Escape Artists
The Lounge at the End of the Universe => Gallimaufry => Topic started by: Zathras on February 05, 2009, 03:05:54 PM
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There is a party game called Three Truths and a Lie. In it, you take turns making 4 statements, three of which are true, one of which is a lie, hence the name. People then try to guess which is the lie.
I'll kick things off.
1. When I was 17, I was arrested for selling marijuana.
2. I have made more than $1000 in a single hand of poker.
3. I have completely dismantled a 2 story house using only non powered hand tools. (Sledge hammer, crowbar, etc.)
4. My wife and I were married in Las Vegas, NV.
These statements are straightforward. There is no wordplay being used for deception.
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I'll say 3 is crap, because the two tools for dismantling a house are a sledge hammer and a sawzall.
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TNT isn't technically a power tool, right?
I say number 2 is a lie...
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There is a party game called Three Truths and a Lie. In it, you take turns making 4 statements, three of which are true, one of which is a lie, hence the name. People then try to guess which is the lie.
I'll kick things off.
1. When I was 17, I was arrested for selling marijuana.
2. I have made more than $1000 in a single hand of poker.
3. I have completely dismantled a 2 story house using only non powered hand tools. (Sledge hammer, crowbar, etc.)
4. My wife and I were married in Las Vegas, NV.
These statements are straightforward. There is no wordplay being used for deception.
I will go for...number 1, actually.
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Alasdair got it! So he gets to post the next set of statements.
1. Nope. I was arrested once in my life, and that was because I tried to take on an entire bar in a fight. Then I took on the cops...
2. It was at a $2/$5 No Limit Hold'em game. People had been raising $25 to $50 preflop. I flopped a set, turned a boat and beat 2 Ace high straights (Broadway) and a flush on the river. Pot was up to almost $1000 at the river, and we all put in another $265. Well, actually some of them put in more, but I was all-in. Thing was, that was nowhere near the biggest pot of the night.
3. It was an old house on my mom and step dad's property with 30 years of junk stored inside, too. It was made from hedge logs and had multiple layers of additional wood and shingles on it. Just started cleaning it out, realized it was a death trap and tore it down. My mom has pictures of me walking around with a sledge hammer and others carrying house parts.
4. Stratosphere.
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This looks like a lovely game. I'll get three unbelievable truths about me ready for when i guess right.
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I played a variant of this with my friends, only I posted 10 things, 3 of which were lies.
None of my friends spotted all three lies. Even folks who have known me for decades. There are some pretty unbelievable things in my life.
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Someone else can take a turn. It will get confusing if more than one person has a set of statements out there at a time. Let's make it that you put your statements up and leave them for a day. Let everyone have a chance to guess. I just wanted to get the ball rolling.
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does this mean I can take a turn?
OK...
1. I once ate laurel leaves, not realising they were poisionous, and ended up in hospital.
2. I once followed a girl home, waited outside her house and watched her sleeping for three hours (the front door was unlocked)
3. I'm fifteen years old.
4. I found Escape Pod after I found an iPod with an episode on and listened before giving it to the police.
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Gonna go with #2.
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Gotta go with #3, I've never met a 15 y/o whose had the taste to like Radiohead
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This is a tough one, but I'm going with #4. Even though it would be cool.
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Screw. Three is the lie. You found me out.
Poppydragon, this may cause heart failure in you.
I'm actually 13, at an age when I should be listening to manufactured pop-bull-crap (EDIT: wow, how opinionated do I sound...) like whatever's at number one right now.
1. Yep. I ate the leaves. I was seven, leave me alone.
2. Yes, I did follow her home and watch her sleep. It's practically a PP episode. For three full hours (creepy man). I was obsessed with her at the time, but I've since got over it.
4. I know. Awesome.
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Screw. Three is the lie. You found me out.
The way we're running this game, one of the first four people to post after you will almost certainly get it, since there's no advantage to guess something that's already been guessed and there are only four options.
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well, yeah, I suppose, but... it's... fine... as it is.
Maybe we should leave it up for a day, tally up the votes and then tell people.
But that was basically what Zathras said.
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well, yeah, I suppose, but... it's... fine... as it is.
Oh, it's not bad, in that it gets the game rolling fast, but it's just we should expect the lies to be found out relatively fast.
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Eytanz, that was why I said to leave the statements up for a day. It's supposed to be a conversation starter. I only revealed my answers quickly to get the ball rolling. I see now that it was a tactical error.
ACK you guys posted while I was typing. One of the people to guess correctly can be next. If nobody gets it, or has already gone, the person who just went can pick someone.
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2. Yes, I did follow her home and watch her sleep. It's practically a PP episode. For three full hours (creepy man). I was obsessed with her at the time, but I've since got over it.
Nah, but it does make you a pretty creepy kid. ;)
And I tihnk the question is, has she gotten over you?
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She never found out.
Change subject, anyone who wants to can go next.
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1. I once worked as a roadie for legendary prog rock musician Rick Wakeman.
2. I represented the Isle of Man at a national level in Rugby.
3. I once used total ignorance to thwart a robbery and didn't realise I had until it was finished.
4. I've been a first responder to a major Manx Rally car accident.
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1. I once worked as a roadie for legendary prog rock musician Rick Wakeman.
2. I represented the Isle of Man at a national level in Rugby.
3. I once used total ignorance to thwart a robbery and didn't realise I had until it was finished.
4. I've been a first responder to a major Manx Rally car accident.
Another tough one. I'm gonna go with #4, mainly because I hope the rest are true!
(Don't reveal the answer until tomorrow. Discussing and arguing choices are encouraged, people.)
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1. I once worked as a roadie for legendary prog rock musician Rick Wakeman.
2. I represented the Isle of Man at a national level in Rugby.
3. I once used total ignorance to thwart a robbery and didn't realise I had until it was finished.
4. I've been a first responder to a major Manx Rally car accident.
1. seems plausible enough.
2. Uh, how hard could that be? It's not like the Isle of Man is that big, as countries go. Or even as islands go.
3. Robberies aren't all that hard to thwart. Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot...
4. This one is a bit harder to buy. Therefore, since you're clever, it's almost certainly true.
I'll go with 1 being the lie. Since it's far too plausible.
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14. I've been a first responder to a major Manx Rally car accident.
4. This one is a bit harder to buy. Therefore, since you're clever, it's almost certainly true.
Heh. Reminds me of Princess Bride:
"But you must have known I was not a great fool; you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me."
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1. I once worked as a roadie for legendary prog rock musician Rick Wakeman.
2. I represented the Isle of Man at a national level in Rugby.
3. I once used total ignorance to thwart a robbery and didn't realise I had until it was finished.
4. I've been a first responder to a major Manx Rally car accident.
ok going to go through these as they entered my head
3- how cool would that be?
2- pretty sure this was brought up in an outro somewhere therefore not it
4- has potential
1- I am sad to say I have no clue who this is. However- this is totally possible
Thus? I'm guessing 3 based on the same Princess Bride theology
but I really have no clue
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Hey, MacArthurBug, have a look see at this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Wakeman).
Also, everyone is free to post comments and thoughts about previous entries. For instance, on mine, you could say something like, "You know, I really figured him for a pot head." ;D But let's try to be a bit nicer than that. ;)
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Z- I totally should have Wiki'd it. I forget sometimes the amazing power of the intertubes. Thanks for the info! This is a neat li'l game you've got going on here. I've played it before (read: at baby showers. *groan* ) but this verision is waaaaaay better.
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Z- I totally should have Wiki'd it. I forget sometimes the amazing power of the intertubes. Thanks for the info!
Alasdair pointed me to WIKI for Exquisite Corpse, so I figured I'd help someone else. :)
This is a neat li'l game you've got going on here. I've played it before (read: at baby showers. *groan* ) but this verision is waaaaaay better.
What can I say? Steve's catch phrase is part of my outlook on life. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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1. I once worked as a roadie for legendary prog rock musician Rick Wakeman.
2. I represented the Isle of Man at a national level in Rugby.
3. I once used total ignorance to thwart a robbery and didn't realise I had until it was finished.
4. I've been a first responder to a major Manx Rally car accident.
1. If this had actually happened, Alisdair would have totaly mentioned it before. That's my official best guess, anyway.
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1. I once worked as a roadie for legendary prog rock musician Rick Wakeman.
2. I represented the Isle of Man at a national level in Rugby.
3. I once used total ignorance to thwart a robbery and didn't realise I had until it was finished.
4. I've been a first responder to a major Manx Rally car accident.
1. I think Al would have more music references if this was true.
2. I thought, "no way. Al's no that big." Then I remembered that he's mentioned being a kind of big guy. He just looks small in his avatar next to Sully.
3. I'm with the others that say this isn't all that hard, especially since in England chances were really good the guy didn't have a gun. Not to mention the size thing again.
4. Given the nature of Rally racing, I think this one is very believable.
Therefore I vote for number 1.
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1. I once worked as a roadie for legendary prog rock musician Rick Wakeman.
2. I represented the Isle of Man at a national level in Rugby.
3. I once used total ignorance to thwart a robbery and didn't realise I had until it was finished.
4. I've been a first responder to a major Manx Rally car accident.
1) I'm gonna say this is true...
2) If 1 is true, I'm guessing 2 is false since you'd be too busy rocking out to play Rugby.
3) This sounds like a funny story that I want to hear, so even if this is the lie, just make up something up.
4) No comment on this one, I just believe it.
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1. I once worked as a roadie for legendary prog rock musician Rick Wakeman.
2. I represented the Isle of Man at a national level in Rugby.
3. I once used total ignorance to thwart a robbery and didn't realise I had until it was finished.
4. I've been a first responder to a major Manx Rally car accident.
1. Yes.
2. Probably not.
3. Sounds like something you might do :P
4. Yeap.
2 is lie.
