Three truths and a lie

[Zathras]

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.

[Russell Nash]

I'll say 3 is crap, because the two tools for dismantling a house are a sledge hammer and a sawzall.

[eytanz]

TNT isn't technically a power tool, right?

I say number 2 is a lie...

[Alasdair5000]

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.

[Zathras]

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.

[Raving_Lunatic]

This looks like a lovely game. I'll get three unbelievable truths about me ready for when i guess right.

[Ocicat]

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.

[Zathras]

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.

[Raving_Lunatic]

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.

[DKT]

Gonna go with #2.

[Poppydragon]

Gotta go with #3, I've never met a 15 y/o whose had the taste to like Radiohead

[Zathras]

This is a tough one, but I'm going with #4.  Even though it would be cool.

[Raving_Lunatic]

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.

[eytanz]

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.

[Raving_Lunatic]

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.

[eytanz]

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.

[Zathras]

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.

[DKT]

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?

[Raving_Lunatic]

She never found out.

Change subject, anyone who wants to can go next.

[Alasdair5000]

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.

[Zathras]

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.)

[Ocicat]

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.

[Swamp]

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."

[MacArthurBug]

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

[Zathras]

Hey, MacArthurBug, have a look see at this.

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."     But let's try to be a bit nicer than that.