Once in a Lifetime Moments

[Lord Garnaat]

... Putting the "Vinyl" in the name "Vinyl Scratch".

Wait, seriously? You're an honest-to-God hero, friend! What's the story behind that?

Now, in terms of the topic at hand, I'm afraid that I don't have much in the way of once in a lifetime moments. If I think of anything I'll probably edit it into this post, but for now I'll have to content myself with making some one-in-a-million chance experiences in the future!

 

[The Funslinger]

Mine's really not so great, but one time my friend was drinking a pint and I said "dude, if this penny goes in your pint, you got to give me a million pounds" and immediately flipped a penny in the air. It flew about a foot to the side of the pint, but then hit the table, completely changed direction and bounced straight into the pint.

It would have been a lot more epic if I had received a million pounds afterwards, not just a punch in the arm for flicking a dirty penny into a friend's beverage.

I had a less flukey and therefore probably less one off moment like that. My friends and I happened to be discussing Scrubs, and someone mentioned the scene where JD manages to land a jelly baby or something in Laverne's cleavage.

I was eating skittles at the time and without missing a beat, gently threw one that went down my friend's E-cup cleavage. It was hilarious.

 

[Mr F.]

Death.

Man, I feel grim today. Although that statement is still accurate. It is a once in a lifetime moment.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

My once in a lifetime moments...hmmmm.

Having a photo with Nigel Benn (once middle-weight world boxing champ) as he was 'punching' me
Shaking hands with Prince Charles
Meeting Charlton Heston and getting his autobiography autographed. My favourite actor, he was playing on stage in London opposite his wife Lydia about a decade or more ago.
Being chased through the worst streets in San Francisco by a crazy homeless guy
Snogging my then girlfriend in the middle of a torrential downpour and thunderstorm in a completely deserted Trafalgar Square with Big Ben chiming midnight.
Saving a man's life.
Flying a kite for the first time on a mountaintop near Rouen in Normandy, maybe two decades ago. Loved them since then.
Watching the sun rise from the top of Masada.
Played Magic: The Gathering a bit many years ago. Won a game with 6 players with my cool blue/black deck. Wiped out five players in the one turn with various Time Warp/Ancestral Recall type tomfoolery. Haven't really played since then.

Game related: Wanting to get the best ending possible in SFII Turbo back in the day, I tried and tried and tried and eventually managed it. Using Ken, beat the game on hardest difficulty without losing any rounds. Only difference as it turned out, was Chun Li at the very end doing her "yah ta" sound. :-\
Game related: Thoroughly dominating for a series of games in AvP2 and getting accused of cheating (Go PredAlien!).

 

[twistedmic]

I won tickets to the midnight showings of both Matrix sequels through radio station call-in giveaways (i.e. be the xth caller and win x).

You had to watch that? I petty you really...

I didn't have to pay for the tickets so it wasn't really all that bad.

 

[Auron225]

Holding a baby panda
Meeting the man that discovered the Terracotta Warriors
Doing the worlds highest bungy jump
Riding an ostrich

Yup, can't see any of those things happening again any time soon but they were awesome!

 

[EHKOS]

I was playing one of those games with the flashing lights that you have to stop on a spot.
like this one.

Anyways I accidentally hit the button when pulling myself after inserting the coin and it landed dead center on jackpot.
won like 400 tickets that day. life is good.

I hit that jackpot twice in one visit to Chuckee Cheese once. I think I got 300 each time. Then I had to split them with my sister. FFFFUUUUU.

 

[bak00777]

I was went to my local zoo and aquarium and was allowed to pet two different kinds of penguins. One was an emperor penguin the other was that kind with the yellow feather-eyebrow things

 

[hooblabla6262]

I once accidentally pulled myself through the very fabric of space and time.
Thought I was dead when I reached the other side.

Doubt that will ever happen again.

 

[Duncan Belfast]

Wait, seriously? You're an honest-to-God hero, friend! What's the story behind that?

Spoilered to avoid derailing the thread.

