I've been told I snore "lightly". In a "cute" way.
TNP gets tonsil stones.
I've been told I snore "lightly". In a "cute" way.
TNP gets tonsil stones.
No - have never heard of them before, but I'm guessing they're unpleasant.
TNP still has his or her appendix.
True. And tonsil stones (IME) are uncomfortable but not painful, and smell like sewerage.
TNP has wisdom teeth.
Yes, except for one. Kind of neat to "watch" it get extracted, though. Lots of cool instruments with funny names, like "East-West" and other stuff.
TNP has recently done a so-so job on one task, and an abominable task on another job.
No, I've been doing my job pretty well, I think.
TNP has given a speech in the past two months.
No, haven't had a dream lately.
TNP likes pineapple.
Yes! In chunks for breakfast, or shredded on pepperoni pizza, especially.
TNP could go for a pizza right about now.
Hell yes. I left my bankcard at a bar last week, immediately stopped it, found the bar still had it, and it still hasn't arrived. Not going to do delivery, though.....in addition to massive amounts of beer or whiskey, I'm going buy some shitty frozen pizza.
TNP likes junk food on occasions.
Oh, yes. Too often. Favorites: BBQ potato chips, Japanese Cheeza crackers, Oreos and Slim Jim meat sticks.
TNP has never eaten a Slim Jim (and is all the healthier for it).
How would anyone know the little sub-clause's truth, mister man? I saw people on *My Name Is Earl* who probably ate a lot of Slim Jims, and maybe they were, or not. No, I have eaten Slim Jims, in moments of weakness and sobriety about the my comrades but they were ... not too bad. Meh, tastier than a candy bar, to me.
TNP has eaten some truly weird shit. And is a regular Bruce Jenner/Hulk Hogan for it.
The weirdest stuff I've eaten is buffalo, octopus and shark (not simultaneously), which is not all that weird. So no.
TNP is not surprised by Bruce Jenner's recent transformation.
False, it's been a bit of a surprise to me. This board used to have a huge transgender population -- to bad they're all gone, I would have liked their input.
TNP doesn't understand why Starbucks doesn't work harder had stocking decent food.
True. The few times I've tried their pastries they've been either stale or tasteless.
TNP gets something from Starbucks at least weekly, on average.
Not at all. If I get coffee to go, I have weird rules like I'm not going to pay over a dollar for it. And yet I'm using their WiFi gratis.
TNP saw a few women over the past few days who had excellent strategies for avoiding unwanted contact. E.g., ballcap, and one lady affected being a nursing mother. Smart! See, these are women who are street-smart.
No, just the usual folks - male and female alike - who studiously avoid eye contact.
TNP was very surprised by the British election results.
There was a British election? I hope it was about their cricket. They need help.
TNP wants me to send them some /vegemite caramel chocolate when it hits the shelves next month.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-0...ash-up/6454050
No, please don't trouble yourself!
TNP has seen Dame Maggie Smith in at least three movies over the years.
Probably not. I'm sure she's great, but I don't know her by name, and she sounds English.
TNP has, as an adult, occasionally taken refuge on a hot day just seeing whatever is at the local movie theater.
Probably not the only factor, but I'm pretty sure that my kid and I have taken air-conditioning into account when figuring what we were going to do on a weekend afternoon.
TNP is considering writing a book called "Retinal Detachment and its Aftermath: A Horror Story".
Yes, and you're going to be telling it. I'm not picky about getting credit for setting up the microphone.
TNP is not feeling in the greatest of health these days. Lots of itching and bad sleep.
No, I'm doing pretty well healthwise. Took a long brisk walk last night and it felt good.
TNP prefers walking to running.
Sure enough. I do enjoy the semi-masochistic effort of running (in short stretches), but walking is more "the long haul" type thing.
TNP fancies that he or she has a really cool stride.
I think I look neither cool nor silly when I walk. Pretty normal, all in all.
TNP has flown on an airplane in the past 30 days.
No, it's been a few years since I had any good reason to step inside a perfectly good airplane.
TNP is skeptical that Positive Train Control will ever be made a feature of train travel. Primarily because of operator and official intransigence.
Agreed. Also cost.
TNP has been on a non-local train in the past 60 days.
Not either, come to think of it. I used to ride trains all around the country all the time -- just haven't had any reason to recently.
TNP doesn't enjoy traveling, really.
Now and then, I don't mind it. On long trips I like to drive and listen to my iPod plugged into the car stereo, or fly and to catch up on my reading. Haven't been on a train in years.
TNP has at least three books underway right now.
