Another Last Memory Test
Well, it is not actually the last memory
test considering the fact that I might offer a similar test in the
future. Yes, I do know how to repeat posts. This should not surprise
you. So,
let us call it a memory test on a list of last items.
Tell us these last things:
- Who is the last person you spoke to on the telephone?
- What is the last movie you watched?
- When is the last time someone made your heart skip a beat?
- When is the last time you looked up a word in the dictionary?
- When is the last time you went skinny dipping?
- When is the last time that you noticed that Michele spells her name with ONLY ONE L?
Well, go on, answer now, you do not wish to be the last person on the last things memory test. Do you?


1.Who is the last person you spoke to on the telephone? The Ergonomics Nurse calling for my office mate.
2. What is the last movie you watched? Godzilla 2000 (kids wanted to watch it)
3. When is the last time someone made your heart skip a beat?
My friend Josh, yesterday. We were hiking and got attacked by bees and had to run back to the car and get the amethystine pills (my heart skipped a beat thinking that his wife would kill me if he died of a bee sting Yikes!)
4.When is the last time you looked up a word in the dictionary?
Today, looking for other works for talkative.
5.When is the last time you went skinny dipping? Saturday, with the family in our pool.
6.When is the last time that you noticed that Michele spells her name with ONLY ONE L? Uhhh, I always notice *quickly run off to fix all of his “hello from Michelle” comments”*
Posted by:AOC | August 28, 2007 at 06:30 PM
1. My mother, late yesterday afternoon. It was her who rang me...
2. Believe it or not, it was a Lassie film which just happened to be on when Monet turned on the telly yesterday morning. And yes, I bloody well cried.
3. Monday evening after Lyndon came home and changed into his casual clothes. He looked awfully handsome. *smile*
4. I can't find my dictonary. I use Google instead!
5. I never have. I guess I haven't 'lived'.
6. Ahh this made me smile. It annoys me Michele, when I see that people spell your name with two L's so I can only imagine how much it annoys you. *heehee*
Posted by:Melody | August 28, 2007 at 06:32 PM
1. Who is the last person you spoke to on the telephone? It was my mom, and it was back in January. Am hoping I'll be able to talk on the phone again in the next year or so!
2. What is the last movie you watched? Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
3. When is the last time someone made your heart skip a beat? Yesterday...it skipped two, I think
4. When is the last time you looked up a word in the dictionary? Last week sometime
5. When is the last time you went skinny dipping? I haven't yet, and probably won't
6. When is the last time that you noticed that Michele spells her name with ONLY ONE L? I've always noticed it, but since you pointed it out, the last time was just seconds ago :)
Posted by:Jennifer | August 28, 2007 at 06:33 PM
1. My daughter.
2. Uhh...don't remember.
3. Ditto.
4. Today.
5. That would be NEVER!
6. Just now. :)
Posted by:Miz UV | August 28, 2007 at 06:37 PM
1. Who is the last person you spoke to on the telephone? My boss' daughter.
2. What is the last movie you watched? Preminition (sp)
3. When is the last time someone made your heart skip a beat? Yesterday. And it was not pleasant.
4. When is the last time you looked up a word in the dictionary? I use my dictionary every day.
5. When is the last time you went skinny dipping? Never in my life.
6. When is the last time that you noticed that Michele spells her name with ONLY ONE L? I've always known this.
Posted by:Used*to*be*me | August 28, 2007 at 06:48 PM
1) My kid's girl friend - I was the answering service - again.
2) Back to the Future.
3) yesterday
4) Not sure, but it was recently.
5) See number four.
6) I don't need to notice - it has become part of me. Kind of like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west - it just is.
Posted by:Mr. Althouse | August 28, 2007 at 07:05 PM
1. The last person I spoke with on the phone was my dad.
2. The last movie was The Big Chill, which was sent to me by my dear friend Mamacita and I watch it regularly.
3. My heart skipped a beat 30 minutes ago when a boy gave me a lovely compliment.
4. I use the online dictionary most every day...I think I used it this morning.
5. It's been YEARS since I went skinny dipping. Probably 8 or 9 years, at least.
6. I notice it every time I come here. :)
Posted by:aka_monty | August 28, 2007 at 07:16 PM
1. I last spoke to Julie, our fill-in receptionist. She wanted to know where my desk was located. I told her it's under the stairs. That makes sense around here.
