List of Things
John Scalzi has done another post of interesting and possibly unique things that he has done. The post and especially the comments make for fun reading, and I swear I recognise a few people from their lists.
Here's my list of probably not unique, but special memories. They appear in comment #120 on the Scalzi post.
(1) I was deliberately dropped by classmates during a "trust" exercise in high school. I know, I know, build a bridge, move on...
(2) Was Tim Powers' official stalker at a Perth SF con.
(3) Stroked a white tiger for 15 minutes on my 15th wedding anniversary.
(4) Saw the head of Fat Cat (local children's TV show character) on a props room shelf at a TV station. I refuse to recover.
(5) Got paid to tell jokes in public in the (once) largest theatre space in the southern hemisphere. It's all right, I got better. (It wasn't the main stage, but it was in the same building.)
(6) Jelly wrestled with a doctor (on a strictly amateur basis) to celebrate the NYE millenium 1999-2000. Was incapacitated by laughter and subsequently pinned like a bug, complete with waving limbs.
(7) Misplaced a state minister for education on a phone system. He's probably still on hold 15 years later.
(8) Asked Sir David Attenborough an awkward question about sound effects in The Private Life of Plants. "Ah," he said. "Ah."
(9) Is descended from the person who owned the company that installed the telephone systems on the Titanic.
(10) Was in a Christmas pagent in the 70's dressed as a daisy, marching behind the Snoopy and The Red Baron float. Somewhere ahead of that there were horses.
Here's my list of probably not unique, but special memories. They appear in comment #120 on the Scalzi post.
(1) I was deliberately dropped by classmates during a "trust" exercise in high school. I know, I know, build a bridge, move on...
(2) Was Tim Powers' official stalker at a Perth SF con.
(3) Stroked a white tiger for 15 minutes on my 15th wedding anniversary.
(4) Saw the head of Fat Cat (local children's TV show character) on a props room shelf at a TV station. I refuse to recover.
(5) Got paid to tell jokes in public in the (once) largest theatre space in the southern hemisphere. It's all right, I got better. (It wasn't the main stage, but it was in the same building.)
(6) Jelly wrestled with a doctor (on a strictly amateur basis) to celebrate the NYE millenium 1999-2000. Was incapacitated by laughter and subsequently pinned like a bug, complete with waving limbs.
(7) Misplaced a state minister for education on a phone system. He's probably still on hold 15 years later.
(8) Asked Sir David Attenborough an awkward question about sound effects in The Private Life of Plants. "Ah," he said. "Ah."
(9) Is descended from the person who owned the company that installed the telephone systems on the Titanic.
(10) Was in a Christmas pagent in the 70's dressed as a daisy, marching behind the Snoopy and The Red Baron float. Somewhere ahead of that there were horses.