Post 2 true and 1 false thing about yourself

[Maggie the Ocelot]

Originally Posted by lorene

I'm guessing #2, although this is a tough one.

Nope, that one's true. It also cost her the hearing in one ear.

[Kolak of Twilo]

Originally Posted by oreally

What part? I don't recall her ever being on Happy Days.

The rest of the world should be so lucky. It was the final season and is best forgotten.

[terentii]

Originally Posted by Silver Tyger

I think this is the last one no one guessed on...



Number 1 is the lie.

Nope. That is absolutely true. I was first tested in second grade because my teacher thought I was "different."

[oreally]

Originally Posted by Kolak of Twilo

The rest of the world should be so lucky. It was the final season and is best forgotten.

Filming before a live audience was the beginning of the end for that show. The writing got worse and worse (even when you didn't think it could) - when Ron Howard left the show was effectively dead; they just kept milking the cash cow for whatever they could.

[blondebear]

Two rock 'n' roll truths, one rock 'n' roll lie:

1. My name is on the poster (along with 9,999 other fans) that came with Rundgren's "Todd" album
2. I have conducted two interviews with Pete Townshend
3. I bought some weed from Napoleon Brock, ex-sax player for Frank Zappa

[Ambivalid]

Originally Posted by blondebear

Two rock 'n' roll truths, one rock 'n' roll lie:

1. My name is on the poster (along with 9,999 other fans) that came with Rundgren's "Todd" album
2. I have conducted two interviews with Pete Townshend
3. I bought some weed from Napoleon Brock, ex-sax player for Frank Zappa

I'm gonna say number two is the lie.

Number one is just SO vague and generic (10,000 fans' names and you aren't one of them?) that it seems like you put it in there for that very purpose.


Number three sounds very random and specific to me and rings of truth.

So that leaves number two. My guess is you actually had one interview IRL, and just tacked on an extra one here for your lie.



Those are my answers. But I haven't been right yet.

[jackdavinci]

1) I painted my penis green at Burning Man and later found a postcard applicable to the circumstances
2) I once ate a taco made of a leaf as the shell and dirt as the meat
3) I was named after the EMT who helped my Mom after a car accident she was involved in while pregnant with me

[blondebear]

Originally Posted by Ambivalid

...So that leaves number two. My guess is you actually had one interview IRL, and just tacked on an extra one here for your lie.

Those are my answers. But I haven't been right yet.

Your record remains intact!

[TriPolar]

Originally Posted by blondebear

Your record remains intact!

I go with #1 being false. It's an easy lie to tell. I haven't seen the poster, so I don't know if the names are even readable, but even if they are, most people wouldn't have the patience to read through all of them to check up on it.

[Ambivalid]

Originally Posted by jackdavinci

1) I painted my penis green at Burning Man and later found a postcard applicable to the circumstances
2) I once ate a taco made of a leaf as the shell and dirt as the meat
3) I was named after the EMT who helped my Mom after a car accident she was involved in while pregnant with me

whoops. wrong post.

[Ambivalid]

Originally Posted by blondebear

Your record remains intact!

[oreally]

Originally Posted by oreally

OK might as well jump in with my "claims to fame"

1 - I had a full-page photo and was the opening "featured" person in a major financial magazine (Kiplingers) a few years back, despite having no financial expertise or any career experience in that area.

2 - I know Michael Keaton personally - we met before he was big, both from Pittsburgh area. Not super close friends, but enough that I can say hi just about any time I want and occasionally get together when his schedule allows (granted not often and I'm the one traveling). Very nice guy and very intelligent, but kinda "hyper" ie very driven. I guess you have to be in that biz.

3 - I not only saw the Tonight Show in person (Jay Leno years) but we talked backstage, and - WITHOUT permission - I sat in the Tonight Show chair behind the desk beforehand.

No guesses? Oh I forgot to mention on #3 that I also walked out with Jay as he was leaving and he showed me the sports car he drove to work in.

[jackdavinci]

Originally Posted by Ambivalid

whoops. wrong post.

What's wrong with my post?

[blondebear]

Originally Posted by TriPolar

I go with #1 being false. It's an easy lie to tell. I haven't seen the poster, so I don't know if the names are even readable, but even if they are, most people wouldn't have the patience to read through all of them to check up on it.

