Your trivial achievements?

Kersh · 11-10-2013 12:32AM

Winning a car race in Donington Park in UK, quietly proud of that

Stealing my 20 month old sons lollipop :pac: easy-peasy

Karl Stein · 11-10-2013 12:42AM

diomed wrote: »

Gan Amras. The pronounced it Gan as in began. Amras as in Amtrak, ras as in rasta.
Their pronunciation was doing my head in.

So what's the correct pronunciation ffs? :mad: This is like pulling teeth. :pac:

Rayne Wooney · 11-10-2013 02:01AM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I was on Countdown, back in the Richard Whiteley days (RIP). I lost to the eventual series winner :mad: ('twas a sort of a fix, but I'm not bitter, not at all.....)

More recently, I survived a F10 in the North Sea, and got my offshore yachtmaster cert out of it - which will mean nothing to most on here, I'm sure, and in practical terms means not a whole pile - but is a very big deal to me

Is that like two F5 tornados?

131spanner · 11-10-2013 02:27AM

I got my full license when I was 17 years and 8 months old, not bad going.

I get paid a piece-rate, and I once made €38 wages in an hour. Was pretty exceptional unfortunately!

Cody Pomeray · 11-10-2013 02:29AM

Charlie Rock wrote: »

So what's the correct pronunciation ffs? :mad: This is like pulling teeth. :pac:

Gone OWw-russ

StompToWork · 11-10-2013 02:48AM

I once managed to have a pee shortly after sex, without spraying any on the floor or walls. AND I was standing!

pharmaton · 11-10-2013 04:20AM

I've attained a thousand posts on boards with this one

as above

ButtersSuki · 11-10-2013 05:16AM

I won not one but two Lego Master Builder Awards from The Lego Builders Club as a child. I was ridiculously proud of this as a child, but thankfully self-aware enough to know that if I mentioned it at school I would have gotten my nerd ass handed to me for the rest of my school days. And no, they're not listed on my CV!

stampydmonkey · 11-10-2013 05:56AM

Held and successfully defended the world records for a load of puzzles on jigzone.com for about 6months in college. Had to stop cause it was seriously affecting my college work..haven't even looked at the website in over 10years out of fear it will destroy my life.

April O Neill · 11-10-2013 05:57AM

Filling the entire screen in level 10 of Snake on my Nokia 3310 circa 2002. And on the 3210 circa 2001. :cool:

minidazzler · 11-10-2013 06:00AM

pharmaton wrote: »

I've attained a thousand posts on boards with this one
as above

Except some mod, somewhere deleted one of your posts :pac:

HeidiHeidi · 11-10-2013 09:49AM

diomed wrote: »

Gan Amras. The pronounced it Gan as in began. Amras as in Amtrak, ras as in rasta.
Their pronunciation was doing my head in.

Gan amhras, maybe?

That would no doubt confuse a C4 presenter

remsburgsgirl · 11-10-2013 10:09AM

I got no marks against me in my driving test, the instructor said I was the first person he's ever not had to mark the sheet for anything during the test, he even gave me the clean sheet...sad but I still have it...but I thought I'd never have guts to drive ever, as the very first time I got behind the wheel as a learner some guy crashed into me, he had no brakes & was late for work apparently, assh*le

osarusan · 11-10-2013 10:51AM

Fixed a coffee percolator after the guy in the shop told me it couldn't be repaired.

pharmaton · 11-10-2013 01:21PM

minidazzler wrote: »

Except some mod, somewhere deleted one of your posts :pac:

I get to have the 1000 posts achievement twice so

(thread deleted, damn midnight trolls)

131spanner · 11-10-2013 01:25PM

pharmaton wrote: »

I get to have the 1000 posts achievement twice so

I closed my last account on 997. Should have done 3 random posts before I did :P

Sofaspud · 11-10-2013 02:16PM

Got a joke printed in the Beano when I was about 10!

And was awarded a certificate last year for "Outstanding courage and leadership in battle" . . . for paintballing.

SuperGrover · 11-10-2013 02:31PM

When I was a kid I worked out the starting point on any number of feet (up to maybe 10 or so) for eeny-meeny so that I'd never pick myself by accident.

uch · 11-10-2013 02:59PM

Used to be able to fit 4 old 2p pieces up each nostril

mattjack · 11-10-2013 10:08PM

uch wrote: »

Used to be able to fit 4 old 2p pieces up each nostril

Sir ,I tip my hat to you.

Legs.Eleven · 11-10-2013 10:16PM

I haven't had an alcoholic beverage since last Saturday night.

A record for me since turning 16. :-/

TheBegotten · 11-10-2013 10:17PM

I wrote an English essay that my teacher said was the best he's seen in 127 36 years of teaching

it wasn't even that good!

Red Kev · 11-10-2013 10:21PM

I've driven through the Sahara Desert more than 35 times, maybe 10 times in a 4X4, the rest in vans, trucks and ordinary 2WD cars.

pajor · 11-10-2013 10:21PM

2nd place in the D final at karting in Kylemore. Certificate and all for it.

smurgen · 11-10-2013 10:23PM

Cycled from Cork to Dublin using the coastal route.

Shout Dust · 12-10-2013 01:08AM

smurgen wrote: »

Cycled from Cork to Dublin using the coastal route.

That's something I'd like to without ever giving it any serious thought, how long did it take?

diomed · 12-10-2013 01:45AM

Charlie Rock wrote: »

So what's the correct pronunciation ffs? :mad: This is like pulling teeth. :pac:

This is an Irish forum. I assumed you knew.

Gan Amhras is the horse. It means "without doubt". Gan = without
Pronounced Gone Ow (as in "Ow that hurt", or possibly Aw as in "Aw shucks") and ras as in rasta.

diomed · 12-10-2013 01:52AM

My skill was putting four pennies on the back of my hand, throwing them up, and catching each one separately with the same hand. That is four separate catches, not one grab of all four. My success rate was about one in five as you have to be very fast.

I read years ago that the great Argentine golfer, Roberto de Vicenzo, did the "trick" for a fan, with the fan's coins, put the coins in his pocket, and walked off.

Standard Toaster · 12-10-2013 01:54AM

My Tamagotchi is still alive and well, born back in 1996.

mojesius · 12-10-2013 01:57AM

I won the Dublin poetry recital competition at the age of 5 with the poem 'My dog Spot'.

I ran a Tuesday night scrabble competition in a bar I worked in USA. That competition went on for three months and I won. And yes, there were other contestants.

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