# Two Thruths and a Lie **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 28, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475 "2004-04-28T13:34:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/101 "2004-04-29T06:46:20Z")
> [@sunfish](#): > > nocturnal\_tick, I’ll say #3 is the lie. > Here’s mine: > > 1. Every car I’ve ever owned has been a Toyota Corolla. > 2. I saw someone dressed as Santa Claus walking along the road on New Year’s Eve in India. > 3. I cried the day I heard that JFK Jr. was getting married. See I figured that #2 would be the most likely, then #1. Unfortunately for me, it is #1. I have never practised witchcraft although I have studied it and acknowledge some of its beliefs. Yes, I was a vegetarian and it was quite fun, and yes I have, sadly (:() never been kissed. I don’t believe #1. I don’t know why because #2 seems the strangest. But it’s so strange it must be true. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/102 "2004-04-29T10:02:09Z")
1. My father is a carpenter, a Capricorn, and son of Joseph. 2. I was born on the 123rd day of the year, which was 2 weeks late. 3. My girlfriend was born on the 321st day five years earlier. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/103 "2004-04-29T11:11:13Z")
I make wedding dresses and other formal wear in my spare time. I gave birth without the aid of anesthesia less than a year ago and still nurse. I have changed more than a dozen diapers in the last dozen years. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/104 "2004-04-29T11:18:56Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Dang I screwed that up. I’m betting **FCM** never was a girl scout so that is a truth. > > The lie is she never got a speeding ticket. You leadfoot you! 😃 One ticket in over 30 years of driving does not a leadfoot make, you big poopyhead! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/105 "2004-04-29T11:59:35Z")
1. I once had a close encouter with a bear while hiking. 2. I once had to chase giraffes off the runway in order for my plane to land. 3. I once had a close encouter with a penguin in its native habitat, complete with snow and ice. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/106 "2004-04-29T12:13:38Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > One ticket in over 30 years of driving does not a leadfoot make, you big poopyhead! 😛 Yeah but I’ll bet it was for going 95 mph in a 25 mph school zone while 30 cute little kindergarteners were crossing the street with their grandmothers. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/107 "2004-04-29T12:15:04Z")
Oops, I forgot. Are we gonna fess up here or wait for a new tell all thread? **scoob** we await your instructions. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/108 "2004-04-29T13:02:19Z")
Back in high school, I… 1. Was close friends with the varsity football (American rugby) quarterback, which came in very handy when the JV linemen picked on me. 2. Was head of the parking permit committee my senior year, and enjoyed the feelings of incredible power that briefly came with the job. 3. Was in my junior year before I first went on a date. (The lie has been placed in random order, to ensure fairness. That was a lie. _That_ was a lie. Everything inside these parentheses is a lie, including this statement. _That_ statement was true. What color was the bear?) ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/109 "2004-04-29T13:07:44Z")
Here’s mine: 1. I’ve memorized pi out to 100 decimals 2. I earned a black belt in Karate at age 10 3. I hold 2 different college degrees ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/110 "2004-04-29T13:09:49Z")
I am going to be out of town all day, so I started the confession [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4807225#post4807225). I have to know what your lies are. Some of them are hard to guess. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/111 "2004-04-29T18:39:05Z")
My strategy is to guess the one that seems most plausible, assuming everybody posts their most incredible truths. > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. I once had a close encouter with a bear while hiking. > [@Dragwyr](#): > > 1. I hold 2 different college degrees > [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > 1. Was head of the parking permit committee my senior year, and enjoyed the feelings of incredible power that briefly came with the job. Lies! All lies! 😃 (BTW, 3.14159265358979323846 is as far as I ever got from memory.) > [@misstee](#): > > I am going to be out of town all day, so I started the confession thread. I ain’t tellin’ 'till somebody guesses mine. \>:-D ---
**Author:** ![Innanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecd19e/32.png) [@Innanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Innanna)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/112 "2004-04-29T18:41:22Z")
My paternal grandparents were international smugglers. My father was Bipolar. My mother was 18 when she had me. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/113 "2004-04-29T19:04:02Z")
> [@cityboy916](#): > > I ain’t tellin’ 'till somebody guesses mine. \>:-D Okay, my guess is that of your statements: > [@](#): > > 1. My father is a carpenter, a Capricorn, and son of Joseph. > 2. I was born on the 123rd day of the year, which was 2 weeks late. > 3. My girlfriend was born on the 321st day five years earlier. the lie is #2, but that it’s based on truth (e.g. you were actually born before the due date). I’m about to “tell all” in the confessional thread… ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/114 "2004-04-29T20:02:22Z")
1. I legally hold the title of ‘Knight’. 2. I’ve tasted the flesh of a rattlesnake. 3. I can recite the titles of every Star Trek episode in chronological order. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/115 "2004-04-29T21:00:50Z")
> [@vunderbob](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > 1. My father and both of my brothers have testified before Congress. > > 2. I am a former 3rd grade teacher. > > 3. I’ve never seen the swallows of Capistrano. > > Once again, #2… Sorry, vunder, my father and only one of my brothers have testified before Congress. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/116 "2004-04-29T21:08:28Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > 1. A mouse was tumbled to death in my dryer, and got guts on my clothes. > 2. My mother was in a convent but left to marry my father. > 3. My grandfather was a poker dealer for John Dillinger. 1. True. And surprisingly, the guts washed out of my clothes. Too bad I didn’t notice what happened until I actually donned said mouse-gutty clothes. It was hideous. 2. False. Mom and dad met when she was in the typing pool and he was in the mail room. Her folks didn’t like the idea of her dating a musician, so when he was drafted, they moved 1500 miles away. True love prevailed, and they got hitched a couple months after he was sprung. They adored each other til the day mom died. 3. True. Dillinger had floating card games and my grandfather was a professional gambler (they were dirt-poor during the depression and this is what he did to make money). He’d occasionally deal for him or get into dice games with the bad boys. Gangsters and Chicago…they go together like hot dogs and mustard. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/117 "2004-04-30T00:02:55Z")
Sorry, **cityboy** but that statement of mine is true. I like your strategy, but it didn’t work in this case. See the confession thread (soon) for which one is the lie. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/118 "2004-04-30T01:01:40Z")
I didn’t post mine in the other thread, but I’ll put some here and people can guess which one is the fraud if they like. 1. I have one published piece of writing to my name. 2. I sold a painting at an art auction before my 18th birthday. 3. I have a tattoo on my back. ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/119 "2004-04-30T02:22:45Z")
I’m a little late in the game but here are mine… 1.) When I was a little girl I fell out of a moving vehicle. 2.) Also when I was young I fell down a flight of stairs and broke my wrist. 3.) I have never broken a bone in my life. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475/120 "2004-04-30T04:33:27Z")
> [@Cinnamon Girl](#): > > **cisco** , that’s _one_ way to ferret out the lie…hmmm. Two to go. > > Soooo, **Baraqiyal** , why would anyone hold their breath? And at what point when holding one’s breath does one get all light-headed and daffy? And where’s the best place to hold your breath? And do you hold anything else? Have you ever bitten your tongue? > > Why…why…why??? Swimming comes to mind… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-thruths-and-a-lie/242475.md?page=7)