Hah. That's a good one. Who *only* has three books going? eta ur probably talking about novels and stuff -- I'm still trying to get through *JR*...as you know, quantity counts when amassing a bibliography, however, and a lot of math and philosophy books, you just read a chapter here, examine this there. Very few non-fiction, analytic books are designed to be read cover-to-cover
TNP has a lot more than ten books in the wood-chipper.
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No, I rarely throw away or recycle books.
TNP really should mow the lawn.
Not at all. No lawn, and I like it that way.
TNP reads a lot of books/articles in digital form (pdf, djvu, whatever).
Articles yes, books no. If I'm going to read a book, I want something I can hold in my hand and turn the pages.
TNP loves, as I do, the smell of old pulpy paperbacks.
Not really. I enjoy having physical copies of books -- much easier, in many cases, to flip to a page or have some physical mnemonic recollection of where I need to turn -- but the actual physical presence is unappreciated outside of a proper library.
TNP has trimmed his or her personal library down to a pretty reasonable stash of books.
No, my book collection tends to accumulate over time, although at a slower rate than it used to. I'm much more likely to get books from the library these days than to buy them unless I really love them and want to keep a copy.
TNP goes to the library at least monthly.
Yeah, like daily.
TNP has to go in and request they make a trace on a book he or she returned like a long time ago. Glad he or she has excellent rapport with the people behind the desk.
Now and then. My local library is pretty good about that.
TNP uses interlibrary loan with some frequency.
Yeah, because my "libraries" suck so I have to use it all the time to get even basic material. The librarians in the ILL office really seem to enjoy compliments on their efforts, though. I suspect they realize the deficiencies in their system.
TNP occasionally has ducked into the public library to take a dump or open a bottle of booze into a flask. Hey, that seems to be its raison d'e^tre in my town, so why not. They have insignificant holdings in books, even though the staff seem pretty competent, I guess.
Changed TNP: TNP is really annoyed by the sounds of children screeching or playing games or whatever it is they do. Like nails on a chalkboard -- very annoying.
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No, doesn't bother me, as long as it's appropriate to the time and place.
TNP has at least three nieces or nephews.
Yeah, but still kids' noises are really annoying.
TNP can't stand children's music either. Those kids should grow up and listen to adult music, like some Aretha or something!
I'm with you there. Unless a kid I know and love is singing it, kids' music can be very annoying. And don't get me started on Barney...!
TNP knows a guy named Barney, and he's actually kinda nice.
I know one, who's roly-poly enough to be the purple Barney, but with a face like a smashed crab (maybe not suited to children's entertainment). AFAIK he's a decent enough fellow.
TNP enjoys New Zealand beer.
All I've had is Steinlager, and that was a long time ago. It was OK.
TNP likes beer better than wine.
False. I like them both about the same, but prefer one or the other at different times: beer with everyday food, wine with higher-end grub.
TNP has at least three bottles of the same vintage of wine.
False. White wine makes me ache, red wine makes me punchy. I never have more than 1 glass of wine.
TNP reacts badly to a specific kind of alcohol.
Well, red wine turns my "movements" pretty reddish-brown. Also 4-Loko. Other than that, not so much -- it's all the same to me.
TNP takes medications as prophylactics (in my case, I'm addicted to Mucinex [guaifenesin] and that fake sudafed [stupid tweakers getting the real stuff off the market, virtually]).
No, other than baby aspirin for heart health.
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
I didn't say "has drunk," just "has," as in "has in the house."
TNP has at least three bottles of the same vintage of wine in the house.
Last edited by Elendil's Heir; 16 May 2015 at 10:53 PM.
False. I do not have any bottles of any alcohol that makes me ill. This includes the ones you mentioned.
TNP has finished a course of study recently.
And also loratidine. First thing when I got my stipend this term was buy 120 tablets like I was a king. It's not that great, but it helps.
ETA I didn't see when I drunkenly obtused about loratidine. No. No finishing for the wicked, just getting more of the good stuff and publishing more.
TNP recently bit their tongue pretty good.
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No, haven't done that in awhile, fortunately.
TNP has seen Brendan Gleeson in both Calvary and The Guard.
I haven't seen *Calvary* yet -- I like his stuff, though.
TNP is a fan of the Irish arts.
Yeah, I know named Barend, who is sometimes called Bjarne by professors. He muttered angrily during a class "my name is Barend" -- he might have been angry at me, for all I know, but I always pronounce "Barend" correctly enough. I don't really know why professors call him a homonym of "Barney." I'm also not sure where he's from -- Sweden or Denmark, I guess. If I knew it would be easy enough to ask him. Well, I only know him well enough to say "hey, how's it going," and so forth.
TNP has his or her eye on quite a few good-looking colleagues these days.
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