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What's your earliest childhood memory?Alt: Got any good book recommendations?
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 8:52,
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I remember being on Holiday in Workington as a child, not being able to sleep, and going to my brother's room, as he was still awakeWe sat up and watched London's Burning, that's probably the earliest clear one for me.
Alt: None you'd want to read, really.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 8:58,
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Falling off a climbing frame while pretending I was Batman. I was 32, but I lost all memory of everything that ever happened before that.I just reread 'Wired' about John Belushi. I'd forgotten what a fantastic book it is. On a similar note (and by similar I mean 'almost exactly the same') I heartily recommend 'The Chris Farley Show' even if you don't like his comedy or movies, which I don't particluarly, it's a brilliant, funny, sad read.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:04,
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genuine lols at earliest memory(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:06,
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Psst. It's not really true.Well, it is true, but I was about 4 when it happened. I presume I wasn't drunk, although refuse to guarantee it.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:15,
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My earliest memory was planting apple seeds in the back gardenI think I was 2 years old.
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I'm currently reading "Dunkirk - Fight to the last man" by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore, which is an excellent factual account of the evacuation and reasons for it. I'm frankly astounded by his name too
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:05,
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Are wasps not like training insects for you upside-downers?(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:06,
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Nope. They were nasty european wasps.I had over 40 stings and got taken to A&E by my mum.
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OuchI've been stung by a wasp once. It was dead on the carpet and I put my hand down without seeing it. WASP FAIL
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:10,
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The first time I was stung, the bastard was in my pocketI reached in to get my phone out, and it stung my on my fucking knuckle, the little bastard.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:33,
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did the buzzing make you think you'd received a text?(
The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:41,
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Nope, didn't feel anything, just reached in.(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:44,
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I have no memory of my life before I was 10Alt: Print is dead
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Two Hats I saw someone eating M&M's with a spoon, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:17,
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I can't remember anything before about 5.(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:26,
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scarpe couldn't remember anything after 5(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:35,
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I bet you're creepy uncle Frank is relieved by this.(
Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:36,
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i miss bollocks parrot.Was it you? I always thought it was you.
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Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:53,
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NopeHe gazzed me once
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Two Hats I saw someone eating M&M's with a spoon, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:58,
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i wish someone would gaz me.(
Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:12,
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I would, but I'd end up gazzing THAll you /talkers look alike to me
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Kroney, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:13,
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My first childhood memory that I can dateis kissing Emma Kingshott when I was five. There are others that I think are earlier but they're all pretty vague.
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Kroney, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:20,
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She's in this articlelol
www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1044416/Brides-strip-GMTV-fight-chance-win-luxury-wedding.html
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Kroney, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:22,
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has she had a stroke?she looks like she's had a stroke at some point in her life
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:31,
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I bet she's had a few*makes wanking gesture*
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:33,
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i fought she wur wel clasi :((
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:38,
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Its the way she's cheapened the "big day" by getting a wedding dress painted on her gunt(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:43,
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I have no ideaShe moved away when she was six or seven.
The first time my heart broke, Rory :(
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Kroney, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:34,
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There, there kroneyshe's obviously an attention seeking pikey now so you can cast your regrets aside. 'The happy couple will be treated as celebrities as they are photographed as part of a magazine deal for OK!' and the happy day being filmed throughout says it all.
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:37,
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Earliest memories are a little vague.I remember feeling warm and safe and it being quite dark. I had everything I could ever need and was certainly content. I don't really have any visual memories, but I can recall the sounds - a wash of white noise, with muffled voices somewhere and the constant lulling of a gentle thud-thud.
Then one day it all changed. I felt as though my whole world was being turned upside down. My body was twisted and wrenched into an awkward position. I felt as though I was being pushed away from my safe place. The pressure, at first on my head, then my neck and body was immense and suddenly there was bright light everywhere and loud voices.
I took a gulp of air and screamed as loudly as I could.
