Have Just Discovered I am Weird....

[MikeH]

Apparently I fall into a minority biological group, 17-35% of all humans. Worse still, until today I had no idea I was odd, I thought everyone sneezed when they saw bright light. Turns out I'm just weird and my head is wired up wrong.

Ladies and Gents, I present to you the phenomenon of:

Photic Sneezing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneezing)

Mike

[emitbrownne]

I see your weird and raise you.. a little bit weirder

I always sneeze twice when going from dark to light.

never once, nor more than twice...

[ZEROtoNINE]

Apparently I fall into a minority biological group, 17-35% of all humans. Worse still, until today I had no idea I was odd, I thought everyone sneezed when they saw bright light. Turns out I'm just weird and my head is wired up wrong.

Ladies and Gents, I present to you the phenomenon of:

Photic Sneezing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneezing)

Mike

When I feel a sneeze coming on, but it's just not there, I look at the sun, or a bright light, and it makes me sneeze.

[corwyn]

Congratulations on being weird. Now you fit in here perfectly. :D

[Berserker]

OMG, and I thought you were referring to playing dungeons and dragons every day, BUT the ACHOO syndrome is sooooo much worse! :D

We are al doomed... Doomed I say!

But hell, what do I know...

[Kenzan]

When I was young I thought I was allergic to the sun.

[Berserker]

When I was young I thought I was allergic to the sun.

Strange enough, that doesn't amaze me... :laugh:
Maybe you have an allergic reaction to that squirrel suite of yours?

[JCM]

Apparently I fall into a minority biological group, 17-35% of all humans. Worse still, until today I had no idea I was odd, I thought everyone sneezed when they saw bright light. Turns out I'm just weird and my head is wired up wrong.

Ladies and Gents, I present to you the phenomenon of:

Photic Sneezing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneezing)

Mike

Thanks for the heads up, expect me to wear a remote for the light switches if I ever get to fence you.

Atchoo!..MEEEEEEEN

I say it would be fun when you are sipping a pint too


:)

[Inner_Silence]

im weirder than you...
I like to put an armor on and hit people with sticks...

[Kenzan]

Strange enough, that doesn't amaze me... :laugh:
Maybe you have an allergic reaction to that squirrel suite of yours?

No, but certain people I know who shall remain nameless at this juncture have a Squirrel fetish.

Hence I am required to don the suit from time to time.

It's not easy being awesome.

[corwyn]

im weirder than you...
I like to put an armor on and hit people with sticks...

I dress all in black and use a blunt sword to carve up imaginary attackers, even flicking off the imaginary blood afterwards.

[Oroshi]

I post stupid stuff on internet forums about things I really don't understand.

[corwyn]

I post stupid stuff on internet forums about things I really don't understand.

That's not weird. You just described 90% of people on Internet forums. :D

[JoDuncan]

...
It's not easy being awesome.

Funny that, i find it quite effortless.


*tees up someone for a ferocious one-liner butt slam*

[ne0r]

Hey, I have that too^^ (I.e. I sneeze when I look into the bright sunlight).

I thought this was normal, too, until 2 or 3 years ago or so...

[dwez]

I remember on Record Breakers they once interviewed this girl who was the Guinness record holder for sneezing having been sneezing non-stop for years. It was tragic the little sneeze that interrupted every sentence she had with the presenter Roy Castle.

Bizarrely if I ever have a sneezing fit of more than 4 or 5 I am now convinced I won't be able to stop like her. Now you could say that that's an irrational fear, but like my fear of volcanos and lava I say that it's purely rational based on the facts, they happen and they're a menace so I'm right to be afraid! :scared:

[NoNameKleenex]

When I was 2 or 3, I had an irrational fear of being sucked down the drain after a bath. I repressed it until a couple years ago - it came rushing back to me as I struggled to free my big toe from the bathtub drain for a half-hour.

Along the same lines as the original post, my wife and I both sometimes suffer from hiccups for hours at a time. Mine are okay, but hers are so violent that she starts to get sore.

[Martino]

I don't think 1 in 6 (15%) is a minority

[verissimus]

I don't think 1 in 6 (15%) is a minority

It's a minority, but I'd say it's not uncommon.

I discovered I had it when I went for my eye checkup and sneezed into the doc's face when he flashed a torch into my eyes.

[Samurai Lapin]

I find I sneeze whenever I eat mints. Just the first mint though.

Odd ... very odd

[Chaby]

Well sorry to hear this guys.I'm normal by all means...
I am an average nipponphile,cinephile and a sport freak.
Oh,yes and the next day must be planned ahead in every minute.
Like I said:normal...
:)

[gholam]

Thanks for the heads up, expect me to wear a remote for the light switches if I ever get to fence you.

Atchoo!..MEEEEEEEN

I say it would be fun when you are sipping a pint too


:)

Why not having a flash light installed in the tip of the shinai and when the referees ask about the light, explaining that your men strikes are fast as lightning, there of the light.

[satsumaruma]

Congratulations on being weird. Now you fit in here perfectly. :D


is that you coming out of the closet?:laugh:

OMG, and I thought you were referring to playing dungeons and dragons every day, BUT the ACHOO syndrome is sooooo much worse! :D

...

Ah AD&D!! Was sneezing an attack or a magical defence? And I think it was only available to Dwarven Druid Dog Molesters.:ko:

im weirder than you...
I like to put an armor on and hit people with sticks...