2. I saw Bourne Ultimatum in the theater last weekend but I watched LOTR #3 the other night on DVD
3. My son made my heart skip a beat when I felt him kick for the first time the other day.
4. I looked up a word online last week. I can't remember the last time I opened a paper dictionary.
5. When is the last time you went skinny dipping?
6. That's not normal?
Posted by:archshrk | August 28, 2007 at 07:45 PM
1. Spoke to my sweetie only moments ago...
2. Watched The DaVinci Code... again!
3. My heart skips a beat every time I see that amazing smile of my sweetie's!
4. I used the online dictionary just yesterday.
5. I can't even remember when I went skinny dipping last! Guess I'd better put that on my 'list of things to do'!
6. Every time I type 'Michele sent me!'
Posted by:Madseason | August 28, 2007 at 07:46 PM
1. A customer who advertises with our TV station
2. Harry Potter #5
3. Hmmm. May not be what you are looking for, but I think when I told a friend of mine about my upcoming move and found out how much they are going to miss me (mutual).
4. Saturday, for a poem I was writing, to make sure it was spelled correctly.
5. In my twenties.
6. Umm....how does one access Michele's website if they misspell her name with 2 l's?
Posted by:dara | August 28, 2007 at 07:47 PM
1) My step-father
2) Serenity (on DVD)
3) This morning
4) A couple weeks ago when FireFox told me I was spelling fuchsia incorrectly I checked it on Dictionary.com, does that count?
5) August 16th, 2007. (I have a pool in my backyard, though, so I can do this often.)
6) Well, this question forced me to consciously NOTICE, other than that...I don't know. Probably the last time you drew attention to the spelling of your name, Michele. But I'm defining NOTICING as separate from KNOWING.
Posted by:MissMeliss | August 28, 2007 at 08:06 PM
1. The lovely L of course!
2. You have Mail!
3. In the IVF clinic last Friday when we saw a foetal heartbeat!
4. Umm… Last week at work for a document I was doing…
5. Way to long ago, I think I was like 14 or 15 at the time!
6. When reading this of course, but why do you ask?
Posted by:burntofferings | August 28, 2007 at 08:33 PM
1. My best friend
2. Transformers in the theatre, several months ago.
3. Same day, several months ago.
4. Online dictionary, trying to find synonyms for "nice"
5. When I was a teenager. Probably 14 years old.
6. Monday morning. But I knew it already.
Posted by:Hannah | August 28, 2007 at 08:37 PM
1. Annoying telemarketer.
2. Scooby Doo 2 (Little miss 5 made me)
3. Miss 5 when she did not stop at the pedestrian crossing
4. This morning at school - crustacean (mums helping the kinder kids with writing)
5. Im too fat to go skinny dipping.
6. When I scrolled back up to read the questions...hehehehe
Posted by:Marisa | August 28, 2007 at 08:39 PM
1. My 17 year old because she's hoarding my video tapes in her room & I want them back.
2. Oh Brother where art thou?
3. Yesterday- at work when a co-worker said- well I can't say yet- I have to wait for things to unfold.
4. Checking on how to spell idiosyncrasies (emailing a friend about that co-worker)
5. when I was 17 or 18
6. Every time I read her name on her blog.
Posted by:Becky68 | August 28, 2007 at 09:01 PM
1. My mom.
2. The number 23. It was good but I think it had a cop-out ending.
3. Today.
4. A couple of months ago.
5. Never been skinny dipping.
6. I don't think I ever noticed until you mentioned it.
Posted by:Leigh in Atlanta | August 28, 2007 at 09:05 PM
Steve
Little Miss Sunshine
Hum, a long time ago
today
never done that deed
I've always known that and right now
Posted by:rosemary | August 28, 2007 at 09:26 PM
1. I spoke to my husband on the phone. I called to ask him to bring home something from the store on his way home.
2.This Boys Life
3.Last night *wink*
4.last week, I think, to check the spelling of a word
5. a few years ago... in the ocean
6. I've always known it and I cringe when I see other's put two "L"s because I personally HATE for my name to be mispelled
Posted by:shoeaddict | August 28, 2007 at 09:43 PM
1. Who is the last person you spoke to on the telephone? My friend Colleen on Saturday, we were trying to arrange to get together and play Dominoes