It has all been downhill since then.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:21,
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+when mrs tangled pulled the duvet off you this morning?(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:25,
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HahaYes, although it was the eldest little tangle.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:32,
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Alt: The book I have recently finished was pretty good.So Many Ways To Begin, by Jon McGregor.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:27,
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I had a little red cart, and i used to go around the garden putting rocks in it. I don't know how old I was, but I seem to recall at least 3 occasions of a young me doing this important rock moving task.
I still have the cart in my loft.
Dunno what you like to read, but I've been reading China Mieville, "Perdido Street Station" was incredibly good, "un lun dun" felt like it wasn't as good as the ideas it was playing with. Gaiman did the alternative London thing a lot better with "Neverwhere".
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Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:31,
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Looking at a Ladybird bookand being really cross because I couldn't move the doll in the picture. I think I was one or two.
Alt: I very much doubt you'd be interested in my book tastes.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:33,
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round my mum's the other night she goes on about how she read that 50 shades on her holidayand asks my gf if she's read it, and my gf goes "no, I don't need to (wink)"
I despair of her, i really do
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alt: since when did that stop anyone from giving an opinion on anything, ever?(
rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:58,
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My earliest memory was going to the beach with my familyMy dad was walking briskly on ahead and suddenly disappeared. He'd fallen in a bloody big hole. We all laughed our tits off. Except my dad obviously.
Alt: Christopher Brookmyre. Crime/comedy type stuff. Start with 'Quite Ugly One Morning' and work your way forward.
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it's actually hard to know what's a memory and what i've seen on old family videosbut basically family stuff like getting caught stealing father christmas' mince pie, having sneaked back downstairs (man i HATE mince pies, what was my 2 year old self thinking?)
alt: loads. i read nonstop, it's an obsession. what kind of stuff do you like? unusually for me i've been reading a lot of psychological thrillers recently, quite enjoying that for a change.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:50,
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I'm reading The Bone Collector at the momentAlso Bear Gryll's autobiography that I was bought
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:56,
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Seems to be, yesBit different from the film
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:58,
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Oooh, I also remember watching Star Wars for the first timeat my uncle's place. We lit indoor fireworks. The fireworks date me, rather.
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Kroney, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:55,
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your face dates youthen again, at least something is dating you
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9:57,
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i liked this til you added the bottom bitcan i have my like back please?
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You're being pretty mean to me recently.Are you lashing out because PD and Chompy are both ignoring you and you've got nobody to needle anymore?
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Kroney, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:00,
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PD loves me, he'd never ignore mechumpy was born a cunt, behaves like a cunt, looks like a cunt, and will die a cunt, regardless of whether he can face up to being reminded that he is a cunt or not.
but neither of them are relevant to our relationship, darling.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:04,
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no no nothat's not how you do it. you cry and whinge about it and then like a monstrous hypocrite stalk me online to find my work, and then you 2.0 me. waaaaaaaah.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:18,
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he's the best one i've met in personmind you, that's like saying you'd rather shag mussolini than hitler
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:17,
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like a pasta dish with mussels, surprisingly enough(
rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:23,
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earliest memory is prob being told that it's good manners to leave some tea in the bottom of one's cup.Bookwise, I recommend End Zone by Don DeLillo and Lilac & Flag by John Berger.
They might be a bit highbrow for you though.
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I didn't like Lilac and Flag.Did you happen to read that as part of one of your uni courses? I did. I forget the lecturer, though.
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Kroney, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:02,
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yes.I love Berger's work. So tender.
It was Towards 2000: The 1990s. Lecturer was Jeff Wallace. He gave me an A3 for my dissertation.
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Jeff Wallace, that's the bloke.I did my dissertation in my first year. Yay Creative Writing. Biggest skive ever.
I've still got the book. I'll re-read it, but I seem to remember thinking it was sentimental girly shite.
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Kroney, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:07,
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Jeff's a top bloke.My dissertation was the best he marked in that year.
