# 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:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/381 "2018-05-01T20:55:18Z")

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False, which I know for a fact since I tried it as a kid.

The next player looked for something today and hasn’t found it yet.

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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:** [May 1, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/382 "2018-05-01T21:15:02Z")

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True. If a new job counts. I had a job interview.

TNP got a new cell phone this year.

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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:** [May 1, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/383 "2018-05-01T21:25:24Z")

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No, but I got an iPhone _last_ year at my tech-loving sons’ insistence.

TNP thinks iPhones are overrated.

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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:** [May 2, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/384 "2018-05-02T13:44:32Z")

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Definitely true. We lived for decades with land lines and busy signals and calling people back. Now the cell phone police come and arrest you and put you in prison if you don’t pick up the cell phone the second it rings.

TNP has never eaten fruitcake.

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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:** [May 2, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/385 "2018-05-02T13:57:44Z")

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False, quite the opposite in fact. For years I have ordered at _least_ one from the Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, TX to tide me over the Christmas season.

TNP sometimes puts horseradish on sandwiches.

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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:** [May 2, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/386 "2018-05-02T16:00:39Z")

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True. Usually with roast beef

TNP has never referred to Walt Disney as being a ‘futurist’

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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:** [May 2, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/387 "2018-05-02T16:02:45Z")

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True, though I can see the argument for it.  
The Next Poster prefers Impressionistic paintings to Post-Impressionistic paintings.

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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:** [May 3, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/388 "2018-05-03T03:42:39Z")

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Hmm. I’ll have to say false, although I do like some Post-Impressionistic painters (esp. Seurat) very much.

TNP has seen a genuine Monet with his or her own eyes.

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/389 "2018-05-03T04:18:40Z")

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True. I mesmerizing snow scene.

TNP sends letters to representatives on a somewhat regular basis.

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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:** [May 3, 2018, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/390 "2018-05-03T11:54:07Z")

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False. Gave up years ago.

TNP is wearing at least two leather garments or accessories at this moment

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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:** [May 3, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/391 "2018-05-03T12:34:17Z")

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Yes - belt and shoes.

TNP drank some orange juice in the past hour.

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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:** [May 3, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/392 "2018-05-03T20:55:29Z")

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False

TNP ate a sandwich today.

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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:** [May 3, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/393 "2018-05-03T21:36:56Z")

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False, lunch was some penne and hard-boiled eggs.

The Next Poster is secretly convinced that doughnuts are planning to take over the government.

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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:** [May 3, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/394 "2018-05-03T21:48:28Z")

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False, This poster is open in his conviction that doughnuts already _have_ taken over the government.

TNP prefers oysters Rockefeller to chargrilled oysters.

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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:** [May 4, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/395 "2018-05-04T02:38:34Z")

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False. Grilled or fried, please, but not raw.

TNP has been snorkeling in the past five years.

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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:** [May 4, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/396 "2018-05-04T13:45:05Z")

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False. not since I swam at the neighborhood pool back in the 1970’s

The next poster has successfully executed a New Years resolution at some point in their life

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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:** [May 4, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/397 "2018-05-04T13:54:21Z")

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True, but by New Year’s Resolution is always the same: to try at least one new food dish, read at least one new author, and listen to at least one new musician this year.

I’ve already accomplished this for 2018.

The New Poster prefers Old School Disney animated films to the New School (Little Mermaid and beyond).

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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:** [May 5, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/398 "2018-05-05T18:55:58Z")

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False.

The next poster plans to see at least a movie Memorial Day weekend.

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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:** [May 5, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/399 "2018-05-05T19:53:34Z")

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False, at least it’s not in the plans right now

TNP does not work on Saturdays.

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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:** [May 5, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/400 "2018-05-05T22:05:57Z")

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Not for pay, no, but there’s always work to be done around the house on the weekends.

TNP deserves a raise.

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