# Four facts and one lie about yourself **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 24, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398 "2015-06-24T21:18:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/61 "2015-06-29T21:16:51Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > **Rivkah** , I’m guessing C but only because it just doesn’t quite ring true to me… Nope, that’s true. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/62 "2015-06-29T22:18:07Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Nope, that’s true. I’m jealous. I can barely keep a 3 ball cascade or waterfall going… ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/63 "2015-06-30T04:40:30Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > I’m jealous. I can barely keep a 3 ball cascade or waterfall going… I can do knives and torches, and the “eat the apple while you juggle it” trick, but the guy who taught me, who is a very successful juggler, and and actually got an independent major in street performing from Indiana University, so he has a BFA degree in juggling, and was with Cirque de Soleil for a while, can juggle seven clubs while riding a 14-ft unicycle. I could never master the unicycle. I worked at this Renaissance dinner the university put on every Christmas, the “Madrigal Dinners,” for four years-- three as a high school student, and one as a college freshman, and I worked kids’ parties, fairs, and a few other things; one guy hired to me to work intermission at a Shakespeare play in the park. I used to get $10-14 and hour, which seemed extravagant to a teenager in the early 1980s. I got like $2 an hour for babysitting (more for more than one kid). In 1983, the Federal minimum wage was $3.35. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/64 "2015-06-30T10:10:04Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Okay then, one more try from me. I’m guessing #3, as I thought Brangelina had a “secret” wedding. But well, you could be that close to them. Still, #3. That’s also true. I tended bar for Brad & Jennifer Aniston’s wedding. Just before the ceremony began he ran to my bar because he had dry mouth. He asked what he could have, I wished him good luck and on his way he went. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/65 "2015-06-30T10:23:58Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Since I nailed Gyrate on the pushups, I’ll do five more: > > A. I lived in the Soviet Union as a child. > > B. When I was a little kid, I wrote a letter to Jim Henson (with my mother’s help) and he answered. > > C. When I was in high school, I juggled professionally. > > D. I was once arrested for skinny-dipping. > > E. I once caused a car accident by falling asleep at the wheel. Okay, anybody with those juggling skills had to have lived in the Soviet Union, probably with dancing bears. And Jim Henson would of course be so kind. So, you’re either a menace to society on the road or on the beach… man, you guys who can’t keep your clothes on, you’re ruining it for the rest of us! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/66 "2015-07-01T01:46:11Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > Okay, anybody with those juggling skills had to have lived in the Soviet Union, probably with dancing bears. And Jim Henson would of course be so kind. So, you’re either a menace to society on the road or on the beach… man, you guys who can’t keep your clothes on, you’re ruining it for the rest of us! So are you guessing D is false, or E is false? ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/67 "2015-07-01T05:09:47Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > So are you guessing D is false, or E is false? I’m going with E. You were a Soldier which is pretty highly correlated with sleep deprivation. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/68 "2015-07-01T15:04:16Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > I’m going with E. You were a Soldier which is pretty highly correlated with sleep deprivation. Nope. E is true. I learned my lesson, though, and I absolutely never drive tired anymore. I’ll pull over and nap in a parking lot, or leave very late for a trip if I had trouble sleeping the night before, and needed to sleep in, but I WILL NOT drive tired. Coffee doesn’t help. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/69 "2015-07-02T04:47:45Z")
My turn? 1. My 25th wedding anniversary is next month. 2. I have three sons and no daughters. 3. I am a magistrate in a large city’s municipal court. 4. I used to be an American Revolutionary War reenactor. 5. Both my father and my father-in-law are lawyers. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/70 "2015-07-02T06:27:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > My turn? > . > 4. I used to be an American Revolutionary War reenactor. Nobody does that! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/71 "2015-07-02T14:28:46Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Nobody does that! Huh. Good to know! > **[Brigade of the American Revolution](https://brigadeoftherevolution.wordpress.com/)** > > Recreating the life and times of the common soldier and civilian of the American War for Independence [http://www.continentalline.org/en/](http://www.continentalline.org/en/) [http://www.nwta.com/](http://www.nwta.com/) > **[The British Brigade](https://www.britishbrigade.org/)** ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/72 "2015-07-03T15:47:15Z")
So **Riv** is A the lie? **EH** , I’m guessing B. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/73 "2015-07-03T20:18:30Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > … **EH** , I’m guessing B. Nope. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/74 "2015-07-04T06:37:46Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > So **Riv** is A the lie? > **EH** , I’m guessing B. A is true. I lived in the Soviet Union the year I was 10. For those who have lost track, we’re down to B. the letter from Jim Henson; and D. the arrest for skinny-dipping. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/75 "2015-07-04T17:15:39Z")
**Riv** , I’ll guess B. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/76 "2015-07-04T23:31:49Z")
Nope. It’s D, the only one no one guessed. I was once chased out of a lake for illegal after hours swimming by a sheriff’s deputy, and when he noticed our lack of proper swimming attire (we had on our underwear, but the women were bra-less), he detained us for a few minutes and lectured us on what he _could_ do if he felt like it, and we _could_ be in a lot of trouble, but then he said his shift was over in 20 minutes, and he didn’t want to deal with the paperwork, did we promise not to do it again? we promised, and he let us go. We were all sober, which was a good thing: if he’d caught us the weekend before, we were doing the same thing, but alcohol was involved. And I think a couple of us were still only 20 (not me, I was 21, but that actually meant more trouble, since I was supplying the minors), when the drinking age in Indiana was 21. Damn, I was stupid then. Although, FWIW, I kept my word, and have never done anything like that again. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/77 "2015-07-04T23:49:23Z")
Here’s five more about me: A. I was once quoted in _Time_ magazine. B. Through a series of misunderstandings, I was baptized once. C. According to my orthodontist, I have a small mouth. When my parents were told this, my mother said “No she doesn’t.” D. I was once in a college class of mostly African American students (but I wasn’t the only white person), and I was the only one who knew all the words to “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” I got excused from an exam for singing it in front of the class, impromptu and a cappella (and terribly, I’m sure, because I can’t sing, and had a slight cold, but an automatic A is an A just the same). E. I read Torah at the [aufruf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aufruf) for David Shuster (the TV news anchor). ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/78 "2015-07-05T00:08:42Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Here’s five more about me: > > A. I was once quoted in _Time_ magazine. > B. Through a series of misunderstandings, I was baptized once. > C. According to my orthodontist, I have a small mouth. When my parents were told this, my mother said “No she doesn’t.” > D. I was once in a college class of mostly African American students (but I wasn’t the only white person), and I was the only one who knew all the words to “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” I got excused from an exam for singing it in front of the class, impromptu and a cappella (and terribly, I’m sure, because I can’t sing, and had a slight cold, but an automatic A is an A just the same). > E. I read Torah at the [aufruf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aufruf) for David Shuster (the TV news anchor). I’m going to guess C, because clever conversational quips like that happen so very rarely outside of Joss Whedon scripts. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/79 "2015-07-05T00:43:06Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > I’m going to guess C, because clever conversational quips like that happen so very rarely outside of Joss Whedon scripts. It wasn’t a clever quip. She was actually arguing with the doctor. Too bad it wasn’t clever-- and Dorothy Parker was doing them long before Joss Whedon was ever thought up. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398/80 "2015-07-05T04:40:35Z")
I’ll guess B. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398.md?page=5)