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My guess is #2 for Alasdair.
And, R_L, I would NEVER have guessed your age as being quite that young. But after the big-ass post I just threw up on my LJ, I guess it shouldn't surprise me. I was also ahead of my time at that age, and was often mistaken for being 3-10 years older than I really was (helps to be tall and have a relatively-early change-of-voice).
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I'll go with #2 on the basis I'm not convinced that IoM has a National Rugby Team, or it would only count in something like the Commonwealth Games, and I'm fairly certain they don't play Rugby in the Commonwealth Games (it'd just be another thing for England to lose at).
As far as being Rick (I really did do King Arthur on Ice) Wakeman's roadie, I really hope he was because that would have been a brilliant gig to have.
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My guess is #2 for Alasdair.
And, R_L, I would NEVER have guessed your age as being quite that young. But after the big-ass post I just threw up on my LJ, I guess it shouldn't surprise me. I was also ahead of my time at that age, and was often mistaken for being 3-10 years older than I really was (helps to be tall and have a relatively-early change-of-voice).
Flattered.
It's one of the reasons I've always liked the internet so much; in real life, people would instantly see me, clock my age and then ignore virtually everything I have to say. It's no fault of theirs though, because frankly I don't listen enough to people who are barely two years younger than me, even when they have important things to say. That's the wonderful thing about the internet for some people. A level playing field, ect.
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1. I once worked as a roadie for legendary prog rock musician Rick Wakeman.
2. I represented the Isle of Man at a national level in Rugby.
3. I once used total ignorance to thwart a robbery and didn't realise I had until it was finished.
4. I've been a first responder to a major Manx Rally car accident.
Those answers in full...
1. This is true. Rick Wakeman lives on the island, used to do local performances fairly regularly and I, being on the school backstage crew at the time, got to move the man's piano around:)
2. This is true. Being a chunky boy, I was essentially drafted onto my school's rugby team and, having survived without many injuruies was sent to the tryout for the National team.
Where exactly the amount of people needed for a team showed up:)
So I played, I got headbutted, I got my nose, apparently, slightly broken. Was kind of fun though:)
3. This is true. When I ran the comic shop, for a long time, the only thing we had stopping people getting into the window displays was a big metal poster rack which could be shifted out of the way pretty easily. Now, I was at this stage, very much hands on manager, I'd go round the shop, chatting to customers, keeping things in shape all that guff.
So I see a couple of guys over by the windows, reaching down into the display which, at this stage was all kinds of Star Wars stuff. My hand to God, the only thing I thought was 'Oh! They want something from the display, I'll go help!' So I walk over go, 'Hello chaps, can I help you with anything?'
They jump, turn, the blood rushes from their faces and they mutter something about just browsing and leave. Quickly. My staff member comes up to me and we have the following conversation:
'Al, do you think they were trying to steal something?'
'...Well, I didn't until now....'
4.This!Is!The!Lie! I did marshal for the Rally once, and was equipped with a high tech piece of warning technology in the event of a crash.
It was a piece of curtain rod, with a duster tied around the top as a flag.
Seriously.
In the event of an accident, I was supposed to run down the road and wave this in front of high speed, two ton death machines on a narrow road BY A HARBOUR and get them to stop.
But, thankfully, that didn't happen:)
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Al, you have led an awesome life :D
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I think I'm the only one who got it right. I didn't pick rugby because Alasdair had mentioned that "sport" in one of his outros. Either Alasdair can pick someone to go next, or if someone gets motivated, they can step in and go. I'd rather not go a second time just yet, even though I do have more material.
BTW, I love high tech devices! ::)
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If no one else steps up- I'll take next. But mine are weird so I don't really mind waiting either.
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I'll go after MacArthurBug then :-X
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Ok- but you were warned these are weird, and not the weirdest things that there is to know.
1: I was named after my aunts cat.
2: I am my sisters mother.
3. I have drunk so much coffee in one sitting that I hallucinated.
4. I have such severe attention deficit disorder that I've been distracted by butterflies, and fallen on my face, more then once, in public.
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I'm going to have to go with 2...
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Ok- but you were warned these are weird, and not the weirdest things that there is to know.
1: I was named after my aunts cat.
2: I am my sisters mother.
3. I have drunk so much coffee in one sitting that I hallucinated.
4. I have such severe attention deficit disorder that I've been distracted by butterflies, and fallen on my face, more then once, in public.
I'll say #1.
I suppose it's POSSIBLE, given fertility technology, that you could be a surrogate, which rules out #2. Or maybe your parents passed on and you raised your sister. #3 I've done myself, albeit with chocolate-covered espresso beans. #4 has happened to me; I've fallen up the stairs and onto my pizza in high school.
If I get it right, I'll throw up my 3/1.
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I'm going to go for #4 as it could simply be an excuse for general clumsiness, excess alcohol or simply bad co-ordination just as easily as ADHD :-\
I'm hoping #2 is true so I can here how ;D
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1: I was named after my aunts cat.
2: I am my sisters mother.
3. I have drunk so much coffee in one sitting that I hallucinated.
4. I have such severe attention deficit disorder that I've been distracted by butterflies, and fallen on my face, more then once, in public.
Wow, in my opinion all four are believable events, though since I don't know MAB, trying to decide if they apply is difficult. I think #2 is possible if she had a baby but due to circumstances (teen pregnancy comes to mind), the baby was raised as her sister rather than her daughter. I don't drink coffee myself, so I can't speak to this#3, but Listener seems to think it's true. #4 is possible from personal experience. I'll say #1 from process of elimination but I bet I'm wrong.
Edit: clarification
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Princess Bride time:
#2 is so weird that everyone thinks it's too obvious and has to be true and therefore they are not picking it. I, understanding this, will pick #2.
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Princess Bride time:
#2 is so weird that everyone thinks it's too obvious and has to be true and therefore they are not picking it. I, understanding this, will pick #2.
But it could be that MacArthurBug, realising that someone might pick it simply because everybody else had decided that it was too obviously a lie and therefore not pick it, deliberately told the truuth about it. As everybody knows the truth is often stranger than fiction. (That and I REALLY hope its true just to hear the explanation :P )
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I'm going with #3, for two reasons:
- No one else has, yet.
- There was a recent media discussion of a study that said coffee caused hallucinations, which may have given you the idea for this item.
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I have come up with information that has given me the answer. I'll sit out the rest and watch everyone else.
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eytanz has gotten it. 3 is the lie so the answers are as following:
1: I was named after my aunts cat: My Aunt had a gorgous marmalade colored cat named Amber. It was the first time my mother had heard the name and liked it so..
2: I am my sisters mother: No birth control is 100% effective 100% of the time. I was too young to keep the child, and though I believed in a womans right to choose- I choose to continue the pregnancy. My parents decided they were the only ones fit to adopt. We rarely all acted mature about the proceedings, however in the end it worked out. They are legally the parents of my biological daughter. It's really wonderful knowing she's being raised by the only two people who I know love her unconditionally.
3. I have drunk so much coffee in one sitting that I hallucinated. - NOT for a lack of trying but this is indeed a fib. And also based on some random media tidbit I heard/read.
4. I have such severe attention deficit disorder that I've been distracted by butterflies, and fallen on my face, more then once, in public.This is true Butterflies are actually evil, and control the forces of gravity, weather, space and time. Either that or.. "oooh pretty!"
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Okay, I'm going to step up with mine - but as previously mentioned, they are in a different format.
Ten things. THREE are lies. Seven are true.
1. I have played a christian surfer in a movie
2. I was once arrested at Disneyland
3. I have had a pet fruitbat
4. I am considered a saint in at least one religion
5. I have officiated at an illegal lesbian wedding
6. I have been a guest of a Worldcon speaking about SETI
7. I have been published in Analog Science Fiction Magazine
8. I've been quoted during a session of the U.S. congress
9. I've been quoted on the Animal Planet Network
10. I've been quoted in the OED under "geek"
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1. I have played a christian surfer in a movie - True
2. I was once arrested at Disneyland - True
3. I have had a pet fruitbat - True
4. I am considered a saint in at least one religion - Lie
5. I have officiated at an illegal lesbian wedding - True
6. I have been a guest of a Worldcon speaking about SETI - True
7. I have been published in Analog Science Fiction Magazine - True
8. I've been quoted during a session of the U.S. congress - True
9. I've been quoted on the Animal Planet Network - Lie
10. I've been quoted in the OED under "geek" - Not in my copy you haven't. lie.
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ooh fun and harder!
1. I have played a christian surfer in a movie - sure why not?
2. I was once arrested at Disneyland - Heck yeah fight the Disney power!
3. I have had a pet fruitbat - Though it's do-able let's say this is a lie
4. I am considered a saint in at least one religion - Naaah I'd say lie, though it would depend on the religion and if it's true I wanna know!
5. I have officiated at an illegal lesbian wedding - I'd bet this is true
6. I have been a guest of a Worldcon speaking about SETI - True sounding
7. I have been published in Analog Science Fiction Magazine - I'm guessing this is True
8. I've been quoted during a session of the U.S. congress - how cool would that be?
9. I've been quoted on the Animal Planet Network - saying what?
10. I've been quoted in the OED under "geek" - let's go with fib
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Okay, I'm going to step up with mine - but as previously mentioned, they are in a different format.
Ten things. THREE are lies. Seven are true.
2. I was once arrested at Disneyland
4. I am considered a saint in at least one religion
9. I've been quoted on the Animal Planet Network
2 -- Because Disneyland is private property, if you were "arrested" it was probably by security, not by the police.
4 -- I just can't buy this.
9 -- Too plausible.
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good point about disneyland being private property, didn't think of that
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I'm just picking one. It's not as much fun to do the big list when you don't know people better.
I'll pick 7.