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weirdly enoughyour sig is one of my earliest memories. i LOVED floella when it was her day on playskool. growing up in a tiny village in yorkshire, i'd never seen anyone black before. i thought she was the most beautiful woman i'd ever seen.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:13,
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i know that nowalthough if i were a licker, i'd probably go for black girls, as i always think girls like naomi campbell, tyra banks, beyonce, leona lewis are the most stunning
apart from kate moss, naturally. bitch.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:15,
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If you were a *licker*?The North just keeps popping up, doesn't it? No matter how much we try to civilise you knuckle draggers, it never entirely leaves you.
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Kroney, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:17,
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marathon session of Captain Janeway's best bits last night(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:22,
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Janeway's way too manly, I'm more of a Dax man....
OH NO I FELL INTO YOUR CUNNINGLY CONSTRUCTED TRAP
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Kroney, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:24,
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I don't know what Dax is I'm afraidI assume it's some sort of multibreasted alien
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:25,
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Errr, pretty sure kate is whitealso black girls fannies look funny
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:17,
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i've never seen onebut i had a friend who said that they have a stronger smell. not in a bad way, just stronger.
and then he said "it's like hot beef" and i was nearly sick.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:19,
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why did i have to click "i like this" by mistake? why?(
rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:25,
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You'll never eat a strawberry cream Qulaity Street again(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:26,
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just in case you didn't get it or you were thinking of the real turkish delight that doesn't have chocolate on it(, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:33, Reply)
It's always been a girls' name.You're thinking of Gabriel.
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Kroney, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:34,
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Italians are well known for being dead masculinethat's certainly true.
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Kroney, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:36,
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we almost had your ass in WW2 >:(ok, germany did, but we could have reaped the rewards
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I remember being in a pram in trent park when it was raining and I had the clear plastic lid of the pram over my head and I loved hearing the pitta-patta of the rain falling on it, I felt so cozy.(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:04,
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Growning sunflowers, mine was bigger than my sistersso I ran upstairs to get a tape measure to prove it, and then fell down two flights of stairs while running back, I was less than 3.
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Alt: Moriarty And The Hound Of The D'urbervilles by Kim NewmanIt's VERY good.
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stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:14,
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My memory is shockingI also find it hard to distinguish between real memories and false memories based around photos or videos I've seen.
The real memories tend to be more vague, although I do remember my dad coming home one day from work and I was in a cushion fort I'd built and he had bought us a tape of disney songs.
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:16,
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I get the same thing with memories of my Mum, I struggle to remember which are mine, and which ones I've simply been told about.(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:18,
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It's a well documented phenomenon, mild irritant for me, but probably quite sad for you unfortunately(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:20,
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It can be, it just gets quite odd when I think about the most prominent memories of my Mum, and I know that the first that comes to mind isn't even my memory.(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:36,
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Human memory is incredibly unreliableYou can swear blind you remember something when it'll have been something that somebody told you once and your imagination fills in the blanks.
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Kroney, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:38,
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The Japanese have an expression for this. "They lie like an eye whiteness"
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:57,
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i just read the new sophie hannah bookwhere she had clearly done a lot of research on hypnotherapy, and there is a whole chapter about memories and what the brain does to turn them into stories. it was v interesting. great book.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:24,
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Wooo scienceON MARS
www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/aug/22/mars-rover-nasa-curiosity-test-drive
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did you see the HD video of the landing?(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:25,
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I have, it's awesome.They've named the area Bradbury Landing after Ray Bradbury
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They should have named it Bradley after Bradley Walsh(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:28,
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Classic mistake.They ought to have taken it for a test drive before they flew it to another planet. Stupid scientists. No common sense at all.
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Kroney, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 10:27,
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My brother falling out of the upstairs windowme heading downstairs to see if he was alright, meeting Dad heading upstairs, informing him that brother had fallen off the windowsill. He goes into the room, comes out and asks "Where is he?"
"Outside" I reply.
I remember Mum being frozen to the spot and screeching, and Dad rushing outside. Also brother having a towel applied to his face all bloody.
He landed on paving slabs and all he needed was 4 stitches above his lip. Hard head.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 11:25,
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