2. What is the last movie you watched? 28 Days with Sandra Bullock
3. When is the last time someone made your heart skip a beat? My husband caused one last night.
4. When is the last time you looked up a word in the dictionary? 2 days ago, if Wikipedia counts.
5. When is the last time you went skinny dipping? Never.
6. When is the last time that you noticed that Michele spells her name with ONLY ONE L? Um...now I suppose.
Posted by:Tina | August 28, 2007 at 09:45 PM
1. chris, my hubs
2. Zodiac
3. Saturday
4. about 3 months ago
5. about 14 years ago
6. since day one, about 8 months ago
Posted by:mrc1471 | August 28, 2007 at 09:57 PM
1. My ex and friend
2. Beyond the Sea (on DVD)
3. Just the other day
4. I can't remember when the last time was
5. about 11 years ago
6. Everytime I type it...I have to think it is only one L
Posted by:Sara | August 28, 2007 at 10:16 PM
1. My husband.
2. "Little Lord Fauntleroy," the 1936 version.
3. Last night.
4. Today in class.
5. Now that, I canna tell ye.
6. I have always noticed. People's names are very important, and we should always spell them correctly.
Posted by:Mamacita | August 28, 2007 at 10:18 PM
1. My sister
2. Donnie Brasco
3. Last week
4. Today, I love looking up words!
5. 1992
6. Every day, every day
Posted by:Jennie | August 28, 2007 at 10:21 PM
1. The last person I spoke to on the phone was my daughter when I called to check on her while dh and I were out.
2. The last movie I watched was "Stranger Than Fiction." I highly recommend it.
3. Do cats count? Mine skipped a couple of beats last week when we realized we'd left a door open and were afraid our spoiled indoor cats had gone outside.
3. The last time I looked up a word in the dictionary was a couple of weeks ago when we were playing Boggle.
4. Probably about 25 years ago. I think I only did it once.
5. I don't really notice it any more. It just is. But the last time (before reading this post) was probably when I saw that someone had misspelled it with two L's.
Posted by:Bluegrass Mama | August 28, 2007 at 10:29 PM
1. We don't have a phone anymore, but when we did, I assure it it was my mother, as that is the only person who ever called me other than debt collectors lol
2. Dogma
3. hmmm....yesterday when my son decided it would be a great idea to tape feathers to the cat.
4. Does google count? I recently googled "rapport" cause I couldn't figure out how to spell it (for some silly reason I thought it was repore)
5. Trying to drill it into people? :D
Posted by:Stephanie Davies | August 28, 2007 at 10:42 PM
1. my daughter
2. Dream Girls (in the theater)
3. More than 40 years ago.....LOL
4. This morning.
5. Last year (in my pool)
6. a minute ago.....LOL
Posted by:kenju | August 28, 2007 at 11:17 PM
1- a co-worker (sad, i know)
2- american beauty on dvd
3- two weeks ago, when i met...
4- one of my son's favorite bedtime books is the scholastic kid's dictionary. go figure. i've got a brainiac on my hands :0)
5 - i avoid the whole single L double L issue by invoking the mishy rule.
Posted by:mckay | August 28, 2007 at 11:35 PM
see how smoothy i avoided the whole skinny dipping question? i should be a politician.
Posted by:mckay | August 28, 2007 at 11:36 PM
1. Pat
2. Stardust
3. Last Friday
4. Last week
5. hmmm...2000
6. I notice it all the time; it's how my old best friend Michele (no relation) spells her name :-)
Posted by:Janet | August 28, 2007 at 11:46 PM
1. B's 91 year old full-of-life Nana.
2. Stardust (fluffy and fun).
3. In NYC, a photo with a cast-member
4. All the time. I learn new words and subscribe to dictionary stuff.
5. That would be never.
6. Subtle, Michele. lol
Posted by:Shephard | August 28, 2007 at 11:52 PM
mckay, and just like a politician, you had ot blow it and brag about how clever your cover up was. LOL
(I work in politic)
Posted by:AOC | August 29, 2007 at 02:33 AM
1. Who is the last person you spoke to on the telephone? My special someone
2. What is the last movie you watched? Bourne Ultimatum
3. When is the last time someone made your heart skip a beat? this morning
4. When is the last time you looked up a word in the dictionary? Last night
5. When is the last time you went skinny dipping? Never
6. When is the last time that you noticed that Michele spells her name with ONLY ONE L? I've always noticed it
Posted by:Daphne | August 29, 2007 at 03:31 AM
1. My other half this morning
2. Erm, I really can't remember
3. Probably at the gym this morning, so that would be me :-)
4. Hmm, I'm not sure I own a dictionary
5. Never, sadly, I must correct that asap
6. The first time I read it, after that it's just fact
Posted by:Jo-less | August 29, 2007 at 05:39 AM
1. One of many, many calls at work yesterday - too many to remember.
2. [looks at DVD boxes on the floor] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - the Depp version, of course!