Spoiler

It happened on Mr. Yaridovich's synchtube channel back in 2011. That channel was pretty influential back in the day, and most of the popular artists frequented it. Suited for Success had just come out, and the big thing on everyone's mind was what to name the DJ. It was decided that DJ PON3 would be her stage name, but she needed a regular name. One of the other users suggested "Scratch". I proposed that "Vinyl" should be put in front in order to make Vinyl Scratch. I insisted on adding "vinyl" a couple of times, and evidently the name stuck.

 

[Jazoni89]

Meeting Dodger (PressHeartToContinue), and Jesse Cox (OMFGCata) in person from The Gamestation, now that was an epic once in a life time thing...

Large Picture of me and Dodger!

Spoiler

(I'm like a colossus compared to her...hehe.)

Wait, is that the Hobbit pub in Southampton?! I had no idea they went there on their trip. You lucky guy!

Indeed it is my good fellow...

I only live several miles from it, so the opportunity was too good to pass up.

Let's just say Jesse got drunk, very drunk, and he scoffed down a huge kebab right in front of me...

He's such a swell guy.

Meeting Dodger (PressHeartToContinue), and Jesse Cox (OMFGCata) in person from The Gamestation, now that was an epic once in a life time thing...

Large Picture of me and Dodger!

Spoiler

(I'm like a colossus compared to her...hehe.)

I was really hoping for a nervous hover hand, but you had to be all socially capable.

OT: I can't really name any once in a lifetime moments, I'm not sure I've had any other than my birth, if that counts. I mean I'll never be born again so I guess it does.

As a matter of fact I wasn't all that nervous at all, mainly because when you meet somebody like Dodger, there's no room to be nervous, because she's very talkative, and observant. I even gave her a nice peck on the cheek when i left the Hobbit.

I know, i'm probably the envy of the whole youtube gaming community right now.

 

[Jazoni89]

Meeting Dodger (PressHeartToContinue), and Jesse Cox (OMFGCata) in person from The Gamestation, now that was an epic once in a life time thing...

Large Picture of me and Dodger!

Spoiler

(I'm like a colossus compared to her...hehe.)

What the deuce?! are you in the Hobbit?

Yeah, you can pretty much tell that from the drinks poster at the back.

 

[YingDerpington]

I was went to my local zoo and aquarium and was allowed to pet two different kinds of penguins. One was an emperor penguin the other was that kind with the yellow feather-eyebrow things

You my friend had the great privilege of petting a Rock-Hopper penguin. That's right, a fuck mothering rock hopping penguin, they literally just from rock to rock in the Southern Atlantic Islands. Some of them even have the balls to use walruses (or was it seals) on the beaches as their stepping stones!

OT: My once in a lifetime moment, my brother almost severing my achilles tendon with a shovel when I was 9. And the time I managed to sprain 2 toes and fracture another by slipping on a broom handle and my foot shot forward into the cupboard door. Common injuries caused by the strangest occurences.

Oh and there was that one time I got to meet Joel Heyman and Marshall from Roosterteeth and get a photo with them, as well as managing to get Joel to call both me and Marshall assholes, at the same time.

 

[MsWhatsit]

I was in a roll-over car accident and survived with only a scratch to my knee. That was pretty memorable.

I was also once in a grocery store when it was robbed by two masked, armed men. Sounds like a cliche, but they really did yell, "Hit the deck!" and waved their guns in the air during the course of the robbery. Pretty scary for 6-year-old me.

 

[Rooster893]

This happened to me just yesterday. My friends and I were playing PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, and just for craps & giggles, we all picked Kratos and went to Hades. So we were screwing each other over and having a blast laughing our asses off until we all somehow acquired our Level 1 and decided to activate it at the same time. It sounded something like this:

"HADES AWAITS!" *boom*
"HADES AWAITS!" *boom*
"HADES AWAITS!" *boom*

We all died of laughter.

 

[Grottnikk]

I met Wayne Gretzky once when he was just a kid, really, something like 19 or 20. Got my picture taken with him and all that .

Also, when I was a kid I decided to call my friend one Sunday afternoon and I guess he decided to call me at exactly the same time. When I picked up the phone, he was already on the other end. The phone never rang. I picked up the phone just after the connection was made but BEFORE the ringer was tripped. For weeks the two of us were seriously considering that we might be psychic .