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

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Soup_du_jour

True:

  1. I’m a major in Political Science
  2. I’m a registered Democrat
  3. I once snuck into the Conservative Political Action Conference

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True:

  1. I currently attend an all girls’ Catholic school.
  2. I have a definate thing for chubby guys.
  3. I have no idea how to knit, use a sewing machine, etc.

(BTW, I’m guessing your hair isn’t brown AND blue. ;))

lainaf

True:

  1. I collect unusual pens

  2. I have been insulted by Ralph Nader.

  3. My father is a Baptist minister
    Me! Narrad…

  4. has a collection of brightly-coloured cowboy hats.

  5. once shimmied on the stage with PJ Harvey.

  6. once had a pet koala, Boris.

  7. lives in North Sydney, Australia.

  8. got a body piercing while under the influence.

  9. can eat a whole chicken for lunch, with salad.

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Guess I’m doing this backwards. :slight_smile:
Narrad: [list=#][li]T[]F[]F[]F[]T[]T[/list][/li]
Speaking of backwards, that’s how Tansu had mine.[list=#][]False. I would have gone to school there if I my superiors at Great Lakes hadn’t given up on trying to break my spirit.[]False. I went to the '84 Worlds Fair several times but never the one in '82.[]True. I’ve been on (in?) the streetcars at least twice.[]True. I was the only one tested that day and looked on as they tried to figure my score. I have no idea what they were using but it was clear that I was off the high end of their scale.[]True. I knew I wasn’t going to pass my physical due to poor eyesight but I figured as long as I went through the trouble to get to the testing site I might as well take the test.[*]False. My first Government job was in '89 but it only lasted 11 months, we got a new assistant director of administrative services and the two of us didn’t see eye-to-eye.[/list]

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My guesses on trues:

** Mirror Image**
3. My hair is brown and blue.
4. I have a definate thing for chubby guys.
5. I am currently taking medication for depression.

**Soup Du Jour **

  1. I’m a major in Political Science
  2. I’m allergic to penicillin
  3. I am one of three triplets

Narrad

  1. has a collection of brightly-coloured cowboy hats.
  2. once shimmied on the stage with PJ Harvey.
  3. lives in North Sydney, Australia.

Me, LifeOnWry

  1. I am a member of the Precious Moments Collectors’ Club
  2. I had dinner with a serial killer
  3. I had dinner with George Thorogood
  4. I am cousin to the man who wrote the Satanic Bible
  5. I know all my garden plants by their Latin names
  6. I love sushi
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Narrad is sooooo wrong. He/she chose all three of my lies as truths.

Truths:

I’m a sophomore.
I have brown and blue hair (mostly brown, with a blue streak along the left side of my face.)
I’m taking medication for depression (Celexa, if anyone wants to know)

Untruths:

I currently go to an all girls’ Catholic school. (Last year I did, but I hated, so I left, and now attend an inner city public school.)
I have a thing for chubby guys. (In fact, it’s just the opposite. The skinnier the better. Of course, nothing is as nice as a good personality, so that’s really just for physical attributes.)
I have no idea how to knit, use a sewing machine, etc. (I can not only knit and use a sewing machine, but I can also thread the sewing machine, and I make scarves for myself and my friends all the time.)

LifeOnWry

truths: 1, 3, 5
untruths: 2, 4, 6

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Now for the REAL truth about me (as if anyone cares this late into the thread)

  1. As 2nd baseman in high school, I was drafted by the Kansas City Royals but never signed a professional contract. FALSE
    No takers on this one. I did play 2nd base in high school, but wasn’t good enough for colleges to give me a second look, much less a pro franchise.

  2. I served 4 years active duty in the Air Force and am still a reservist now holding the rank of Captain. FALSE
    Gingy, Tansu, and Biggirl all fell for this one which is only half true. I was in the Air Force for 4 years, but I was enlisted, not an officer. I never held a rank higher than Senior Airman (E-4 pay grade) and never did any active reserve duty. I’m 100% civilian now.

  3. In the military, I qualified as a marksman with the M-16, hitting 36 out of 40 on the firing range. TRUE
    Gingy, Tansu, and Biggirl also all chose this one. Ironically this is the true one that I thought no one would believe. That was 8 years ago and I doubt I could do it now though.

  4. I broke my tooth working in a haunted forest one Halloween when I jumped from a tree with a chainsaw. FALSE
    Biggirl picked this one, another half truth. Although I did jump from a tree with a chainsaw, I miraculously didn’t break anything, although I did sprain my knee pretty badly. I broke my tooth skateboarding when I was 10 or so.

  5. In my lifetime, I have met Ozzie Smith, Mohammad Ali, Brain Setzer, Willie McGee, Lou Ferigno, and Stephen King. TRUE
    Gingy and Tansu both got this one. One of the benefits of growing up with a father who worked for the airlines in the pre-heavy security days – I met Ferigno, Ali, and Setzer at the airport (many moons ago however - Setzer was still a Stray Cat). I met McGee and Smith while working my way through college as a security guard in the Sty. Louis area’s most over-priced mall, and met King in Maine during a mission when I was in the AF.