3. 'MJ' at work passed by my desk unexpectedly - he always make my heart skip a beat! uhuh - gorgeous!
4. I love dictionaries. I use dictionary.com and also have hardcopy dictionaries at home and at work. I need to be sure I always have the correct word and meaning. Last word I looked up was 'contagious'.
5. Never - and I'm not going to start now - waaaaaay too old!
6. I've always known that, it's the original French spelling, I think - but I do notice when other people get it wrong!
cq
Posted by:craziequeen | August 29, 2007 at 07:02 AM
1. My mom this morning ; to wish her a good day...
2. Ice Castles ... and not ashame at all
3. A long time ago :(
4. Just now ... I tend to mix up French / English / Shiack and Creole this early in the morning ! I end up making up a lot of words...
5. 4 days ago after a long day of Canyoning
6. oups...
Posted by:Just a trumpet player | August 29, 2007 at 08:17 AM
1. not sure, they hung up on me and I don't have caller ID
2. "The Simpsons"
3. this morning when I stepped off the bus and caught glimpse of an angel.
4. two months ago during Scrabble game challenge.
5. 1968
6. just now
Posted by:Keith | August 29, 2007 at 08:30 AM
1. Phone: last night,a friend
2. Movie: Bourne Ultimatium
3. Heart: It's private..sorry
4. Word: yesterday
5. Dip : 1979
6. One L: always knew,but sometimes type w/two if in a hurry
Posted by:d. | August 29, 2007 at 09:25 AM
1. My husband
2. The Bourne Ultimatum
3. When my husband was peeing in the dark and I thought he was in bed and I walked into the bathroom...
4. I can't remember
5. When I was nine :(
6. I always notice that
Posted by:Finn | August 29, 2007 at 10:05 AM
1. My husband...just moments ago
2. Toy Story. I put it on for the kids and watched long after they'd deserted it.
3. This morning. When my almost-5-month-old covered my face in slimy kisses.
4. It's been a year, at least. Not that I'm knowledgable, just lazy.
5. 20+ years ago
6. Well, now that you pointed it out...
Posted by:jenn | August 29, 2007 at 11:39 AM
1. coworker DM.
2. akeelah and the bee
3. yesterday evening.
4. monday
5. 2001
6. every day. :)
Posted by:barbie2be | August 29, 2007 at 01:03 PM
1. My daughter asking for money. Not original at all.
2. Short Bus (watched the whole movie and one scene five times)
3. When I checked out the new Jimmy Choo fall line.
4. Couple hours ago for crossword help.
5. Late July.
6. What an interesting question, Michelle.
Hey, You that asks these questions: Why don't you also answer them? I will check back for your reply.
Posted by:Connie | August 29, 2007 at 02:20 PM
1. husband
2. No Reservations
3. last night about 9:52
4. "exasperation" about 30 minutes ago
5. don't think I've ever been
6. all the time
Posted by:Anne | August 29, 2007 at 03:29 PM
1. My mother, just 30 seconds ago.
2. Hairspray
3. 2003
4. Yesterday (I do it all the time)
5. In the 1970s...it was also the LAST time.
6. Just now, when you asked.
Posted by:Bev | August 29, 2007 at 04:02 PM
#1. Sherry - called to ask about my food allergies for dinner tonight.
#2. The Longest Day...I've seen it a bazillion times, but love it anyway.
#3. It's been a long time...when my husband proposed...almost 9 years ago now....
#4. Just a few days ago...I use m-w.com and look up words ALL the time (even just for thesaurus use)
#5. In 2003, we rented a summer house with a private pool...
#6. I notice it all the time. I get confused with my friends named Michel(l)e who spell it differently, and I always have to stop and think. And then, when I type the ever-famous "Michele sent me" I inevitably get it wrong!
Posted by:Linda | August 29, 2007 at 05:40 PM