Work is having a somethingsomething, and my boss wants me to represent our group in the Two Truths and a Lie game (have I mentioned how warm and fuzzy the Boy Scouts is?). I am not sure why I chosen, except that I seem to always have interesting information at my fingertips, which apparently qualifies me to make up stuff.
Little do they know that it is because of Hatrack. So, I am soliciting help.
The two truths need to be things that are not commonly known about me. I have one - I have been published in a scientific journal. I need one more truth, and a lie.
Any ideas? I figure, y'all got me into this...
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Also, we can play.
[ September 27, 2005, 04:02 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Hmmm. Well, you could lie about how many neices and nephews you have. Just add one to the count, I bet no one would notice.
As for another truth... something outrageous you did as a teenager that you've never told at work?
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
ok, this isn't where it should go, but did you email me last week, it was some photo sight thing or something, and entirely in spanish (I think), had your name, but no actual email address visible. I didn't want to mention it till you were back from Spain.
I agree with KQ on the lie, not sure about another truth though.
We should play.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
You're very sweet to think that I was that adventurous. The most outrageous thing I did in high school was completely space taking the PSAT. I didn't know existed until all the other juniors got their scores back. Don't ask me where I was - I don't know.
I was trying to think of a fabulous lie. Maybe that I once starred in a traveling production of Miss Saigon.
breyerchic: *blush* Yes, that was me. It was entirely by accident. I was trying to click cancel, but it was all in Spanish, and instead I sent invitations to everyone in my Yahoo address book. Hatrackers, old friends, old professors, MY BOSS, job contacts, guys from years ago, job contacts, the entire Dallas 12th ward list. I got a firestorm of responses, including a couple from old friends delighted to see I am still alive, so those were nice. But in general, it was very embarassing, and I apologize. On my list of things to do now that I have returned, I am going to write everyone who wrote me and explain. *wince* Sorry. *hangs head in shame*
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
You got married in Paris last week to a guy you met over the internet?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I think my boss would be a little too happy about that one. I got an e-mail this morning saying he was happy I'm back and hoping I met cute guys while I was there.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
thats creepy
did you see my thing about the email? I can send it to you if you want, or if you really did it, ok, it just seemed suspicious.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I answered the e-mail above in an edit. I apologize again.
It is kind of creepy, but not really. He goes to my church, has a daughter my age, and it's really like family here. It worries him that I'm not married. I don't mind, although I don't answer. I talked about the Louvre instead.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Hmmm, a fabulous lie, that's believable.
How about you once danced with [insert famous hot guy of your choice] at some place or another that you make up?
A truth, a truth, a truth... are you related to anyone really famous for something wild?
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
oh ok, that works, I was just a bit worried maybe you had loggged in on at a cafe or something and someone hacked you.
Hmm two truths and a lie about me.
my brother is twice my age i show horses I know the "james dean mystery man" who has been showing up at James Dean's grave every year on the aniversery of his death, without saying who he was, it's in all the papers in Indiana.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Hmm...I think the one about horses could be the lie. Am I right?
ketchupqueen: My favorite living author bought dinner for me and my friends once. Do you think that would work for the truth?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Yes! That would be excellent for the truth!
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Mission accomplished. Danke.
Your turn to list three. Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I want someone else to guess then I'll say if you're right or not. They can guess the same or different.
That would work as a truth, who else did OSC buy dinner for?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I guess that your brother is not twice your age.
I'm thinking about mine.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Amka, scottneb, and unicornwhisper.
Best fangirl-day ever.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Nope KQ he is, well till Saturday, then he'll be more than twice my age, until I turn 20 which isn't till January.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
So apparently, Kat really is brilliant, knowing the one that could be the most easily true, is false. Oh and the brother is actually a half brother.
I need a good fangirl day, now I have to decide who to be a fan of.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Flaco Jimenez once wished me luck with my pregnancy.
I had a child movie star guest at my wedding reception, who delighted all the kids in attendance.
I'm allergic to Brazil nuts.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
(That's probably too easy, but I had a hard time thinking of them!)
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I did sort of cheat - I didn't think I'd ever seen you post about horses, and figured you would have mentioned it.
I was a little afraid to say that, because you could have started the I Love Showing Horses thread and I'd missed it somehow. *points back up to "missed taking the PSAT"*
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I thought it might be the horses one, but I figured I'd be different. Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I love riding horses, and working with them, just never have shown.
Um KQ I think you are alergic to Brazil Nuts, not clue about the other two.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
So which one is the lie?
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
you aren't boring, you're hard! Note, I have no clue who Flaco Jimenez is.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
They both seem oddly possible.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Flaco Jimenez is one of my favorite musicians.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I'll go with that one as the lie.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Anyone else?
