# Post 2 true and 1 false thing about yourself **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 28, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536 "2012-06-28T02:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/41 "2012-06-28T18:52:05Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > I… > > …have been to all 48 continental states. > …have walked through a very large crowd wearing nothing but sneakers and a strategically placed fanny pack. > …was taught to walk with major assistance from a duck. Did the duck train you for #2? I’m going to say #3 is false, just because I want to hear the whole story if it isn’t. Here are my 3: 1. I have a relative named Indiana Jones. 2. I studied law at Oxford. 3. I hung out with Melissa Joan Hart in high school. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/42 "2012-06-28T18:57:08Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Gotta be #2. Nobody would do that. Unfortunately #2 was true. The cursed bottle had a Belgian ale type of label, but when we opened it they could smell the stank from the next room. Unfortunately we had a rule of “You open the damn thing, you _drink_ the damn thing”. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/43 "2012-06-28T18:59:58Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > This is a tough one. I know several people who had dinner with Cab Calloway (his next door neighbor wasn’t one of them). I also know someone who met Ellen DeGeneres before she was famous, depending on the definition of famous. > > So I’m left with meeting Spock, though that is the most likely to be true in general. You’re good. I was in the same room as Spock, but did not meet him. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/44 "2012-06-28T19:06:48Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I’m guessing #2 is false. Nope 😃 Never been on an airplane in my life (not out of fear or anything, we’ve always just driven on family vacations) ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/45 "2012-06-28T19:09:55Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > I… > > …have been to all 48 continental states. > …have walked through a very large crowd wearing nothing but sneakers and a strategically placed fanny pack. > …was taught to walk with major assistance from a duck. I’m gonna say #2, because I can’t wait to hear the explanation if I’m wrong. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > 1. I once rode a Greyhound bus sitting across from Louie Anderson. > 2. I drank a bottle of French beer. On purpose. > 3. I shot a 110 year old jar of cherries just to watch it die. I can remember cleaning out my granmother’s basement and finding some pretty fossilized home-canned produce, so I’m gonna guess #1 is false. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/46 "2012-06-28T19:31:21Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > I can remember cleaning out my granmother’s basement and finding some pretty fossilized home-canned produce, so I’m gonna guess #1 is false. Nope. #3 is false-twas my pa what shot the jar of cherries. We found the jar in the cellar when we moved in, and left it down there. One day my father was upstairs in the living room cleaning an empty rifle and, well… ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/47 "2012-06-28T19:36:38Z")
Let’s do another all-celeb troika. I: 1. Once had a 10-minute conversation with Dennis Hopper next to the United Nations. 2. Went to school with the bearded guy from **Anthrax** and the guy with the tall Afro from **Kid 'n Play**. 3. Once contacted Ken Jennings to tell him he was being plagiarized. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/48 "2012-06-28T19:57:45Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > I’m gonna say #2, because I can’t wait to hear the explanation if I’m wrong. > [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Did the duck train you for #2? I’m going to say #3 is false, just because I want to hear the whole story if it isn’t. Awww yeah…double-stumping. 1. “I have been to all 48 continental states.” **False**. I’ve never been to Florida. 2. “I have walked through a very large crowd wearing nothing but sneakers and a strategically placed fanny pack.” **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. 3. “I was taught to walk with major assistance from a duck.” **True**. The story was explained [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4573667&post4573667). ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/49 "2012-06-28T20:21:16Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Let’s do another all-celeb troika. > > I: > > 1. Once had a 10-minute conversation with Dennis Hopper next to the United Nations. > 2. Went to school with the bearded guy from **Anthrax** and the guy with the tall Afro from **Kid 'n Play**. > 3. Once contacted Ken Jennings to tell him he was being plagiarized. I’ve been wrong on all the others, so what the hell 🆒 I guess #2. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/50 "2012-06-28T20:23:52Z")
OK, here go mine 🙂 (1) I met, was introduced to and had a conversation with Jose Maria Aznar, ex-Prime Minister of Spain, when he was Prime Minister. (2) I met, was introduced to and had a conversation with Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, ex-Prime Minister of Spain, when he was Prime Minister. (3) I met, was introduced to and had a conversation with H.R.H Felipe, Crown Prince of Spain. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/51 "2012-06-28T20:28:43Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > I’ve been wrong on all the others, so what the hell 🆒 > > I guess #2. Sorry. Wrong again. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/52 "2012-06-28T20:36:28Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The first one’s gotta be false-no dentist can make that guarantee. His language was imprecise. Of course he meant barring accident or other unforeseen circumstances. I had my wisdom teeth removed in 1977. Since then I’ve had, IIRC, three fillings, the last in 1996. I see the dentist twice a year. ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/53 "2012-06-28T20:37:31Z")
1. I was born in Tokyo, Japan 2. I was a Phi Beta Kappa 3. I once bench pressed 300lb and ran 10 miles on the same day ---
**Author:** ![DeepLiquid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deepliquid/32/14893_2.png) [@DeepLiquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeepLiquid)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/54 "2012-06-28T20:46:23Z")
1. I was a professional firefighter/medic in the 1980’s 2. I once spent the day with Suzanne Pleshette 3. I carry a concealed firearm ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/55 "2012-06-29T00:45:17Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > 1. I was born in Tokyo, Japan > > 2. I was a Phi Beta Kappa > > 3. I once bench pressed 300lb and ran 10 miles on the same day #1. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/56 "2012-06-29T01:23:01Z")
[ol] [li]While standing with a small group about 5 feet from Al Gore as he spoke to us, my cellphone went off. :smack:[/li][li]Penn Jillette was over the top inordinately pleased with a compliment I made to him after watching one of his shows. All I said was “great show”. [/li][li]Martha Stewart had a coughing fit while singing at my brother’s wedding reception.[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/57 "2012-06-29T02:10:57Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > #1. #1 is true-- I was born in Tokyo, Japan. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/58 "2012-06-29T02:33:12Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > #1 is true-- I was born in Tokyo, Japan. Then I was wrong. I was going for the opposite of true. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/59 "2012-06-29T02:56:18Z")
OK here are mine: (1) I was once detained and questioned when trying to enter the United Nations building in NY in the evening. (2) I have not seen a movie in a movie theater in 5 years. (3) I have never sent a text message by cell phone. ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/60 "2012-06-29T02:58:04Z")
> [@Esox\_Lucius](#): > > 1. I was lost in a forest for a day and a half. > > 2. I was onstage with The Guess Who for an entire show. > > 3. I caught a foul ball at a major league baseball game. Is that the real Guess Who or the cheap imitation being bandied about for who knows how many years now? If the latter, I’ll bet on #3 being the lie. If it’s the real Guess Who I bet that’s the lie. > [@TriPolar](#): > > 1. I have a collection of round things. > 2. I’ve never been to Gatorland > 3. I drink lots of beer. 3 is obviously true :rolleyes: 😉 So I say 2 on a guess. > [@flatlined](#): > > I can rebuild a bike in a box by myself. > I can do all of the routine car maintenace except brakes. > I changed out a broken toilet without flooding the bathroom. Sounds dumb but somehow I bet #3 is the lie and there’s a funny story in there somewhere. 🙂 Otherwise it’s #1. > [@lorene](#): > > [ol] > [li]I had dinner with Cab Calloway once.[/li][li]I met Ellen DeGeneres before she was famous.[/li][li]I met Leonard Nimoy after he was famous.[/li][/ol] #1. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536.md?page=4)