The Self-Aggrandizement Thread

[LarksTonguesInAspic 28]

This is turning into a great thread to understand our members better!

Where to start...

I have a reputation for being able to 'read' people. Not everyone, some are blank walls to me.

And sociopaths, of course, play by different rules so they can fool just about anybody.

 But for the most part, I feel like that Family Guy episode, where Brian is at the prom and cuts down the blonde girl. An example:

Some friends of mine were living in a 'Bohemian' style, that is about 7 people all living as roomates in a house where tie-dye and blacklight posters were a decor theme.. They were considering a guy as a prospective roommate. He seemed laid back, not a real troublemaker. Pretty sharp, too.

 As an almost-joke someone said to let me meet him, and ask me what I thought. 5 minutes after meeting the guy, I knew there was trouble that no one else saw. I told them privately that I wouldn't let the guy into my house, much less live with me. They couldn't understand what I was trying to say until I told them, 'Don't turn your back on him. You're A D&Der, do you understand Chaotic Evil?'  That one he got.

They had already agreed to let him stay the night, so they did. That night, he woke up in the middle of the night, grabbed a bunch of stuffed toys from someone's room. He then took the largest knives in the kitchen, cut up the toys, and set them on fire in the middle of the living room. He then started screaming " I am the son of Satan!". He went to a psych ward.

[purpledaddy 6]

Look Ma! No hands!

[patriots_1228 51]

according to my friends I am a great skier....but I hate ski racing, its so....how do you say...........

however, im all in for "street" racing...as in just racing your friend down the mountain. Cause they always fall trying to find some way to beat me

[your_adress_here 11]

Originally posted by: purpledaddy Look Ma! No hands! quote>

Then what are you typing with?!

[belfastuniguy 18]

Well...

I started playing violin at the age of 7 and was pretty damn good, but I got bored and I am about to start piano

Was the captain of our school's showjumping and fencing team

Was ranked in the top five of GCSE Business Studies in Northern Ireland and achieved the highest mark in my schools history for A-Level Economics

Creator of the simply wonderful Imperial Kingdom of Atlantis CJ

Likely to take my parents place as owners of their property development firm, though not too sure yet, may become a politican......but sure.

Pretty good at tennis and rugby (I LOVE rugby )

Currently work in a designer furniture store and I am the 3rd best performing sales person out of 50.....so lots of commission and quarterly bonus

[Callbat 8]

Are you person 1 or 2? Because A# isn't the same as Bb. On a piano, yes, but not on a violin.quote>

ahh but you are mistaken my friend.............Bb is that same thing as A# regardless of the instrument. You are proving yourself incorrect by stating that A# and Bb flat are the same on the piano. The piano (along with every other instrument) plays the exact same notes (or tones) as the violin. Music laws apply to all instruments, the rules cant be bended for one instrument. On a violin a Bb is a low-1 on the A-string (sting #2) as is the A#, the finger position lowers the tone or raises it (respectively) to where A# and Bb are enharmonic. This can also be proven an octave lower, on the G string (or string #4) the finger position for A# and Bb is the same ( a low 2) thus producing the same tone.

Just as on the Piano..an A# and a Bb are the same black key....

Please do correct me if I am mistaken.

[purpledaddy 6]

Someone told me once that you better C sharp or else you'll B flat. To this day I still have no idea what that means.

[BurroDiablo 222]

Heres a few more...

People always stole my  pevious idea's in Graphics. Isn't immitation the best form of flattery?

I have a knack for influencing my friends music tastes with my own.

I managed to get through High School without any detention even though I hung around with idiots.

One of my old teachers told me I was 'Intelligent, but in all the wrong places'

I suffer from road rage! Although i'm a nice person out of the car... as soon as I get in one I turn into satan.

And, although my family won £1.6m in a lottery syndicate, i'm still poor as sin. Bare in mind... it was 1996, lol.

[wir3d 2]

Hahaha.

[Smarty218 2]

I placed in the Johns Hopkins 99 percentile rank.... at the age of 9....

[coolotter88 2]

I got an 800 on my Biology E SAT 2...but I learned biology with a molecular basis.

[Barbarossa 51]

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  Edited September 7, 2012 by Barbarossa  

[paulirino 0]

i am good at math and have really cool hair.

[paulirino 0]

i am good at math and have really cool hair.

[Nerd_Guy 4]

Well, I usually don't brag but:

-My IQ is 124-126 depending on the test I'm taking (and I'm only 14)

-I am one of the smartest freshmen in my state.

-I have a movie theater in my basement.

-I am the best Call of Duty 4 player in my town

-I once played a match in Call of Duty 3 where my score was 175 kills and 3 deaths.

-I can play Rock Band on expert. 

-I have beaten Call of Duty 2 on Veteran, and I'm working on 4.

- I'm a Call of Duty fnaboy

-My cousin is an actor with Disney and was voted number 50 on the list of hottest male stars in a magazine.

It feels good to get that out of my system

[SimRabbit 48]

Nerd_Guy: do you have any proof of that?

who is your cousing?

[patriots_1228 51]

wait a minute....so your cousins like a top 50 hottest guys stud but your some smartest kid in stat call of duty obsessor? Can't be related

[Meg 368]

I was once detained by Pentagon police for being in a secure area without proper authorization.

okay . . . so I was 8 years old at the time.

My aunt came to visit with her 3 sons and took my brother, sister, and I along with them sightseeing.   As my aunt put it:  "How secure an area can it be if a housewife from Pittsburgh with six children in tow can get into it without anyone noticing?"

Those were the days 

[hym 358]

I've touched the computers in Mission Control.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: Barbarossa I am the best procrastinator that has ever lived.

Barbarossaquote>

I believe I may give you a run for your money on that one.

