# True or false

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 24, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507 "2018-02-24T23:42:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/261 "2018-04-09T12:12:18Z")

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If one means doing 12 ounce curls, running my mouth, and jumping to conclusions, then true. Otherwise false.

TNP has not attended a church service in over a decade.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/262 "2018-04-09T15:41:05Z")

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False. I go just about every Sunday.

TNP has read a Bible verse in the past month.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/263 "2018-04-09T19:02:32Z")

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True.

The next player can (or at one time could) do a cartwheel.

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/264 "2018-04-09T19:05:50Z")

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It’s been a couple of decades since last I tried but at one time I definitely could.  
TNP has at least one family member that fancies themselves an ‘artist’

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**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/265 "2018-04-09T23:40:12Z")

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True. **Mrs Iggy** enjoys painting and actually has some talent.

TNP has played a game of pinball in the last year.

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/266 "2018-04-09T23:44:32Z")

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True. Just a few weeks ago, while waiting for a pizza.

TNP likes brazil nuts.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/267 "2018-04-09T23:52:29Z")

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True, and just about any other kind of nut.  
The Next Poster reads history books for pleasure.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/268 "2018-04-10T04:14:10Z")

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Oh, absolutely. My latest: _Scorpions_ by Noah Feldman, about four of FDR’s appointees to the Supreme Court and their eventual arguments and rivalries. Recommended.

TNP is math-averse.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/269 "2018-04-10T13:29:34Z")

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False. I’m so good at mental math that when we did inventory at the store, I didn’t have to use a calculator (Three boxes of 24 plus 7 loose items–79!).

The next person has more than 7 credit cards in their wallet.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/270 "2018-04-10T13:31:47Z")

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False, I have none. Credit cards get Madame P. in trouble.  
The Next Person is ambidextrous.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/271 "2018-04-10T13:33:13Z")

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False. Right-handed to the core.

TNP knew that James A. Garfield was both multilingual and ambidextrous, and could write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other _at the same time_.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/272 "2018-04-10T13:35:35Z")

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True. It’s my favorite bit of trivia.

The next player has ridden in a hot-air balloon.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/273 "2018-04-10T13:42:56Z")

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Never been in a lighter-than-air craft.  
The next poster has rappelled off a cliff or structure.

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**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/274 "2018-04-10T14:16:45Z")

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True. Thanks to ROTC training.

TNP has gone scuba diving, whether certified or not.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/275 "2018-04-10T15:22:24Z")

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False. Snorkeling, but never scuba.

TNP would like to go scuba diving this summer.

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/276 "2018-04-10T17:58:50Z")

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True, but I’ll need donations to fund my spearfishing trip to Isla Mujeres/Cancun. 🙂

TNP mostly reads non-fiction.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/277 "2018-04-10T18:09:49Z")

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False; about fifty-fifty.

TNP is reading a good novel these days.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/278 "2018-04-10T23:23:10Z")

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True, I’m reading _To Say Nothing Of The Dog_ aloud to Madame P. (I’ve read it twice before myself.) I’m also reading two works of nonfiction.  
The Next Poster rarely skips breakfast.

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/279 "2018-04-11T12:29:42Z")

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True, I can sometimes skip lunch if it’s a really busy day, but never breakfast. This morning I made a frittata with asparagus and green onion.

TNP prefers pecan pie to apple.

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**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/280 "2018-04-11T12:39:07Z")

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False, I love apple pie but I’m not a fan of pecan.

TNP prefers comedies to dramas.

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