The Game is Afoot!

[ehowton]

Here's your standard 25-things-you-may-not-know-about-me meme with a twist; There are 26, and only one of them is completely and utterly false.

1. I carry everything in my left hand out of habit, leaving my right one free to salute.


2. I enjoy Psa-Goa Trance.


3. I carry my wallet in my right front pocket because it hung funny in my military fatigues which I wore everyday for many years.


4. I wear long-sleeve shirts with shorts - even in winter. As long as my arms are covered I'm fine.


5. I take Vitamin C on the hour, every hour, every day to stave off colds.


6. I call everyone Sir or Ma'am, even my children.


7. I enjoy cool, overcast, stormy days.


8. I enjoy foreplay more than most women.


9. I try not to blog more than once a day.


10. I was a photographer for my High School paper.


11. I can waltz & swing.


12. I've read most of the classics.


13. I struggle with simple mathematics.


14. My IQ is below "genius."


15. Another man once put me in his mouth.


16. I've never had a broken bone or stitches.


17. I have no tattoos or piercings.


18. I attended DeVry Institute of Technology for a year.


19. I still own my first car.


20. I prefer the Logitech Marble Mouse over any other.


21. I'll spend more on a good pillowcase than I will on the pillow.


22. I prefer chocolate to vanilla.


23. I am an introvert.


24. I am completely infatuated with my wife.


25. I never reminisce balefully.


26. I drink more water than anyone else I know.

Comments

[melancthe.livejournal.com]

I prefer chocolate to vanilla.

INFIDEL.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Is that your final answer?

[catttitude.livejournal.com]

Awww.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

So...you think #24 is completely false?

[dawaioser.livejournal.com]

I'd go with number 9 as false, or is TRY the fail safe? ';)

Number 6 - I can vouch for that. Heh
Number 13 & 20 - ditto.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Hrm. That one can even be verified publicly by way of the Archive (http://ehowton.livejournal.com/calendar) link. I'll say no more.

[bsdcat.livejournal.com]

There are 26, and only one of them is completely and utterly false.

There are 25.

[dawaioser.livejournal.com]

Egads - I don't mind being wrong but this confirms my suspicion that all of my work days are driving me mad and blending into one another. (Serious case of SSDD)

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Hrm. I guess you can cross off 13. I struggle with simple mathematics as a falsehood.

[bsdcat.livejournal.com]

I was moderately curious whether "There are 26, and only one of them is completely and utterly false." was the complete and utter falsehood, and 26th thing. As a paradox it has a certain charm. :-)

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Now that's funny! Alas, I usually don't think that far ahead. And...fixed.

[scareypete.livejournal.com]

We have similar taste in mice.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

That seems to be a recurring theme here.

[bsdcat.livejournal.com]

I'm going out on a limb here and guessing #26 is... true. ;-)

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

And you alone sir are the reason I chose not to try and obfuscate it by placing it somewhere in the middle.

I'll give you that one. I do drink an awful lot of water.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

It warms my heart to know I'm a part of your daily routine.

[drax0r.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking #11

By process of elimination I can confirm almost all of those.

I don't recall anything to indicate your ability to dance.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I can 2-step as well, provided of course there's country music playing. Once, in Korea, we were at this Techno club, and I was actually able to accurately 2-step to the Swedish techno-country band Rednex's anthem "Country-Eyed Joe (http://www.wilddamntexan.com/kids/Cotton%20Eye%20Joe.mp3.mp3)." A feat I was proud of as I showed off my Texan heritage to a crowd. Of course I couldn't do that today...

Nope. I can both waltz and swing, and used to enjoy doing so at every social event.

[prog-guy69.livejournal.com]

I would guess that #5 would be the falsehood. I can believe that you may have OCD, but every hour on the hour seems a bit much. If it is true, then going pee for you must be like going to a Pink Floyd laser light show.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I keep a bottle of GNC C-500mg at my desk at home and at work. My mother turned me onto the practice when I thought I was getting a cold. I fought it off and haven't been sick with one since. And while you're right about the psychedelic colors, too much has a different effect, which I've never reached by use of my timed consumption.

[jesskd26.livejournal.com]

i am going to go with number 3 as the falsehood.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Whereas jeans have a piece of fabric sewn externally against the outside of the denim, Battle Dress Uniforms have a pouch sewn inside of them, access of which is provided through a slit, covered by a flap with two buttons. Its very uncomfortable to sit on a wallet in that configuration, as it has the ability to shift. So I started carrying my wallet in my front pocket, and do so to this day.