Yep, you got it--I hardly knew who Todd Rundgren was until one of my coworkers brought in the poster -- and a magnifying glass -- to brag about HIS name (Mike DeAngelis, if you're curious) being on it.

[Esox Lucius]

Originally Posted by oreally

OK might as well jump in with my "claims to fame"

1 - I had a full-page photo and was the opening "featured" person in a major financial magazine (Kiplingers) a few years back, despite having no financial expertise or any career experience in that area.

2 - I know Michael Keaton personally - we met before he was big, both from Pittsburgh area. Not super close friends, but enough that I can say hi just about any time I want and occasionally get together when his schedule allows (granted not often and I'm the one traveling). Very nice guy and very intelligent, but kinda "hyper" ie very driven. I guess you have to be in that biz.

3 - I not only saw the Tonight Show in person (Jay Leno years) but we talked backstage, and - WITHOUT permission - I sat in the Tonight Show chair behind the desk beforehand.

Originally Posted by oreally

No guesses? Oh I forgot to mention on #3 that I also walked out with Jay as he was leaving and he showed me the sports car he drove to work in.

They all sound like lies to me.

I'll say #2, only because it's the most detailed, as if you were using that to throw us off.

[Dead Cat]

Originally Posted by Dead Cat

Three for me:

1. I have played croquet on four continents;

2. I messed up on a maximum break (147) in a club snooker match by going in-off on the final black;

3. I played football (soccer) every year for 16 years and only ever scored 2 goals in competition.

Haven't seen any guesses for this one yet - too many English sports involved, perhaps?

[RTFirefly]

A trio from the beginning of the 1970s:

1. My closest friend in high school used to get calls from Watergate conspirator Howard Hunt, or someone in his employ.
2. I burned my draft card.
3. I was almost part of the mass round-ups of protesters at the D.C. May Day 1971 protests.

[RTFirefly]

Originally Posted by Silver Tyger

1. For an art internship I drew a football comic which has since been published, despite me knowing next to nothing about football.
2. I'm currently writing a superhero comic (which may or may not ever get published).
3. I've been bitten by an opossum, a semi-feral kitten, and attacked by deer.

Don't think anyone has done this one yet.

I'm gonna guess #3 for the lie, just because if either 1 or 2 is true (and one of them has to be), there's no good reason to think the other one isn't. There's no reason you couldn't be lying about one of those, but there's no way for someone who doesn't know you to say, "hey, that just seems unlikely because of ___."

And even if 1 or 2 is the lie, I'd have to know you pretty well to make the choice between 1 and 2 any more than a coin toss. So I'm going with 3.

Besides, 3 is the sort of statement where two out of three things said there could be true, but not the third.

[TriPolar]

Originally Posted by Dead Cat

Haven't seen any guesses for this one yet - too many English sports involved, perhaps?

That is it. Hard to tell if those are extraordinary events, or maybe every third person in the British Empire has done that.

Originally Posted by RTFirefly

A trio from the beginning of the 1970s:

1. My closest friend in high school used to get calls from Watergate conspirator Howard Hunt, or someone in his employ.
2. I burned my draft card.
3. I was almost part of the mass round-ups of protesters at the D.C. May Day 1971 protests.

Hmm, could have been me. The first one is vague, easily could have happened, easy lie to tell also, could have just been your friend lying, but that wouldn't count if you believed it to be true. The second one is vague too. Draft card burning wasn't that big in the 70s, but you could have done it at any time just for fun. The third one is also vague. 'Almost' part of a mass round-up? The only way it's totally false is if you were part of the round up, and then you'd use that as a true thing, so this one has to be true. So it's a toss up between 1 and 2. I'm going with 2. I'll bet you didn't burn it at the time, and maybe even have it put away somewhere like I do.

[Silver Tyger]

Originally Posted by RTFirefly

Don't think anyone has done this one yet.

I'm gonna guess #3 for the lie, just because if either 1 or 2 is true (and one of them has to be), there's no good reason to think the other one isn't. There's no reason you couldn't be lying about one of those, but there's no way for someone who doesn't know you to say, "hey, that just seems unlikely because of ___."

