# Confession time : **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660 "2004-04-29T13:07:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Padmaraga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Padmaraga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padmaraga)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/21 "2004-04-29T16:06:34Z")
Mine were: 1. I own over $30,000 worth of jewelry, but I’d have to borrow money to buy a Starbuck’s latte. **True - my husband lavishes me with gifts, but I don’t have a lot of money of my own.** 2. My great-grandfather, who fought in the Civil War, married a 13-year old to settle a debt. **True - according to my dad’s mom, who was the daughter of that unusual couple.** 3. I’ve been to every state in the USA. \*\*False. There are about 10 I’ve missed, mainly Hawaii, most of the Rocky Mountain states, and the upper midwest. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/22 "2004-04-29T16:10:28Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > But they did manage to afford accordion lessons for me… 😕 And yet you didn’t use “accordion player” as one of your trues? :dubious: I can’t believe you’d pass up such an opportunity to add to your mystique! ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/23 "2004-04-29T16:15:09Z")
I posted: 1. I have 3 cats- this is true but I am getting a 4th at the end of May 🙂 2. I grew up in Nebraska- also true, born and raised in Omaha, but moved to Nevada in 1996 3. I love my job- this is false… I would rather stab myself in the leg with a fork than come to work everyday > [@vunderbob](#): > > While I am part of the Swampy fan club, he just ain’t my type. I’m saving my crushes for MissTee, LVgeogeek, Bittersweet, and FCM. vunderbob you make me blush :o 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/24 "2004-04-29T16:17:54Z")
1. I have participated in group sex. 2. I am a published author. 3. I have held public office. #3 is not true. Did I fool anyone? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/25 "2004-04-29T16:21:26Z")
**twicks** , I considered that, but I’ve tossed out the nugget about my accordion playing many times and since most of my loyal fans were aware of it, I thought it would be too softball to include it. You, apparently, aren’t a loyal enough fan… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/26 "2004-04-29T16:28:09Z")
1. I was kicked out of Campfire Girls. True. I was a Blue Bird. The leaders daughter and I got into a fistfight (as only 8 year old girls can) and I was asked never to return. 2. I was part of a 70’s lawsuit against Lawn Jart manufacturers. True. I loved them too, until I had one go all the way through my foot. My mom and dad received less than $20 from the suit. BTW, [here](http://www.jarts.com/page2.html) is a website with pics and stuff about Jarts. 3. I hate going to the dentist. False. I actually enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/27 "2004-04-29T16:33:24Z")
Okay, here’s mine: 1. I have eaten almost 100 tarantulas since 1998. 2. I can hold my breath for four and a half minutes. 3. I have seen Cecil Adams and can describe him. 1: Ick, no. 2: **True**. The trick is to hyperventilate like crazy beforehand, to the point of dizziness. I also exhale slowly when I can’t take it anymore as that seems to trick the brain into thinking the body is breathing again. 3: **True**. In the early 80’s Cecil appeared on the old Letterman show, possibly to promote the first Straight Dope book. I remember him doing a Q&A with the audience. I had completely forgotten about his appearance until someone mentioned it in an earlier thread. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/28 "2004-04-29T16:42:26Z")
My claims: 1. I have been to all 48 continental United States. 2. I walked through a crowd of about a quarter-million people wearing nothing but sneakers and a strategically placed fanny-pack. 3. I was taught to walk with the assistance of a duck. 4. **False**. I’ve never been to Florida. 5. **True**. Woodstock '94. Once I realized that there was absolutely no actual authority there, off came the clothes. I carefully positioned my fanny-pack in front, and enjoyed my day. Incidentally, we lost our camera that day, so if any of you happen to be one of the hundred or so people who stopped our group and took a picture, I’d really like it if you could send me a copy. 🙂 6. **True**. The story was explained [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4573667&post4573667). ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/29 "2004-04-29T16:51:48Z")
