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Here's one heck of a family tradition!

Marie Curie (Born Maria Skłodowska) won a Nobel Prize in Physics and another one in Chemistry.
Her husband Pierre Curie won a Nobel Prize in Physics.
Their daughter Irene Joliet-Curie won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

OK, now let's hear you brag about your family's bowling trophies!
I successfully completed potty training early. 💪
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@OlderSometimesWiser Yeah? I was still a minor when I parted with my binky.
4meAndyou · F
Nah. I will brag, instead, about my father's heroism, being shot down over Bastogne Belgium during WWII, and after two wars, returned home to earn his doctoral degree.

I will brag about my mother's carrot cake! And her Yorkshire pudding!

I will brag that my brother was valedictorian of his high school class, and was accepted to Harvard, (even though he chose not to attend), and went on to earn his doctorate in Paleontology and taught at Michigan State for 40 years!!!

And for myself, of course...NO ONE can mess up a kitchen like I can!!! 🤣🤣🤣


Not ALL of us are the royalty of the academic world, but we are ALL going to brag anyway!!! 🤣🤣🤣
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@4meAndyou There is a lot there to be proud of!
4meAndyou · F
@DrWatson 😊😊😊 THANK you!
WillaKissing · 56-60
As a pro bowler my mother had a greater income then those science nerds living off of their Nobel prizes!
tindrummer · M
@WillaKissing Denigrating Nobel Laureates with slurs is necessary to make your point?
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@WillaKissing I would never denigrate people who devote their lives to science. You posted about making money, but that is usually not what motivates people to study science. I certainly value the contributions of the Curies and other Nobel scientists very highly.
WillaKissing · 56-60
@DrWatson I did not post! I replied to the poster's post in the context of the question he posted. You are the one that took it to the Bob Nigh Science guy level. I only stuck to the "Original Poster' question!
I come from a long line of underachievers.

We coulda become Nobel prizewinners. We just didn’t.

😂
@Mamapolo2016 I believe it. I've noticed the intelligence, subtlety and kindness of your responses over the years.
@hartfire Such an uplifting compliment. I thank you.
On Pop’s side, two generations out of slavery there were accomplished doctors, scientists and mathematicians.
@DrWatson They left that to the rest of us. 😉🎳
@bijouxbroussard I can’t help but feel that I would have absolutely loved to get to know your parents. They seem like such wonderful people, not just accomplished but warm, loving and wise.
@OlderSometimesWiser Thank you. They were very good people. Pop still is.
Baaaaaaaa · 26-30, M
I was second in the egg and spoon race at a school sports day when I was 8.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
No Nobel prizes, but Phds, Masters, Halls of Fame, endless newspaper articles, etc., etc. in my family.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@ChipmunkErnie That's great!
Our families do not define us. I am not like any of mine so I only count my own independent accomplishments and gifts.
Zeusdelight · 61-69, M
We could all walk down the back stairs by the time we were 18 - well 5 out of 6 could reliably do it:)
@Zeusdelight Stellar achievement!
Gibbon · 70-79, M
Sure. Both my parents bowled duck pins for years and achieved hundreds of trophies. I bowled ten pins for many years achieved many trophies and qualified for the Pro-Am twice. More importantly both of my parents served in the US Air Force.

Not Nobel but what you asked for.

Why does anyone feel the need to boast?

Don't we all know that boasting is a turn-off and usually the sign of a fake?
My Grandfather almost rolled a perfect 300 a week before I was born, he missed a strike in the 10th and only got a spare, I forget the score.

 
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