And even if 1 or 2 is the lie, I'd have to know you pretty well to make the choice between 1 and 2 any more than a coin toss. So I'm going with 3.

Besides, 3 is the sort of statement where two out of three things said there could be true, but not the third.

Sorry, wrong. Everything in #3 is true (The opossum and the deer were when I was volunteering at a wild animal rescue place when I was 16. The cat we were trying to get used to people. It didn't work. The cat injured me more than the other critters, but he was small enough that I didn't need stitches.)

#1 - I did draw artwork for the comic, but it was replaced with art by a professional before publication. I'm in the credits though. (it's called Gridiron and it's about the Packers. I think it had a very short run and I don't know if he got the rest of it published)

I really did want #3 to be related to the other two, but I couldn't think of something. I don't think I'm very good at this.

[Dead Cat]

Originally Posted by TriPolar

That is it. Hard to tell if those are extraordinary events, or maybe every third person in the British Empire has done that.

Ah, fair enough. FTR, they are all pretty unusual - very unusual, in fact, I would say. The point was not to try to fool Americans by putting two "obviously" true items and one "obviously" false one, obscured by lack of knowledge of the sports concerned. Perhaps Malacandra will return and take a stab.

[Sternvogel]

Originally Posted by Dead Cat

Three for me:

1. I have played croquet on four continents;

2. I messed up on a maximum break (147) in a club snooker match by going in-off on the final black;

3. I played football (soccer) every year for 16 years and only ever scored 2 goals in competition.

Originally Posted by Dead Cat

Haven't seen any guesses for this one yet - too many English sports involved, perhaps?

Originally Posted by Dead Cat

Ah, fair enough. FTR, they are all pretty unusual - very unusual, in fact, I would say. The point was not to try to fool Americans by putting two "obviously" true items and one "obviously" false one, obscured by lack of knowledge of the sports concerned. Perhaps Malacandra will return and take a stab.

Well, I'm obviously not Malacandra, and I'm in Indiana, but I'll guess that #2 is the lie. #1 sounds reasonable (I'm guessing Europe, North America, Australia, and Asia, although Antarctica would be the only real shock). #3 could even be a boast if you typically played goalie, but scored twice on freak plays.

[Infovore]

Okay, I'll play:

1. I once paid $150.00 for a CD.
2. I watched Princess Diana's funeral procession while on vacation in London.
3. I own a grand champion show cat.

[oreally]

Originally Posted by Esox Lucius

They all sound like lies to me.

I'll say #2, only because it's the most detailed, as if you were using that to throw us off.

You're good. Never met the guy. Guess I overdid it. I started out saying "I know Meg Ryan" but I knew it would never fly. I thought maybe if I take a guy who isn't really popular right now...oh well

1 and 3 are true. Appeared in Kiplingers and did indeed meet Leno and sit in his chair when no one was around. It was very strange; I was waiting backstage to meet him (due to knowing someone) and after the show they all sorta dispersed, so what the heck....

[Ambivalid]

Originally Posted by Infovore

Okay, I'll play:

1. I once paid $150.00 for a CD.
2. I watched Princess Diana's funeral procession while on vacation in London.
3. I own a grand champion show cat.

#3 is the lie. Just feels like it.

[Infovore]

Originally Posted by Ambivalid

#3 is the lie. Just feels like it.

Very good! Yeah, we have purebred cats, but we took them to a show once, they both hated it and so did we (we love cat shows but sitting in one place all day is dead boring when we could be looking at the other cats) so we never did it again.

[Esox Lucius]

Originally Posted by oreally

You're good. Never met the guy. Guess I overdid it. I started out saying "I know Meg Ryan" but I knew it would never fly. I thought maybe if I take a guy who isn't really popular right now...oh well

1 and 3 are true. Appeared in Kiplingers and did indeed meet Leno and sit in his chair when no one was around. It was very strange; I was waiting backstage to meet him (due to knowing someone) and after the show they all sorta dispersed, so what the heck....

Well, I'm one-for-two. I'll accept that I'm half good. BTW, good idea for a game thread.