  6. I have a collection of 34 autographed baseballs which includes Hall of Famers Nolan Ryan, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, Mickey Mantle, and Johnny Bench just to name a few. TRUE
    No one thought this was true. I guess I now know who didn’t read my ages old Pit thread about how my Ted Williams ball was misplaced when I moved!

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I offered my logic behind my choices.

Soup du Jour:

  1. F (too obvious)
  2. F (not if you snuck into a Conservative Political Action Conference)
  3. T (Sure, why not?)
  4. T (the longest response is always true)
  5. T (better than being one of four triplets)
  6. F (probably a fifth year senior)

Life on Wry (I am only fairly certain of #6):

  1. T (Well, if you weren’t, it would be a pretty random lie)
  2. T (Strange enough to be true)
  3. F (I bet you’re just a big fan
  4. T (Well, if you hang with serial killers, anything’s possible)
  5. F (What about that weed that just popped up?)
  6. F (you probably wouldn’t touch it)

Narrad:

  1. F (No shot. Where can you get a pink cowboy hat?)

  2. T (That’s cool enough to brag about)

  3. F (I think the only person with a pet bear was Clint Howard on Gentle Ben)

  4. F (Why all the tall tales about Austrailia?)

  5. T (I think everyone’s done that, haven’t they?)

  6. T (Well, you would only know if you tried, and wouldn’t mention it unless you had succeeded)

  7. I once witnessed a crop circle form in Whitefish, Montana.

  8. My first girlfriend had sex with me one night after marrying her husband.

  9. Adam Sandler told my fiancee she had the cutest smile he’s ever seen.

  10. I coined the nickname for Chris (Mississippi) Berman of ESPN fame.

  11. I am the last person wish Brad Pitt good luck before he got married.

  12. NBA Commissioner David Stern invited me to the All-Star Game because he liked my letter about the Slam Dunk Contest

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my truths were:

  1. I’ve never met my paternal grandfather
  2. I’ve been on two different TV quiz shows
  3. I’ve never been a bridesmaid
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Jeff got 'em all right. Damn you! <shakes fist> Life on Wry got one and Moonchild two.

  1. el-cheapo cowboy hats in pink, purple, black and blue may be obtained Australia-wide from Crazy Clarks, for the princely sum of $4. (I also have a more expensive one, for those extra special cowboy occasions. Like raves. :p)

  2. Sadly, Miss Harvey wasn’t in the mood for dancing.

  3. I thought I could at least fool one American with the koala thing. Maybe if I have said sheep… :wink:

  4. I’m on the other side of the country to North Sydney.

5 and 6 were pretty obvious in hindsight.

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Cite :smiley:

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I am descended from the the Leslie clan (I can show you the documentation, which is in my house). My descendency branches off from this one in the mid-18th century (don’t know exactly which generation).

And further proof is that I am, in fact, a “Hun”. :wink:

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It’s amazing the things you learn about people. Heck, I’m gonna go again, if only so that I get a chance to make some guesses this time around:

Narrad’s already revealed all, so I’ll do Soup du Jour:

True:

  1. I’m a major in Political Science
  2. I’m allergic to penicillin
  3. I once snuck into the Conservative Political Action Conference

LifeOnWry:
True:
2. I had dinner with a serial killer
3. I had dinner with George Thorogood
5. I know all my garden plants by their Latin names

Moonchild:
True:
2. My first girlfriend had sex with me one night after marrying her husband.
3. Adam Sandler told my fiancee she had the cutest smile he’s ever seen.
6. NBA Commissioner David Stern invited me to the All-Star Game because he liked my letter about the Slam Dunk Contest

Six more “facts” about me:

  1. I’ve had dinner with G. Gordon Liddy and Carl Bernstein (albeit not at the same time).

  2. I played viola in my high school orchestra, and can still play (although I’m in desperate need of some practice).

  3. I’ve earned two Blue Peter badges.

  4. My mother emigrated to the US from Romania when she was nine, in the aftermath of WWII.

  5. Like Ginger, I have eaten whale blubber. Unlike Ginger, I can’t say I liked it very much.

  6. Like Crunchy Frog, I broke a tooth skateboarding when I was ten.

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Time for revelations:

  1. I am a member of the Precious Moments Collectors’ Club
    FALSE - I don’t collect them, and I just fouind out yesterday there WAS a collectors’ club.

  2. I had dinner with a serial killer
    TRUE - John Wayne Gacy ate dinner at my house 11 days before his arrest - he had gone to high school with my mother and she ran into him just about a week before Thanksgiving, so she invited him for dinner.

  3. I had dinner with George Thorogood
    FALSE - But I did go backstage at one of his concerts

  4. I am cousin to the man who wrote the Satanic Bible
    TRUE (technically) - Anton LeVay is my paternal grandmother’s sister’s son-in-law, making him a distant cousin by marriage

  5. I know all my garden plants by their Latin names
    TRUE - I have no idea why I thought I should, but I did and I do

  6. I love sushi
    FALSE - I’d sooner eat worms

Fun game!