I'm weirder than you... I like to put on girlie clothing and have girlies hit my bot with sticks.


ooops....too much info??

I post stupid stuff on internet forums about things I really don't understand.


are you a reincarnation of my best 'mate' ( I do miss his happy banter, his wit and Jolly repartee)

I don't think 1 in 6 (15%) is a minority

Well your maths is rubbish if you think it is the majority.:laugh:

[corwyn]

is that you coming out of the closet?:laugh:


I've never been a closet weirdo. But then, maybe you just didn't notice because Kenzan generally posts in the same threads I do, so I look normal in comparison. :D

[satsumaruma]

I've never been a closet weirdo. But then, maybe you just didn't notice because Kenzan generally posts in the same threads I do, so I look normal in comparison. :D

Even I look normal next to Kenzan. (and ye gods that takes some doing):)

[ScottUK]

Apparently I fall into a minority biological group, 17-35% of all humans. Worse still, until today I had no idea I was odd, I thought everyone sneezed when they saw bright light. Turns out I'm just weird and my head is wired up wrong.I wanted to see if I was in your minority group so I just looked up at the sun. Now I can't see shit. Thanks a lot buddy.

[satsumaruma]

I wanted to see if I was in your minority group so I just looked up at the sun. Now I can't see shit. Thanks a lot buddy.

That's because you are much closer to the sun than the rest of us:laugh::laugh:

[corwyn]

I wanted to see if I was in your minority group so I just looked up at the sun. Now I can't see shit. Thanks a lot buddy.

There's sun in England?

[JCM]

I wanted to see if I was in your minority group so I just looked up at the sun. Now I can't see shit. Thanks a lot buddy.

Congratulations, now you fall into two minorities, the visually impaired and the special. :D

[satsumaruma]

Yes the sunshines everyday in England.

Problem is that for most of us there is a layer of cloud in the way.

But with Scotts' height.......the clouds tend to be around his knee level. The new space station was designed to orbit the earth on a trajectory to avoid crashing into his navel.

[MikeH]

I wanted to see if I was in your minority group so I just looked up at the sun. Now I can't see shit. Thanks a lot buddy.

Bwahahaaahaaa :confused2

Console yourself with the news that I've just applied for a job in Wolverhampton, so could potentially end up near you for some bokken-based retribution :)

Mike

[ScottUK]

Bunch of arses, the lot of ya... :D

Mike, you are coming to JSA central. Tons of iai and kendo dojo - and a few koryu bokuto killers too!

[MikeH]

Bunch of arses, the lot of ya... :D

Mike, you are coming to JSA central. Tons of iai and kendo dojo - and a few koryu bokuto killers too!

I've got to get the job first :D Have been applying for dozens of jobs and got absouletly zero interviews so far so I wouldn't hold my breath.

Mike

[ScottUK]

Shouldn't include a photo on your application then... ;)

[MikeH]

Shouldn't include a photo on your application then... ;)

Nice.... alas rep not supplied due to 'computer says no'

:)

Mike

[corwyn]

Yes the sunshines everyday in England.

Problem is that for most of us there is a layer of cloud in the way.

But with Scotts' height.......the clouds tend to be around his knee level. The new space station was designed to orbit the earth on a trajectory to avoid crashing into his navel.

Oh, that explains it. I did see a picture of him over in the multimedia section, and I was reminded of the character "Non" from the first Superman movie. :D

I spent a week and a half in England a few years ago, and only one day was sunny. Fortunately, it was the perfect day for it, since I was visiting Hampton Court Palace. Also fortunately, it tended not to rain during the days, just threaten to. My father explained that it didn't rain because we carried umbrellas. Had we left them home, it would have poured all day.

[corwyn]

Nice.... alas rep not supplied due to 'computer says no'

:)

Mike

Posrep supplied.

[ZEROtoNINE]

I find I sneeze whenever I eat mints. Just the first mint though.

Odd ... very odd

I thought I was the only one - and yeah - only the first one!

[corwyn]

But Monsieur...it's just a wafer-thin mint!

...

*explode*

[Samurai Lapin]

I AM NOT ALONE!!!

Mint based sneezing is not restricted to me alone!!!!

They all laughed at me when they I told them I wasn't alone! They didn't believe me about the mice either.
Don't trust the mice!! Never buy a used car fom a mouse! Mice are evil!!!!

They called me mad!! MAD I TELL YOU!!!!!


eheahaheehahahaaaheahahaAHAHAHHAHAAHAAAHAHAHAAAAAA A!!!!!

[Blackbird]

Last year I've been on a trip to the Lake District and usually it'd start to rain just before we were ready to leave the hotel, and it'd stop after we'd returned there. However, our last day on British soil was quite nice and sunny.

[satsumaruma]

Last year I've been on a trip to the Lake District and usually it'd start to rain just before we were ready to leave the hotel, and it'd stop after we'd returned there. However, our last day on British soil was quite nice and sunny.

Yes, we British are so devious that we can manipulate the weather so that it rains just when foreign tourists go outside:eek:

[JoDuncan]

Yes, we British are so devious that we can manipulate the weather so that it rains just when foreign tourists go outside:eek:


...and when they go inside too.

Rain in the Lake District! Well I never! Here's me thinking that the lakes are filled up from beneath.....