That’s the challenge I’ve been given by Momma from Poetic License and by Belle from Diary of a Housewife. My, this one’s a hot one, huh? For this meme, I had to ask my husband to tell me three things he knows about me and then reveal all on this blog, which sounded kinda dangerous to me, but luckily he behaved himself – and thank goodness for that!
So here are the three things he came up with, after a suspiciously long time thinking about it.
1) I once bought a Gary Shearston album
2) I turned down diamond earrings from Tiffany’s – not once, but three times
3) I have a beetle named after me
Yes, folks, it’s true. I did once buy a Gary Shearston album, and what’s more I still have a certain fondness for it. Not only did he have a .. *ahem* … unique voice, but it vividly recalls my lost and mis-spent youth. I don’t have to hear it, just thinking about it takes me right back. OH tells me he’s now an ordained minister in rural Australia, which just goes to show. I love finding out where erstwhile famous people are now!
The earrings? Also true, I’m afraid. I blush to admit it – no, dammit, why should I? The fact is that I have been into three separate Tiffany stores (New York, Las Vegas, and LA) where I examined the same pair of earrings, and where OH offered to buy them for me on the spot. And I refused. I love those earrings, they are very simple and quite small, and they’re composed of three diamonds set very close together. That’s it. Very simple, as I said, and I love them. I even tried them on in LA, and they looked gorgeous… but I have certain ethical objections which haven’t yet been overcome.
I wish I could find a link to the beetle, but I can’t. I can only confirm that yes, I have a beetle named after me, and I believe it to be one of the Seirotranas, which are Australian darkling beetles. My father was a very well respected amateur entomologist, you see, with a special interest in beetles, and during the course of his coleoptery pursuits he came across several new species, one of which he named after me. He left his impressive collection to the British Museum, so somewhere in those vast vaults – or even on public display in a glass case, perhaps – there is a ‘me’ beetle, which is kind of weird.
So there you are. And now, here are the rules:
I must put the finger on a few of my fellow bloggers, then go to their blogs and leave them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged. And for some bizarre reason, the comment must end with the word ‘pthththth’.
And my victims are:
Your instructions, my dears, are to ask your husband, wife, significant other, partner etc. to tell you three things that they know about you. Post these three things on your blog, and follow the rules above.
Ok, ok..I’ll play! ;o) Ethical objections to diamonds?? I assume you mean the manner in which they are often ‘aquired’ from the land?
( I’m impressed at your resistance, do Tiffs not guarantee their supply tho? I’d check it out and get your ass back there if they can make that guarantee! ;o)
Yes, Gemma, I do object to the way in which many of them are acquired and I object to what many of them fund, too. And I do have diamonds, bought from a little independent jeweller who guarantees them to be ‘conflict-free’ diamonds at least. I just wonder how many diamonds one woman really needs … oh, OK, don’t answer that! ROFL!
Thanks for playing!
Wow – a beetle, named after you? That is extremely cool!!!
Thanks for playing along – Peace – D
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OK, this is a weird one, but I think I’m going to enjoy putting my OH on the spot to get these answers
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Momma – It was fun, thanks!
JT – Can’t wait!
you have a beetle named after you? isnt that the coolest!
cant get into diamonds ever, and never heard of Gary, though I am sure he is a fine guy. but a beetle!! very cool!
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Dawn – The funny thing is that I’d forgotten about that, until Other Half reminded me! It all happened way back in the fifties, you see.
You’re very brave to do this meme!
Hey, this will be fun since I don’t have a significant other, but not to worry … I’ll use my imaginary lover to divulge secrets about me. Should be interesting.
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I couldn’t read past the fact that you turned down Tiffany Diamonds.
Um. Wha?
WHY!!!!
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I am with Dawn – the diamond thing, pfft, but a beetle, that I could brag about!
I will accept your challenge, but I don’t think you can imagine the enormity of it. Mr. DBM is not into blogs or Facebook or anything like that – he claims he doesn’t even know the URL of my blog. When I mentioned it to him today, he did say “well, you like to travel.” Well, duh. I shall work on it, but no promises, I have a daunting task ahead of me!
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DM – No worries, a best friend, relative, or someone who knows you well is perfectly fine!
Meleah – I know. Shameful, huh? LOL! There’s the thing about the ethical or non-ethical standard of diamonds for a start (they fund a LOT of wars), and then … well, they’d have taken us over our allowable limit for customs, and it would have cost a lot in duty. Probably more than it would cost to buy them in London. A lot of people have said ‘well just wear them!’ but I just can’t do that.
DBM – He’ll think of something! Let’s hope it’s something printable! ROFL!
I was just reading this thinking wow, DBM would be impressed with the beetle thing – and she got there before me!! x
PS: The Tiffany earrings? pfft again x
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Girl I cannot believe you turned down the earrings at Tiffany.
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You turned down a pair of Tiffany earrings 3 times? You deserve an Award really.
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EM – The older I get the more impressed I am with my Dad’s knowledge and expertise. We all took it rather for granted when we were kids, but he actually had articles and short books on coleoptery published, and was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.
Sandy – They are! And I treasure them!
Jenny – Me neither! But I’ll probably do it at least once more! LOL! He feels safe to offer now .. but maybe one day he’ll get his bluff called!
RMH – ROFL! I really think I do!!
I don’t know who Gary Shearston is but I’ll readily admit to having a fondness for Tiny Tim and his amazing ukelele skillzzzz.
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I can’t tell you how impressed I am about the beetle!! So, impressed – and Australian too ! Yay!
And also very impressed about the diamonds.. I prefer coloured stones, but I’d have the same problem. I’d want to know the stones were trouble free… especially after watching “Blood Diamond”.. I guess you’ve also seen that film. Those earrings sound very pretty.. perhaps, could you ever have them copied by another jeweller? xxx
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Aussie – I haven’t seen Blood Diamond, but I do know that they fund a lot of aggression, and also that the mine workers are not always treated fairly. I don’t know that much about it all, just enough to know that I need to be careful where I buy them from.
The beetle is kind of fun, isn’t it? I must ask my Mum if she still has the publication with the original article in it.