Let's bring it back to the 3/1 after this, and people can go more than once if they have really good ones. ;D
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Since this was posted as 3 truths and a lie I will also only pick one.
I'm going with #8.
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1. I have played a christian surfer in a movie - Sure, some small indie film. You know enough about movies that I can believe a friend of yours worked on an indie project.
2. I was once arrested at Disneyland - Don't buy it
3. I have had a pet fruitbat - OK
4. I am considered a saint in at least one religion - Sure, it only takes four people to start a religion.
5. I have officiated at an illegal lesbian wedding - Sure, as part of said religion. Maybe this is why you were sainted.
6. I have been a guest of a Worldcon speaking about SETI - OK
7. I have been published in Analog Science Fiction Magazine - I'm going to say no, because I think this is a goal.
8. I've been quoted during a session of the U.S. congress - Sure, probably something to do with #6 or because a rep quoted a letter you sent.
9. I've been quoted on the Animal Planet Network - OK
10. I've been quoted in the OED under "geek" - Nope, probably another goal
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Okay, it's been a day - and no one is ever going to guess the correct three anyway. This list was created a few years back and posed on a different forum to friends who have known me for years, and no one guessed all three. So here are the stories:
1. I have played a christian surfer in a movie
True. I was an extra in a surfer movie caled "Under the Boardwalk". This was right after I graduated from high school, and it was a great job - paid to lay on the beach with pretty girls in bikinis all day. And I got extra money for being part of an "identifiable group" as one of the Christian surfers. Gotta love Hollywood unions.
2. I was once arrested at Disneyland
True, for trespassing. I was about 13 at the time, and my older brother was working at the Blue Bayoo restaurant over the summer. On his last day, he brought me and my nephew (who's a year older than me, actually) along. He didn't realize the park closed early for a private party though, since he had to work into the night for the private party. So instead of calling mom to drive us home early, he hid us - in the jungle of the jungle boat ride - while they cleared the park. Park security made him move along when he came to get us, and LONG story short, caught us when we tried to sneak back into the park proper on our own. The security brought us to a backstage holding area, where we were run through paperwork by a bunch of officers who repeatedly told us they were REAL police officers working for the REAL Anaheim police. They were a bit insecure about it, I'd say.
3. I have had a pet fruitbat
False. I wish.
4. I am considered a saint in at least one religion
True, and as Russell pointed out, it only takes four people to start a religion. The Discordians are somewhat bigger than that though. They sainted me for creating the Coalition to Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide (http://web.archive.org/web/19961031232918/http://media.circus.com/~no_dhmo/). Of course, I'm only a second class Discordian Saint. To be a first class saint, like Bugs Bunny, one is required to be fictional.
5. I have officiated at an illegal lesbian wedding
False. However, none of my friends ever guessed this one to be a lie, probably because I have many lesbian friends, and several of my girlfriends have been lesbian identified at one time or another.
6. I have been a guest of a Worldcon speaking about SETI
True. In college I studied under Frank Drake, the co-founder of SETI along with Carl Sagan. And I participated in something called the Bateson Project SETI simulation at Contact with a bunch of PhDs. But they knew nothing about roleplaying, so I kind of revolutionized the whole thing. For which I was invited with the rest of them to speak at WorldCon San Francisco. I also gave a solo panel on the search for extrasolar planets, which was my thesis topic.
7. I have been published in Analog Science Fiction Magazine
True. I could have made it even more unbelievable by saying that I've been published in an SF magazine yet never in my life received a rejection letter. The editor of Analog emailed me from out of the blue and asked if they could publish the Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide page.
8. I've been quoted during a session of the U.S. congress
True. Once again, it's all the falt of that pesky dihydrogen monoxide. A congresswoman took the floor to read a newspaper article about DHMO which stated that you could probably convince most congressmen to ban it. Which was more or less my point. This was years before Orange County almost passed a law based on it.
9. I've been quoted on the Animal Planet Network
False. Yup, just threw it in there because it sounded plausible.
10. I've been quoted in the OED under "geek"
True, although I have to admit this was a bit sketchy. The quote was in the first online edition of the OED. I had a web page at the time (1994 or so) that gave a history of the term geek, along with it's usage in the Santa Cruz geek scene of the time. The editors emailed me asking permission to use it. They not only quoted my page, but provided a link to it in the entry. It never made the print edition, and the online edition removed it eventually.
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I'd like to jump in, if that's all right.
1. When I was 18, a 29-year-old woman once bought me a round-trip plane ticket to St. Louis for pretty much the sole purpose of the two of us having sex.
2. I have every single "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode on video tape, because my dad taped them all when they first ran.
3. My voice has been heard on six different radio stations during the same 24-hour period.
4. In college I forgot to write a short-story for my fiction workshop, so I dashed off a quick one the night before that was pretty much a MarySue of me defeating professional wrestler Goldberg.
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I'd like to jump in, if that's all right.
1. When I was 18, a 29-year-old woman once bought me a round-trip plane ticket to St. Louis for pretty much the sole purpose of the two of us having sex.
2. I have every single "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode on video tape, because my dad taped them all when they first ran.
3. My voice has been heard on six different radio stations during the same 24-hour period.
4. In college I forgot to write a short-story for my fiction workshop, so I dashed off a quick one the night before that was pretty much a MarySue of me defeating professional wrestler Goldberg.
I'm going to go with #1, because that's pretty much every 18-year-old boy's fantasy.
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1. When I was 18, a 29-year-old woman once bought me a round-trip plane ticket to St. Louis for pretty much the sole purpose of the two of us having sex.
2. I have every single "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode on video tape, because my dad taped them all when they first ran.
3. My voice has been heard on six different radio stations during the same 24-hour period.
4. In college I forgot to write a short-story for my fiction workshop, so I dashed off a quick one the night before that was pretty much a MarySue of me defeating professional wrestler Goldberg.
1. Process of elimination only... false. I believe it could have happened, though.
2. I have every single "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode on video tape, because I taped them all when they first ran, so... true.
3. I'm guessing your voice was in some one item that all six of them ran (news or promo, not sure) so... true.
4. I don't know what a "MarySue" is, but I've read some of what you've written, so... true.
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4. I don't know what a "MarySue" is,…
I had to look it up (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue).
Mary Sue, sometimes shortened simply to Sue, is a pejorative term used to describe a fictional character who plays a major role in the plot and is particularly characterized by overly idealized and hackneyed mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fantasies for their authors or readers. Perhaps the single underlying feature of all characters described as "Mary Sues" is that they are too ostentatious for the audience's taste, or that the author seems to favor the character too highly. The author may seem to push how exceptional and wonderful the "Mary Sue" character is on his or her audience, sometimes leading the audience to dislike or even resent the character fairly quickly; such a character could be described as an "author's pet".
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Those are all pretty believable. I'm going to go with 2: just because it's too mundane.
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4. I don't know what a "MarySue" is,…
I had to look it up (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue).
Mary Sue, sometimes shortened simply to Sue, is a pejorative term used to describe a fictional character who plays a major role in the plot and is particularly characterized by overly idealized and hackneyed mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fantasies for their authors or readers. Perhaps the single underlying feature of all characters described as "Mary Sues" is that they are too ostentatious for the audience's taste, or that the author seems to favor the character too highly. The author may seem to push how exceptional and wonderful the "Mary Sue" character is on his or her audience, sometimes leading the audience to dislike or even resent the character fairly quickly; such a character could be described as an "author's pet".
Thanks! I should have looked it up myself, but didn't, oddly enough because I was tired after having spent waaaay too much time reading the email in the Easter egg on http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/ (http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/)
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Sorry, I forgot to post the answer last night. Was busy watching TV.
Those are all pretty believable. I'm going to go with 2: just because it's too mundane.
You got it.
1. When I was 18, a 29-year-old woman once bought me a round-trip plane ticket to St. Louis for pretty much the sole purpose of the two of us having sex.
TRUE. We met over AOL (don't judge) and she came to Orlando. We saw Star Trek First Contact together, and then had what I thought was a one-night stand. She traveled a lot for her job so she had a bunch of TWA free flight vouchers, and she used two of them to fly me to St. Louis for us to spend a weekend together. When I got there it was pretty clear what she had in mind. Unfortunately it ended badly and I haven't spoken to her since mid-1999. I wish I remembered her last name so I could see what she's up to and, more importantly, apologize.
2. I have every single "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode on video tape, because my dad taped them all when they first ran.
FALSE. But not in the way you might think. My dad did attempt to tape them all, but we missed six or seven due to tape errors or preemptions. The missing episodes include "Q Who", the one with the Pakleds, and "The Drumhead", along with a few others I can't name off the top of my head.
3. My voice has been heard on six different radio stations during the same 24-hour period.
TRUE. I used to work for Cox Radio in Orlando, and right after 9/11, I was doing news updates on all five FM stations as well as traffic reports on the one AM station.
4. In college I forgot to write a short-story for my fiction workshop, so I dashed off a quick one the night before that was pretty much a MarySue of me defeating professional wrestler Goldberg.
TRUE. It was really, really bad, but somehow it was enough for me to get credit for finishing that assignment. Nothing I wrote that semester was at all good, to be honest.
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Sorry, I forgot to post the answer last night. Was busy watching TV.
Those are all pretty believable. I'm going to go with 2: just because it's too mundane.
You got it.
1. When I was 18, a 29-year-old woman once bought me a round-trip plane ticket to St. Louis for pretty much the sole purpose of the two of us having sex.
TRUE. We met over AOL (don't judge) and she came to Orlando. We saw Star Trek First Contact together, and then had what I thought was a one-night stand. She traveled a lot for her job so she had a bunch of TWA free flight vouchers, and she used two of them to fly me to St. Louis for us to spend a weekend together. When I got there it was pretty clear what she had in mind. Unfortunately it ended badly and I haven't spoken to her since mid-1999. I wish I remembered her last name so I could see what she's up to and, more importantly, apologize.
