Here's the actual meme which has stayed intact for at least five generations:
List 5 things people may not know about you and tag 5 people to do the same.
I'm going to play fussy obtuse grammarian and subvert the paradigm here. I'm going to tell you five things you MAY NOT know about me, not five things you MIGHT NOT know about me. There is a difference.
- My real name. I prefer to use yellojkt as my nom de web. Not that the clever person can't figure out my real name, but it's fairly common. Common enough to get lots of wrong numbers over the years. As far as I know, there is only one yellojkt.
- My address, social security number, mother's maiden name, or PIN number. There seem to be a lot of curious people from very obscure banks that want to know this. Not to mention the fine folks at eBay and PayPal that keep threatening to freeze my account.
- My IQ. Mostly because I do not know it. My mother had me tested in high school to get me eligible for all sorts of programs I had no desire to be in. I refused to be told what it was. These are meaningless numbers.
- My SAT scores, GPA, or class rank. These numbers I do know, but that was over twenty years ago. Anyone still gloating or bitter over these things needs to get a life. Statistically insignificant differences in these numbers seemed very important to a lot of people at the time, but haven't impacted my life in any way in a long time.
- My shirt size. Not that I care if you know, but without the information in items 1 and 2, you are not going to be able to buy me any new shirts for Christmas.
Since I am being a smart-ass, I am not going to bother to tag anyone, but if you want to carry on my cause, feel free to do so. You may want to include your weight, the name of your first lover, your favorite sexual position, the reason you are in the witness protection plan, or a lot of other things people have no reason, right, or need to know.
11 comments:
LOL
I love the new twist.
Michele sent me! I've never thought to go backwards with a meme to see where it generated from. Clever idea!
Well, once again, I've been outdone.
You MAY learn my IQ as a prize. It's 53.
:)
False modesty doesn't become you, trusty. That must be the score after you passsed the bar exam. I'm sure it was much higher before you went to law school.
Fussy, obtuse grammarians are irritating to some people. (I know this from bitter personal experience.)
But I'm impressed by your cleverness.
The good news is, you've found your peer group. The bad news is, well, you've found your peer group.
You're an evil, evil person yellojkt... which is why I like you.
This obtuseness reminds me of an old friend's father who used to deny me permission to use the loo if I said "Can I?" or "May I borrow...". Good grammar makes good memories.
I'm with you. I'm not divulging anystuff!
Haha that's funny. I back tracked my meme too.
What the... Your name's not Yellojkt? Damn. I feel used.
I've found that IQs are just meaningless numbers as well. Based on my IQ and lots of my family's IQs, everyone is bordering on "genius," even though I know for sure that some are much more intelligent than others.s
So...your real name is John Smith is it? BTW, what's a meme? :) I think I know what a track back is but I don't know how to do one or if my blog allows that. I am learning all the time as I blog along!
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