It does to me. I know exactly what you mean.
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1. I have lived in four different countries.
2. I once spent a night smoking crack with two bisexual crack whores.
3. When my various goldfish died, I put them in a matchbox and carried it on my shoulder and buried them in my garden.
4. I was caught at school trying to sell crushed up refreshers to first formers pretending they were drugs.
5. I can turn my eyelids inside out.
6. I once cleaned Wembley stadium after a football match and walked up the steps to receive a brush as a trophy from a mate. I turned round to the empty stadium and held the brush aloft.
7. I legally owned a pistol for six months.
8. I once spoke to John Peel by phone.
9. I recently spent three nights in a psychiatric ward as a patient.
10. My first concert was The Sugarcubes who Bjork was in.
WOH! Those are some crazy facts about yourself Nigel!
1. As of today I have had my Mastercard stolen (physically stolen), my bank account broken into and my other Mastercard's # stolen and used to buy tons of stuff online all within 2008.
2. Everyone knows me as the Canadian yet I'm a 1st generation Canadian on my dad's side. All in all I only have around 25% Canadian roots.
3. I used to run punk rock shows in Northern Ontario were I grew up.
4. I've been inside a Furnace that is used to melt Copper. It had only been shut off for a few days.
5. I helped (with 5 other friends) found this very embarrassingly nerdy organization that still exists today.
6. With that said I used to actually be pretty cool in high school...no one knew of my secret nerd life.
7. I skateboarded and did aggressive inline skating for years yet sucked until the day I quit while many of my friends became sponsored riders.
8. I own a 1995 XR250-L motorcycle which has sat in a storage box for nearly 6 years (and it still works fine).
9. My family owns a 60 acre farm but rent out the land to other farmers to farm it for us.
10. I was in several fist fights in high school and I can't say I actually won any of them.
Quote: Nigel Kelly @ August 27 2008, 7:13 PM BST6. I once cleaned Wembley stadium after a football match and walked up the steps to receive a brush as a trophy from a mate. I turned round to the empty stadium and held the brush aloft.
I like this. A lot. 
Quote: Curt @ August 27 2008, 8:06 PM BST2. Everyone knows me as the Canadian yet I'm a 1st generation Canadian on my dad's side. All in all I only have around 25% Canadian roots.
What's the other 75%??
Quote: JuliaC @ August 27 2008, 8:10 PM BSTWhat's the other 75%??
-50% Dutch (my dad was born in the Netherlands).
-25% French (my mom father was from France).
-25% Canadian (my mom's mother's family has a long history in Canada).
Interesting.
Canada is a very popular place to emmigrate to. I can see why. It's a lovely place.
I went to Calgary a few years ago, when my Auntie lived out there. Visited Banff, now that was beautiful. And Lake Loiuse, can't remember if that's in the same place though.
Quote: Curt @ August 27 2008, 8:18 PM BST-50% Dutch (my dad was born in the Netherlands).
-25% French (my mom father was from France).
-25% Canadian (my mom's mother's family has a long history in Canada).
Where did your mum's ancestors originally come from? Have you got any British blood in you? By the way, did you know that Mike Myers' parents both come/came from my hometown, Liverpool? He said he used to think he was related to the Beatles, when he was a kid, because his parents were always playing their music, and spoke just like them. Speaking of famous people with Liverpool roots, Halle Berry's mother, and both of Kim Cattrell's parents are also from from the city.
Quote: catskillz @ August 27 2008, 8:28 PM BSTWhere did your mum's ancestors originally come from? Have you got any British blood in you? By the way, did you know that Mike Myers' parents both come/came from my hometown, Liverpool? He said he used to think he was related to the Beatles, when he was a kid, because his parents were always playing their music, and spoke just like them. Speaking of famous people with Liverpool roots, Halle Berry's mother, and both of Kim Cattrell's parents are also from from the city.
So all these talent people leave Liverpool and do better for themselves?
Well... you do have Cilla Black 
Sorry that sounds harsh... I have some of my roots in Liverpool, my dad was born there and my grandfather lived there most of his life.
I think Kim Cattrell is the only one who was born in Liverpool, and she left when she was 1.
Quote: Nil Putters @ August 27 2008, 8:27 PM BSTI went to Calgary a few years ago, when my Auntie lived out there. Visited Banff, now that was beautiful. And Lake Loiuse, can't remember if that's in the same place though.
You're so right. Banff is gorgeous (and I think Lake Louise *is* there). Absolutely beautiful. Did you go in the hot springs?
Quote: JuliaC @ August 27 2008, 8:39 PM BSTYou're so right. Banff is gorgeous (and I think Lake Louise *is* there). Absolutely beautiful. Did you go in the hot springs?
Yeah, lovely, but stinky as hell. 
That sulphur eh? Like rotten eggs.
And we visited the Olympic thingy, where Eddie the Eagle jumped.
God yes, the smell!! 
I always thought Banff looked liked the town in Dante's Peak but I guess it isn't.
I saw the Olympic village only from a distance.
Quote: JuliaC @ August 27 2008, 8:52 PM BSTI always thought Banff looked liked the town in Dante's Peak but I guess it isn't.
Well, the sulphur smell nearly melted my sinuses like that Grannies legs.