2. I have every single "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode on video tape, because my dad taped them all when they first ran.
FALSE. But not in the way you might think. My dad did attempt to tape them all, but we missed six or seven due to tape errors or preemptions. The missing episodes include "Q Who", the one with the Pakleds, and "The Drumhead", along with a few others I can't name off the top of my head.
3. My voice has been heard on six different radio stations during the same 24-hour period.
TRUE. I used to work for Cox Radio in Orlando, and right after 9/11, I was doing news updates on all five FM stations as well as traffic reports on the one AM station.
4. In college I forgot to write a short-story for my fiction workshop, so I dashed off a quick one the night before that was pretty much a MarySue of me defeating professional wrestler Goldberg.
TRUE. It was really, really bad, but somehow it was enough for me to get credit for finishing that assignment. Nothing I wrote that semester was at all good, to be honest.
I had similar issues in taping them. Missed different eps then you did- but I would have probably gone with this one too.
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I had similar issues with Babylon 5. I ordered them from Columbia House. (I know, I know.) I was ahead of the release schedule, so I would get like 4 or 5 tapes at a time. I was down to needing less than 10 tapes to complete my collection when the DVDs were released.
::headthump::
The good news is that they have been passed around to family and friends. If anyone wants to be next in line, let me know.
Speaking of next in line, who's next?
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1. I've been to Las Vegas three times.
2. I've lived in every west coast state of the USA (unless Alaska counts)
3. I've written a novel.
4. Nothing particularly noteworthy has ever happened to me in my dull little life.
I had similar issues with Babylon 5. I ordered them from Columbia House. (I know, I know.) I was ahead of the release schedule, so I would get like 4 or 5 tapes at a time. I was down to needing less than 10 tapes to complete my collection when the DVDs were released.
::headthump::
The good news is that they have been passed around to family and friends. If anyone wants to be next in line, let me know.
Nah; I own all the DVDs including the original release of In The Beginning / The Gathering as well as the movie collection, and The Lost Tales.
Plus, I recorded them all as they aired (so I got the first season out-of-sequence, with Signs and Portents second-to-last when it really belongs mid-season). Those tapes I gave away to my uncle.
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1. I've been to Las Vegas three times.
2. I've lived in every west coast state of the USA (unless Alaska counts)
3. I've written a novel.
4. Nothing particularly noteworthy has ever happened to me in my dull little life.
1 -- that's easy to say "true" to because I've done the same.
2 -- there are only three. Plausible.
3 -- I'll say FALSE to this because not everyone's written a novel, even though common wisdom says everyone's written a novel. But I'm saying FALSE in that you've "completed" the novel... because I know we all tried to START one.
4 -- I can't believe I'm saying this is true, but I am.
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1. I've been to Las Vegas three times.
2. I've lived in every west coast state of the USA (unless Alaska counts)
3. I've written a novel.
4. Nothing particularly noteworthy has ever happened to me in my dull little life.
humm I'm saying number 4 - if nothing else 'cause awwww
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1. I've been to Las Vegas three times.
2. I've lived in every west coast state of the USA (unless Alaska counts)
3. I've written a novel.
4. Nothing particularly noteworthy has ever happened to me in my dull little life.
1 -- that's easy to say "true" to because I've done the same.
2 -- there are only three. Plausible.
3 -- I'll say FALSE to this because not everyone's written a novel, even though common wisdom says everyone's written a novel. But I'm saying FALSE in that you've "completed" the novel... because I know we all tried to START one.
4 -- I can't believe I'm saying this is true, but I am.
Listener FTW. #3 is the false statement.
Because of #4 I wasn't really inclined to post here, but I happened along when Z asked "who's next?"
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Ok, let me have a go:
1 - I once uncovered a case of fraud in an Israeli military prison.
2- I failed a driving test because I was driving with my eyes closed.
3 - I am double-jointed, and I can bend my fingers backwards so that they touch the back of my hand.
4 - Once, a taxi I was riding was stopped by the police. It turned out that the driver was an escaped felon who had stolen the vehicle, then proceeded to drive it as usual.
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Ooohh, Eythan has some good ones.
I am going to pick 3. Just the thought of that hurts my hands, so it cannot be true!
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Ok, let me have a go:
1 - I once uncovered a case of fraud in an Israeli military prison.
2- I failed a driving test because I was driving with my eyes closed.
3 - I am double-jointed, and I can bend my fingers backwards so that they touch the back of my hand.
4 - Once, a taxi I was riding was stopped by the police. It turned out that the driver was an escaped felon who had stolen the vehicle, then proceeded to drive it as usual.
#3 is too obvious, but I'm concerned it might fall prey to "if half is true and half is false than the entire statement is false".
I'll go with #4. Sounds a little too "American Gods" to me.
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#1 is the lie eytanz :)
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Ok, let me have a go:
1 - I once uncovered a case of fraud in an Israeli military prison.
2- I failed a driving test because I was driving with my eyes closed.
3 - I am double-jointed, and I can bend my fingers backwards so that they touch the back of my hand.
4 - Once, a taxi I was riding was stopped by the police. It turned out that the driver was an escaped felon who had stolen the vehicle, then proceeded to drive it as usual.
Both 1 and 4 are awesome! I'll pick 2 as the lie, because it's now one of the awesome ones. Also: yikes! That would be a bad plan.
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Ok, let me have a go:
1 - I once uncovered a case of fraud in an Israeli military prison.
2- I failed a driving test because I was driving with my eyes closed.
3 - I am double-jointed, and I can bend my fingers backwards so that they touch the back of my hand.
4 - Once, a taxi I was riding was stopped by the police. It turned out that the driver was an escaped felon who had stolen the vehicle, then proceeded to drive it as usual.
well firstly - you're now my new geek hero.
1- I'm saying is the fib, but only because
2- Plausible
3- I can do this too- among other feats of streachyness
4- That's just freaking awesome and criminals are dumb enough to do this sort of thing.
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Ok, let me have a go:
1 - I once uncovered a case of fraud in an Israeli military prison.
2- I failed a driving test because I was driving with my eyes closed.
3 - I am double-jointed, and I can bend my fingers backwards so that they touch the back of my hand.
4 - Once, a taxi I was riding was stopped by the police. It turned out that the driver was an escaped felon who had stolen the vehicle, then proceeded to drive it as usual.
I know I'm late to the party, but I'll take a guess anyway..I'm going with 1. :P
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3- I can do this too- among other feats of streachyness
Now you're just teasing. ;)
Anyway, I'm going to go with #2. I can't see going through the trouble of getting the license if you couldn't keep your eyes open during the test.
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3- I can do this too- among other feats of streachyness
Now you're just teasing. ;)
Anyway, I'm going to go with #2. I can't see going through the trouble of getting the license if you couldn't keep your eyes open during the test.
Nash- I am a very bad lier. The only times I've won at poker it was through telling the truth about the cards I held in such a way that it seemed unbelievable. ;) And I stand by my choice of number one. e- you are a spectacularly interesting individual regardless of which one is the fib.
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I agree, #2, for the same reason as Russell.
Does that mean I am now a member of the church?
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I agree, #2, for the same reason as Russell.
Does that mean I am now a member of the church?
All are welcome as worshippers. Just send in your prayers using the normal procedure.
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Ok, I think enough people had had a go. Zatharas got it right away - it was #3.
1 - I once uncovered a case of fraud in an Israeli military prison.
This one is a bit deceptively phrased - it's not quite as awesome as it sounds. As my compulsory military service, I served in the computer department of the IDF Military Police. Most of my role involved writing database queries, but I had other roles. At some point, once I was senior enough and had been promoted to sergeant, I occasionally performed computer inspections in MP bases, including the prisons.
In this particular occasion, I arrived at the prison and started inspecting the computers, when one of the local officers asked me why my department hasn't yet installed the computer that is supposed to keep track of family visits to the prisoners. As far as I knew, it should be running, so I went to see what was happening. Indeed, the computer wasn't working. As in, it didn't even turn on. After a few minutes, I determined the problem - it wasn't a computer, it was an empty case. Apparently, somewhere along the line someone had broken the computer case open (it was locked), took out all the electronics, and replaced the lock, then told the officers that the computer wasn't running properly. A criminal investigation was apparently started, but I was not involved in that.
2- I failed a driving test because I was driving with my eyes closed.
True. I have bright eyes and am very easily blinded by glare and that day was cloudy, so I didn't bring my sunglasses. The clouds cleared before my test, and I was blinded by the sun, and closed my eyes while continuing to drive. The examiner didn't appreciate that.
3 - I am double-jointed, and I can bend my fingers backwards so that they touch the back of my hand.
As Listener guessed, this is really a half-truth. I am double-jointed, and when I was growing up I was able to bend (some of) my fingers that far back. But I lost that ability in my teens - I can still bend them quite far back, but not to that degree. As a side note, I learnt the hard way that I am also capable of dislocating my elbows in a way that would be impossible for most people, though the one time I did it I broke the elbow while trying to re-set it, so I'm not going to try that again anytime soon.
4 - Once, a taxi I was riding was stopped by the police. It turned out that the driver was an escaped felon who had stolen the vehicle, then proceeded to drive it as usual.
Entirely true. I was 8 years old, and my parents and I were living in Boston for a few months while my father was teaching there for a semester. My grandparents came to visit us, and we went to the airport to pick them up, then took a taxi back, which was followed by police sirens and the driver being taken away in handcuffs. I remember standing at the side of the road waiting for a replacement cab to arrive. At the time I was mostly confused, but my parents have told me the details later.
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Gonna take another turn.
