You may have seen this wondrous meme going by any number of names as its floated around the Blogosphere. It looked like so much fun that I had to give it a whirl. I’m a sucker for shout-outs. 
Here are the blogs and their versions of this memes that inspired me to take 5:
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5 Things Found In Your Bag:
Some folks started their post with a picture of their purse. Well I don’t carry a purse, but I do carry a wallet, but that didn’t seem very interesting at all. My wife and I do have what we refer to as The Man Bag. It was originally bought for work purposes, but later became obsolete in that department. It was later given a new lease on life, and below are five things found in said man bag.
#1) The white rectangle is my wifes computer. #2) The tangled up green noodle is a pair of headphones we purchased at the dollar store. They come in handy when we are at one of our yards. #3) The cellphone looking thing in the bottom right hand corner is our AT&T air card. It brings us both hours of entertainment and hours of frustration when it’s not working properly. #4) A number 2 pencil, because you never know when you might have to take a test. #5) In the bottom left hand corner is an angel key chain that Bunny’s mom gave her way back when we first started our trucking adventures.
5 Favorite Things In Your Room:
#1) The first season of Heroes. I bought these dvd’s a while back while my mom was in the hospital. We watched five of the seven discs during my visits with her there. We watched the last two discs together during my last to visits home in Arizona. She really enjoyed them and is greatly anticipating the release of season 2. I am too. Heroes is the coolest show ever.
#2) This is a big butcher knife my granny gave me back in 1999 shortly before she died. It’s about 17 and a half inches long and the blade is a tad over two and a quarter inches wide. It spends most of its time in a drawer, waiting for that special someone in need of being chopped into little pieces. Actually my granny sold it to me for a penny. Something about it being bad luck to give away knives. Any of you ever heard of such a thing?
#3) This snake bottle is about 45″ tall and inside is the original contents. I believe it’s whiskey, and no, it’s never been opened. My granny also gave me this. No penny this time. It used to belong to my grandpa. It was a Christmas present he received back in the early to mid 70’s. I was actually there (Illinois) that Christmas with my dad. My grandpa is still alive, so I’m not sure why my granny ended up with it. Maybe it was a gift to both of them. In either case she gave it to me. If he wants it back, too fuckin’ bad, it’s mine. 
#4) I couldn’t pick just one, so here are some of my favorite toys, all of which I’ve picked up along the way, truckin’ across America. There’s the Thing holding Spider-Man and Venom. Luke Skywalker is just in front of them showing off his light saber skills. And behind and to the right is the Mach 5, Speed Racer’s car. I think I’m gonna have to unwrap it and take it for a spin. I love that car. 
I’m starting to think I want to see the movie, Speed Racer, in the theater. Still not sure though. 
#5) This is a rock that has been in my family for over 30 years. We’ve never actually had it checked out, so we’re not sure exactly what it is, but we all know what we think it is. Well actually, I don’t think it is, but I can’t argue the fact that it looks an awful lot like a fossilized foot. The left view of the rock looks like foot bones. The right view looks like a foot print, with all five toes clearly visible. Have a look for yourselves and let me know what you think. I wouldn’t mind being wrong about it being a fossilized foot, but I just don’t think it’s very likely. It measures about one and a half by three inches, so if it is a foot, it’s a very small foot.
5 Things You Are Currently Into
- Truckin’ across the United States and enjoying every mile of it.
- Bloggin’ across the United States and sharing my adventures, or lack there of.
- Improving my health via losing weight.
- Improving my writing skills.
- My wife. I’ve been into her for almost twelve years now.
5 Things You Have Always Wanted To Do
- Travel the world, with Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania at the top of my list.
- Spend at least one week in each of the 50 states (NOT in a truck).
- Own an antique Corvette.
- Fly like Superman.
- Be Spider-Man.
5 People You Want To Tag
No tagging going on here. If you want it, go for it. It really is a fun one. 
Show's over folks.
BARACK OBAMA, The President Of The United States Of America
"Has anyone seen my panties?"
"Has anyone seen my rude little pig, er, um, I mean my daughter?"
"Hey, does anyone want to go out after the show for burgers and drinks?"
"Pssst... hey O. J.... you're a piece of SHIT!!!"
"You could be."
May 4, 2008 at 5:59 am |
Super job, as always!! I would have loved your Granny! She sounds like my kinda ass-whuppin’, life-livin’, knife-weildin’ woman! Any woman who hangs onto a snake in a bottle and then passes it to her beloved grandson is all right!
By the way, as a professional knife sharpener (yes, one of my many skills!) I want to tell you, you have a nice knife there. Looks to be a 10″ forged Chef’s knife made of carbon steel. That’s a good knife, my friend. Take it to a professional sharpener and have them sharpen and polish the blade then keep it oiled and dry to prevent those rust spots.
I don’t know if that is a fossilized foot or not but I WANT it!
My granny was a pretty cool gal and we all miss her so. As for the bottle, there’s no snake in it, the bottle IS a snake. Sorry for the confusion. As for the fossilized foot, don’t even think about it. Remember, I have a really nice 10″ forged Chef’s knife made of carbon steel, and I know how to use it.
And now I also know how to take better care of it. 
Thanks Trisha.
