Darnit, I’ve been tagged by Grandad, so I now need to do some thinking. Eight things that you didn’t know about me:

1. I’ve played in two ‘men-only’ rugby matches when I lived in France. First time was for the local town team second string, they had 14 players for a match and the opponents had 15, so instead of canceling they asked the opponents if I could play (I was their First Aider) and the opponents agreed (let me just say that I did have rugby experience). They were kind enough to make me captain (really just to ensure that I understood what the ref was saying) and went light on their tackles. I can’t remember if we won or not, but I strongly recollect our team being clapped off the field and me getting multiple ‘cheek kisses’ from our opponents - as they commented, they were not going to get a chance to kiss one of their opponents again soon!
2. In one year my hair was red, green, blond & brown. This was also the year I lived in France.
3. I believe that i was strangled in a previous life, I have a total phobia about people touching the front of my neck. A friend once grabbed me there when joking around and she ended up halfway across the room, it was a totally instinctual reaction!
4. I don’t drink coffee ever (can’t stand the taste) and I rarely drink tea - usually only when eating shortbread in winter. I hate it when people always offer me tea or coffee, especially when they’ve been repeatedly told for years that I don’t like it. My favourite drink is ice-cold water.
5. Party Trick 1: Most people can cross both their eyes in towards the centre, but ever since I had surgery on my eye muscles as a teenager to correct my squint, I’ve been able to control just my right eye. It really freaks people out when I swing just my right eye in towards the centre. It also nearly earned me a spot on Podge & Rodge last year, but the guy who can drink and then cry milk was deemed to be even weirder!
6. Party Trick 2: This one dates form my university days… I’m a ‘well endowed’ girl, so I can hold and drink from a beer bottle without using my hands… I’ll leave this one to your imagination!
7. Party Trick 3: The newest party trick is one I learned this year when on a trip to Arizona. The wonderful Phylis from the Philippines was also visiting and we had a few drinks in the bar. She asked the barman for some maraschino cherries and proceeded to try and tie the stem in a knot in her mouth. I just had to have a go, and managed it - three times in a row. The men at the bar decided my husband was a very lucky man…