Quirky meme

BollyButton tagged me for this quirky meme. Here are six unusual things about me.

1 My favourite food is grilled octopus. Hardly unusual here in Greece but there is no way I would have imagined eating it before I came here.

2 Even though I come from a family of truckers I can't drive a car.

3 I once drove from Athens to Rome on a Vespa.

4 When I was a kid I hated pizza and hamburgers. Unfortunately, I've overcome those early inhibitions.

5 I have a theory about the world which I call secular karma. Like it's spiritual version I believe that acts of kindness encourage others to do the same and eventually will return back to you in the form of help from strangers.

6 I've been in earthquakes, forest fires, riots and more traffic accidents than I care to mention. As a result I don't scare easily anymore.

Memes and EFL/ESL

I tried out the meme exercise with some of my classes and as I had hoped I've been getting some really interesting replies, including a student who'd delivered a baby in an ambulance, another who'd gone by car from Greece to Finland (check out some here). Inspired by my student's example I thought I'd add a new one of my own.

Ten things I've done that you probably haven't.

1 I'm the first member of my family to be educated beyond fifteen years old.

2 Went by car from Thesssaloniki (Greece) to London and back.

3 Once shared a lift with a murderer and his future victim (unbeknown to me I must add)on the day of the crime.

4 Once travelled to a greek island having it chosen at random from a list of 100.

5 Got off another ferry where the only other passengers to disembark were a shepherd and 20 goats.

6 My father's side of my family have lived in the same neighbourhood for at least 180 years.

7 Spent my summers on a farm in southern Ireland when I was a kid.

8 Dyed my hair black, then red and afterwards blond over the space of eight months (black was definitely a mistake, thankfully no photos exist).

9 Signed the Official Secrets Act (UK).

10 Went to wedding where the happy couple and all their guests went to the beach and spent the whole day swimming. We then went off to get ready for the ceremony, which took place in the local village square, at five o'clock in the afternoon,