Unbelievable but true things about yourself.

[ubermanx]

Chris -

This is what happens when the political boundaries around my father's home town changed a whack of times due to WW1, WW2 and the Soviet rule of Poland.

Germans felt bad and offered citizenship to anyone displaced by the war (and several subsequent generations).

The town was in Poland when my Dad was born. When I travelled there my Mom applied for a Polish entrance visa for my Canadian passport. She was told by the Polish govetnment that I was a Polish citizen by birthright and I was given a Polish passport instead.

A cousin of mine in Poland that moved to Russia was granted, at the time, Soviet citizenship because of Poland having been a Soviet satellite State. So a bored 16 year old me looked into it as well. An ungainly amount of paperwork later and I'm Russian.

I am told the process is much harder now and more expensive since Poland joined the EU.

- Marty

[Mikey]

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[Mikey]

Not exactly proud of this but I can chug booze like Bluto Blutarsky

[cjefferys]

I hold German, Polish, Russian and Canadian citizenships ... not sure if that counts as unbelievable but it is about the only unusual thing about me.

That's cool, how did you manage that? I have US and Canadian citizenship, if my wife and I ever decide to move to Japan, I told her I'm going to try for Japanese citizenship. She tells me that would be extremely difficult, but I like a challenge!

[ubermanx]

I hold German, Polish, Russian and Canadian citizenships ... not sure if that counts as unbelievable but it is about the only unusual thing about me.

Oh, and according to Mr. D. Lee I hunt Predators in Costa Rica and when I shave my beard for work my sister appears in the mirror.

- Marty

[SentientApe]

Forget everything I wrote, as none of it is unbelievable.

Here's a new one: a fact about myself that I find unbelievable?

I just traced a direct line of ancestry back to the 4th centur!!! I am a direct descendant of Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus. Now I have to record details on the intervening 70 (or so) generations.

[warlock664]

Maybe you're a hybrid of Iceman and Human Torch!

Equinox !!! (Marvel Team-Up #23, 59 & 60)

[megomania]

I have 2 weird abilities, first I have almost no problem with cold weather. Having worked outside my entire life I can easily having nothing but a T shirt on in minus 15 degree weather. I just never get cold. The other is the ability to handle extremely hot water with my hands. I am talking about water that is almost at the boiling point before it even begins to feel uncomfortable. Not sure why Ican do these 2 things but they are strange.

Maybe you're a hybrid of Iceman and Human Torch!

[Relic]

I have 2 weird abilities, first I have almost no problem with cold weather. Having worked outside my entire life I can easily having nothing but a T shirt on in minus 15 degree weather. I just never get cold. The other is the ability to handle extremely hot water with my hands. I am talking about water that is almost at the boiling point before it even begins to feel uncomfortable. Not sure why Ican do these 2 things but they are strange.

[SentientApe]

Having read through other responses, I can add the following:

I, too, am fairly convinced I lived past lives because of distinct memories that I cannot possibly have.

I also know that precognition is a legitimate phenomenon, as I have personally experienced it in stark, cannot-be-coincidence reality on a number of occasions. And it is truly terrifying.

...which reminds me: I purchased Lottery tickets this past weekend because of certain circumstances, and I need to check them.

Regarding sports, I don't mind watching American football but only ever catch the Superboawl as my wife cannot stand the sport. On the other hand, I am an absolute Cricket addict and find it the ONLY sport that is completely riveting and irresistable.

[SentientApe]

I don't know if anything about myself is actually unbelievable...

These are all Internet-related:
-- My daughter and I made a 16-second parody video several years ago which has gone viral & been featured on multiple television shows and websites.
-- I sculpted a set of props (toys) for my kids 15 years ago; photos of these are now a widely-distributed meme.
-- There are two superhero/villain costumes I made which, if Googled, the ONLY photos you will find are those I have posted, or photos of me.


These are just interesting (IMHO):
-- I achieved one of my childhood "bucket list" goals of teaching myself to master 20 different methods/techniques of whistling.
-- As part of an international team effectively working on Peace in the Middle East, I narrowly missed attending the Nobel Prize Ceremony because we lost to President Obama.
-- I have successfully traced my wife's family tree back to the Fifth Century A.D. (still working on mine!)
-- I only have the one tattoo, but that was acquired approximately two hours after (and because of) visting three of the Earth's oldest known structures, each of which pre-date the Pyramids by more than 1,000 years.
-- I once consumed comedian George Carlin's backwash (I drank the remaining half of his unfinished bottle of Michelob)...
-- ...and Leonard Nimoy consumed mine (struck by thirst in a "No Food / Beverages" television studio, I let him finish my smuggled-in Dr. Pepper).

I had TICKETED(!) seats at the (12 July 1979) Disco Demolition at Comisky Park; I still have my ticket stub, as well as a shard of a disco record broken by Steve Dahl and signed by Lorelei (the current WLUP "Loop Girl"). Okay, perhaps that's not unbelievable, but this is: unlike most of the attendees (which included Michael Clark Duncan) I stayed in my seat until the park was finally evacuated.

I could probably think of some others, but that's all that comes to mind... at least all that I'm willing to share.

[kerowack]

I appreciate the encouragement, but don't be depressed. I'd have the tact not to invite you to a Metropolitan Opera PPV party if I knew you hated opera, even if the hors d'oeuvres were fabulous.

If you and I were friends and you invited my wife and i(or just me), I'd honestly give it a whirl if it were something you were excited about. Food, plus I get to see how I like opera. But yeah, if I hated it, obviously not.

I just think people go too long without doing something and at some point start wearing it like a badge of honor. I'm not saying the people here do that, but I have family members who act like that. My uncle refuses a cell phone even though my aunt practically needs him to carry one right now. My friend Dave won't golf because he thinks it's a pansy sport. Well, all of your friends are having a blast....why not join in?

I get I may come off as pushy, but man.....I never understood not experiencing things or sharing good times.

[PNGwynne]

Honestly, some of these revelations are depressing. I challenge you to cross one of these off the list if it's something you haven't done yet!

I appreciate the encouragement, but don't be depressed. I'd have the tact not to invite you to a Metropolitan Opera PPV party if I knew you hated opera, even if the hors d'oeuvres were fabulous.

[Marvelmania]

you're over thinking it, all I said was I missed it myself, nothing more or less. No offense taken at all even if you were being serious. You know opinions and all that lol. Glad to hear it was sarcasm.

[enyawd72]

*sigh*

I'm sorry if I offended anyone with my facetious post implying that all professional athletes were drug abusers, murderers, wife beaters, etc.
I thought it was painfully obvious that it was a joke based on recent media events directed at Hedji's equally obvious joke about not knowing what sports were.
As punishment, I'll be spending the next several hours cleaning bits of eggshell out of my shoes.

(That too, is a joke.)