Originally posted by: Nerd_Guy {claims about Call of Duty} quote>

I beat MegaMan Star Force at level 100 with all six stars in all three versions (Pegasus, Leo and Dragon).

Wanna wave battle?

[LarksTonguesInAspic 28]

Originally posted by: hym I've touched the computers in Mission Control. quote>

 

Funny, I'm on a mission to control the touching of computers.

[Streetwise 3]

I have built such a good foundation of trust and understanding with people that:

Teachers tell me things about other students that they wouldn't tell any one else---including those students

At school, I'm one of the very few people they trust enough to leave alone in a room full of computers in spite of the fact that they have had computers stolen

I'm allowed to grade my own tests

I had a teacher tell me that, after I pointed out to him that my assigment was late, I could hand it in late and take my time getting it perfect

I've been allowed to take tests at home (no, not open book tests, but actual exams)

People will say absolutely anything around me, and they know I'm listening

At a local mall, the security people give me a play-by-play of security issues as they happen (they even let me hang out in their office just to chat)

One person I know (well, sort of) only speaks to the people she absolutely has to (employers, co-workers, ect.) and now she's started speaking to me

Drivers stop at non-stop intersections and in the middle of streets (non-crosswalk areas) and let me cross 

  

[LarksTonguesInAspic 28]

So, what you're saying is, you inspire laziness in teachers, and people are afraid to hit you with their cars. LOL! j/k

[fukuda 351]

nothing stunning:

- My IQ is of 134 (last time I checked), basically directed at spacial skills. (I'm not especially good at maths)

- I was a rather good archer, but they demolished the archering range next to my home

- I love dogs and treat with them everyday, and I've never found a dog being agressive at me.

- I've learnt a lot of things by myself, in fact, I prefer learning things by myself than being taught by a teacher or going to a school

- I love philosophy and got some of the best marks in my school, but I failed philosophy at uni.

- I'm rather good at designing processes

- I was the prez of the astronomy club at high school

- I completely failed my first semester of chemical engineering, but then I recovered and passed all my exams

- I learnt high level french in only 1 year

and.. hum... If I find something else I'll edit and post it

[Streetwise 3]

Manticorefan said:

So, what you're saying is, you inspire laziness in teachers, and people are afraid to hit you with their cars. LOL! j/k

Well, the second one didn't become true until after I'd been hit in the crosswalk at school last year by an SUV. In fact, here's another aggrandizement for this page

While crossing the street last year at school, I was hit by an SUV going at about 15 to 20 mph. He stopped when he hit me. Strangely, I wasn't even knocked off my feet, and there was no pain or bruising. So I guess I can say that even the mighty SUV cannot stand against me lol! 

Although, I suppose I shouldn't engage in hubris here...

[patriots_1228 51]

thats gotta be a lie. I know a kid who got hit my a sports car going 10-20 mph and was sent flying.

easily, I can tell which one of you guys's self aggrandizements are lies, so don't try any thing

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: patriots_1228 thats gotta be a lie. I know a kid who got hit my a sports car going 10-20 mph and was sent flying.

easily, I can tell which one of you guys's self aggrandizements are lies, so don't try any thing quote>

Well, there are factors other than speed involved. Such as if the car was braking or accelerating, the mass of the person being hit, what position they were standing in, and how exactly the car hit them (glancing blow versus direct hit).

Still, getting hit by a car going 15 mph and not so much as moving is hard to believe.

[LarksTonguesInAspic 28]

Originally posted by: patriots_1228

easily, I can tell which one of you guys's self aggrandizements are lies, so don't try any thing quote>

 

Ok, game on. One of these is a lie. Let's see if you can guess which one.

I went to Kenwood Academy, the premier gifted school in Chicago. Their entrance exam (20+ years ago) involved an IQ test, given as a range. My range was 145-149 (Hi Duke!). 

It also involved a Raven Advanced Progressive Matrices test, on which I scored the 3rd highest for the school. Ever.

According to my parents, I taught myself to read at the age of 2. I was reading at a high school level by 3rd grade.

I was able to achieve a 3G certification in FCAW (fluxcore) and stainless steel GTAW (TIG) welding the first time I tried them. Not surprising, because I have a natural talent for all things 'handy', including carpentry, landscape design, and plumbing. 

This company called me "A one-in-a-million fabricator, one of the best to ever come through the doors", and that I "have a gift for structural fabrication".

The founder of this company oversaw my weld test for employment. Since he hadn't yet looked at my application, he asked me how long I had been a welder after looking at my sample plates. I asked him in, his professional opinion, how long he thought I had been welding. His reply was, 5 years (Journeyman level). Imagine his shock when I told him the truth...I had been a welder for only 3 months.

And I can fly at supersonic speeds using only the power of thought.

Edit: On welding, I took a class not because I needed it, but to embellish my resume. The first day, I was correcting errors in the safety videos. Not the ones that were supposed to be there, but the things the video was wrong about. The instructor said I was the only one who ever has been able to do that. I was correct, though.

 The second day of class, I showed him something that is supposed to be impossible; spray-arc welding on an overhead joint. In 40 years as a welder, he had never seen it done.

[Nerd_Guy 4]

SimRabbit and Patriot: My cousin would be Tony Oller, who plays Danny in "As the Bell Rings"

[Streetwise 3]

Still, getting hit by a car going 15 mph and not so much as moving is hard to believe.quote>

First, I never said I never moved...I spun around a couple of times and staggered to the curb (has anyone grabbed you by the arm and spun you around, but you didn't fall down? That's what it was like. Another example would be tripping and not falling). Second, he was breaking as he hit me. If he wasn't, I would have gone flying or he would have run over me. And third, I had just stepped off the curb and came into contact with the corner of his vehicle, not the front middle. Think of it as a graze.