# Is this a true story? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 15, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000 "2011-11-15T12:44:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000/61 "2014-04-11T15:17:21Z")
> [@drillrod](#): > > I’ve only read the OP and none of the responses, but I’m confused… why did the Navy SEAL have a rock in class? So when someone asks him what his pickup truck is like, he can hold up the rock and say “This”. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000/62 "2014-04-11T15:20:18Z")
> [@Flaccid](#): > > Watch out, this guy is armed with a dictionary and not afraid to use it. Brevity is a gift, alacrity is superfluous. How do you feel about punctuality? ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000/63 "2014-04-11T15:20:21Z")
The thread is two years old and the consensus was that the story didn’t happen. The question now is whether this event has happened at some point in the past two years and I can’t prove that it didn’t. I’ll mark it down as currently unverified. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000/64 "2014-04-11T17:07:43Z")
The big question is “Why would a rock have evolved into an animal?” Answer me that! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000/65 "2014-04-11T17:13:03Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > The thread is two years old and the consensus was that the story didn’t happen. The question now is whether this event has happened at some point in the past two years and I can’t prove that it didn’t. I’ll mark it down as currently unverified. And how _would_ one prove that it didn’t happen? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000/66 "2014-04-11T17:20:04Z")
I know it’s not true because Jesus isn’t in it. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000/67 "2014-04-11T17:44:03Z")
This thread is two years old. It should have evolved into an animal by now, or at least a rock. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000/68 "2014-04-11T17:45:33Z")
It should have been woven into at least a handkerchief. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000/69 "2014-04-11T17:48:57Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I know it’s not true because Jesus isn’t in it. I thought Jesus was the eagle. Or maybe the rock was the petrified clump of his remains. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000/70 "2014-04-11T17:56:41Z")
Well the American flag is made from the shroud of Turin. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000/71 "2014-04-12T01:28:08Z")
> [@Flaccid](#): > > Watch out, this guy is armed with a dictionary and not afraid to use it. Brevity is a gift, alacrity is superfluous. Interpreting your last three words, I get “a cheerful readiness is not needed.” Would you please come back so I can throw a dictionary at _you_? ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000/72 "2014-04-12T01:53:14Z")
I’m thinking of sending this in to the lovely makers of the film “God is Not Dead” to produce a film adaption. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000/73 "2014-04-12T04:01:17Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > I’m thinking of sending this in to the lovely makers of the film “God is Not Dead” to produce a film adaption. DON’T GIVE THEM ANY MORE IDEAS!!! :eek: Gotta admit, though – when the eagle perched on the American Flag and shed a tear, I nearly pissed myself laughing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000.md?page=3)