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Aristus

(66,700 posts) Sun May 19, 2024, 11:27 AM May 19

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..." [View all]

How would you complete this soliloquy in order to tell people the things you’ve done in life?

Me: “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. The full moon over the Arabian desert. The Aurora Borealis in northern Alberta. I watched lightning storms on the Caribbean west of Jamaica…”

Your turn…

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"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..." [View all] Aristus May 19 OP

I've read True Dough May 19 #1

That's quite an accomplishment! Aristus May 19 #2

Ok, this is rather mundane ... cilla4progress May 19 #3

Totally! Aristus May 19 #7

Haha! cilla4progress May 19 #18

A Full Moon exoskeleton May 19 #4

Extraordinary! Well done! Aristus May 19 #8

I'm pretty sure this is now required, so I may as well be the one: sl8 May 19 #5

Someone had to. Aristus May 19 #9

I've stood on Mount Belvedere in Moorea nocoincidences May 19 #6

What incredible experiences. Aristus May 19 #11

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.... JMCKUSICK May 19 #10

Thank you. Aristus May 19 #12

Blood red Aurora Borealis with a crescent moon and the Hale-Bopp comet in the sky together .. Bo Zarts May 19 #13

That must have been a wondrous flight. Aristus May 19 #16

hear. hear. saw that when living w mom. ohm myyy AllaN01Bear May 19 #42

Flying fish skimming on the bow wake on a US warship, a completely empty Parthenon on a early Sunday morning Shellback Squid May 19 #14

A foster dog... imaginary girl May 19 #15

My heart! cilla4progress May 19 #19

Mine, too. Aristus May 19 #37

I heard the sound of a rattler when I took one step too many. GreenWave May 19 #17

I, too, heard Jesse Jackson speak cilla4progress May 19 #20

i was a VISTA volunteer too! samnsara May 19 #29

Interesting! cilla4progress May 19 #32

I've seen Dealey Plaza in Dallas Mr.Bill May 19 #21

so you looked out the window before the museum was there? Skittles May 20 #62

No, the museum was there. Mr.Bill May 20 #65

I know what you mean Skittles May 20 #67

I saw the underside of a cbabe May 19 #22

The coral reef off FL's east coast, before bleaching. Timeflyer May 19 #23

While sailing past New London Conn. having a nuclear sub do what looked like to me an emergency blow. mitch96 May 19 #24

Being in the middle of a monarch migration, though probably others have done this too. lark May 19 #25

I've seen things... odins folly May 19 #26

Extraordinary. Aristus May 19 #38

Didn't seem so at the time odins folly May 19 #47

I've seen the location of a missing person in my mind. Ligyron May 19 #27

I watched the sun rise from the south..... samnsara May 19 #28

I've seen the sunrise over Angkor Wat in Cambodia Phoenix61 May 19 #30

30 Grateful Dead shows. Lochloosa May 19 #31

Most definitely! Aristus May 19 #40

I have 4. Considering his history with psychedelics, they are sedate. Lochloosa May 19 #46

I have six or seven too. grumpyduck May 19 #54

I remember November 25, 1963 JustinBulletin May 19 #33

... Aristus May 19 #41

Bikini Island after the bomb 4TheArts May 19 #34

Yoinks!!! odins folly May 19 #48

I saw a young moose scare a cat out of a truck. In Alaska. Srkdqltr May 19 #35

Comet Bennett - 1970, from the dark skies of northern Wisconsin ZoltarSpeaks May 19 #36

I have seen... sdfernando May 19 #39

i was on du when the great du hack happened as it happend. AllaN01Bear May 19 #43

I remember Halley's Comet visible in the Arizona sky Bristlecone May 19 #44

I have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. LastDemocratInSC May 19 #45

A few things av8rdave May 19 #49

Extraordinary! Aristus May 19 #50

I watched a pod of dolphins onethatcares May 20 #63

I have spent an hour in a student lounge with male Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard officers soldierant May 19 #51

At an ancient petroglyph site in the middle of New Mexico... BluesRunTheGame May 19 #52

Alone in a cave Dear_Prudence May 19 #53

I've seen Russia from my window. sorcrow May 19 #55

I can't begin to touch most of the above, grumpyduck May 19 #56

I was in downtown San Francisco on Market St when the quake struck. 58Sunliner May 19 #57

I've played gigs you people wouldn't believe... LudwigPastorius May 20 #58

My grandmother tazkcmo May 20 #59

Lost oil pressure flying at about 5000 ft - had to fly back to the airport upside down ZoltarSpeaks May 20 #60

Travels enid602 May 20 #61

I've seen my own fingers gliding through Paul McCartney's hair. calimary May 20 #64

The famous people I've seen or met live and in person: tavernier May 20 #66

"Donald Trump elected President." malthaussen May 22 #68