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
you realize only 3 of us have posted in this thread?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Yup. And no one else wants to play with me. *sniff*
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I hadn't read it 'til now. Kat, that's an awfully good truth, but I'm still going to put in my suggestion. . . you've traveled all over the country and to Europe to visit over 100 people you met on the internet. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
But everyone who knows her will believe that!
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Sadly, I think they would believe that one. Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Jinx.
KQ: I'm going with the singer one, but I admit it's a tossup.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Ah, I thought you'd be playing with people who didn't know you that well. Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
They don't, but one of the few facts known about me is that I have quirky friends. I would have to have met them somewhere.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Okay, two guesses, so I'll reveal myself: I am not allergic to Brazil nuts, although I am mildly allergic to their cousin, the hazelnut.
The other two are true. Flaco Jimenez wished me luck on my first pregnancy when I met him at the State Fair of Texas. Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
you slept with a girl.
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Who was the child star?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Daryl Sabara.His twin brother was also there, but is not as recognizable. Their mother was the monitor for our visitation with our father. I've known them since they were about two.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Doesn't anyone else want to play? Posted by Miriya (Member # 7822) on :
I would, but no one knows anything about me...
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
That's okay, we can still guess which one is a lie. Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
I'll play, although I don't know how easy/hard it will be to guess about me.
I joked around with George Foreman. I dressed in my cap and gown for my Physics AP test. I participated in the Double Dare obstacle course (the one from the Nickelodeon show).
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
That's cool, kq.
When I was a kid, I used to walk to and from school in knee deep snow up hill both directions.
There weren't any dinosaurs, so we kept a snake for a pet.
Despite all this, we did have cable television.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Hmmm.
I'm going to say that the cap and gown one is a lie.
Posted by Miriya (Member # 7822) on :
I think it's the cap and gown thing...
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
You win. About 75% of my friends did it, but I (and two others) backed out.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
jeniwren:
I'm tempted to say number 1, but then if you lived somewhere like where I lived, you could walk uphill both directions.
So I'll say the cable tv is a lie.
Posted by Miriya (Member # 7822) on :
jeniwren... I say the snake thing is a lie.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
I'll go with the first one.
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
kq wins...the cable tv one is a lie.
I grew up in Anchorage and lived at the top of a hill. My school was at the top of the adjacent hill. Because it was less than a mile away, I had to walk or cadge rides from friends. The bus didn't stop that close to the school.
And we did keep a snake for a while. His name was Bo.
Showing my age, cable tv didn't become available in our city until I was well into HS and as we lived a bit out in the sticks, it didn't come into our area until I was off on my own and married.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
So, we've got three guesses, one for each. Which is it?
Edit: beat me!
Posted by Miriya (Member # 7822) on :
Okay. My turn:
I taught ground school for aspiring pilots.
I was an extra in the movie "X-men".
I am over a foot shorter than my husband.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Hmmm.
I'll say the extra one is a lie.
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
(and off topic a bit, kq, I had a dream about babysitting Emma the other night. I was watching her and we were having a good time, but she kept surprising me with how smart she is. Though she couldn't *say* everything she had on her mind, she was quite successful in expressing herself. She was about 9 mths old in the dream, and she kept telling me in babytalk the proper way to make a ham sandwich, how to clean the hardwood floor correctly, and where things go in the cabinets. She got very upset when I did things wrong and made me do them again until I got it right. I woke up very amused.)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
That is so her! Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
I'm guessing #3 is the lie.
Posted by Miriya (Member # 7822) on :
You win kq. I wasn't an extra in X-men... my sister was. (the movie was filmed in the greater Toronto area and the statue of liberty scenes were all shot in the same park I go to with my kids to see fireworks on special occasions)
I did teach ground school and my husband is in fact 16 inches taller than me. Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Here's another:
My son's father was a world class chess player.
My daughter's father sings opera.
My father went to film school with George Lucas.
Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
The chess one is my guess.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I guess film school.
Posted by Miriya (Member # 7822) on :
The chess one I think.
Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
I'm going to try too:
My Grandfather's brother had two wives when he lived in Iran, a Jewish wife and a Muslim wife.
I got a 970 score on my SATs in 7th grade 3 years ago.
I'm 6'2 and 15 years old.
Posted by Miriya (Member # 7822) on :
I think the two wives thing is a lie.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I think you got a higher score than that, so I'll go with the SATs.
Posted by Miriya (Member # 7822) on :
I know nothing about how SATs are scored... I hope my choice isn't insulting Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
That would be a decent score for most 7th graders who hadn't studied for it.
