{"id":2022,"date":"2007-01-16T02:04:24","date_gmt":"2007-01-16T02:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunpig.com\/mt-entry-2022.html"},"modified":"2007-01-16T02:20:04","modified_gmt":"2007-01-16T02:20:04","slug":"5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/2007\/01\/16\/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kev tagged me<\/a> with the “5 things you don’t know about me” meme last week. I considered doing an “Amazing…But False!” selection (as the set of things that people don’t<\/em> know about me encompasses more than just true<\/em> facts), but I eventually decided on a David Cronenberg body horror<\/a> version.<\/p>\n

1. My thumb bends back at an abnormally large angle<\/h4>\n

\"My<\/a><\/p>\n

I used to think that everyone’s thumbs did this. Apparently they don’t.<\/p>\n

2. I can make freaky zombie hands by bending just the top joints of my fingers<\/h4>\n

\"Freaky<\/a><\/p>\n

Many people find the sight of this to be the visual equivalent of nails scratching down a blackboard.<\/p>\n

3. I can manipulate my eyebrows to an unusual extent.<\/h4>\n

I can do left and right independently, and an extreme innner raise. This is not too uncommon, but can you raise the outer<\/em> edges of both eyebrows together? I can.<\/p>\n

\"Raising<\/a><\/p>\n

(Note: eyebrows + sneer = rather sinister<\/a>!)<\/p>\n

4. I can turn my left and right eyeballs inwards independently.<\/h4>\n

\"Left<\/a> \"Right<\/a><\/p>\n

Last year Liza<\/a> showed me a trick for making the eyeballs look outwards<\/em> rather than inwards, but I haven’t put in the necessary practice to pull this off yet. (What, you think maybe this kind of thing comes naturally?)<\/p>\n

5. I can do a respectable impression of a Cardassian<\/a> without any make-up or prosthetics.<\/h4>\n

\"Cardassian<\/a><\/p>\n

Okay, that’s enough flesh for the moment. Out of spite, I shall now tag:<\/p>\n