[clairobscur]

1)I once was terrorized hearing ghost-like moanings in an isolated house at night

2)I once was terrorized seeing two suns setting on opposite sides of the sky

3)I once was terrorized feeling a large tentacle grasping me while swimming

[clairobscur]

Originally Posted by RTFirefly

A trio from the beginning of the 1970s:

1. My closest friend in high school used to get calls from Watergate conspirator Howard Hunt, or someone in his employ.
2. I burned my draft card.
3. I was almost part of the mass round-ups of protesters at the D.C. May Day 1971 protests.

If 3) was false, you wouldn't have said "almost". 1) is too weird to be the made up fact


So, I say you never burnt your draft card.

[clairobscur]

Originally Posted by Dead Cat

Three for me:

1. I have played croquet on four continents;

2. I messed up on a maximum break (147) in a club snooker match by going in-off on the final black;

3. I played football (soccer) every year for 16 years and only ever scored 2 goals in competition.

1) sounds believable 3)Sounds like a real bit of trivia about yourself.

2) Is way too precise and detailled. Even though I don't even know what you're talking about there, I say it's false (and that you didn't mess up this shot).

[Gyrate]

UK edition:

Despite being an American who moved to the UK in my late 20s, I've:

1) Had a three-minute personal conversation with the Queen;

2) Performed onstage at the Royal Albert Hall on multiple occasions, several of which were broadcast live on the BBC; and/or

3) Earned three Blue Peter badges.

[terentii]

Try these on for size. I'll start with a repeat:

1. I lost my virginity late one Saturday evening in the Chess Booth at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival (and it was a freakin' cold night in September of '75, too).

2. I once worked at a Russian radio station set up specifically to jam transmissions like Voice of America and Radio Free Europe.

3. I have met and shaken hands with ST creator Gene Roddenberry, Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy, and former CBS News anchor Dan Rather.

[terentii]

Originally Posted by Gyrate

3) Earned three Blue Peter badges.

Aren't you just a bit ... too OLD for, uhm, Blue Peter (and I assume you're referring to the children's TV show here)?

[oreally]

Originally Posted by Esox Lucius

BTW, good idea for a game thread.

Thx. I wish I could take credit, but saw it elsewhere.

Originally Posted by clairobscur

1)I once was terrorized hearing ghost-like moanings in an isolated house at night

2)I once was terrorized seeing two suns setting on opposite sides of the sky

3)I once was terrorized feeling a large tentacle grasping me while swimming

Don't know but I'd say time to change the meds.

You don't say if any of these were "real" or just your imagination and turned out to be nothing, so could easily be any of the 3. On a pure guess I'll say #2 since offhand I can't even think of something that would resemble that and pretty sure you aren't a space traveler.

[Ambivalid]

1) I am currently dieting for a bodybuilding competition.

2) I have used steroids.

3) I lifted weights before my injury but I never really got into until I was in a wheelchair.

[Maggie the Ocelot]

Originally Posted by Ambivalid

1) I am currently dieting for a bodybuilding competition.

2) I have used steroids.

3) I lifted weights before my injury but I never really got into until I was in a wheelchair.

1 is false.

[Ambivalid]

Originally Posted by Maggie the Ocelot

1 is false.

Try again.

[oreally]

Originally Posted by Ambivalid

1) I am currently dieting for a bodybuilding competition.

2) I have used steroids.

3) I lifted weights before my injury but I never really got into until I was in a wheelchair.

2 is the obvious answer.

[Ambivalid]

Originally Posted by oreally

2 is the obvious answer.

Wrong. Number three is the lie. I never touched a weight until I became paralyzed; I avoided them like the plague. I have always been an athlete but I was always the small, fast kid who could run like a cheetah; I always (ignorantly and incorrectly) thought lifting weights would "bulk me up" and slow me down.

I actually have used steroids, for a very brief period, eight years ago. But this needs some explanation lol. Ever since my accident, I have struggled with torn rotator cuffs. Well after about four years into being in a wheelchair (which was about eight years ago), my shoulders had progressively deteriorated to the point where I was meeting with an orthopedic surgeon to discuss surgery on the torn rotator cuffs.

