How Well Do You Know Me? -- The Doper Fun Facts Game!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Okay, here’s the game:

I’ll start by posting six “facts” about me, half of which will be true. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to guess which are True and which are False. Once you’ve posted your guesses, you post six “facts” about yourself (three true, three false).

How this works:

  1. Guess the veracity of the facts of the last three posters to post facts about themselves in the thread (don’t count other posts in that three – only the ones which post facts). Then post your own facts.

[Obviously, the second person to post will only guess my facts, and the third will only guess the first two, but after that, guess the three previous posters’ facts.]

  1. Once three people have made guesses for your facts, post the correct answers (with whatever commentary you want).

  2. I dunno what to do about simulposts, but we’ll wing it as we go.

Alles klar?

jr8…

  1. …once spent ten minutes alone in a room with an inebriated Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

  2. …used to be a DJ on Nebraska Public Radio.

  3. …has written two romance-style novels about the love lives of orchestral musicians under the nom de plume “Alice McVeigh”.

  4. …is a devout Lutheran (ELCA).

  5. …has two children and a basset hound.

  6. …has performed to sell-out crowds in five European countries.

Next?

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Jr8

  1. F
  2. T
  3. F
  4. T
  5. T
  6. F

Lib

  1. Once played and sang a duet with Sly Stone at a grand piano in a Holiday Inn restaurant

  2. Was once a voting delegate for the Libertarian Party convention

  3. Graduated with honors from Duke University

  4. Desecrated a Kingdom Hall when in the sixth grade

  5. Is allergic to seafood

  6. Puts peanut butter on his hamburgers

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jr8: true - 2, 4, 5
false - 1, 3, 6

Libertarian: true - 1 4 5
false - 2, 3, 6

Washte:

  1. is freakishly afraid of spiders
  2. speaks 5 languages fluently
  3. slipped in fake snow and fell off the stage in a school play
  4. almost became a professional wrestler
  5. collects stamps
  6. met Harrison Ford whilst he was motorcycling through Grand Teton Park
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Jr8: T,F,F,F,T,T
Lib: T, F, F, T,F, T
Washte: T, F, T, F, F, T

  1. Recently got fired for assisting a heart attack victim instead of working.
  2. Was described by her high school principal as “effervecent.”
  3. Has been accused of “obsessive cleaning” behavior.
  4. Has gotten…er…chemically altered with Jack Black of Tenacious D.
  5. Is an avid snowboarder.
  6. Favorite ice cream flavor is pistacio.
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Lib: f, t, t, f, t, f

Washte: t, f, t, t, t, t

Swimming: t, t, f, f, t, f

Ninety:

  1. Has been married 4 times.
  2. Is a civil engineer.
  3. Lives on the Gulf Coast.
  4. Met Shaquille O’Neal on a flight to Orlando.
  5. Home-schools her son.
  6. Never goes to the gym.
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Wouldn’t it be easier to just post which three facts we think are true? The other three are implied to be false, right?

True statements:
Washte - 1, 3, 6
Swim - 2, 5, 6
NinetyWt - 3, 4, 5

(I’m gonna do badly. :frowning: )

[ol]
[li]Was once the best Janet for one of the worst Rocky Horror casts in Texas.[/li][li]Was still a virgin when her oldest (step) child was born.[/li][li]Walked down the aisle with the train of her wedding dress pinned up because she couldn’t get it undone in time.[/li][li]Once ate 10 pounds of crawfish by herself during a pregnancy craving.[/li][li]Has never been on an airplane.[/li][li]Had no idea she was sitting next to a famous soccer player while riding the train from Toulouse to St. Lary while vacationing in France.[/li][/ol]

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OK, this may be cheating:
Washte
True: 2, 5, 6
False: 1, 3, 4

Swimming Riddles
True: 1, 2, 5
False: 3, 4, 6 (Ok, so I agree with NinetyWt)

Speaking of whom:
True: 2, 5, 6 (again)
False: 1, 3, 4

Here are mine: CJ . . .

  1. Loves pickles.
  2. Once went topless at Waikiki Beach.
  3. Loves to wear hats.
  4. Loves skiing (but can’t afford it).
  5. Used to bicycle to work.
  6. Has been to Paris.

What’ll be interesting is seeing who guesses what and who’s right!

CJ

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Washte got all mine right. :slight_smile:

It is true that I:

…played a duet with Sly Stone on a grand piano in the restaurant at a Holiday Inn.

