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Specklet is in the Guinness Book of World Records for most pianos juggled at a given time.
taz has served three active tours of duty in various combat theaters. She has singlehandedly won over a dozen battles without firing a shot.
Miko once made Johnny Cash cry, but it wasn't in Reno.
arse_hat has actually never owned, worn, or even seen a hat. In his mind, they look something like grapefruit.
mullacc has memorized an entire novel by Proust in the original French, but he can't remember which one and can't be bothered to look it up.
punchtothehead confuses coffee for tea and tea for coffee. To this day, no one has corrected her.
George Clooney has been looking for Senyar ever since catching sight of her from across a crowded terminal at Heathrow, but to no avail.
BoringPostcards has a collection of over 2,000 little league baseball trophies, despite the fact that he hates the game.
In a similar vein, skorgu still has every pair of shoelaces he's ever owned. He keeps them in individual tupperware containers, because he doesn't want them to meet or even know about each other.
The Whelk cries Cabernet Sauvignon. It is always of excellent vintage.
rollick rather quite likes jazz.
mygothlaundry has danced for presidents.
JanetLand knows exactly what the weather will be like on April 17, 2022, in Dubuque, IA. She has never and will never set foot within the city limits.
richat was born with a forked tongue. Though it was fixed surgically and he was never told about it, it has subconsciously compelled him to be resolutely forthright and honest in all his dealings; sometimes to his detriment.
octothorpe still, completely earnestly and unironically, thinks of it as his "bathing-suit area."
No one knows ThePinkSuperhero can speak Chinese, because no one has asked.
Eideteker has never suffered from stage fright, mainly because he thinks it means fear of stagecoaches.
stewriffic finds skydiving boring, but continues to do it because she so enjoys folding her own parachute.
chrismear rebuilds elephants in his spare time.
rainbaby has never been waterskiing.
gomichild has a cuckoo clock for every time zone in the world.
goshling thinks pants are underwear.
twiggy has never used her innate ability to flawlessly throw a boomerang. She may someday die, never having discovered the talent.
Trurl is addicted to getting vaccinations. The newer, the better.
tommasz once got into a fistfight over whether Dylan Thomas and Marlo Thomas were related. He won.
sysinfo doesn't know this, but he once gave a loved one a peanut allergy. This will happen twice more in his lifetime.
jonathanstrange has eaten over 850 lbs. of pork. Not that anyone's keeping track.
Kronos_to_Earth will, on his deathbed, be completely unable to get The Song That Never Ends out of his head. Don't worry, it won't go on for long, my friend.
Noooooo! I swear, I'll stop making everything with peanuts or peanut oil! (And sprinkling peanut dust around the house - plus I can finally take down the sign.)
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photo by TheophileEscargot
photo by Kronos_to_Earth
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