40 Facts about Colin
1. I was born on the 20th April 1966 6.15am
2. I was born in Stroud
3. I was named after my Canadian Uncle John Colin (1/1/22 - 04/32)
I share my birthday with: -
4. Hitler (1889)
5. Carmen Electra (1972)
6. Luther Vandross (1952)
7. Harold Lloyd (1893)
8. Jessica Lange (1949)
9. Ryan O’Neal (1941)
10. George Takei (Mr Sulu) (1940)
11. The Columbine school killings happened on my birthday
12. I’ve given 52 Blood donations
13. I’ve been with my partner Jane since 1992
14. Jane and I met on a blind date
15. I drove to Arctic Circle with Jane & her daughter Pippa in a 20yr old Mini Estate
16. Over the last few years I’ve lost 4.5st
17. I’ve owned 5 minis
18. My mini can be seen on the official video of the Mini’s 35th Anniversary
19. I’ve been escorted off the premises in my last three jobs
20. My first job was selling electrical goods in Woolworth’s including a Sinclair C5 electric “car”.
21. I’m a huge fan of the band Fishbone and travelled to Amsterdam to see them play
22. I’m briefly visible a couple of times on the Fishbone DVD of the Amsterdam gig
23. At one job my nickname was Veggie after I made a mistake and was asked if I was a vegetable
24. My longest non stop drive was from Inverness Hospital to Worcester (10hrs)
25. I hate Cherry and Marzipan
26. I love Pizza and Peanut Butter (not together, although….)
27. Desert Island book would be Stranger in a Strange Land
28. Favourite wild animal is the Humpbacked Whale
29. Second fave wild animal is the Manta Ray
30. Fave Holiday destination – Pine Tree’s Hotel, Ixia, Rhodes, Greece
31. On my birthday in 1972 Apollo 16 landed on the moon after engine trouble
32. I’m the only person to fail the B/Tec Diploma in Sciences at Worcester Technical College
33. I’ve never read or seen a Shakespeare play.
34. I initiated legal action against the Halifax Building Society and a date was set at the High Courts of Justice (Old Bailey) before they backed down.
35. I once had a pedestrian run into the side of my car in Kidderminster. He got up and ran off before I could stop and get out.
36. I’ve crashed my car into both a bus shelter and a bus itself (several years apart)
37. I’ve been stopped by the traffic police twice, both times no action was taken against me as the police were just bored and I had not broken any laws!
38. I worked at Misys for 10yrs and was given a crystal vase to “celebrate” this.
39. A week after my long service award I was given a written warning for not doing my job properly
40. I’ve driven my Mini around the Silverstone race circuit on two occasions as part of a parade.
2. I was born in Stroud
3. I was named after my Canadian Uncle John Colin (1/1/22 - 04/32)
I share my birthday with: -
4. Hitler (1889)
5. Carmen Electra (1972)
6. Luther Vandross (1952)
7. Harold Lloyd (1893)
8. Jessica Lange (1949)
9. Ryan O’Neal (1941)
10. George Takei (Mr Sulu) (1940)
11. The Columbine school killings happened on my birthday
12. I’ve given 52 Blood donations
13. I’ve been with my partner Jane since 1992
14. Jane and I met on a blind date
15. I drove to Arctic Circle with Jane & her daughter Pippa in a 20yr old Mini Estate
16. Over the last few years I’ve lost 4.5st
17. I’ve owned 5 minis
18. My mini can be seen on the official video of the Mini’s 35th Anniversary
19. I’ve been escorted off the premises in my last three jobs
20. My first job was selling electrical goods in Woolworth’s including a Sinclair C5 electric “car”.
21. I’m a huge fan of the band Fishbone and travelled to Amsterdam to see them play
22. I’m briefly visible a couple of times on the Fishbone DVD of the Amsterdam gig
23. At one job my nickname was Veggie after I made a mistake and was asked if I was a vegetable
24. My longest non stop drive was from Inverness Hospital to Worcester (10hrs)
25. I hate Cherry and Marzipan
26. I love Pizza and Peanut Butter (not together, although….)
27. Desert Island book would be Stranger in a Strange Land
28. Favourite wild animal is the Humpbacked Whale
29. Second fave wild animal is the Manta Ray
30. Fave Holiday destination – Pine Tree’s Hotel, Ixia, Rhodes, Greece
31. On my birthday in 1972 Apollo 16 landed on the moon after engine trouble
32. I’m the only person to fail the B/Tec Diploma in Sciences at Worcester Technical College
33. I’ve never read or seen a Shakespeare play.
34. I initiated legal action against the Halifax Building Society and a date was set at the High Courts of Justice (Old Bailey) before they backed down.
35. I once had a pedestrian run into the side of my car in Kidderminster. He got up and ran off before I could stop and get out.
36. I’ve crashed my car into both a bus shelter and a bus itself (several years apart)
37. I’ve been stopped by the traffic police twice, both times no action was taken against me as the police were just bored and I had not broken any laws!
38. I worked at Misys for 10yrs and was given a crystal vase to “celebrate” this.
39. A week after my long service award I was given a written warning for not doing my job properly
40. I’ve driven my Mini around the Silverstone race circuit on two occasions as part of a parade.
posted by Colin | 9:42 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home