[drax0r.livejournal.com]

I think it's gotta be the broken bone/stitches thing.

[jesskd26.livejournal.com]

bleh....can we guess more than once?

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Absolutely.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

While I don't count it as a falsehood (as stitches are plural) I did have exactly one 'stitch' in my nutsack after my vasectomy. I stand that statement remains true.

[melancthe.livejournal.com]

Yes. You don't seem like a chocolate person.

Oh, and what's up with #15? You know I'm dying to know. :)

[drax0r.livejournal.com]

Oh you dirty fucker.

I thought - wait, he had his nuts snipped, he's had stitches.

Besides, I think everything else is confirmed.

[drax0r.livejournal.com]

Can we guess 26 times?

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I hereby dub thee 'Holmes.' Yes, that statement was completely false. I love vanilla. Ice cream, cakes, milkshakes, cookies. I use real Mexican vanilla in my baking and in my hot cereal.

15. Another man once put me in his mouth.

I'd just left the Air Force and had spent an evening with a friend who'd recently come out of the closet. We'd stayed up late drinking and I fell asleep on the couch. I awoke to his partner gobbling my cock. I tapped him on the shoulder and explained that he wasn't having any success because I wasn't gay. He suggested some other activities I might be interested in as if he hadn't heard me. I didn't mention the incident to my friend the next morning, but that sure was weird.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Through process of elimination, you should only have to guess 25 before you make your accusation, just like in a game of "Clue."

It was Colonel Mustard in the conservatory with the knife.

[unixwolf.livejournal.com]

Wow.. Didn't see that coming..

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

NOR DID I.

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

Wow! You are really cool and calm. I would have flipped out a bit I think. I had a binge drinking buddy who I caught on three occasions trying to unbutton my jeans. The first two I thought were strange dreams. As soon as I woke up - I swear I heard him rushing to get back to where he was sleeping. It was pretty uncomfortable I'd imagine for him. So I never brought it up. My suspicions were confirmed the night he asked if he could please suck my dick. I declined because I wasn't at all attracted to him. And I'm not one to turn down some head but it's all about the attraction to who's gonna be doing it ;)

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I've heard that many times. "I'd have popped him right in the face!" As if that would've solved anything or not made things any more awkward than they already were...

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

I would have guessed 23.

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

You are too cool :)

LOL... I can just imagine...

SCENE 41 - EXT: DAYTIME - PARK EARLY MORNING: ehowton awakes on a park bench after a hard night of drinking -

[Calmly] "uh... excuse me sir, could you please remove your finger from my ass, it hurts and ummm???... why are you doing that anyway???"

If the world needed to be repopulated after a near extinction and only one male and one female were to be selected to begin repopulaion... hell, you have my vote!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Those aren't pillows!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

A lot of people do assume I'm extroverted because of my outgoing nature and ability to perform publicly impromptu. In fact, I myself was shocked when I first learned I was actually an introvert over ten years ago because all these antics and my infectious good mood really drain me. I require time alone - away from everyone else, to recharge. Extroverts get their energy from being around others and solitude exhausts them.

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

I love long bouts of solitude. And only come out to play with others when I am damn well ready to lol. But I consider myself extroverted still. Because I do feed on conversation and the attention and giving attention. I like to get my fix then off I go back to my cave. I love performing but hate being in the crowd. I hate crowds period.

Shit! I may have to reevaluate myself? - The ENTP fit so well though :/

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

That's it exactly. Before the IT crash of 2000 our company hauled us off to cabins in a wooded area with all the free booze we could drink and put us through team-building exercises and Meyer-Briggs assessments.

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

Free booze! and cabins in a wooded area!!! Where might I apply?

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

First, find a flux capacitor, and a DeLorean...

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

I get it ;P - I'm slow on Mondays... well most the week.

[ex-crowy.livejournal.com]

I want to say #5 is false. That seems like a lot of Vitamin C and don't you need to sleep sometime? :)

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

A mere technicality.

[thesweetestnote.livejournal.com]

I just noticed you look like Silent Bob in this photo ;)

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

That thought occurred to me as well. Hair's not long enough yet. You don't know this yet, but I grow it long in two year's time, then buzzcut it. Wash, rinse, repeat.

[ex-crowy.livejournal.com]

I suppose if I would have read your comments, I would have seen the answer's already been given. I shouldn't comment when I haven't slept. :)