Try to guess a fact about the person BELOW you

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PBM has never tried a HSP 

Well, since I had to Google what it was, I think the answer has to be no. (This thread exposes my incredible ignorance levels like no other )

PBM is just way too excited about life and living in general.

[Jakeybaby]

Well, since I had to Google what it was, I think the answer has to be no. (This thread exposes my incredible ignorance levels like no other )

PBM is just way too excited about life and living in general.

Hah! Year 12 -> Yeah, I'm super excited about life at the moment _{please recognise the sarcasm}

PMB was born overseas.

[cooldude123]

PMB was born overseas.

Nope

PBM has been to or is going to a live music event/concert _{(anyone a Coldplay fan here?)}

[jamonwindeyer]

Nope

PBM has been to or is going to a live music event/concert _{(anyone a Coldplay fan here?)}

HOLY CRAP! My girlfriend and I are going to see them in Sydney  so keen!! I've heard it is their last tour?

Oh, um: PBM has broken a bone (how did you do it?)

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HOLY CRAP! My girlfriend and I are going to see them in Sydney  so keen!! I've heard it is their last tour?

Oh, um: PBM has broken a bone (how did you do it?)

Wasn't going to answer this because I've already mentioned it before, but I broke an arm four times in two years (alternating between arms haha): netball, bikeriding, soccer and long jump.

PBM is dying to share a brief embarrassing story about themselves with us all.

[geminii]

Wasn't going to answer this because I've already mentioned it before, but I broke an arm four times in two years (alternating between arms haha): netball, bikeriding, soccer and long jump.

PBM is dying to share a brief embarrassing story about themselves with us all.

Haha sure!
So I was on a plane for a holiday with my family. It was a 9 hour flight and we were about 6 hours in when our dinner came round. One thing you should know about me, is I'm very uncoordinated on planes - the tiniest bump throws me off. So I was very careful when setting down my tray. My little sister was sitting on my left, and a complete stranger was on my right. He was wearing a black business suit and a tie.
So I'm eating my food, it's all great, and I start eating my yoghurt. I take a scoop, eat it, take another scoop, eat it, and then when I take the next scoop, it slips out of my right hand and lands under the tray, hitting the man's leg, and staining his expensive-looking suit with yoghurt! He didn't seem to notice, though, since his tray blocked his view, but I could see it and I literally spent fifteen minutes trying to grab the spoon from between our seats without him noticing. Finally I managed to grab it and I guess I left the rest of the yoghurt. The worst part was that I had to act like nothing happened for three more hours before we landed. To this day I don't know whether he realised or not. That was probably my most embarrassing moment ever.

PBM would also like to share an embarrassing story? I love reading those!

[AngelWings]

PBM would also like to share an embarrassing story? I love reading those!

Here you go:

Story

I was on a study tour in Japan a few years ago with a whole bunch of schoolmates, including a few of my friends. We had some time to wander around Miyajima Island. Being about lunch time, my friends and I decided to go to a quiet restaurant. We ate and chatted about where to go next. Everything was fine.

Then we reached the bill. Note here that none of us had phones with working Wifi/ Internet, any form of dictionary or guide and no knowledge between us of how to ask for the bill in Japanese. We only knew basic Japanese and even that was pretty bad. So we were stuck in this awkward situation with our poor Japanese skills between the three of us and an unpaid bill.

If you know a little about the Japanese language, there's 3 types of major 'alphabets'/ writing (and speaking) systems: hiragana - Japanese-origin words, kanji - Chinese-originating characters and katakana - typically foreign words directly translated into Japanese.
Going back to our scene in a Japanese restaurant and us Australian students trying to ask for the bill, you can kind of guess which one we started using: katakana.
In katakana, if you try to directly translate the English word "bill", you get biru (which actually means "building") and bi-ru (long sound, which actually means "beer"). We remembered the first and forgot the second of those, so we said the latter.

The waitress disappeared and came back with something. Guess what the confused non-English-speaking waitress got for us?

A giant bottle of beer.

To make this worse, we knew that the drinking age in Japan is 20 and let's just say that the closest wasn't quite legal in Australia yet. So we were shaking our heads furiously and doing all sorts of things to signal for the bill instead (and for her to put away the beer). We eventually landed on something that translates to roughly "Can pay for meal?".
Making this much commotion (and since I easily turn red-faced), with my face turning absolutely tomato red, got us a lot of weird looks from the other people in the restaurant.

Ever since, I have never forgotten those words ever again and found this story very hilarious.

Okay, because I'm a nice person - PBM is superstitious and/or has a lucky charm.

[HopefulLawStudent]

Okay, because I'm a nice person - PBM is superstitious and/or has a lucky charm.

Yes.

Ever hear the saying "if it ain't broke don't fix it?". That's me. Back in like Year 10, we were sitting some exams and okay I've always been that student who freaks out about exams and treats every assessment like it's life or death even if it hardly even matters. Anyway, in Year 10, before all my exams, I had chocolate and, since I didn't know we didn't need to be in our uniforms, turned up to every exam in my uniform (don't ask how I never noticed no one else was in uniform... I tend to not notice a lot when stressed) and had an even number of pens for every exam (8 pens). Anyway, I ended up getting straight 100's across the board (with the exception of that stupid compulsory HPE unit in which I got 96%). The following year, I sat one of my midyear exams out of uniform and forgot to have chocolate and had an odd number of pens and I didn't do well (got like low 90's for it) so ever since that I've become this ball of superstition and fallen into the perception that if I don't do x, y and z, I won't do well. Reasonably, I know it's probably not true but I'm not willing to risk it.

PBM believes in man-made climate change.

[FallingStar]

Yes. And I am really annoyed at the government inaction upon it. Continuing to subsidise coal instead of renewable energy. btw I am the environment captain at my school.

PBM is/used to be a class clown.

[Immune_Sushi]

PBM is/used to be a class clown.

Haha, way back in Grade 1 but grown more (way more) mature now.

PBM has the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator or personality of an INTJ.

(Find out here: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp )

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Haha, way back in Grade 1 but grown more (way more) mature now.

PBM has the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator or personality of an INTJ.

(Find out here: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp )

Naw, INFPs FTW! (we're totes the coolest, and I like this test best)

PBM is one of my fellow INFPs?

[illfightvcaa]

Naw, INFPs FTW! (we're totes the coolest, and I like this test best)

PBM is one of my fellow INFPs?

Sorry, buddy. INTP here.

PBM has had more than 3 phones in their life so far.

[jamonwindeyer]

Sorry, buddy. INTP here.

PBM has had more than 3 phones in their life so far.

Yep. Nokia, Nokia, Telsta Mobile (some weird slide thing), and two iPhones  I am the literal definition of consumerism   

PBM is an Apple fanboy/fangirl like I am

[Jakeybaby]

Yep. Nokia, Nokia, Telsta Mobile (some weird slide thing), and two iPhones  I am the literal definition of consumerism   

PBM is an Apple fanboy/fangirl like I am

I wouldn't say I'm an absolute fanboy, but iOS > Android

PBM loves to read autobiographies

[Rishi97]

Yes love them!!!
PBM is deciding to read 'me before you' before they go to watch the movie