50 Facts about me

Shamelessly stolen from Laura.

1) I failed an A level at college.
2) I ended up studying it at Postgraduate level.
3) Then failed it again…
4) I own a Peter Andre CD.
5) I am a twin.
6) But we aren’t identical.
7) I was a picky child, so I used to eat “bone” (roast chicken), “Gravy Soup” (liquidized veg soup) and my favourite food was Chick Sticks and Mash with brown sauce.
When we were 4 my sister went to have surgery, and the next day I went to see her dressed up a nurse in an outfit my mum made for me.
9) My mum used to be a police officer and broke somebody’s collarbone, and her own wrist.
10) I am very clumsy.
11) I once made my sisters eye bleed when I threw a seatbelt in her face.
12) She once threw the remote control at my head and knocked me out.
13) When I was at primary school I wanted to be a nurse…
14) And then I wanted to be a doctor….
15) And then I wanted to be a graphic designer.
16) My mum was medical officer at my school, and when she wasn’t there, I used to clean up the littler kids bloody knees- she must have been tearing her hair out! *
17) I once demonstrated how to do CPR to a massive group of people when I was 9.
1 And I got it right.
19) I am very accident prone.
20) My dad fixes computers for a living.
21) I want to be a nurse…
22) But I am a germophobe….
23) And I’m scared of killing somebody. (See no. 10).
24) I have known my best friend since we were 4 years old.
25) I don’t like football.
26) I do like rugby.
27) I can tie a bowline.
2 I have won medals at national level for rowing.
29) I played a solo at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in Soho.
30) I am scared of horses.
31) Once my tongue swelled up when I was bitten by a mosquito.
32) I once set off all the alarms in a listed building accidentally, ran away and pretended it wasn’t me.
33) My favourite museum is the Imperial War Museum.
34) I have tripped over in front of The Queen.
35) I’m frightened of having a general anaesthetic.
36) I don’t like any fruit whole (minus skin) apart from Kiwi, Banana, peaches and nectarines…
37) But Kiwis make my throat itch (weird).
3 I once got so drunk I was unconscious.
39) I’ve snogged my physics teacher.
40) I was a fairy in my primary school nativity play, and fluffed my one line, “I wish you good luck”.
41) I have brown eyes.
42) I named my cat after a sexual act when I was 7 (I didn’t know!)
43) I’ve never knowingly taken a class A drug.
44) I really like men in uniform…
45) I’ve dated a soldier, a sailor and a policeman (not at the same time).
46) I met bugs bunny.
47) Liam Gallagher gave me his tambourine at an Oasis gig when I was 14.
4 We breed tortoises, we have 11. They are not for sale.
49) I was once bitten by a goose.
50) On my 6th Birthday, I got so overexcited that I jumped up and down on the table at school shouting “It’s my birthday! It’s my birthday”. Yes, I really did that.