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Quantitative freak index - how 'special' are we?

Post 1

Researcher U197087

I was inspired (well, perhaps the wrong word) by the Innie/Outie thread to indulge in a moment of maniacal solipsism, which if anyone would like to help me out with this, or join in with their own circumstances, would be groovy.

You often hear statistics like 'one in 10 people are left-handed' or 'one in 4 people are gay' and I was wondering if it was possible to
tot up all your personal statistical indiscretions and find out you're one in a million, or worse smiley - bigeyes. I'm wondering if any one has close to accurate statistics on any of the below.

Myself, I'm

Left handed
Asthmatic
An only child

and have

Temporal lobe epilepsy (but not for years)
PTS & Depression
Different-coloured eyes
and last but not least,

an outie.

This all coming from a straight white 6'1" blonde man, once referred to as 'Aryan'. Exactly how wrong was that?




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Post 2

Heleloo - Red Dragon Incarnate

only woman sugar processor
works out at 1 in 300, out of a 3000 workforce
This makes me special.......

also lefthanded
manic depressive


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Post 3

DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist)

hmmm interesting point.

I am,

not very much when I think about it.

-- DoctorMO --


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Post 4

Stark - Off for a fortnight. See you when I sober up!

Nice thread.

Me?

Left handed
Asthmatic
Suffer from male pattern baldness
Have a stomach ulcer through stress

Oh and I'm an inny.


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Post 5

kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013

I'm one in 6 billion (approx) smiley - biggrin

After all, there is really only one of me, and quite a few other folk who aren't me at all...


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Post 6

Heleloo - Red Dragon Incarnate

now that's thinking
smiley - cool


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Post 7

Teuchter

Me?
right handed
asthmatic
B rhesus negative
detached ear lobes
tongue-curler
innie - but used to be an outie when I was skinnier


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Post 8

Teuchter

3 out of 7 posters so far have asthma


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Post 9

Serephina

Im asthmatic (so make that 8)..n its a rarer type too.
Have a visual spatial problem(basically means im clumsysmiley - erm)

Astygmatism in one eye

and an extra nipple smiley - blush

Thats coming from a 5ft 9 Bi-sexual red head with an inny.smiley - erm


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Post 10

Serephina

Im asthmatic (so make that 8)..n its a rarer type too.
Have a visual spatial problem(basically means im clumsysmiley - erm)

Astygmatism in one eye

and an extra nipple smiley - blush

Thats coming from a 5ft 9 Bi-sexual red head with an inny.smiley - erm


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Post 11

Heleloo - Red Dragon Incarnate

sereph you sound yummy
increase score to 2 and 1/2
smiley - biggrin


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Post 12

Serephina

OOOOh n i wasnt even trying! smiley - blushsmiley - laugh


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Post 13

Heleloo - Red Dragon Incarnate

I didn't know you were a redhead smiley - drool


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Post 14

Serephina

Yup.. strawberry blonde naturally.. but its maghogany at the mo and going ruby later today smiley - biggrin Have you not read the red hair thread?


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Post 15

Heleloo - Red Dragon Incarnate

sort of
smiley - drool
did you know red hair is caused by excess iron


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Post 16

Serephina

No I didnt know that.Interesting though as I do infact have iron levels..found that out when i was pregnant with my son.


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Post 17

Serephina

'High' iron levels even! My typing sucks..smiley - laugh


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Post 18

Serephina

'High' iron levels even! My typing sucks..smiley - laugh


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Post 19

Heleloo - Red Dragon Incarnate

so calling a red head rusty is actually true
something to do with iron being injected to hair follicle along with normal colour

still redheads are smiley - droolable smiley - laugh


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Post 20

Serephina

That they are smiley - drool
Though I tend not to see myself as smiley - droolable obviously..smiley - erm


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