Things about me that seem to genuinely shock people

[kierthos]

(These have all come up within the last two days)

1 - I am part of a set of identical triplets. (Apparently, people can grasp twins, and if I was part of some Duggar-esque family of umpteen kids, it's also no problem to get, but the concept of identical triplets mindfucks a lot of people.)

2 - I don't drink alcohol. At all. And it's not for religious reasons. (See, if I was a non-drinking Baptist, people around here could understand that. When I reply with "No, I'm not a Baptist." their next thought, based on the panicked look on their faces is "Oh shit, he's converted to Islam.")

3 - I am not in my 20s. (I turn 38 next month. Apparently I don't look it. Mind you, I can see the grey and white hairs in my beard. No one else seems to notice them.)

Comments

[jdack.livejournal.com]

Does that mean you could like, have one of your siblings stand in for you at jury duty? That'd rock.

[kierthos.livejournal.com]

Potentially, yes. Realistically, no.

For one thing, one of my identical brothers lives out in California. Doubt he'd make a 3000+ mile trip to save me from jury duty.

For another thing, the other one of my identical brothers has no reason to spare me from jury duty considering how I made fun of him having to sit around for hours waiting to be selected the last time he had jury duty.

[jdack.livejournal.com]

ah well

[egearman.livejournal.com]

Well, it was mainly just two days of sitting around doing much of nothing. Got pulled into two juries but not selected for either.

[danicia.livejournal.com]

http://www.farleftside.com/

Just thought you'd find this comic interesting. :)

[jdack.livejournal.com]

Ah ha.

[burtonlabs.livejournal.com]

The most shoking thing was the triplet part!
I did not know that. I knew you had A brother just from 'reads'dropping, but hey add another and make 'em match!

[egearman.livejournal.com]

Aye, there's three of us (well, technically 4, but the youngest is nearly 10 years younger). But for the initial set, as you get younger, you get stranger.

[sabrarosa.livejournal.com]

Didn't know that about the triplets thing. Way to go zygote splits!

And I am also surprised at your age. For some reason I really thought you were much younger than me. Yay for old people! :P

[kierthos.livejournal.com]

bwa-ha, very nice

[kierthos.livejournal.com]

A lot of people (including most of my co-workers) seem to think I'm at least half a decade younger then I really am.