…desacrated a Kingdom Hall when I was in the sixth grade.

…am allergic to seafood.

The rest was garbage. No Duke, no LP delegate, and definitely no PB on a hamburger! :smiley:

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OK, so I guess my three are up.

  1. True. Fired on Wednesday for not getting my food out to tables due to the fact that one of my customers was dying and I was administering to him while waiting for the paramedics. Officially fired for swearing at my boss during said event.
  2. True. It wasn’t really a compliment.
  3. Interesting how NO ONE thought that one was true. False.
  4. False. I could have, though, had I stuck around the club longer. The guy I went to the show with DID stick around, and DID share some Mary Jane with ole’ Jack. Jack DID wink at me during Backdoor Betty. I didn’t know how to take that.
  5. Ah-HAH! The wrench in the works! Despite the fact that I’ve lived in Vermont for 23 years, I have never ONCE been downhill skiing or snowboarding. (I’m a REAL Vermonter.)
  6. True. Ben and Jerry’s has the most DEVINE new Pistacio flavor. Mmmm…
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WOOHOO! I got all of Lib’s correct!! Okay, with the help of hubby, but hey we did it :slight_smile:

Confession time. True are:

  1. Bloody hate spiders. They’re all blood-thirsty vampiric critters out to attack me at every turn. or so it seems

  2. Used to hang out with several pro wrestlers and was on my way to wrestling school. Glad I changed my mind.

  3. Harrison Ford had a fantastic bike in electric blue and black with a leather suit to match. WOW :: pant :: We were at Oxbow Bend. Me taking photos, him just enjoying the view. Very cool. I’ve also sold him a BB gun and met his family. Very nice fella.
    Hope to one day fulfill #2 as I love languages. Currently speak only Spanish fluently, but know bits and bobs of several others.

As a young’un I was in a few school plays, including Santa in 5th grade. However, I did not fall off the stage.

Not a stamp collector either. The closest girly thing I did was collect stickers when I was about 6/7. Now I collect recipes :slight_smile:

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CJ:

  1. Loves pickles.
  2. Loves skiing (but can’t afford it).
  3. Has been to Paris.

When do we find out the answers to everyone else’s?

Anyway, I

  1. Am descended from Attila the Hun.

  2. At high school, vomited on my principal.

  3. Am married to a woman who was kissed by Brad Pitt.

  4. Have several sky-diving trophies.

  5. Rented my family home to a psychotic who tried to kidnap Princess Anne.

  6. Am violently allergic to watermelons.

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I only got one of Lib’s right; all of Swimming’s, and I screwed up on Washte cuz I had too many “t”'s. But I got half hers right.

My trues are: 2,4, & 5. I’ve only been married twice, live in Central Miss., and go to the gym 4 days a week. :wink:

This is a fun thread jr8! Just the thing for a cold, wet Saturday afternoon. I can’t wait to find out what’s true for everyone !

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CJ

  1. Once went topless at Waikiki Beach.

  2. Loves skiing (but can’t afford it).

  3. Used to bicycle to work.

jjimm

  1. At high school, vomited on my principal.

  2. Am married to a woman who was kissed by Brad Pitt.

  3. Am violently allergic to watermelons.

Now mine:

  1. Am unable to drive.

  2. Cannot even look at seafood without feeling sick.

  3. Can tightrope walk.

  4. Was a nightclub bouncer.

  5. Have a degree in Archaeology.

  6. Adores chinese food.

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jjimm:

  1. T
  2. T
  3. F
  4. T
  5. F
  6. F

Cessandra:

  1. T
  2. F, unless I’m misremembering and thinking that’s you when it was OESGal…
  3. F
  4. F
  5. T
  6. T

And now cj:

  1. T
  2. F (unless you count that one week when I had those dreams about…
  3. F
  4. T
  5. T
  6. F

Me now. God, this means I have to think of things about myself I haven’t posted about excessively…[sub]shut UP![/sub]

  1. I went to the same high school as the Senator Fitzgerald who was elected back in 2000 for some state, I don’t remember which one.

  2. My mother wanted to be a priest when she was younger and my father barely missed out on being a monk when he was 15 in France. Had to be 17.

