# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/141 "2012-07-10T10:58:48Z")
1. I once fell down a 25ft sewer shaft 2. As part of an operation, doctors had to briefly stop my heart 3. I have held a human brain (directly) in my hands #1 - FALSE; it _almost_ happened to me, and it still makes me shudder to think “what if”. #2 - True; it was for a heart arrhythmia. They had to speed up, slow down, and for a few seconds, stop the heart as part of the procedure. #3 - True; My neuroscience masters included a day at a surgeons’ training centre. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/142 "2012-07-10T14:42:23Z")
1. I was in Barack Obama’s graduating class at college. 2. While sitting in the right field seats at Yankee Stadium, I once caught a home run hit by Reggie Jackson 3. I won two tropical vacations by playing trivia contests on The Family Channel. #1 - TRUE- we were both in the Columbia College class of 1983, though I don’t have any memory of ever meeting him. #2 - FALSE - I’ve been to hundreds of ballgames, and have never once come CLOSE to catching a ball of any kind, let alone a home run #3 - TRUE; Pat Robertson would have been horrified to know I went with a girlfriend I wasn’t married to. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/143 "2012-07-10T15:03:41Z")
1. I will post a false statement in post #2. 2. I posted a true statement in post #1 3. I have now broken the game. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/144 "2012-07-10T15:04:21Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > 1. I once fell down a 25ft sewer shaft > 2. As part of an operation, doctors had to briefly stop my heart > 3. I have held a human brain (directly) in my hands > > #1 - FALSE; it _almost_ happened to me, and it still makes me shudder to think “what if”. > #2 - True; it was for a heart arrhythmia. They had to speed up, slow down, and for a few seconds, stop the heart as part of the procedure. > #3 - True; My neuroscience masters included a day at a surgeons’ training centre. I’ll bet #1 is false. > [@astorian](#): > > 1. I was in Barack Obama’s graduating class at college. > > 2. While sitting in the right field seats at Yankee Stadium, I once caught a home run hit by Reggie Jackson > > 3. I won two tropical vacations by playing trivia contests on The Family Channel. > > #1 - TRUE- we were both in the Columbia College class of 1983, though I don’t have any memory of ever meeting him. > > #2 - FALSE - I’ve been to hundreds of ballgames, and have never once come CLOSE to catching a ball of any kind, let alone a home run > > #3 - TRUE; Pat Robertson would have been horrified to know I went with a girlfriend I wasn’t married to. #2 is false. Man! I’m good at this game (or some contestants aren’t). ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/145 "2012-07-10T15:41:55Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I’ll bet #1 is false. > > Man! I’m good at this game (or some contestants aren’t). Yeah, maybe both. I realized as soon as I put mine up it didn’t work. But still, I can always play again! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/146 "2012-07-10T19:36:52Z")
1. Tom Wolfe used the urinal next to mine while taking a break from autographing \*\*\*Bonfire of \*\*\*\*\*\*the Vanities \*\*\*at a local Bookstop. 2. My wife’s name appears on a tombstone in Hitchcock’s\*\*\* Vertigo.\*\*\* 3. I met NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon when we both took our kids on the Central Park merry-go-round. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/147 "2012-07-10T20:55:40Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. Tom Wolfe used the urinal next to mine while taking a break from autographing \*\*\*Bonfire of \*\*\*\*\*\*the Vanities \*\*\*at a local Bookstop. > > 2. My wife’s name appears on a tombstone in Hitchcock’s\*\*\* Vertigo.\*\*\* > > 3. I met NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon when we both took our kids on the Central Park merry-go-round. Hmm. Number one is one of those detailed and obscure, yet vague references. Still plausible though. My wife saw Truman Capote at the Fishkill Mall while she was dressed as the Easter Bunny, just one of those things in life. Number two is interesting. Your wife could have a very common name, and she or you would notice it watching the movie. If her name is Carlotta Valdez this one is true. Somewhat plausible. Number three is the most suspicious. Gordon could have been there. His son is pretty young, but he has an older daughter. It’s the kind of thing you’d back up with a photograph if it happened, but you could say no one else was there to take the picture. After that, impossible to disprove, but an easy lie to tell. You may have simply seen him there, never met him, or just seen a picture in the newspaper (do they still have those things). No dead giveaways, but I’ll guess that number three is false. Number 1 is a close second though. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/148 "2012-07-10T21:47:37Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Hmm. Number one is one of those detailed and obscure, yet vague references. Still plausible though. My wife saw Truman Capote at the Fishkill Mall while she was dressed as the Easter Bunny, just one of those things in life. > > Number two is interesting. Your wife could have a very common name, and she or you would notice it watching the movie. If her name is Carlotta Valdez this one is true. Somewhat plausible. > > Number three is the most suspicious. Gordon could have been there. His son is pretty young, but he has an older daughter. It’s the kind of thing you’d back up with a photograph if it happened, but you could say no one else was there to take the picture. After that, impossible to disprove, but an easy lie to tell. You may have simply seen him there, never met him, or just seen a picture in the newspaper (do they still have those things). > > No dead giveaways, but I’ll guess that number three is false. Number 1 is a close second though. #2 is absolutely true- my wife’s maiden name was that of the Spanish noblewoman Kim Novak was supposedly obsessed with, and who had supposedly committed suicide by jumping off the tower centuries ago. #3 is true- it happened on Thanksgiving Day in New York. Funny thing is, NOBODY but me and my immediate family noticed him. In SOME cities, he’s a huge celebrity, but in New York City? Nobody really follows NASCAR there, so to most people in the park, he was just another Dad pushing a stroller #1 is false, though it’s based loosely on fact. I did get an autographed copy of the book from Tom Wolfe at an Austin Bookstop, but we never crossed paths in the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536/149 "2012-07-10T21:49:35Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > #2 is absolutely true- my wife’s maiden name was that of the Spanish noblewoman Kim Novak was supposedly obsessed with, and who had supposedly committed suicide by jumping off the tower centuries ago. > > #3 is true- it happened on Thanksgiving Day in New York. Funny thing is, NOBODY but me and my immediate family noticed him. In SOME cities, he’s a huge celebrity, but in New York City? Nobody really follows NASCAR there, so to most people in the park, he was just another Dad pushing a stroller > #1 is false, though it’s based loosely on fact. I did get an autographed copy of the book from Tom Wolfe, but we never crossed paths in the bathroom. That’s a good mix of stories for this game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-2-true-and-1-false-thing-about-yourself/626536.md?page=7)