#RandomMemory A UK TV show called You Bet!

Three celebrities would bet their scores against tasks done by members of the public. But they were entertaining tasks like trying to karate chop so many boards in a set time.

I distinctly remember two tasks.

A young man who could identify the make and model of a car just by the sound of the door closing.

And the young nerd god. He was only about ten. He could watch a few seconds of Star Trek: TNG and then give you the stardate of the episode. 😎

#RandomMemory #GreatTweets

#RandomMemory #GreatTweets

Passing by a coffeeshop on my way to the gym and I'm tickled by the memory of that one time an Uber driver called it "Boston Stroker." 🤭 #RandomMemory

One time in church choir rehearsal I felt a sharp stinging pain on my leg and screamed and everyone acted like I was crazy but it turned out there was a wasp in my paints. #randommemory

#RandomMemory - I was innocently doing some work at a coffeeshop when a lady came in with a stroller full of #cats. She noticed the dog treats for sale and she talked to the barista. "No #cat treats, I see. Are you prejudiced?"

#RandomMemory Remember when Pizza Hut had a series of commercials that blatantly ripped off Mr. Bill?

https://youtu.be/PqxN9dgBKL4

#RandomMemory - Was at an employee meet & greet during a work event, but I'm no social butterfly and kept to myself. My supervisor then came over for some small talk before asking me quietly and point-blank, "Just so I can best help you, have you been diagnosed with anything?"

Not realizing at first that she was really asking if I was #autistic , I replied, "Well, I had been diagnosed with Stage III colon cancer..." As if she needed more confirmation of me being a #SociallyAwkward duck 🦆

Facebook served up another #RandomMemory : that time I was drafting my undergrad #thesis late at night and divined the phrase "mighty queer" onto the page. I regret to say that the mighty #queer did not survive into the final draft, unless you count the author. (But the thesis did have pyromaniacs as well as a unicorn materializing ex nihilo trying to impale my eye, so there's that.)

#gay

Another #RandomMemory that came to mind: one morning in 2008, I was with an acquaintance (we've since been friends ever since) at a Panera Bread, and I was telling him about a #Scrabble game I was playing on FB. And I guess I didn't realize how loudly I was talking (usually I'm soft-spoken) but I was telling my friend about the letter tiles I had in one game and blurted out "So I had #Penis on my rack!" And this family walked in and I think the mother gave me a look.

#wholesome #gay

Good morning! Another #RandomMemory - one time, my niece (then 5 yo) and I (a #GayUncle ) were playing with dolls and she wanted me to pretend my doll was a baddie trying to persuade the other dolls to let her inside their house. My first attempt? In a sweet, innocent lady-voice, I knocked on the door and said, "Hello? I'd like to tell you about a man named #Jesus ..." Everyone found it funny and my niece noted amusedly that her friend was always talking about #God

#gay #uncle

Woke up to a #RandomMemory from my late 20s this morning. I was convalescing at my apartment after a surgery. My mom was visiting and we were playing #Scrabble. My mom then innocently asked me if #twink was a word she could play. "What does it mean?"

And of course I let her play it! What kind of son would I have been to deny her the word and meaning of twink?

#gay #LGBT

When I first met my husband, we watched Fame Academy on the BBC. I have the song that one of the contestants sang in my head. A cover of Stevie Wonder's For Once In My Life. #randommemory