Just The Facts

So you can get to know a bit more about me I have put together a list of random Stuart facts. However, to make things a little more interesting one of these facts is a lie. See if you can spot which one:

– I was born in 1978 in England.
– I don’t have any brothers or sisters.
– I don’t smoke.
– I drink socially but still sometimes too much.
– I’m right handed.
– I’m dyslexics.
– I can’t spell dyslexic with out the aid of a spell checker.
– I’m not a morning person.
– I get sun burn easily because I’m a red head.
– The cartoons on this site are all my own work (the ginger kid is me).
– I moved to Holland in the summer of 2001.
– I work for a computer games company in Amsterdam.
– Since moving to Holland I suffer from a lot less migraines then I used to.
– I love movies.
– Horror is my favorite genre.
– I really like movies with a clever twist at the end.
– Ghostbusters is still my favorite movie from my childhood.
– I hate l33t speak.
– I broke my ankle and walked around on it for eight hours with out realizing.
– I got stuck in the elevator in the office once after everyone else went home.
– I have operated a real bomb disposal robot.
– I worked in the theatre business as a designer.
– I’ve also worked as stage crew.
– I worked at the Millennium Dome before it closed.
– I accidentally got hit in the privates once while on stage during a live show.
– I played the clarinet at school because it got me out of sports lessons.
– I once went bungee jumping for a bet even though I did not want to do it.
– I think South Park is one of the greatest social commentaries on the world.
– I once had my eye lashes dyed to help someone who was in trouble.
– I’m very organized.
– I’ve been trained by a member of the magic circle.
– I love Chinese food.
– I’ve lost at strip poker… and I mean completely lost

Stuart

Stuart is an accident prone Englishman who has been living in the Netherlands since 2001. Even his move to the country was an unintentional accident, the result of replying to a cryptic job advertisement he found one day in a local British magazine. Since then he has learned to love the Dutch (so much so that he married one of them) and now calls the country home. He started the blog Invading Holland in 2006 as a place to share his strange stories of language misunderstandings, cultural confusions and his own accident prone nature.

11 Responses

  1. anon says:

    i think vaine should b vain … dont hurt me!

  2. JaG says:

    I have never played strip poker. I’ve never even played regular poker so I’m sure I’ll loose same way you did if I ever do play it.

  3. Invader Stu says:

    I guess you know the dyslexic fact is not the lie.

    Thanks for spotting the mistake. I’ve now fixed it.

  4. Rose DesRochers says:

    I’m guessing that it is the “IÂ’ve never had a one night stand either.”

  5. Paul says:

    Hey Stu, great blog. I’m curious though … how did dying your eyelashes help a troubled friend?

    P

  6. Invader Stu says:

    Sorry Rose you are wrong.

    The lie was: “I once went bungee jumping for a bet even though I did not want to do it.”

    I’m amazed no one questioned the bomb disposal robot fact.

  7. Invader Stu says:

    Thanks Paul.

    The dying eyelashes thing is a bit of a long (and strange) story. I’ll make it into a post very soon.

  8. sharlet says:

    I thought the lie was “I’m straight”. Hahahahaha! No, no, just kidding ok! ;D

    And you like Chinese food huh? You *must* visit Singapore sometime then.

    And it should be “exErcise”, not “exorcise”. :) It must be tough being dyslexic. How did you cope in school?

    Nice reading more about you though. :)

  9. Invader Stu says:

    Its can be frustrating being dyslexic but I try not to let it get in may way. I have to check things over a lot before posting and errors do still get through sometime but I don’t mind people pointing them out. In fact I am greatful because I can then do a quick edit. :p

    It was not easy at school. A teacher once told my parents I was dumb and would not get any where but I think I proved them wrong when I graduated top student of my college and had to give a speech at graduation. :)

  10. sharlet says:

    Now that’s it! :)

  11. Rose says:

    IÂ’ve been trained by a member of the magic circle?

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.