**ultrafilter** You’ve been bitten by a tiger? How? [heh, at the midgets. 🙂] **Shayna** Thank you. I wouldn’t recommend it. I nearly had a cardiac arrest. Twice. **Misstake** Surely 3) is false? :eek: **Baraqiyal** Where are you waiting for? : How does Cecil look? [I’m so glad # 1 is false] ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/30 "2004-04-29T16:54:14Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > You, apparently, aren’t a loyal enough fan… 😛 Busted! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bee\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e480ec/32.png) [@Queen\_Bee\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bee_1)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/31 "2004-04-29T17:00:47Z")
1. I have eleven siblings. 2. I sometimes mow the back yard topless. 3. I play ice hockey. 4. False: Only five, but interesting factoid: I have an identical twin. 5. True: I have a tallish fence (to me), and it gets reeaally hot here in the summer, so off it comes! 😃 6. True: Coed, even. It surprises the hell out of people when I tell them that (I’m 5’2" and petite – ergo the tall-ish fence mentioned above). ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/32 "2004-04-29T17:22:49Z")
1. I was part of a production of an internet serial video show about vampires in the CIA. 2. I am allergic to ferrets. 3. I have met and shaken hands with Issac Hayes. 4. True. [www.darkcommandos.com](http://www.darkcommandos.com) 5. False. I love the little suckers. Not allergic. 6. True. At the premiere of Ninth Street, directed by Kevin Willmott. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/33 "2004-04-29T17:31:00Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > 1. I was never a girl scout. I don’t recall ever wanting to be a scout, although I know it’d never happen - there were too many of us kids for our folks to afford fancy-pants activities like that. But they did manage to afford accordion lessons for me… 😕 Ok, fess up! You **wanted** to take accordion lessons didn’t ya? 😃 And a one and a two and a three… **EVERYBODY POLKA!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/34 "2004-04-29T17:33:41Z")
> [@Me](#): > > 1. I have multiple tattoos and a brand. > > 2. I work in an office. > > 3. I have long, Metalica-style (from before they sold out and became MTV darlings) hair. 1. True, but only in the strictest sense. Two tattoos. One on my ankle (fraternity seal), and one on my hip (too stupid to discribe). The brand resulted from drainking beer with my ex-army ranger roommate, and both of us having too much to drive to Fayetteville for a tattoo. Good idea: Reaizing you’re too drunk to be behind a wheel or for getting a tattoo. Bad Idea: Accepting a brand as a substitute. 2. True. 3. I cut my hair two years ago, I still miss not being able to head bang effectively, but I love only taking five minutes to get ready in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/35 "2004-04-29T17:50:47Z")
1. I went onstage at Saturday Night Live. 2. I have several patents. 3. I slept with someone else’s bride a week before they got married. Guess the lie. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/36 "2004-04-29T19:04:33Z")
C’mon, nobody even guessed. 1. I once flew to Paris for 24 hours, just to have dinner. 2. I was the Maid of Honor at my Mom’s wedding held in the prison where my Step-Father was an inmate. 3. I can string a tennis racquet in under 3 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/37 "2004-04-29T19:14:54Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > C’mon, nobody even guessed. > > 1. I once flew to Paris for 24 hours, just to have dinner. > > 2. I was the Maid of Honor at my Mom’s wedding held in the prison where my Step-Father was an inmate. > > 3. I can string a tennis racquet in under 3 minutes. OK **Honey** , the lie is #3. Having never done one myself as a reference, but having lots of engineering experience, I’d say 10 minutes is a fast stringing operation. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/38 "2004-04-29T19:27:27Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. I can see two continents from my parents’ house. > 2. I have never watched a Star Wars movie. > 3. I was at Live Aid in Wembley in 1985… 1. True - anyone care to guess where? 2. Unbelievable but true. I’ll get round to it some day. 😉 3. Lie. I was in England at the time, but I watched it on TV. I was right about **ultrafilter** and the midgets! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/39 "2004-04-29T19:39:56Z")
> [@Martha](#): > > 1. True - anyone care to guess where? > > I was right about **ultrafilter** and the midgets! Either they live in Egypt, where they can see Asia and Africa, or they live near the Colombia-Panama border, so they can see North and South America. [hijack] What is the divide between Asia and Europe? 😕 [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660/40 "2004-04-29T19:48:16Z")
1. I went through all twelve years of school, plus kindergarten, without missing a day. 2. My father once ran for the Senate in my state (he wasn’t elected, though). 3. I have played three musical instruments: the trumpet, the guitar and the piano Which one is false? #2. While my father is very civic-minded and has done many good things for his community, he’d never want to be a mayor, let alone a senator or governor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confession-time/242660.md?page=3)