# True or false **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 47
**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:** [July 5, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/921 "2018-07-05T16:28:09Z")
False, I’m retired. When I was working, yeah, I’d wish that. The Next Poster has dressed up as a superhero at some point in time. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/922 "2018-07-05T16:31:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > False, I’m retired. When I was working, yeah, I’d wish that. > The Next Poster has dressed up as a superhero at some point in time. I had to really reach back into my memory banks, but TRUE. In the mid-1960s I was Superman for Halloween one year. I was probably 5 years old, give or take a year. TNP has never worn a costume as an adult. ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/923 "2018-07-05T16:44:17Z")
False. I and my wife have gone to several Halloween costume parties over the years, my laziest was a cowboy costume, my favorite was dressing up as Heisenberg/Brian Cranston from Breaking Bad. TNP has attended ComiCon conventions as an adult (past their teens.) ---
**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:** [July 5, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/924 "2018-07-05T16:56:18Z")
False, I would pay good money to _not_ go. TNP could have chicken for supper for a full week and not mind. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/925 "2018-07-05T16:58:31Z")
False. chicken would get old after three days for me. The next person took two years of a foreign language in high school. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/926 "2018-07-05T17:58:50Z")
Ja, Ich hatte zwei Jahre Deutsch (then Uncle Sam sent me to Turkey…) The Next Poster will be visiting a foreign country this summer. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/927 "2018-07-05T18:42:29Z")
False TNP has attended a wedding and/or funeral in the past 6 months. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/928 "2018-07-06T14:11:02Z")
False. The next player owns a watering can. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/929 "2018-07-06T14:37:50Z")
True. Two of them. TNP generally enjoys watching cooking shows. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/930 "2018-07-06T15:01:20Z")
False. Only watched one, because my daughter was watching and I wanted to hang out with her. Didn’t enjoy all the drama (and didn’t care about the cooking). TNP generally enjoys watching house hunting shows. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/931 "2018-07-06T15:23:27Z")
False, I don’t mind them, but I don’t look for them. TNP plans on making a major purchase this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/932 "2018-07-06T16:24:28Z")
False. I just checked my bank account, and I don’t plan on doing so for a l-o-n-g time. TNP had a could-have-gone-better Fourth of July. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/933 "2018-07-06T22:26:49Z")
False, it was pretty perfect. TNP remembers Prodigy and had an account. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/934 "2018-07-07T00:30:46Z")
Absolutely. Back in '92 I believe TNP Loves their job, and it would take an incredible offer to get them to even consider changing careers. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/935 "2018-07-07T00:43:10Z")
True, because I substitute teach, I love teaching, love the kids and make my own schedule for the most part. So, I don’t work a 40-60 hour week. TNP still visits the house they grew up in. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/936 "2018-07-07T11:38:46Z")
False. I don’t even live in the same town. The Next Poster went to a high school named after a famous person. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/937 "2018-07-07T13:00:24Z")
True. Peter Stuyvesant, which meant our football team was named The Peglegs. True story. TNP smoked or tried to smoke at least one cigarette for the first time in HS. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/938 "2018-07-07T18:43:54Z")
False, I was younger than that. I’m so thankful I never picked up that habit. TNP knows someone who took up smoking as an adult. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/939 "2018-07-07T21:01:46Z")
True, a friend of mine. TNP is having breakfast for dinner one night this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false/809507/940 "2018-07-07T22:42:22Z")
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