But I think he got higher anyway.
[ September 27, 2005, 07:56 PM: Message edited by: ketchupqueen ]
Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
Well...first, I am actually a he, not a she. And the false answer is the 6'2 one. I'm really 5'9ish. I got the 970 in 7th grade before I really knew what the SATs were, and I definitely didn't study for it Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I'm sorry! I've thought you were a girl forever. Why didn't you correct me before?
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
I love this game.
I play the bassoon.
I managed a band that had a video on MTV.
There are more animals than people living in my house.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I choose "I love this game". Oh, wait...
Hmm, I'll guess the bassoon.
Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
quote:Originally posted by katharina: Amka, scottneb, and unicornwhisper.
Best fangirl-day ever.
Oh yeah, you just had to bring that up again... I didn't go with you guys to the resturaunt (was it Brick Oven Pizza? I forgot) ..I had to leave the Book signing to go to the play I was being a props person for. I was getting a credit for it and couldn't miss any rehearsals or performances.
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
Let me try some of mine...
I was born in Italy, and have full Italian citizenship.
I've ridden in a dogseld on the Iditarod trail.
I have 5 AP classes this year.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
I choose the dogsled.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Now me:
A girlfriend proposed to me once. We were engaged but she broke up with me shortly after.
I've been in a good number of firearms battles (as an innocent bystander)
I always use very heavy clothes from december to february.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Too easy, Eduardo. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Eduardo, I'm guessing that the third one is the lie -- I don't believe you about heavy clothes.
I proposed to my husband.
I was introduced to Jackie Mason in the video section of Tower Records.
My coworkers have never seen my left elbow.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Tante, the 2nd is a lie?
Yeah, yeah... My third is the lie (since I live in Brazil, Dec. to Feb. would be full-blown summer, and I'd be dead if I used heavy clothes)... I wanted to put things people here would have a chance to know. Had I put:
- I was once a boyscout - I was my State's judo champion, twice. - I studied classical piano for 7 years.
I't'd be harder...
Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :
Ok, Here are mine...
I was the keg pumper for Def Leppard on their Adrenalize tour.
I Interned for the Secret Service
My Mom used to be a chorus girl on Broadway...
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
the secret service thing.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Eduardo_Sauron:
Tante, the 2nd is a lie?
Excellent! I saw Jackie Mason running down the street in New York, but I was never introduced to him in the video section of Tower Records.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by J T Stryker: Ok, Here are mine...
I was the keg pumper for Def Leppard on their Adrenalize tour.
I Interned for the Secret Service
My Mom used to be a chorus girl on Broadway...
Keg pumper? I don't think so.
Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :
Your both wrong....
My Mother was a Chorus Girl off Broadway...
I was on the pay roll for the Adernalize tour for insurance reasons, and the manager figured out I was just barely strong enough to be of some use... Pumping the keg under the stage.
I Interned for the Secret Service in their Indianapolis office this past summer... I didn't do much other than make copies...
If you want, Breyerchic and Raia can verify those...
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
-I have been to 6 different countries
-I was a girl scout for 7 years
-I own a 12in Powerbook G4
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
A girl scout for seven years? Outlandish!
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
I don't know why...but I'll choose tjis one as the lie: -I was a girl scout for 7 years
Hmmmm
-I am an Eagle Scout and have been part of 2 troops at the same time since -I went to University of Michigan -I have had my picture taken with Ozzy Osbourne
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
University of Michigan?
Posted by Avin (Member # 7751) on :
I love this game, but I hardly get a chance to play with all people who I don't know, so this is perfect.
Mine are:
- Every day of my sophomore year of high school, I slept for at least 16 hours. - When I returned home from my weeklong honeymoon, I was still a virgin - Bill Gates invited me over to his house once and served hot dogs for dinner.
My guesses for previously unanswered ones are:
Stan the man: Michigan Allegra: 6 countries
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Avin, 16 hours of sleep, every day for you sophomore year? Unbelievable.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Speaking of Jackie Mason . . .
Two of my brothers are on intimate terms with Jackie Mason's brother.
I have visited Spain, Japan, and the Netherlands.
My grandfather worked on the Manhattan Project.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Alright for mine: Tsmith and Avin, you are right.
I went to Southern Lakes Skills Center. It is a part of University of Michigan (therefore I got credits from), but I never went to the Flint or Ann Arbor campuses.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
My lie was the one about the animals. I played the bassoon for 5 years in school and I managed a rock band in college. I don't have that many animals.
Guessing Rivka's grandfather didn't work on the Manhattan Project.
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
No one got my last one. My daughter's father is tone deaf.