1. I drove a loaded truck and trailer over 120mph. It was a 2001 Western Star.
2. I caught a 14.5 pound catfish with a Zebco 33. It was at Coffeen Lake in Illinois.
3. I once beat a mugger who tried to rob me. It happened in Alabama.
4. I was valedictorian of my high school class. I graduated in 1992.
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Gonna take another turn.
1. I drove a loaded truck and trailer over 120mph. It was a 2001 Western Star.
2. I caught a 14.5 pound catfish with a Zebco 33. It was at Coffeen Lake in Illinois.
3. I once beat a mugger who tried to rob me. It happened in Alabama.
4. I was valedictorian of my high school class. I graduated in 1992.
I'm going to go with 1., because that amount of mass would make sudden breaking very dangerous.
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Gonna take another turn.
1. I drove a loaded truck and trailer over 120mph. It was a 2001 Western Star.
2. I caught a 14.5 pound catfish with a Zebco 33. It was at Coffeen Lake in Illinois.
3. I once beat a mugger who tried to rob me. It happened in Alabama.
4. I was valedictorian of my high school class. I graduated in 1992.
Z- I like the way these are worded almost as if one part could be truth whilest the other the fib. Tricksey.
1- stupid choice, but plausable especially if you were going downhill, and not fully by choice.
2- I've heard of fish of approachable if not more so size caught, so I'm assuming the tricksy bit is somthing to do with the Zebco. I'm far too lazy, undercaffinated, and sleep deprived to google it soo.. I'm going with plausable.
3. another not terrifically bright choice- and this is one where I really wish I knew you better so I could try to gauge your personality. Plausable.
4. Another plausable, but the most mundane seeming by comparison. SO I'm taking this as my choice as the fib. Not because I don't think it too is plausable or that you're not awesome enough to have done this, but more due to it's mundaneness compared to the others.
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Gonna take another turn.
1. I drove a loaded truck and trailer over 120mph. It was a 2001 Western Star.
2. I caught a 14.5 pound catfish with a Zebco 33. It was at Coffeen Lake in Illinois.
3. I once beat a mugger who tried to rob me. It happened in Alabama.
4. I was valedictorian of my high school class. I graduated in 1992.
1. I guess it's possible but I'd have thought the top speed on one of these would be nearer 90 than 120 when it was loaded, even down hill with a tail wind.
2. If you were a good angler no problem with this one. Was it an original Zebco or one of the new fangled versions?
3. Yep, I'll go with that, I don't know you, but get the impression you wouldn't just lay down...and you drive trucks :D
4. That'd put you in your mid thirtys, yeah, why not.
I'll have to go with #1 as well then.
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2 = the lie
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Since I know Zathras personally and I know which one is the fib I won't ruin the fun by telling. :)
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I have a problem imagining someone stupid enough to try and mug Zathras. The idea of being a mugger is to look for the soft target. Anyone over 6 foot is just a bad choice. So even though I know most muggers are stupid, I'm going with #3.
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#3 is the lie
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1. This is true. I was strolling along I-55 in Missouri with about 4 other trucks. We were doing about 75 when a couple of cattle haulers started talking crap about the slow trucks and passed us doing about 90. I had never let loose in this truck, but it had a big motor and tall gears. I eased 'er out in the hammer lane and mashed on it. She jumped forward like I had been holding her back. I looked at my DDEC (computer) readout. I was getting 2.1 mpg and the last time I looked at the speed, it was 122 mph. I had a double white-knuckle grip as I passed the cattle cars like they were sitting still.
2. The lie. I don't like to fish. When I do go, I don't put a hook on my line, only a sinker. Then I start drinking. If you're fishing, it's all good, if not, you're an alcoholic.
3. Yup. I was leaving a small truck stop and walking to my truck. I saw something coming at my head and flinched. I was hit across the side of my head with a chrome pipe. I lifted my arms and blocked a few more shots with my forearms. A kinda small guy stepped back and said, "Give me your f-ing wallet." Now, this was a mistake on several levels.
1. He picked the wrong guy to mug.
2. I probably would have given him 5 bucks if he had just asked for it.
3. There are things that a truck driver needs to have on the road. Most of them are in my wallet.
4. He hit me.
5. He stopped hitting me.
I lunged forward and tackled him. I had him by the shoulders, banging him against the ground. I felt something against my ribs and realized he was still trying to hit me with the pipe. I let go of him and grabbed the pipe. This is when he squirmed away and took off like the devil himself was chasing him.
4. Truth. I actually fall into the super genius IQ category. I just lack focus.
Clutron is up!
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Y'know, Nash hasn't gone yet, either!
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Since I have been requested by the thread originator, here goes:
1) The first time I saw my wife she was in a group of German tourists. I spotted her and ignored the rest of the group. We were married over 12 years later.
2) I love the German Autobahns and almost never drive less than 100 MPH (160 KPH) in the unlimited speed zones. Sadly there seem to be fewer of those every year.
3) I get paid to talk to someone once a week and belittle her.
4) In Prague I stared down a thief, who was trying to steal a piece of my luggage, probably my camera-bag backpack.
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I'm going to say #1 is the lie, just because there's a lot of room for fibbing there.
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1) The first time I saw my wife she was in a group of German tourists. I spotted her and ignored the rest of the group. We were married over 12 years later.
2) I love the German Autobahns and almost never drive less than 100 MPH (160 KPH) in the unlimited speed zones. Sadly there seem to be fewer of those every year.
3) I get paid to talk to someone once a week and belittle her.
4) In Prague I stared down a thief, who was trying to steal a piece of my luggage, probably my camera-bag backpack.
I'm gonna say #3 = the lie. Everything else sounds pretty normal. Unless you work at a comedy club? And you are the paid heckler? Or a D.J.?
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#2. Not sure why, it just feels right.
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I think it's number 2, as it's the least interesting of the four statements.
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I'm going with number 2.
Sadly there seem to be fewer of those every year.
This just doesn't sound right coming from you.
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I say #2, because I know I'd be scared to go that fast.
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1) The first time I saw my wife she was in a group of German tourists. I spotted her and ignored the rest of the group. We were married over 12 years later.
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I knew the Germans had a problem with cannibals, but how did you get her out?
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I say #2, because I know I'd be scared to go that fast.
#2 would make you #2 in your car?
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I say #2, because I know I'd be scared to go that fast.
#2 would make you #2 in your car?
No, I can control mah poopz.
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i say #3 is the lie, too vague
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Since I have been requested by the thread originator, here goes:
1) The first time I saw my wife she was in a group of German tourists. I spotted her and ignored the rest of the group. We were married over 12 years later.
2) I love the German Autobahns and almost never drive less than 100 MPH (160 KPH) in the unlimited speed zones. Sadly there seem to be fewer of those every year.
3) I get paid to talk to someone once a week and belittle her.
4) In Prague I stared down a thief, who was trying to steal a piece of my luggage, probably my camera-bag backpack.
1) True – I met my wife when she came to the states on her HS class trip. They were doing the whole East Coast. Until the got to Philly , they'd been doing about a city a day and had stayed in motels. In Philly they stayed with families and yours truly volunteered to host one of them. When I saw the crowd, I quickly locked on her. As luck would have it, her friend was staying with me. We ended up being pen pals (pre-internet) for three years, but that faded and stopped.
Almost ten years after I first met her, my mother called to say I had gotten a letter. Turned out she was in NYC for three months and wanted to see if we were still friends. Two and a half years after that I gave up my apartment, sold my truck, quit my job, packed a bunch of my stuff into a shipping container, got married, and moved to Berlin.
2) True whenever I'm driving a car other than mine, but false for our game here – I love my car. It is cheap to operate, carries the whole family and a ton of crap, and is dependable as hell. Therefore I treat it gently. Under penalty of "wet willies" no one may drive it over 85 (135 KPH) and the preferred cruising speed is 75 (120 KPH). Give me someone else's car and I'm always over 100. I have no problem thrashing the shit out of a rental or a company car.
3) True – A friend is a small business owner. She realized at one point that she had lots of things going, but wasn't following through. Once a week she reports to me and I focus her work. I give her goals for the week, and I get paid to be nasty, if I think she's not working hard enough. Guilt trips are my preferred weapon.
4) True – When we were leaving Prague, we took a tram down to the train station. One stop before we needed to transfer to another line this guy gets on and looks around. He wasn't very subtle. The second he saw our backpacks and suitcase he snapped his head around and pretended he wasn't looking. It wasn't far to the next stop and he followed us off the tram. The stops were so close together, no one would have waited at the first stop just to go one stop and then wait again at the next stop.
I told my wife to put her pack on hold the suitcase very tightly. I tightened the straps on my camera-bag backpack and slid my asp (http://www.batondefense.com/ASPBC.html) into my hand. I then just stared at him. He looked over every 20-30 seconds and just saw me staring back. I had my "don't f*** with me face on and was turned towards him like I was ready for a bar fight. After about three minutes, he decided he didn't want to wait for the next tram and jogged away.
A lot of you got that right. Although I thought it was funny that one of you thought it was too boring, someone else thought it was too scary, and the third thought the informative blurb was out of character.
Who's next?
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i'll go!
1. I've hooked up with someone 4 years older than me.
2. I spoke my first word and took my first step at the same time.
3. When I was 7 I led a large group of kids through a blizzard after being separated from our ski camp counselor.
4. I was almost charged with a federal felony once.
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i'll go!
1. I've hooked up with someone 4 years older than me.
2. I spoke my first word and took my first step at the same time.
3. When I was 7 I led a large group of kids through a blizzard after being separated from our ski camp counselor.
4. I was almost charged with a federal felony once.
I'll go with Item Three as being the lie. I don't think it didn't happen, but I don't think it happened when you were seven.
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i'll go!
