{"id":21131,"date":"2013-07-15T17:52:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T15:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/whats-the-most-memorable-thing-youve-ever-been-told\/"},"modified":"2013-07-15T17:52:04","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T15:52:04","slug":"whats-the-most-memorable-thing-youve-ever-been-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/whats-the-most-memorable-thing-youve-ever-been-told\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the most memorable thing you\u2019ve ever been told?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"wpsr_floatbts_anchor\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes people tell us things that we carry inside us always \u2013 things about ourselves, about our lives, which we are never able to forget.<\/p>\n<p>Someone Once Told Me (SOTM) is a website which captures the serious, silly, profound and profane things that people have heard in their lives. While the site features images submitted from many different countries, it is run by photographer Mario Cacciottolo from London.<\/p>\n<p>Now he is travelling around the world in search of people\u2019s stories and will be in <a title=\"Port Elizabeth\" class=\"aal\" target=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mype.co.za\/cgi-bin\/search.cgi?keywords=Port+Elizabeth\">Port Elizabeth<\/a> from 18-28 July.<\/p>\n<p>SOTM sees people write down the most memorable thing they\u2019ve ever been told and pose with that sign for a black and white photograph. They also tell the story behind the phrase \u2013 who said it to them and the impact it had. Did it change their life? And of all the things they\u2019ve ever been told, why choose this?<\/p>\n<p>Every day, since 8 September 2007, a different photograph and story has appeared on SOTM\u2019s home page \u2013 meaning more than 2,000 people have taken part so far. All the images can be found in the site\u2019s gallery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured phrases include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cOne voice can be stronger than one thousand voices\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOh, by the way, I electrocuted next door\u2019s cat on Sunday\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOh my God, we got the wrong guy\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDon\u2019t play with fire\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI think I\u2019m pregnant\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou\u2019re directionless\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now Mario, who is British\/Maltese, has been travelling the world since June and will visiting about 23 countries in one year, aiming to get at least another 1,000 people to tell him about an unforgettable moment from their lives.<\/p>\n<p>He will be travelling to Europe, South Africa, Dubai, South East Asia, Japan, China, Australia and North America, looking for volunteers to take part in SOTM.<\/p>\n<p>He will be looking for people from these countries to reveal the most powerful words they have ever heard, and the stories behind them.<\/p>\n<p>He will also be promoting the SOTM iPhone app \u2013 its profits go to Operation Smile, which operates on children with cleft palates in poorer countries around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>The SOTM site is at www.someoneoncetoldme.com Mario can be contacted via email mario@sotmario.com, twitter @SOTMario or Skype \u2013 SOTMario.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter wp-image-27557\" alt=\"Photographer Mario Cacciottolo from London will be looking for subjects in Port Elizabeth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f02bf_Mario.jpg\" width=\"659\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Author:<\/strong> Kimberley Nanson<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.someoneoncetoldme.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.someoneoncetoldme.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>These businesses support <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mype.co.za\/new\/2011\/07\/more-ad-choices-on-mype\/\">MyPE<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mype.co.za\/new\/2011\/07\/more-ad-choices-on-mype\/\">MyPE<\/a> supports PE business:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes people tell us things that we carry inside us always \u2013 things about ourselves, about our lives, which we are never able to forget. 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