Well being an athlete, and using a wheelchair as I do, I really wanted to avoid surgery. The idea terrified me. One of the guys who worked out at the same gym as I did also was a drug/steroid dealer (although he was very low-key as this was a hospital based, family-oriented fitness center) who was familiar with my rotator-cuff issues-as I did my fair share of 'bitching' about when working out. Well he offered me some Deca Durabolin, which is an anabolic steroid. This steroid is often used in conjunction with other steroids (stacked) in order to 'cushion' the joints and ligaments from the heavy lifting and anabolic effects (muscle growth) of the other steroids in the 'stack'.

He told me how he used it and his shoulder issues (he had bad tendonitis) totally disappeared while on it. I was very scared and hesitant, however and I asked about side effects. He told me there were basically none (in hindsight I realize this guy knew nothing really). I initially declined. And my shoulders kept hurting. Bad.

This was happening as I was preparing for my first (and only) 10 mile-road race and I REALLY wanted to be able to train; and train without this nagging shoulder keeping me from doing my best. So, in the end, I relented and bought the Deca.

But I had NO idea what I was doing. It's an injectable drug, and I had never used a needle before so I had him come over to my apartment and inject me. Well he did for that first time but in order to EFFECTIVELY do a cycle, you need to continue with a regular regimen of injections. He was only there for the first. After that, I was on my own.

And I didn't do it anywhere NEAR right. I only did maybe a total of four injections, instead of I don't even know how many I was supposed to do; dozens. And I didn't "stack" it with anything else; I was only interested in helping my shoulder. And it ultimately didn't help that WHATSOEVER. I did see a bit of increase in appetite and I gained a bit of weight but it was miniscule and not what I was looking for.

This was when I was a young, naive guy. I was just beginning my serious quest into the world of wheelchair sports and I can't overemphasize just how bad my shoulders were (and still are, to a degree). I have learned so much in the eight years since that time and I look back at it now with a bit of regret. Well, not really "regret", since nothing really bad happened as a result, but there is no way that knowing what I know now that I would ever do that to myself again.

[Gyrate]

Originally Posted by terentii

Aren't you just a bit ... too OLD for, uhm, Blue Peter (and I assume you're referring to the children's TV show here)?

Yes and yes. Nevertheless, this one is true.

And to throw one more thing into the mix, the false item in the list is true for my wife.

[Mijin]

1. I once fell down a 25ft sewer shaft
2. As part of an operation, doctors had to briefly stop my heart
3. I have held a human brain (directly) in my hands

SPOILER:

#1 - FALSE; it almost happened to me, and it still makes me shudder to think "what if".
#2 - True; it was for a heart arrhythmia. They had to speed up, slow down, and for a few seconds, stop the heart as part of the procedure.
#3 - True; My neuroscience masters included a day at a surgeons' training centre.

[astorian]

1. I was in Barack Obama's graduating class at college.

2. While sitting in the right field seats at Yankee Stadium, I once caught a home run hit by Reggie Jackson

3. I won two tropical vacations by playing trivia contests on The Family Channel.

SPOILER:

#1 - TRUE- we were both in the Columbia College class of 1983, though I don't have any memory of ever meeting him.

#2 - FALSE - I've been to hundreds of ballgames, and have never once come CLOSE to catching a ball of any kind, let alone a home run

#3 - TRUE; Pat Robertson would have been horrified to know I went with a girlfriend I wasn't married to.

[Enderw24]

1. I will post a false statement in post #2.
2. I posted a true statement in post #1
3. I have now broken the game.

[TriPolar]

Originally Posted by Mijin

1. I once fell down a 25ft sewer shaft
2. As part of an operation, doctors had to briefly stop my heart
3. I have held a human brain (directly) in my hands

SPOILER:

#1 - FALSE; it almost happened to me, and it still makes me shudder to think "what if".
#2 - True; it was for a heart arrhythmia. They had to speed up, slow down, and for a few seconds, stop the heart as part of the procedure.
#3 - True; My neuroscience masters included a day at a surgeons' training centre.

I'll bet #1 is false.

Originally Posted by astorian

1. I was in Barack Obama's graduating class at college.

2. While sitting in the right field seats at Yankee Stadium, I once caught a home run hit by Reggie Jackson

3. I won two tropical vacations by playing trivia contests on The Family Channel.

SPOILER:

#1 - TRUE- we were both in the Columbia College class of 1983, though I don't have any memory of ever meeting him.