1. I've hooked up with someone 4 years older than me.
2. I spoke my first word and took my first step at the same time.
3. When I was 7 I led a large group of kids through a blizzard after being separated from our ski camp counselor.
4. I was almost charged with a federal felony once.
Ah, a young'un. I'm going to believe 4 and 1, as they are true for me. Now that leaves 2 and 3. Eenie meenie miney moe, I pick 3.
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I vote for #2. It seems unlikely unless you took a step, fell down, and then cursed like you heard one of your parents do when they fell down.
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I figured 2 for "BEER" as he lunged after his pop's six-pack.
Oooooh. Post number 1000 is coming up. I think I'll do something special.
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I'm also voting for 2 as the fib- though it's possible It just seems less likely.
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I figured 2 for "BEER" as he lunged after his pop's six-pack.
Oooooh. Post number 1000 is coming up. I think I'll do something special.
hmph. all you did with it was make me feel inadequate and frankly considering I'm a manically-depressed identity-confused and lonely teenager with big ideas and no plans it's really not that much of an achievement. ;)
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alriiight sorry i took so long, ive been sick (still am) but anyway...
1. I've hooked up with someone 4 years older than me.
TRUE! But im not to happy about it, im not really attracted to the girl... ehh whatev i was drunk hahaha :D!
2. I spoke my first word and took my first step at the same time.
TRUE! My mom was watching T.V. and I was playing on the floor when my Dad came home from work. I stood up, said "Dad!" as I took a step. However that one step was the one step away from the edge of the floor i was on, so i fell down the one step to the other floor right after :P (sorry if that is INCREDIBLY VAGUE). anyway my dad and my mom were baffled, and my dad asked my mom how long i had been doing that and she was just as surprised as he was :)
3. When I was 7 I led a large group of kids through a blizzard after being separated from our ski camp counselor.
TRUE! I was in Vail, Colorado at a ski camp and we had gone to the top of a mountain just as a blizzard was beginning. When all of us got off the ski lift, we were waiting in a small group for our counselor, and she wasn't showing up. I made sure everyone stayed together, and after a few minutes one kid decided he wanted to go look for her, but i was able to stop him. I led the whole group to an open area and made everyone just stick together. A few minutes later our counselor found us and took us to a lodge for hot chocolate :D!
4. I was almost charged with a federal felony once.
FALSE! Tho i guess it could be almost true... I based this one off of this one time i went digging around in my school's computer files, places i REALLY shouldnt have been goin to (i had good intentions, ones id rather not say tho cuz they are SO dumb in retrospect). So anyway i got caught, and was subsequently fired from my job at the school helping out the tech people. This was freshman year.
i guess technically i could have been charged with a felony there, cuz u cant dig around on other peoples computers, or sumtin like that.... but i was never charged or even almost charged, it was never brought up.
:)
so who is next?
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So did your dad have a beer in his hand? ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Poppydragon, now's your chance!
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cant believe no one guessed 4 as the lie...
you people obviously have a low opinion of me haha
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OK then, here goes
1) I once lived in a castle for two years.
2) When I was 10 I got knocked down by a car and thought I had died and gone to heaven because a female passer by covered me with her fur coat.
3) I have climbed all of the Munroes (peaks over 3000 feet in Scotland)
4) I was chosen to play Jesus in the Easter story when I was 8 but turned it down to play the Roman Centurian instead.
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OK then, here goes
1) I once lived in a castle for two years.
2) When I was 10 I got knocked down by a car and thought I had died and gone to heaven because a female passer by covered me with her fur coat.
3) I have climbed all of the Munroes (peaks over 3000 feet in Scotland)
4) I was chosen to play Jesus in the Easter story when I was 8 but turned it down to play the Roman Centurian instead.
Hmmm, tough one. They're all plausible. I'll go for 3 simply because it'd be false if you just climbed most of the Munroes or something.
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I think I'm with Eytanz. I think you probably want to climb all of them and have climbed most of them.
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I'm going to have to go with eytanz and russel_nash. I don't think you've climbed them all.
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OK then, here goes
1) I once lived in a castle for two years.
2) When I was 10 I got knocked down by a car and thought I had died and gone to heaven because a female passer by covered me with her fur coat.
3) I have climbed all of the Munroes (peaks over 3000 feet in Scotland)
4) I was chosen to play Jesus in the Easter story when I was 8 but turned it down to play the Roman Centurian instead.
I also think it's number three- but JUSt to go against the grain I'll say number 1!
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I'm off out this evening but I'll put the answer up tomorrow if there are no more guesses. :-\
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1) This is the lie. I was lucky enough to go to college at the United World College of the Atlantic in South Wales, the college itself is based around a castle however I lived in a dorm on the grounds, not actually in the castle.
2) True - I kicked a can into the road and ran after it and came out second best to a Morris Marina, the tale of my brush with "Heaven" is trotted out regularly by my parents when they wish to embarass me.
3) True - I completed my last two (Sgurr Dearg & Sgurr Dubh Mor on the Black Cuillin Ridge on Skye) last year, it took me thirty years to climb all 284.
4) True - For the very simple reason, I looked at the thick pile of paper that represented the Jesus role and the two lines that represented the Centurian and decided that I preferred brevity.
Who's next?
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As I've been missing in the depths of Australia for a while, I'll let you all get to know me again with my list ;)
1. I broke both my arms in an embarrassing snowboarding accident where I was standing directly in front of the instructor and not actually moving.
2. I used to ride sheep.
3. I can perfectly imitate the English voice of the inbuilt navigation system of a Mercedes Benz.
4. My real first name means running water in an Aboriginal language.
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I have inside information on this one, so I'm out. I like the stories behind a couple of these, so I hope we'll get the full stories later.
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As I've been missing in the depths of Australia for a while, I'll let you all get to know me again with my list ;)
1. I broke both my arms in an embarrassing snowboarding accident where I was standing directly in front of the instructor and not actually moving.
2. I used to ride sheep.
3. I can perfectly imitate the English voice of the inbuilt navigation system of a Mercedes Benz.
4. My real first name means running water in an Aboriginal language.
I"m torn between 3 and 4. I can believe the snowboarding incident, and it is a perfect submission for this game. The sheep riding? I can see kids riding kids.
I'll pick 4 as the lie.
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As I've been missing in the depths of Australia for a while, I'll let you all get to know me again with my list ;)
1. I broke both my arms in an embarrassing snowboarding accident where I was standing directly in front of the instructor and not actually moving.
2. I used to ride sheep.
3. I can perfectly imitate the English voice of the inbuilt navigation system of a Mercedes Benz.
4. My real first name means running water in an Aboriginal language.
this is a fun grouping of things! 1- I'm clumsy so I can believe this. 2. And, had I access to them I would have too. 3. ..*eyebrows lift* heehee.. really..? 4. suure My folks were hippies so this is plausable.
Since I was right guessing it last time I'm going with my lucky number 1. Not 'cause it's not possible but because they're all plausable.
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I'm betting the twist is that wherethewild's name means something else. Maybe nectar of the gods. Wait... Does your name translate to Beer?
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and MacArthurBug got it right!
1. Lie. Although this actually did happen to a friend of mine, I've never broken a bone.
2. True. I grew up on a farm and whenever Dad penned the sheep for tailing or drenching or whatever he'd throw us on the back of them before releasing them one at a time. The best fun I've ever had and I'm surprised #1 was still the case afterwards.
3. True, and I ended up with a very... graphic... proposal in a bar in Tokyo when I demonstrated it. There's a niche market screaming for someone with my talent, that's for sure.
4. True. In the Wiradjuri language Jacinta (hmmm, have I told you all my name before ;D ) means running water. Although I really was named after a woman my Dad worked with (he just liked the name. seriously. nothing untoward about it AT ALL).
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and MacArthurBug got it right!
1. Lie. Although this actually did happen to a friend of mine, I've never broken a bone.
2. True. I grew up on a farm and whenever Dad penned the sheep for tailing or drenching or whatever he'd throw us on the back of them before releasing them one at a time. The best fun I've ever had and I'm surprised #1 was still the case afterwards.
3. True, and I ended up with a very... graphic... proposal in a bar in Tokyo when I demonstrated it. There's a niche market screaming for someone with my talent, that's for sure.
4. True. In the Wiradjuri language Jacinta (hmmm, have I told you all my name before ;D ) means running water. Although I really was named after a woman my Dad worked with (he just liked the name. seriously. nothing untoward about it AT ALL).
3. The way you do it, it's the most pornographic GPS unit ever created. "Turn right now, you bad boy."
4. That's the first time you've ever told these weirdos. Now you're in for it.
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and MacArthurBug got it right!
OMG right twice in a row. I can't think of the last time I've been right that often. :D
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4. That's the first time you've ever told these weirdos. Now you're in for it.
Hey! I resemble that remark! I know he's not active in a silly manner on the boards, but wouldn't everybody like to hear Ben's 4 statements?
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I'll go again, what the heck!
I've owned or been co-owner of the following:
1. A firearms store.
2. A truck repair shop.
3. A recording studio.
4. A trucking company.
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I'll go again, what the heck!
I've owned or been co-owner of the following:
1. A firearms store.
2. A truck repair shop.
3. A recording studio.
4. A trucking company.
#3 sticks out like a sore thumb. Two are involved with trucking, which makes sense as you're a trucker. Firearms seem somewhat complementary since at least stereotypically truckers like themselves some guns.
So you clearly mean the recording studio to stand out and seem unlikely. Therefore I'd say it's probably true. However, we've been playing this game for awhile now, and you're a clever man, so you probably put in an obvious lie, figuring no one would pick it. However what you failed to comprehend is that I am also a clever man, therefore I should choose the glass in front of me!
er, that is, I say #3 is the lie.
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since 3 is a sore thumb, its good for this game, im goin with 1
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I'm going to go for 4. No great reason except that I'd expect it to be the least expected when you're putting up the list.