Peter Parkour
May 4, 2008 at 6:35 am |
Hey Mr. Parkour, thanks for the shout out.
Excellent meme, sir. I’m diggin’ your manly man bag.
Ummm… “waiting for that special someone in need of being chopped into little pieces”…I thought super heroes were supposed to save lives, not take them?
And if that is indeed a fossilized foot I certainly would like to see the rest of the body!
A Superhero’s first priority is saving lives, but sometimes there’s blood to be shed. Every now and then you run into certain characters that don’t know the meaning of nice or good. Villains so vile, so maniacal, so blood thirsty and evil that sometimes our Hero doesn’t have a choice. I’m just saying, it’s better to have a knife and not need it than to need a knife and not have it.
Peter Parkour
May 4, 2008 at 10:25 am |
Thanks for mentioning me. I’m so happy you did this meme. Your Granny sounds like she was quite a character. Your wife was born the year I got married. That’s also the year they landed on the moon. I remember because it happened just a few weeks before we got married.
I love your toys. You are never too old for toys. I might have to ask Trish some knife sharpening questions. The snake bottle is awesome and I am with Trish I want the foot. My wasband has collected rocks and fossils and crystals since he was a kid. He doesn’t have anything that looks like feet.
I think I’m going to buy Heroes when I get that extra money the gov’t is giving out.
How long have you two been truckin’?
You and everyone else is welcome for the honorable mentions. That was my pleasure, as was doing this post. It’s always fun to share a little bit about yourself. As far as I know I’m the only guy with a foot in his sock drawer.
What ever it really is, I like it. If nothing else, it’s fun thinking it’s a foot. You’re gonna love Heroes. I can’t wait to get your person opinion on it. The wife and I have been truckin’ for one year this month. WOW! One year down and hopefully just four more to go. 
Peter Parkour
May 4, 2008 at 2:34 pm |
I heard something about that knife and penny thing at a bridal shower years ago. All sorts of traditions and superstitions about bridal gifts. Sorry I don’t recall the details of this one.
Snake in a bottle? Ewww. Sounds like something a guy would love.
I’d have sworn the rocks were feet until you mentioned the size. Still … could have been a kid. Kinda creepy …
You’re on your way to starting a Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum!
Welcome, 30, to my wannabe museum. I’m glad you dropped in for a visit, and I hope you enjoyed yourself. You are the second person to think there is a snake in the bottle. The bottle Is the snake, but a snake it a bottle would be pretty cool too.
Yep, could have been a kid, or a prehistoric Leprechaun (HA!). 
Peter Parkour
May 4, 2008 at 8:04 pm |
Oh, dig’n the shout out, I’m very honored! This was a fun meme, right? It took a while to finish it but I love the results, so personal! I see your toys and smiled
Funny, how we all have our own special things! My husband and two sons just watched that movie “Iron Man” – they LOVED it !!! I’ll have to go back up to your movie reviews and see if it’s there, I don’t recall but I figure you and the wife would have to see it because it’s a marvel hero thing! Anywho, sorry, that was way wordy 
Your grandmother sounds like she was a hoot! Icky fossil foot…. it totally is a foot! I’m the odd man out on that one. It’d freak me out
*quivers*
Great post, so fun to read and learn more about the mysterious Spidey
Ewww, fossil foot, gonna put it on you.
You big sissy. 
Did the hubby and son stick around for the end of the credits??? If not, they missed out. That’s all I can say about that. 
It was a very good movie. I’m glad you enjoyed my 5 meme. I did too. 
Peter Parkour
May 4, 2008 at 9:09 pm |
Yep, your granny was right .. you dont give away knives. you sell ‘em or trade ‘em but you dont give them away for nothin.
And those are the types of knives that folks around here put in their door jams at night, while they’re sleeping. You lock the door, and put a big ol’ knife in the jam so noone can come in and steal you away
Great memememe, Peter.
BUT WHY??? Why don’t you give knives away? Do ya know, do ya know, do ya know??? That’s the kind of knife I would stick in someone ass crack if they tried stealing me.
I’m glad you liked my 5 meme too. 
Peter Parkour
May 4, 2008 at 10:39 pm |
Ewwww….ewwww…you have a fossilized foot!! Well actually that’s really cool…you should sell it to a museum, or perhaps open up your own family museum, with the foot, knife and snake bottle as the showcase items!
Yeah, I have a fossilized foot. Chicks dig me.
I’ll give the museum a little more though after I’ve put in a few more years of trucking. 
Peter Parkour
May 6, 2008 at 5:13 am |
I love the angel keychain…how appropriate for you as your navigate our country’s highways. I’ve never seen Heroes, but now I think I may have been missing something. DVD’s are the way to go with tv show…no commercials. I have never heard that about knives. My dad’s new hobby is making knife handles and assembling them to the blades…he gave me a paring knife this weekend…I had better pay him now!
I just got back from a bike ride and my numb fingers can barely type…must seek heat now.
I think that was Bunny’s mom’s thinking too about the angel key chain, and my mom agrees with you on the TV shows/no commercials on DVD. Your dad may have found a loophole in the law, since he made the knife, he’s not giving you his knife, he’s giving you a gift he made, but what the hell do I know?
Hope your fingers have warmed up by now. 
Peter Parkour