Alrighty then - you asked for it!
Truth - What’s the biggest lie you ever got caught out on?
I’ll take a truth, but you should give me another, because my answer to that one is: nope, never caught.
Although there was one time that might qualify. When I was a randy teen, I was dating a girl whose parents were strict enough that she couldn’t be out after nine or ten at night. So, undeterred, I would drive over to her place at about 2 AM. She’d sneak out, and we’d drive down the street and have a heavy make-out session in the back of the van. (Ah, the 70s, and vans. But I digress).
This was happening around the time that some friends of mine were exchanging pranks. For example, comoing back from the beach, we discovered a GIANT tire by the side of the road, a tire taller than we were. So, naturally, we loaded it onto the roof of the van and brought it home. That tire would then appear over the next few months in people’s front yards, to the consternation of parents and the delight of all. We would rearrange yards or spell out messages on the front lawn with hundreds of plastic forks – you get the idea.
So one night, whilst N---- and I were steaming up the inside of the van, some of my buddies apparently drove by, saw my van parked on the street, apparently vacant. So they took the opportunity to festoon the sides with shaving cream. They never knew we were inside; we were distracted enough that we never heard them outside.
So I go to drop N---- off and that’s when we discovered we’d been creamed.
But never caught.
Hooray, back after a boring time of lectures. Could I get a truth and a dare to catch up?
Same as Anaamika’s last truth: If you have a “favorite” fantasy - one that runs through your mind fairly consistently when you’re, eh, taking care of yourself, then share it. If there’s no consistent fantasy played on heavy rotation, so to speak, then share the last one you remember.
T or D, Strinka?
T or D, yingtongtiddleipo?
Bricker…this might be a painfully naive question, since most of what I know about law comes from books. Have you ever lost a case you truly thought you’d win? Or won a case you truly thought you’d lose? In effect, has the outcome of a trial ever been truly a surprise to you?
Revenant, hiya! Truth: You get kicked out of your home country and have to move. Which country do you choose and why?
Well, my story is gonna suck, because I’m a very honest person. It’s not gonna make much sense either. I was a little kid then. I let a kid borrow a computer game. I wasn’t supposed to do that. I lied about it. My parents found out.
I’m still waiting on a dare…
Oh, God, yes.
I’ve never completely lost a case I was confident of winning, but I’ve lost several to the top count of the indictment when I was almost positive I was going to get, at most, a conviction on a lesser charge. There was one time that I actually contemplated ruining myself by jumping up and screaming at the jury, “What the fuck is wrong with you?”
On the other hand, I’ve been pleasantly surprised at some outright acquittals when the Commonwealth had all the ammunition on its side. The most gratifying are the ones - very few - in which I knew that the officer testifying was shading his story a bit, and I would sit there practically writhing in the frustration of being unable to prove it… only to have the verdict come back against the Commonwealth. At those times, I was the most ardent supporter of the jury system ever seen.
These were rare: usually, I had a pretty good idea of what would happen, and it happened.
Pretty similar to Anaamika’s, really, cept the age difference is a bit less.
Hey, Anaamika! 
I suppose i’d probably pick Canada, because a) No language barrier ( plus I know a smattering of conversational french) b) there doesn’t seem to be a huge cultural difference c) free health care ( they still have that, right?) d) I love snow and e) I’m a huge ice hockey fan (and player).
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T or D, yingtongtiddleipo?
Truth please!
#1:
Wow, the nights are really drawing in now! I love the rides home on the mo’bike when the chill’s really putting a little tautness in the cheeks! And I’m a big kid and I like the opportunity to play with the enormous “for off road use only” 130W searchlight I’ve stuck in for the winter season! Also, the hot cup of tea when I get home! It feels really good to be alive!
Oh, why not. 10 posts please, with a signature that says “I confess I have a secret crush on a platypus”. The word “platypus” should link to a picture of a reaaaallly cute platy. And you may add it to your current sig but you may not add anything else to it!
yingtongtiddleipo, what the hell does your username mean? But that’s not your question. Your question is -
What’s your best day & your worst day, a la City Slickers?
Somebody ask me!
Alright, before I catch up with the thread, I’ll answer this one. It was tricky because I don’t expect to buy a car any time soon, so I hadn’t given any thought to what I might buy beyond wanting a hybrid car. As long as I have unlimited funds, I’ll go with the Lexus RX Hybrid. Besides the whole hybrid thing, I like that it’s not tiny; I need enough space to load up the car for camping, road trips, etc. I also like that it has part-time all wheel drive, what with living in Boston and all, and continuously variable transmission - a friend of mine recently bought a car with CVT, and he loves it. And of course I’ll get all the extra special stuff, especially the navigation system.
T or D, Anaamika?
This is kind of what I figured…you guys do some much prep work, I figured most of the time you knew. Although I like the vision of you running up to the jury, screaming at them, and maybe jumping into the jury box and strangling a few of them.
I’ll take a truth!
#2:
Indomethacin is a bloody marvel! Anyone who’s had chronic, grinding pain building up night after night, after going to bed convinced that their damned ankles had finally got better, would be sure to know what I meant! Just a couple of pills and some admittedly torturous exercise – hobbling around the local Tesco leaning on the shopping trolley for support – and the pain’s gone! Hah! Take that, gout! Fear the power of modern pharmaceuticals!! 
I think someone asked this question before ( it might have been you ) but it’s a good one; if you had three wishes, which have to be used purely selfishly, what would you wish?
On the opposite side of the coin, one of my favorite memories was trying a case against the most pompous, stuffed-shirt asshole I’ve ever met. He was an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney that had just gotten an appointment as an assistant US Attorney, and he was so full of himself as he finished up his last cases it was like a parody. He managed to work into his opening AND his closing that he was going to be a US Attorney. His whole manner suggested he was leaving the peons behind and we’d all have to somehow be happy with our drab, wretched little lives. He actually told the jury: “Although I’ll be a US Attorney, I still put my pants on one leg at a time, just like all of you.”
Everyone in that room hated him. The jury deliberated longer than anyone expected - it really was a slam-dunk against my guy - and I’m sure they were contemplating whether they could someone sentence the asshole Commonwealth attorney to any jail time. They finally came back with a conviction on the lowest count of the indictment, which basically meant my guy was going to walk away; he had already served more time in pre-trial detention than the max sentence for which he had just been convicted.
It was a good end to the day.
T or D, Strinka?
T or D, yingtongtiddleipo?
T or D, Anaamika?
T or D, Revenant Threshold?
Nothing for me? sniff