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#4 depends on how you have your truck currently set up for tax purposes. You could very easily be a trucking company of one truck and one driver. The Princess Bride refuses to let me pick the Studio. Therefore I'm going to go with the firearms store.
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I'll say #2, because I think you mentioned currently being a self-employed trucker (and hence, a trucking company), and #1 and #3 are random enough to be true.
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I'll go again, what the heck!
I've owned or been co-owner of the following:
1. A firearms store.
2. A truck repair shop.
3. A recording studio.
4. A trucking company.
1. True. It was called First Defense, and it was located in Augusta, GA.
2. FALSE!!! My brother does, however.
3. True. Loudhouse, also in Augusta, GA.
4. True, Nash nailed this one. I am a one truck outfit, and am leased on to another company.
Next.
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I'd like to go again, if no one minds.
1. When I played college football, I once took an (inadvertent) helmet-to-helmet hit that left me bleeding from my jaw. I got right up, trotted off the field, was sent to the locker-room, saw the blood, and promptly passed out. I still have a scar.
2. In high school guitar class, my teacher once brought in a professional musician (drummer) for the sole purpose of her, the drummer, and myself performing together during the lunch period as part of the weekly guitar class lunchtime concert. I was the only person who the teacher and the drummer performed with, ever, at the school.
3. In order to disguise myself when sending an anonymous Valentine's Day card-and-rose in middle school, I wrote the card using absolutely perfect cursive, instead of my ridiculously-bad script. The girl still doesn't know I sent her the card, though we've been friends since sixth grade.
4. My fifth-grade teacher got all the fifth-grade classes together and basically played a live-action, year-long version of Sim City with us. I was City Manager (not the mayor, but basically the mayor's third-in-command), and often got so into it that I would get terrible headaches from skipping lunch to work on the project.
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I'd like to go again, if no one minds.
1. When I played college football, I once took an (inadvertent) helmet-to-helmet hit that left me bleeding from my jaw. I got right up, trotted off the field, was sent to the locker-room, saw the blood, and promptly passed out. I still have a scar.
2. In high school guitar class, my teacher once brought in a professional musician (drummer) for the sole purpose of her, the drummer, and myself performing together during the lunch period as part of the weekly guitar class lunchtime concert. I was the only person who the teacher and the drummer performed with, ever, at the school.
3. In order to disguise myself when sending an anonymous Valentine's Day card-and-rose in middle school, I wrote the card using absolutely perfect cursive, instead of my ridiculously-bad script. The girl still doesn't know I sent her the card, though we've been friends since sixth grade.
4. My fifth-grade teacher got all the fifth-grade classes together and basically played a live-action, year-long version of Sim City with us. I was City Manager (not the mayor, but basically the mayor's third-in-command), and often got so into it that I would get terrible headaches from skipping lunch to work on the project.
This one is actually quite simple. Number 4 is the lie.
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Any more guesses before I reveal the answers?
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I'd go with #3, as it's the only one that doesn't involve missing lunch (well, ok, #1 isn't explicitly about missing lunch, but it's at least possible you were still passed out in lunchtime).
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Wow, I didn't even realize they were 50% about lunch. That was totally unintentional.
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Wow, I didn't even realize they were 50% about lunch. That was totally unintentional.
Lunch is rarely intentional.
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Don't really have a feel for this one. Of course I don't think I've gotten one right this whole time except for Wherethewild. I'll go with #2.
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Wow, I didn't even realize they were 50% about lunch. That was totally unintentional.
Lunch is rarely intentional.
"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." -Ford Prefect
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The lie is #1.
1 -- this actually happened, but to my High School government/econ teacher, not to me. I never played college sports.
2 -- we played "Closer to Fine" by the Indigo Girls. The teacher and I played guitar, my friend Orit played bass, and the professional -- a friend of hers -- played drums.
3 -- that's the whole story.
4 -- absolutely true, and one of my favorite school projects ever.
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I'm gonna go...cuz I'm back from vacation and no one has gone for a while.
1) I am 30 years old and live with my mom (in her house).
2) I have owned 5 different exotic animals from 3 different continents.
3) I have thrown a Pie at a stranger, who later tried to file assault charges, which taught me to only throw pies at friends.
4) I sold ice-cream at Mt. Rushmore for a college job.
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Number 1 is soooo true!
I'm going to go with number 2, too much info.
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I'm gonna go...cuz I'm back from vacation and no one has gone for a while.
1) I am 30 years old and live with my mom (in her house).
2) I have owned 5 different exotic animals from 3 different continents.
3) I have thrown a Pie at a stranger, who later tried to file assault charges, which taught me to only throw pies at friends.
4) I sold ice-cream at Mt. Rushmore for a college job.
oookay:
1 sad, but has a potential of truthiness. 2, suuure why not? 3? Heehee! I especially like the "throw pie at friends" bit. 4 is sorta banal, so IMHO the lie
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Clutron!!!!!!!!
What's the answer?
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vanished in a puff of logic?
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He hasn't signed on since he posted that. Count him as MIA and go on.
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My Angel Gabriel: March 9th.
Clutron's last post: March 13th.
I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'. ;D
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My Angel Gabriel: March 9th.
Clutron's last post: March 13th.
I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'. ;D
You don't say a lot that you say.
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Well, since this thread has been whimpering to itself in the corner for about a week now, and I figure now is as good a time as any to come out of lurking, I offer my following Three Truths and a Lie.
Which, of course, will mean next to nothing here since I am what is sometimes referred to as New Meat. :D
1. I have seen woolly sheep prancing in front of me in the pale moonlight.
2. I have been mooned while taking a nighttime boat ride on the Seine.
3. I have been mistaken at least three times for the opposite gender, both in real life, online, and on the phone.
4. I have broken my left ankle and twisted my right ankle at the same time while getting up out of a chair.
Have at thee!
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Well, since this thread has been whimpering to itself in the corner for about a week now, and I figure now is as good a time as any to come out of lurking, I offer my following Three Truths and a Lie.
Which, of course, will mean next to nothing here since I am what is sometimes referred to as New Meat. :D
1. I have seen woolly sheep prancing in front of me in the pale moonlight.
2. I have been mooned while taking a nighttime boat ride on the Seine.
3. I have been mistaken at least three times for the opposite gender, both in real life, online, and on the phone.
4. I have broken my left ankle and twisted my right ankle at the same time while getting up out of a chair.
Have at thee!
I'm having difficulties with this set, because I'm picturing all 4 things happening at once. You have used the moon twice, so I'm going to assume one of those is false. I will say number 2 is the lie, probably because the location or timing is different.
Welcome!
BTW, we haven't received many entries to ZARGA IV, so you could have a good chance at winning.
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I'm gonna guess 1., but i have a pretty abysmal track record, so far. I think i've gotten 2 or 3. :-\
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Well, since this thread has been whimpering to itself in the corner for about a week now, and I figure now is as good a time as any to come out of lurking, I offer my following Three Truths and a Lie.
Which, of course, will mean next to nothing here since I am what is sometimes referred to as New Meat. :D
1. I have seen woolly sheep prancing in front of me in the pale moonlight.
2. I have been mooned while taking a nighttime boat ride on the Seine.
3. I have been mistaken at least three times for the opposite gender, both in real life, online, and on the phone.
4. I have broken my left ankle and twisted my right ankle at the same time while getting up out of a chair.
Have at thee!
Is new meat like fresh meat? Better?or just.. newer since it's cloned..
Aaaaanywaaay
1- believable 2- humm 3- sure it's plausable 4- I've done this.
sooo I'm guessing 1 fpr no reason other then track reconrd with that number
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OK, we have one 2 and two 1s and...::quickly counts on fingers::...damn math...
Come and place your bets, folks. There's usually a winner every other time.
BTW, we haven't received many entries to ZARGA IV, so you could have a good chance at winning.
...this isn't going to involve a virgin sacrifice, is it? Because the Summer Solstice is still a bit of a ways off.
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BTW, we haven't received many entries to ZARGA IV, so you could have a good chance at winning.
...this isn't going to involve a virgin sacrifice, is it? Because the Summer Solstice is still a bit of a ways off.
http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=2520.0
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Is new meat like fresh meat? Better?or just.. newer since it's cloned..
(http://www.populationstatistic.com/images/frenchpig_slicing.jpg)
Any way you slice it, it's all good.
So, here's the breakdown:
1. I have seen woolly sheep prancing in front of me in the pale moonlight.
Very true.
It was a cold autumn night, somewhere out in the Kentish countryside. I was led astray by a group of ex-Boy Scouts.
No tipping was involved, I assure you.
2. I have been mooned while taking a nighttime boat ride on the Seine.
Again, very true. This was way back before the days of digital cameras, and I hadn't brought along my standard 35 mm camera since it took blurry pictures at night. Apparently there is a place in France where the tourists see no pants.
3. I have been mistaken at least three times for the opposite gender, both in real life, online, and on the phone.
Yet again, very true. And only one of the real life encounters was in San Francisco. I guess I'm just pretty that way.
4. I have broken my left ankle and twisted my right ankle at the same time while getting up out of a chair.
This one is the big stinkin' lie. At least in terms of applying to me. This did happen to my mother, though.
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BTW, we haven't received many entries to ZARGA IV, so you could have a good chance at winning.
...this isn't going to involve a virgin sacrifice, is it? Because the Summer Solstice is still a bit of a ways off.
http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=2520.0
140 characters, hmm? ::rubs little grimy paws with glee::
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I'm gonna go...cuz I'm back from vacation and no one has gone for a while.
1) I am 30 years old and live with my mom (in her house).
2) I have owned 5 different exotic animals from 3 different continents.
3) I have thrown a Pie at a stranger, who later tried to file assault charges, which taught me to only throw pies at friends.