Avin, I'm thinking 16 hours is a pretty long time to sleep.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by jeniwren: No one got my last one. My daughter's father is tone deaf.
Is that necessarily incompatible with singing opera? Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
rivka, probably not, but in his case, absolutely. He does sing worship songs while doing things around the house, and does so very badly. But the worst is when he sings worship songs he made up himself.
My dad did go to film school with George Lucas, and went on to use his film degree to make instructional films for the Air Force.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
JT Stryker's mother was a show girl I'm sure (though possibly a bit short) just not on broadway, yes he interned for the secret service, though I don't think he went often, and I thought instead of being a keg pumper he was the one who lit people's joints, that may have been another tour, when he was like 5 or something.
Ok verified.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
jeniwren is correct! While I did travel extensively in my teen years, none of those countries were on the list.
My grandfather was indeed involved in stage 2 of the Manhattan Project.
And Jackie Mason's brother was the mohel (the guy with the knife) at two of my brother's brises. Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
I own 7 sofas. My cat's name is "Meowzilla." I went to the ladies' room in an Islamic country.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I am suspicious about the sofas, but I think it will turn out to be literally true -- maybe some are miniatures?
I don't believe the cat's name.
And I want to hear the story about the ladies' room. Posted by whiskysunrise (Member # 6819) on :
I think that the ladies' room is the lie.
If it is true I would like to hear the story.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I think it's the cat's name
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
Rivka and breyerchic are right!
I went into the wrong restroom at the airport. I discovered my error when I heard voices from another stall... and I waited for everyone to leave, but it didn't happen... so I had to leave while there was a line outside! I put my jacket over my face and walked out as quickly as I could. Whew.
I have 7 sofas. 2 are futon-type, but they're sofas. Why doesn't everyone else have 7 sofas?
If I had a cat, I'd name it "Meowzilla"!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Will B: I have 7 sofas. 2 are futon-type, but they're sofas. Why doesn't everyone else have 7 sofas?
Floorspace?
As for the cat name . . . that's just cruel.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Instead of buying "Magic Street", I went from public library to public library in three counties, reading a little from the book in each one.
I graduated from college with a double major in Biology and Sociology in only three years.
I once went to the wrong person's funeral.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Is it an unfair advantage if I think I know because of IRL conversations?
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Orson Scott Card bought me dinner at P. F. Changs.
I was married inside the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
My photo has appeared on the front page of the Fort Lauderdale News Sun-Sentinel. Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I think Tante's second statement is the lie.
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
Sorry for the delay. The powerbook is the lie. I have an iBook. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Icarus: I think Tante's second statement is the lie.
Icky's right! I didn't graduate with a double major in Biology and Sociology in three years.
It was a double major in English and Psychology in three years.
But it is true about Magic Street and about going to the wrong person's funeral.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Orson Scott Card bought me dinner at P. F. Changs.
Gee, he never treats ME to dinner...
I was married inside the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
Nah. You seem more like an EPCOT kind of guy.
My photo has appeared on the front page of the Fort Lauderdale News Sun-Sentinel.
What was the photo caption? Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
quote:Originally posted by Icarus: I think Tante's second statement is the lie.
Icky's right! I didn't graduate with a double major in Biology and Sociology in three years.
It was a double major in English and Psychology in three years.
But it is true about Magic Street and about going to the wrong person's funeral.
I knew that.
And I think Ic's lie is the first. I think OSC did buy him dinner, but not at that restaurant.
Posted by Avin (Member # 7751) on :
Ok, mine are:
quote:- Every day of my sophomore year of high school, I slept for at least 16 hours.
This is trivially true; I was never a sophomore of high school, so saying I did something every day of that year is using a universal quantifier over an empty set.
quote:- When I returned home from my weeklong honeymoon, I was still a virgin
Also true. My wife and I were using Natural Family Planning (NFP) for birth control and she was fertile during our honeymoon.
quote:- Bill Gates invited me over to his house once and served hot dogs for dinner.
False! Bill Gates did invite me over to his house (along with several other Microsoft interns when I was an intern there), but he served hamburgers. They were pretty good burgers, admittedly.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I think it's cheating to have the lie be a truth with a minor detail changed. If you are going to lie, lie spectacularly to see if you can get away with it.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
Icarus, I think the front page of the Fort Lauderdale paper is a lie.
Because I'm really feeling it right now, I'm gonna say that your picture has been in the paper, just not front page.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Of course Icky got married at Disney, there's no other way, he practically lives there too.
Likely he's been on the cover for acting, or teaching, or being cuban, or spending too much time at disney.