  3. I’d eat meatballs all day if I could. [homer]Mmm, meatballs///[/homer]

  4. I’ve got three siblings, all younger than me. Currently my oldest sister, who is 19, is posting on this board and has asked me not to out her;)

  5. Here where I live in Jonesville we have Dixie, who’s an 11-year-old herman shepherd, and a 5-year-old cat named Kitten (pronounced “ki-in” … sort of a gluttal stop at the first I).

  6. I once lit a rocket indoors with barefeet and managed both not to hurt myself and to cause minimal damage to the surrounding area (bit of burned carpet, and some clothes got a little hurt, but it’s not like the house burned down).

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Kal - one out of six ain’t bad! :wink:

I think you

  1. Can tightrope walk.
  2. Was a nightclub bouncer.
  3. Have a degree in Archaeology.
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I forgot to do Cessandra:

  1. Was still a virgin when her oldest (step) child was born.

  2. Once ate 10 pounds of crawfish by herself during a pregnancy craving.

  3. Had no idea she was sitting next to a famous soccer player while riding the train from Toulouse to St. Lary while vacationing in France.

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Time for the unveiling. Here’s the list as much for my reference as yours:

  1. Loves pickles.
  2. Once went topless at Waikiki Beach.
  3. Loves to wear hats.
  4. Loves skiing (but can’t afford it).
  5. Used to bicycle to work.
  6. Has been to Paris.

The true ones are 2, 3, and 5. Kal got two of them right.

  1. I actually don’t like any vegetables, but pickles are a particular bete noir.
  2. It was accidental, but I once took a surfing lesson at Waikiki beach wearing a bikini which had two triangles connected with bits of string for a top. When I wiped out, it shifted, and I was fully exposed. This, by the way, was in August, the height of the tourist season! :o
  3. Not only do I like hats, I pulled my selection of lies and truths out of a bowler. If I ever get to meet any of you at a Dopefest, look for the girl under the hat.
  4. Skiing is one of the few things in the world which have been known to frighten me. It’s just as well, though. I still can’t afford it.
  5. Since I didn’t learn to drive until I was 30, bicycling was one way I used to get to work regularly.
  6. I haven’t been to Paris . . . yet. I have been to London, Washington D.C., Tokyo, and Le Touquet, France.

I’ve got an idea on some of Kal’s, and I know one of punha’s, but since I’m officially out, I’ll sit back and watch the fun. :smiley:

CJ

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And my true statements are:

  1. …once spent ten minutes alone in a room with an inebriated Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

  2. …used to be a DJ on Nebraska Public Radio.

  3. …has performed to sell-out crowds in five European countries.

I was once left to “mind” KV prior to his going on stage to give a talk at Penn State. He was well plotzed, and kept demanding updates on the World Series game in progress at the time. And 6) is true if you consider the fact that I sing with the BBC Symphony Chorus (I didn’t specify solo performance).

While it is true that I was married in an ELCA church, owned a basset hound several years ago and know the real Alice McVeigh, I’ve always been an avowed agnostic (as mentioned in relevant threads here), have never written a book, and have no children.

So that’s one true statement correctly identified for Lib and Washte, two out of three for SwimmingRiddles (and that ain’t bad).

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kal
1 F, 2 T, 3 F, 4 F, 5 T, 6 F

iampunha:
1 F, 2 T, 3 T, 4 T, 5 T, 6 F

Now for mine:

  1. I am a liscenced plumber in the state of NJ and have my own side business doing interior plumbing.
  2. I have a side construction buisness with only one employee: myself.
  3. I have been to only two DopeFests: NYC '00 and PorkDope '02.
  4. When I sing karaoke, people tell me I sound like Frank Sinatra.
  5. I was once sent to see a mental health professional because I tend to exhibit ‘self-destructive/dangerous hobbies and recreational activities’
  6. I’m currently planning on getting a nice job with the Troop Insurance Agency in New Jersey.

Tripler
There ya go. Knock yerselves out.

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Pure guesswork here…

  1. T

  2. T

  3. F

  4. T

  5. F

  6. F
    Now mine…

  7. I once sat on the lap of Erin Moran.

  8. I spent 43 days in Lou Sterrett to sit off almost $9000 in fines

  9. My youngest sister was murdered in 1984 and her killer was never caught

  10. I briefly worked as a bouncer at a nightclub in Deep Ellum called ‘Unfiltered’.

  11. I have never been arrested for drug possession.

  12. I wrote a poem that was published in one of those collections of poetry that is only bought by people who had their poetry published in it.