#2 - FALSE - I've been to hundreds of ballgames, and have never once come CLOSE to catching a ball of any kind, let alone a home run

#3 - TRUE; Pat Robertson would have been horrified to know I went with a girlfriend I wasn't married to.

#2 is false.

Man! I'm good at this game (or some contestants aren't).

[Mijin]

Originally Posted by TriPolar

I'll bet #1 is false.

Man! I'm good at this game (or some contestants aren't).

Yeah, maybe both. I realized as soon as I put mine up it didn't work. But still, I can always play again!

[astorian]

1) Tom Wolfe used the urinal next to mine while taking a break from autographing Bonfire of the Vanities at a local Bookstop.

2) My wife's name appears on a tombstone in Hitchcock's Vertigo.

3) I met NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon when we both took our kids on the Central Park merry-go-round.

[TriPolar]

Originally Posted by astorian

1) Tom Wolfe used the urinal next to mine while taking a break from autographing Bonfire of the Vanities at a local Bookstop.

2) My wife's name appears on a tombstone in Hitchcock's Vertigo.

3) I met NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon when we both took our kids on the Central Park merry-go-round.

Hmm. Number one is one of those detailed and obscure, yet vague references. Still plausible though. My wife saw Truman Capote at the Fishkill Mall while she was dressed as the Easter Bunny, just one of those things in life.

Number two is interesting. Your wife could have a very common name, and she or you would notice it watching the movie. If her name is Carlotta Valdez this one is true. Somewhat plausible.

Number three is the most suspicious. Gordon could have been there. His son is pretty young, but he has an older daughter. It's the kind of thing you'd back up with a photograph if it happened, but you could say no one else was there to take the picture. After that, impossible to disprove, but an easy lie to tell. You may have simply seen him there, never met him, or just seen a picture in the newspaper (do they still have those things).

No dead giveaways, but I'll guess that number three is false. Number 1 is a close second though.

[astorian]

Originally Posted by TriPolar

Hmm. Number one is one of those detailed and obscure, yet vague references. Still plausible though. My wife saw Truman Capote at the Fishkill Mall while she was dressed as the Easter Bunny, just one of those things in life.

Number two is interesting. Your wife could have a very common name, and she or you would notice it watching the movie. If her name is Carlotta Valdez this one is true. Somewhat plausible.

Number three is the most suspicious. Gordon could have been there. His son is pretty young, but he has an older daughter. It's the kind of thing you'd back up with a photograph if it happened, but you could say no one else was there to take the picture. After that, impossible to disprove, but an easy lie to tell. You may have simply seen him there, never met him, or just seen a picture in the newspaper (do they still have those things).

No dead giveaways, but I'll guess that number three is false. Number 1 is a close second though.

#2 is absolutely true- my wife's maiden name was that of the Spanish noblewoman Kim Novak was supposedly obsessed with, and who had supposedly committed suicide by jumping off the tower centuries ago.

#3 is true- it happened on Thanksgiving Day in New York. Funny thing is, NOBODY but me and my immediate family noticed him. In SOME cities, he's a huge celebrity, but in New York City? Nobody really follows NASCAR there, so to most people in the park, he was just another Dad pushing a stroller


#1 is false, though it's based loosely on fact. I did get an autographed copy of the book from Tom Wolfe at an Austin Bookstop, but we never crossed paths in the bathroom.

[TriPolar]

Originally Posted by astorian

#2 is absolutely true- my wife's maiden name was that of the Spanish noblewoman Kim Novak was supposedly obsessed with, and who had supposedly committed suicide by jumping off the tower centuries ago.

#3 is true- it happened on Thanksgiving Day in New York. Funny thing is, NOBODY but me and my immediate family noticed him. In SOME cities, he's a huge celebrity, but in New York City? Nobody really follows NASCAR there, so to most people in the park, he was just another Dad pushing a stroller


#1 is false, though it's based loosely on fact. I did get an autographed copy of the book from Tom Wolfe, but we never crossed paths in the bathroom.

That's a good mix of stories for this game.