So I'm guessing that either he paid for dinner, or it wasn't at PF Chang's.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
OSC never treated me to dinner, or had dinner with me in any way. I was not yet a Hatracker when I met him. It was all a spectacular lie.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
So, what was the photo caption?
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Ok, I will try it:
I have had malaria.
I am related to Albert Schweitzer.
One of my relatives signed the Declaration of Independance.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I don't believe that you are related to Albert Schweitzer.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
quote:EAGERLY AWAITING: Joe and Lisa Iriarte sit in the room they have set up for their future child. The Iriartes are trying to adopt a child through adoption Web sites. (Staff photo/Warren Zinn)
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Icky, that means the photo was about 5 years ago, or are you trying again?
Kwea, I doubt you have a relative who signed the declaration of Indipendance, you wouldn't lie about having malaria (though I don't remember reading it)
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
That photo was six or seven years ago.
The article was a human interest piece on the trend of using the internet to place special needs kids. We were the introduction and the conclusion, and in between they interviewed a lot of adoption people and children's advocates, weighing in pro and con on the use of the internet in this way. I was kind of surprised to see it on the front page, though.
It was an interesting learning experience in how the media works. As soon as the article came out, we were contacted by TV stations wanting to do their own versions of the same article. The newspaper article was balanced and thoughtful. The TV pieces were invariably sensationalistic and got things wrong. It was interesting to see how "legwork," if you work for the TV news, consists of reading the paper.
Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
I think the Albert one is the lie.
I'll go again:
My dad has brown eyes, yet my 2 little brothers, older sister, and me all have green or blue eyes.
My grandfather was a multi-millionaire in Iran, but lost it all when people found out he was Jewish.
My 9-year old twin brothers were both born premature and dangerously underweight and now they each weigh more than me, and I'm 15.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I don't believe the one about your grandfather.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Mm. I do. I know other people who had similar things happen there.
I suspect that while Jaime's brothers were indeed underweight preemies, they do not yet outweigh him.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Yeah. The twins may weigh more than him combined, but each one? Nah.
Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :
Ok, me next.
I am adopted.
I have a dog who is in the Guiness Book of World Records for his age.
I dropped out of high school because I was failing which was a direct consequence of reading books all day.
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
*guesses that Treason is not adopted*
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Treason, your dog isn't in the guineess book of world reccords, well if he is I'm going out and getting a new copy, that's the only section I read.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
The game at work was today. They completely guessed my lie - I'm still not sure how. I did sort of stumble when they questioned me about it.
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Kat, it just goes to show what a fundamentally honest person you are. Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Any other guesses?
Joe? Posted by Goo Boy (Member # 7752) on :
You're not related to Albert Schweitzer.
Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
Icarus had it right. Teh grandfather one wasn't true. My brothers are both very big for their age and I'm extremely skinny. It's true.
Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :
Very good breyerchic, but you cheated! Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I didn't really cheat, my copy is from 1996, but I thought it was a pretty good guess.
Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :
Well, my dog is 17 but that is probably not Guiness material. Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
No I think the guiness record is about 40, I know it was some sort of coonhound named old billie. And I petsat a 17 year old Cairn Terrier this summer Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
and my mom just said she used to work with a 21 year old dauchsand (she used to be a vet tech)
Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :
WOW! If only my Ricky will be around so long.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I never taught biohazard classes, I wasn't a biologist there, just a keypuncher. I kept the records for the bio suites though.
Charles Carroll (sp?) signed the DoI and he was related to my fathers side of the family, and AS was related to me through my grandmas family, although I think it was by marriage.
"I never taught biohazard classes, I wasn't a biologist there, just a keypuncher. I kept the records for the bio suites though. [Big Grin]"
I thought the options were:
"I have had malaria.
I am related to Albert Schweitzer.
One of my relatives signed the Declaration of Independance."
Doesn't say anything about teaching a biohazard class. Unless I'm misunderstanding something.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Also Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Perhaps he lied about one of them being the lie?
Posted by ThePygmalionEffect (Member # 8649) on :
Sup everyone, I'm new here, so no one will know which one is the lie, but I'll give it a try anyhow just for fun.
1) One of my distant relatives invented basketball
2) OSC agreed to look over the first 3 pages of my novel and give me advice.
3) I got to hang out with and help Tool (the band) put their equipment away after a big show
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Hi Pyg!
I'll play. I'm guessing that the second one is the lie. Not that it is implausable that he'd help you, but the other two are offbeat and implausable enough just to be true.
Posted by ThePygmalionEffect (Member # 8649) on :
Hi Tante. Sorry, the lie was helping Tool put their equipment away. I think I would have enjoyed that almost as much as #2.
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