4) I sold ice-cream at Mt. Rushmore for a college job.
What? I'm gone for a month and you guys skip me? Seriously, sorry about the no show here...I've been listening to a lot of Dave Ramsey podcasts recently so have been away from the Pod People for a while...
Anyway, the lie is.....number 2.
1) My wife and I are trying to sell our house and since it's only a 2 bedroom and we now have 2 kids (3rd is due on Monday 4/20), we had a hard time keeping it show ready, so we moved out in the hopes that it would sell more quickly...That was October...still living with the moms...Anyone want to move to Belton? (MO) :)
2) I don't own crazy animals...I just totally made that up...
3) This is totally true...In my younger and dumber days, my friends and I used to drive around and try to hit people with pies...until one day a dude jumped in his car and followed us out of town. The police were called, but since we lived outside of city limits, the sheriff would have had to have been involved and really it was too much trouble since we didn't even hit the dude.
4) True - I worked for Amfac at Mt. Rushmore in 1999 selling ice-cream...I met my wife there, so I refer to it as "the summer of love" :). I do recommend working at a National Park over the summer if you're a teacher or in college. It is a great experience and room and board is usually paid for...you don't make much money, but it's totally worth it...
Again, sorry for the late reply and my long hiatus from the forums. I'll try not to cliffhanger you guys again...
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I'm gonna go...cuz I'm back from vacation and no one has gone for a while.
1) I am 30 years old and live with my mom (in her house).
2) I have owned 5 different exotic animals from 3 different continents.
3) I have thrown a Pie at a stranger, who later tried to file assault charges, which taught me to only throw pies at friends.
4) I sold ice-cream at Mt. Rushmore for a college job.
What? I'm gone for a month and you guys skip me? Seriously, sorry about the no show here...I've been listening to a lot of Dave Ramsey podcasts recently so have been away from the Pod People for a while...
Anyway, the lie is.....number 2.
1) My wife and I are trying to sell our house and since it's only a 2 bedroom and we now have 2 kids (3rd is due on Monday 4/20), we had a hard time keeping it show ready, so we moved out in the hopes that it would sell more quickly...That was October...still living with the moms...Anyone want to move to Belton? (MO) :)
2) I don't own crazy animals...I just totally made that up...
3) This is totally true...In my younger and dumber days, my friends and I used to drive around and try to hit people with pies...until one day a dude jumped in his car and followed us out of town. The police were called, but since we lived outside of city limits, the sheriff would have had to have been involved and really it was too much trouble since we didn't even hit the dude.
4) True - I worked for Amfac at Mt. Rushmore in 1999 selling ice-cream...I met my wife there, so I refer to it as "the summer of love" :). I do recommend working at a National Park over the summer if you're a teacher or in college. It is a great experience and room and board is usually paid for...you don't make much money, but it's totally worth it...
Again, sorry for the late reply and my long hiatus from the forums. I'll try not to cliffhanger you guys again...
CHEETAH!
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Well, i'll go next:
1. At the age of 5, i fell in an abandoned well. I didn't die (or if i did, i got better).
2. I recently learned that my grandfather drove William Faulkner to a halfway house.
3. Arnold Schwarzenegger's nanny used to cut my hair.
4. A friend of mine was a prime suspect for the Unabomber, and i was interrogated by the FBI regarding this person.
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Well, i'll go next:
1. At the age of 5, i fell in an abandoned well. I didn't die (or if i did, i got better).
2. I recently learned that my grandfather drove William Faulkner to a halfway house.
3. Arnold Schwarzenegger's nanny used to cut my hair.
4. A friend of mine was a prime suspect for the Unabomber, and i was interrogated by the FBI regarding this person.
Since Arnold Schwazenegger is a bit old for a nanny, I'll go with #3. ;D
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I also vote for the Nanninator as being the lie. As she would have to be quite old to be cutting hair.
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Apparently interest has waned for this thread. Too bad, i found it interesting!
Anyway, here's the shakedown:
1. True. I did fall in a well next to our house. It was out in the country and we didn't even know it was there (the well, not the house :P). Over the years, it had gained a "glaze" (more like a clod) of dirt over the top. For some reason (maybe there had been a lot of rain?), the clod fell in one day. The pine straw that was resting on it, however, didn't, and it made this really cool funnel shape of pine needles. Fascinated, i went over to investigate and, very fortunately (i would say "providentially"), the clod of dirt that had been covering it was floating on the surface of this very full well. But as soon as my feet hit it, it started sinking. The lip of the well came up to about my nose, but i managed to climb out, and somehow the dirt clod didn't roll while i was standing on it.
2. True. It was supposed to be hush-hush, because it wasn't widely known at the time that he was an alcoholic. My grandfather was a very reliable man (an all-around awesome guy), and he was asked to drive Mr. Faulkner from Oxford to Byhalia (where my grandfather lived). I'm not sure if Faulkner was inebriated or wasn't actually willing to go. Either way, i thought it was a cool story.
3. True. It may not have been worded the best, but it was unintentional. Ahnahld's nanny that he employed for his kids, is actually who she was. She spoke very highly of him.
4. False, though this did happen to a friend of mine. In fact, his wife, who was almost completely blind, received an odd package one afternoon while he and i were at work. She called James (my friend) who promptly left to investigate. Ended up it was just something he ordered that he had forgotten about and it came in an odd container, but that's how i found out about the whole story. But his friend fit the psych profile perfectly. Kinda creepy.
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I knew what you meant, birdless, it was just too good of an opportunity to pass up!
I don't think it was just this thread that lost interest. I'd wait until the forum in general is rolling again and then try another set.
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1. I broke a man's leg
2. I saved a boy's life
3. I fed a homeless person
4. I cheated on an exam
not all in the same day :D
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Okay, I don't know Slic, so this is a bit of a guess, but I'm going with number one--the others are all possible and interesting enough to remember and tell stories about. (One is possible too, but probably doesn't happen all that often...)
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I'll go with 4. No particular reason, just a gut feeling.
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Zathras, I hope you aren't a superstitious guy.
I had a dream in which you died and I was at your funeral. It makes no sense because I've never met you.
???
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Zathras, I hope you aren't a superstitious guy.
I had a dream in which you died and I was at your funeral. It makes no sense because I've never met you.
???
Oh man, didn't we just spray for zombies?
And my choice is...#4. Bad, naughty pupil you are if that turns out to be a truth. :P
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I'll go with number 3. No real particular reason for me, either. Too tired to try to divine why the intuition points me that way.
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Ok, here's the answers:
1. True - not my proudest moment, but it happen on a soccer field in a national tournament. I can't say it was entirely an accident, but I did feel bad later (we lost the game too)
2. True - my son was playing on a dock in a man made pond and fell in. He was about two and a half. I jumped in fully clothed and didn't have to go as far a mouth to mouth, but he had swallowed a lot of water by the time I brought him up. Ruined a perfectly good pocket watch too, which I tease him about to this day ;-)
3. True - and a lot easier than you might think
4. Which makes this the lie - Never cheated - thought about it from time to time, especially for Thermodynamics,but never did.
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1. I spent time in jail when I was in High School.
2. I was involved in a fight in a strip club.
3. Two people I am related to have been on the TV show "America's Most Wanted".
4. I once broke my friend's back.
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1. I spent time in jail when I was in High School.
2. I was involved in a fight in a strip club.
3. Two people I am related to have been on the TV show "America's Most Wanted".
4. I once broke my friend's back.
I know, I know!!!!
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1. I spent time in jail when I was in High School.
2. I was involved in a fight in a strip club.
3. Two people I am related to have been on the TV show "America's Most Wanted".
4. I once broke my friend's back.
Hiya Tink!
1- Depends on which side of the bars, but plausible
2. heck I've done this.
3.heehee.. well you did marry Z.. and that means you're a "special" kinda lady. ;)
4.ow! But.. I bet it's one of those guilty nagging things that needed a confession, so plausible.
ok pure guesswork- I'm saying three. But can't wait to hear the stories behind all of these.
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Wait, wait, WAIT!!!!!!
I would like to state, for the record, that...
I HAVE NEVER BEEN ON AMERICA'S MOST WANTED!!!
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Wait, wait, WAIT!!!!!!
I would like to state, for the record, that...
I HAVE NEVER BEEN ON AMERICA'S MOST WANTED!!!
she said related to...
are you from arkansas?
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I was merely cutting off that line of questioning before it got started.
But we will be living in Arizona soon...
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OH NOS!!!
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I'm going to say number 3, because I want to hear the stories from the other ones.
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I'm going to say number 3, because I want to hear the stories from the other ones.
Personally i think #4 is the lie 3 is too obvious to be a lie otherwise
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1. I spent time in jail when I was in High School. - This is TRUE. My dad worked for the jail for 25 years. When I was in HS I would often go visit him at work. (A pathetic way to spend a Friday night, but it kept me out of trouble.)
2. I was involved in a fight in a strip club. - LIE While I have been to a couple strip clubs I have never been involved in a fight at one. Got this one from my brother who has gotten in a fight in a strip club.
3. Two people I am related to have been on the TV show "America's Most Wanted". - TRUE Years ago there was an escape at the jail my dad worked at and as a part of that story my dad was interviewed. The second person is my estranged step-cousin's husband. He shot a police officer and fled the area. He made the #1 spot on the Most Wanted list and was featured on the show. He was caught a couple of weeks later and is still awaiting trial.
4. I once broke my friend's back. - Sad but TRUE. When I first got my driver's license I took my brother and my friends for a ride on some dirt roads on the mesa. On the way back my brother convinced me to see how fast my car would go. Not a good idea on a bumpy desert dirt road. I rolled my car and since we weren't wearing seatbelts I flew into the back seat on top of my friend thus breaking her back.