<p>Dude, you're poisonous...and that's cool. I didn't know volunteer fire companies still existed</p>
<p>I'm also an indian immigrant (been in states for less than 5 years) who is a volunteer firefighter at a completely volunteer fire company. Pretty cool eh?</p>
<p>That's pretty awesome, actually. My dad was bit by a squirrel he tried to pet once. Actually, most animals hate him. He's kind of intimidating, but he makes me laugh. Last year, I started off my OO on Obesity with, "Watching my dad eat is like watching a game of Risk...except he doesn't really eat. He inhales his food."</p>
<p>All the departments in my area are volunteer, i was told one in an area nearby where houses are worth much over 500 grand is a paid department but in an area like mine where theyre 200ish grand its all volunteer. I was out for like 6 hours today helping with fundraising and answering calls, so i never got to the 6 hrs of calc hw i was going to do. </p>
<p>And i love animals, but for some reason they don't love me back half as much as they should. Drat.</p>
<p>I forgot to mention that i did get bitten by a monkey too. And i was trying to feed it banana chips, stupid monkey didnt know what it was missing :-P. And i ended up getting shots for its folly, grr...</p>
<p>My Boston-suburb neighborhood is all 500 grand (and up) housing, but our fire/ambulance is all volunteer.</p>
<p>Anyway, I'm not sure I can beat you, ridethecliche, but I was once bitten by a water snake and one time my parents thought I was bitten by a bat, but I wasn't.</p>
<p>My son was also attacked by a llama</p>
<p>500 grand? In San Francisco that is a slum appartment. (rent is insane)</p>
<p>I've got a good one:</p>
<p>I just returned from a 2.5 hour interview for Chicago.</p>
<p>I elbowed the new principal of my school this year (on accident).</p>
<p>Only person to win a Table Tennis game as the opponent retired hurt. :)
(Smashed the ball, hit his eye... im a badminton player --> not TT)</p>
<p>magnusrex, did you do an alumni interview, because the adcoms restricted me to 45 minutes?</p>
<p>...eats dinner at 11:30.</p>
<p>conceeded... thats unique :D</p>
<p>...hasn't been attacked by a rabinous animal in a suburban environment?</p>
<p>and I had e-coli a couple years ago. almost died. good stuff.</p>
<p>I found e-coli in Lake Michigan. E-coli is an indicator for pathogens, so that was quite...interesting.</p>
<p>Is in Chile for a year (while applying to colleges :P).</p>
<p>is still writing his essay (as if! i know there's more people like me out there)</p>
<p>um i guess i'm the only one who cleans people's houses for $$
pretty sad :(</p>