voted
4. Been able to tell the difference between Coke, Pepsi and urine
5. Downloaded a ringtone
6. Intentionally seen Cheap TV of the 'Big Brother' ilk
7. Played a roleplaying game
8. Intended to finish a model railway
9. Completed a meme
"#9: I have, lots of times. What, you mean the Brio wooden railway stuff doesn't count?"
I always ended up with loads of spare curves but never enough straights....
Posted by: Martyn Read on May 23, 2005 03:03 PM