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June 18, 2006 in Random by Mentalacrobatics | 14 comments

Nakeel decided to hit me with this. Tradition dictates I respond :-)

Rules:

  1. Post six weird facts/habits about yourself. These cannot be used against you later on.
  2. At the bottom name the six people you will tag next.
  3. Leave them a comment to let them know they’ve been tagged and to read your blog.

All righty then, here we go:

I can spell “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” without having to look it up. However, I sometimes have a hard time with general spelling.

I have worn glasses since I was 6. And when I say glasses I mean proper frigging thick glasses not the muppet “fashion” things most of you wear! The first frames I had must have been made from the same stuff they use to make the black box on aeroplanes. They were unbreakable. And yes I did try to break them many many times. But I failed. I still have them somewhere. The day I got my first pair of contact lenses was very exciting. It was like my world had changed.

The first proper original (i.e. not bootleg/copied/pirated) cassette tape I ever owned was Run DMC’s – King of Rock album. It was given to me by the older brother of a friend. I still remember the excitement of having a cassette where the names of the songs were actually printed straight onto the cassette itself (unlike the bootleg versions going around Kenya where the songs were printed on a piece of paper and glued onto the cassette.
The first proper original (i.e. not bootleg/copied/pirated) cassette tape I actually bought myself was the soundtrack to Bodyguard. (Yes I was young and “in love”)! That album always puts a smile on my face. I am sad for what Whitney Houston is going through. She was meant to go on to become our Aretha Franklin. I hope she finds peace again.

The only club football team I would support in a match against Liverpool FC (WWI5T) would be the mighty AFC Leopards.

I used to collect stamps. For some reason I had a large number of Iraqi stamps. I wonder if a stamp with Saddam Hussein’s headshot is worth anything on eBay. In a brilliant piece of foresight I kept a large number of the small purple 1 Kenyan Shilling stamps that used to be everywhere but are impossible to get now. Surely they must be worth something on eBay! I misplaced the stamp collection anyway. I now collect key chains and maps.

In an ideal world I would be either a stand up comedian or a chef.

Who’s next: Kipepeo, Birth of a Notion, Uaridi, Kabinti, Spicebear, JKE

  1. JKE’s avatar

    JKE on June 18, 2006 at 3:34 pm

    OMG! :-)

    Talking of key chains, I once donated two or three TUSKER & KEG LAGER key chains to this one German who runs a museum for key chains. Still have more in my drawer…need?

  2. Mentalacrobatics’s avatar

    Mentalacrobatics on June 18, 2006 at 7:48 pm

    please do! that would be brilliant. how do i get ‘em?

  3. Dangerouslyshy’s avatar

    Dangerouslyshy on June 18, 2006 at 10:05 pm

    Eti after losing your stamps you now collect maps and key chains, now if that isnt a geek gone wild then i dont know what is.

    Whitney is a classic example of what can happen to good girls when they hook up with mboff men.

    Lol@supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – seriously Mental, do you like being a nerd?

    Ps, type this word incorrectly into Microsoft Word and see what happens when youd do a spell check..tee hee…

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    spicebear on June 18, 2006 at 10:13 pm

    and i thought i had it bad cos i started wearing glasses at age ten … hahaha. it must be an unwritten rule that a child’sfirst pair of specs must be able to survive the apocalyse!

    as for that super i dont even know what word, i can’t even pronounce it, let alone spell the monstrosity (me and spell check are good friends)

  5. kipepeo’s avatar

    kipepeo on June 19, 2006 at 12:36 am

    haha…i can spell supercalifragalisticexpialidocious too without looking it up!! haha!!! yeah!!! as for the original tapes…wow!!! i didnt even know who run dmc was when tapes were out there!

  6. uaridi’s avatar

    uaridi on June 19, 2006 at 12:57 am

    You must have taken a lot of teasing with the glasses, I know I did.

    By the way, since both you and Spicey have tagged me, does that mean the tag has cancelled itself?

  7. Nakeel’s avatar

    Nakeel on June 19, 2006 at 8:50 am

    Well done PaPa.. The specs and u trying to break them I can only imagine the jokes fellow kids used to make with the type..
    Can getback to collecting stamps just talk to Guess to give you the bahashas with the stamps. Kwani u ran a penpal joint of Iran? LOL

  8. Ms K’s avatar

    Ms K on June 19, 2006 at 9:12 am

    Ti hi hi I bet I know like 15 other weird facts about you.

    Ps/ I take checks, visa and black forest cake.

  9. Kibet’s avatar

    Kibet on June 19, 2006 at 9:28 am

    Chief, you have no idea how the ka-intro page to your blog has jazzed me. I’ve gongad the back icon like 5 times now! tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk!

    The artwork huku just gets more and more brilliant!

  10. Mentalacrobatics’s avatar

    Mentalacrobatics on June 20, 2006 at 5:45 pm

    @D_Shy – how the blazes is collecting key chains and maps a geek thing? And stamp collections are cool too. Geeky cool maybe but cool!
    @SpiceBear – looks like we stand together in solidarity over the specs. We should for a club or something.
    @Kipepeo – copy cat! Ebu find your own word!
    @uaridi – no the tag remains kwanza double so you have to say 12 things :-)
    @Nakeel – penpals. LOL. I remember those days!
    @MsK – incriminate me and you incriminate yourself
    @Kibet – thank you thank you. It makes me smile to. Si we hook up one for your site ama?

  11. JKE’s avatar

    JKE on June 21, 2006 at 9:29 pm

    @the lads: Geeks rock!

    @Mental: sijui but let me find those keychains in my drawers first. I know I have them somewhere here…