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Truth be told!

  1. I’m a major in Political Science: FALSE!
    In reality, I’m an International Affairs Major. 2/3 guessed true.

  2. I’m a registered Democrat: TRUE!
    When people talk to me, they are always surprised that I am decidedly not conservative. I guess I fooled the SDMB too. 1/3

  3. I’m allergic to penicillin: TRUE!
    It makes me break into funny bumps and rashes. Not fun. 2/3

  4. I once snuck into the Conservative Political Action Conference: TRUE!
    It was certainly an experience to have Oliver North and Ann Coulter speaking one right after the other. My head was about to explode. :smiley: 2/3

  5. I am one of three triplets: FALSE!
    I have a fraternal twin brother (jonmarzie) and an older sister. No other siblings. 2/3

  6. I’m a Freshman: FALSE!
    Though I am a first year college student, I somehow got enough credits to qualify as a sophomore in the current spring semester. 0/3.

Good job, all!

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Deductive reasoning. :slight_smile: 1. made sense and I have a sister capable of 6. but she’s not much of a salad person. All I had to do is pick the third one and 5. seemed the likely candidate.

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lainaf got all of mine correct:

1. I can write and take notes backwards (mirror image).
True. I practiced at this and developed this skill just for the heck of it. I became good enough at it that in my last two years of college, I took all my notes exclusively in mirror image.

2. I lost over 100 pounds in the last ten months.
False. I have lost 70 pounds, but not 100. If I end up 100 pounds under my highest weight, I’ll be underweight.

3. I spent two years in the Israeli armed forces.
False. I spent a total of 10 days in Israel (and only as a tourist).

4. I met Richard Simmons while doing an internship at a radio production company
True. And he acted just as he acts on television.

5. I once did not speak to my father for three years.
True. We have since reconciled.

6. I still sleep with a stuffed animal in my bed.
False. My favorite stuffed animal (and the only one I ever slept with on a regular basis) was destroyed by a dog on the night my parents split up. What a bummer of a night that was.

Zev Steinhardt

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The Truth About Me
[list=1]
[li]I collect unusual pens. FALSE. I collect pencil sharpeners.[/li][li]I have been insulted by Ralph Nader. TRUE. Many years ago; he didn’t appreciate me smoking in the room he was in.[/li][li]My father is a Baptist minister. FALSE. He is a lunatic fundamentalist minister who believes the Baptists are going to hell.[/li][li]My favorite constellation is Gemini. FALSE. It’s Orion.[/li][li]I have ridden over 50 roller coasters. TRUE.[/li][li]I sing in the Memphis Symphony Chorus. TRUE.[/li][/list=1]

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Well, only one person guessed at mine…

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

True. It was at a telethon when I was 4 or 5. I can still remember it.

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

False. My best friend did, though, and she’s the last person you’d think would survive 43 days of jail.
3. My youngest sister was murdered in 1984 and her killer was never caught

True.

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

False, though I was offered the job.

  1. I have never been arrested for drug possession.

True. Possession of drug paraphenalia, but not drug possession.

  1. 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.

False. That was my wife.

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Well, looks like this thread has petered out. For you, JR8, and thanks for starting it. You got four right, missing #3 & #5:

  1. False. Although I am fascinated by crop circles, I have never seen one. However, my Mom did walk through the Whitefish/Kalispell crop circle the following day when it showed up in her home town.

  2. True. My Mom’s boyfriend’s daughter seduced me while she was engaged, de-flowered me, we shared a close relationship while her fiance was in the Navy, which is where he returned the day after the wedding. She was a little, hmm, unique. (Note: 20 years later, they are still married, and happily, I gather.)

  3. False (one you got wrong): Although my fiance’s nickname is Happy and her name is Madison, and Sandler’s production company is Happy Madison Productions, they have never met, so he hasn’t gotten the chance to compliment her adorable smile. (Note: Madison and I met at the home of Sandler’s manager on Sept. 9, which is Sandler’s birthday.)

  4. False. Although I did not come up with “Mississippi Berman”, some sports publication did inexplicably name a letter I wrote to “The Sporting News” as one of the three best of the decade (80’s) for giving Cincinatti Reds owner the nickname Marge “Should Be” Schott. (How can you determine if a letter is the best of an entire decade???)

  5. True (you missed this one, also): I bartended the Pitt-Aniston wedding and just before taking the alter, Mr. Pitt ran to my bar to for some water to cure his dry mouth. As I handed him the glass of Perrier I wished him good luck.

  6. True. I first wrote the NBA a letter about the Slam Dunk Contest in 1988, received the patent thank you, wrote a follow-up the next year and it somehow circled the League office and got into Stern’s hands. I continued the letters, and was invited four different times from '89-'94.

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Phooey. I’ll give it a bump anyway.