al asarah dvarim....

[mangosteen]

So, ten things I've done that I don't think anyone who reads my journal has done. Hmm.

Frankly, since regression to the mean (and Ugol's Law) still reign on this planet, I don't think it's very likely, but I'll give it a shot.

1. Got burned in effigy (and not in a funny ha-ha way).
2. Ate a pound of chocolate-covered espresso beans in 90 minutes. -- been done by others (you're all sickos.)
3. Led 75 basses in a rousing choral rendition of "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "One More Minute"
4. Matched wits with a Vietnamese investment syndicate for a house purchase.
5. Been hired as a professional negotiatior for car purchases.
6. Been a street performer (juggling, in specific) in Stables Market (Camden, London, UK)... and had people throw money at me.
7. Made a NYC transit policeman vomit.
8. Been brought in to talk someone down from a rooftop.
9. Totalled and/or destroyed 5 cars in as many years, in the course of normal driving.
10. Got the high score on a videogame in an arcade in Jerusalem, while successfully fending off three pickpockets.
11. Gave proselytizing lessons to a couple of Mormons out on mission.

Comments

[coraline]

ok, i gotta ask about #7...

[tayefeth.livejournal.com]

Me, too.

And I've certainly never done any of those...

[jss]

Me three, and ditto.

[doeeyedbunny.livejournal.com]

Ditto, as well on #7.

[geminigirl]

Cayne says, "I've eaten a pound of chocolate covered espresso beans in under an hour."

I say "Gag"

[mangosteen]

See, now I've got to find another one.

(Well, technically, he didn't eat them in precisely 90 minutes, so I'm still in the clear, but I'll come up with another one anyway).

espresso beans

[cthulhia]

I'd polish off pounds of them, washed down with classic coke or mt. dew, when i worked campus security in college.

[xeger.livejournal.com]

Does it need to be street performance in Stables Market?

I suspect that I've done the espresso beans, but it's been a while now...

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

Damn you, there's about 4 or 5 stories you need to tell now.

Sheesh.

[xeger.livejournal.com]

11. Gave proselytizing lessons to a couple of Mormons out on mission.

Hasn't everybody done that?

[sauergeek.livejournal.com]

I've eaten an obscene quantity of chocolate covered espresso beans in a very short time. However, I don't know quantity or duration, as I was too busy vibrating toward the end to pay attention.

[ruthi.livejournal.com]

.עשרה דברים

[mangosteen]

*sings to himself*

Yup. My bad.

Corrected.

[danceboy.livejournal.com]

Been a street performer (juggling, in specific) in Stables Market (Camden, London, UK)... and had people throw money at me.

I'm not sure it counts, but I've gotten coins tossed into my hot chocolate (Mmm, Burdicks) cup (thus ruining the cocoa which cost more than the coinage) a few times in Harvard Square. Once I was doing acro-sage, once I was teaching someone Mills Mess, and once I was trying out someone's torches (Peter Panic, sweet guy, willing to let total strangers risk immolation with his props).

[gcuvier.livejournal.com]

Never done street theater in the UK, but I was suspended, half-naked, 15 feet off the ground in the streets of Seattle once in the name of art.

[estheruth.livejournal.com]

I've done # 15 to mormons, born-agains, snake handlers, johos and seventh day adventists. (I also enjoy making snarky comments to jews and those who believe in the teachings of saint cathol. When it comes to being snide about belief systems, I've got it goin' on.)

[estheruth.livejournal.com]

and by #15, I mean #11.

[debkitty.livejournal.com]

I hereby request the stories behind numbers 3 and 7. :)