# Two truths and a lie **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2000, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646 "2000-02-08T05:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/21 "2000-02-08T09:40:00Z")
mukingfarkinsillazsumsobiatchesanerebastachillens Gabe has #1 Had some brew with those nutty canucks the “Bare Naked Ladies” #2 Had a very pleasant walk in springtime Charlotte with Natalie Merchant #3 Had the chance to be backstage in Roanoake, VA during a “Dave Matthews Band” concert knowing I work in radio might make this an easy one . . . ummmmmmmmm, might ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/22 "2000-02-08T10:34:00Z")
Coldfire… 1. did the highest bungee jump in the world; 2. once drove 284 km/h in a Testarossa; 3. had a beer with Mark Knopfler, of Dire Straits fame. * * * **Coldfire** * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/23 "2000-02-08T13:50:00Z")
Mullinator has… 1. Appeared on nationwide television in nothing but towel 2. dated a girl that later became a lesbian 3. has received birthday presents from Bob Dole * * * Have you voted for your favorite, huggable Mullinator today? ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/24 "2000-02-08T14:42:00Z")
Hahaha, wow! You people have A) had some amazing brushes with greatness, and B) shown great skill in bullshitting. I’ve enjoyed watching people get mine wrong (or maybe right…I ain’t telling until Alpha says we can)… * * * Live a Lush Life Da Chef ---
**Author:** ![OfficeGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@OfficeGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OfficeGirl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/25 "2000-02-08T14:55:00Z")
OfficeGirl… 1. was once assaulted by a whacked-out guy who believed he was Jesse James 2. has the longest tongue in Kansas City 3. has three invisible friends named Lemon, Orange, and Lot * * * [OfficeGirl’s Cubicle Farm](http://www.homestead.com/allusions/allusions.html) “Argue for your limitations; sure enough, they’re yours.” ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/26 "2000-02-08T14:57:00Z")
OK, here’s mine— 1. I once starred in an Off-Broadway show 2. I once sang backup on a recording 3. I was a radio announcer ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/27 "2000-02-08T15:08:00Z")
Okay, if it’s not too late: ReservoirDog has: 1. Ridden an Arabian stallion through the Sahara Desert. 2. Run naked through the jungles of Indonesia. 3. Rowed across the English Channel with a few friends in a too-small boat. My guesses: Alpha - 1 Talera - 3 Chef - 2 Dr.J - 1 Crack - 3 Chris - 3 MrKnow - 2 cowgod - 1 Wally - 3 Smick - 2 Shayna - 3 J.L. - 3 Pooch - 1 OpalCat - 1 Gabriel - 1 Coldfire - 1 Mullinator - 3 ---
**Author:** ![eden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@eden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eden)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/28 "2000-02-08T15:26:00Z")
I’m sure all my guesses will be wrong: Alpha: 1 Talera: 3 Chef: 3 DoctorJ: 1 crackwise: 2 ChrisCTP: 3? Mr. Knowitall: 1 Imthecowgodmoo: 1 WallyM7: 3 SmickD: 2 Shayna: 3 Gabe: 2 JohnLarrigan: 3 Pooch: 2 OpalCat: 3 Coldfire: 2? Mullinator: 2 OfficeGirl: 2 Eve: 1? 2? 3? ??? Reservoir Dog: 1 Eden has: 1. Slept in Slug Signorino’s house 2. Met Sylvester Stallone 3. Interpreted for a member of the Supreme Soviet ---
**Author:** ![melanietarrant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@melanietarrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melanietarrant)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/29 "2000-02-08T15:41:00Z")
wow, i lost track of everyone’s posts. it occurs to me that i must be unbelievably naive. alright here are mine. let’s see if anyone has a better lie detector than mine… 1. Melanie has never used any illegal narcotic or even smoked pot(ok, i did have a cigarette once, but much like our president, i didn’t inhale) 2. Melanie is ambidextrous. i write equally illegably with both left and right hands, but i tend to favor the left 3. even though Melanie is a gourmet chef, her favorite meal is McDonald’s french fries and a Diet Coke ok, * * * I’m pink therefore I’m Spam ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/30 "2000-02-08T15:48:00Z")
Alpha: 2 Talera: 1 Chef: 1 DoctorJ: 2 crackwise: 1 ChrisCTP: 3 Mr. Knowitall: 1 Imthecowgodmoo: 1 WallyM7: 3 SmickD: 1 Shayna: 2 Gabe: 2 JohnLarrigan: 3 Pooch: 1 OpalCat: 1 Coldfire: 3 Mullinator: 1 OfficeGirl: 2 Eve: 2 Eden: 1 Libertarian has: 1. Played piano with Sly Stone. 2. Clogged up a toilet at the Fairmont Hotel. 3. Showed the governor of South Carolina how to use Paradox. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/31 "2000-02-08T15:50:00Z")
1. My wedding gift from James Ellroy was a complete CD set of Wagner’s RING OF THE NIBELUNG. 2. My high school girlfriend was the Head Cheerleader for the football season. 3. I have never finished reading MOBY DICK. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![missdavis102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@missdavis102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missdavis102)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/32 "2000-02-08T15:53:00Z")
I can never tell when people are lying and I like to think all of your adventures are true, except that 2nd one of SmickD’s. Here are mine: Miss Davis has: 1. Been to a party at Boy George’s house. 2. Shared a table with the Beastie Boys at a bar in NY. 3. Become involved with a high ranking US diplomat on a transatlantic flight. * * * Take my advice, or I’ll spank you without pants. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/33 "2000-02-08T15:55:00Z")
For bullshit-clarification reasons, please define “to become involved”. * * * **Coldfire** * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/34 "2000-02-08T15:59:00Z")
Knowing Ike, I’m gonna guess 3) is his lie. Though maybe it’s a trick question . . . I’ll have to think about that cheerleader . . . OK, Ike, what about mine? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/35 "2000-02-08T16:12:00Z")
Eve: If your #1 had been was IN an off-Broadway show, I would say #3 was the lie. But I’ll have to go for Number One. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/36 "2000-02-08T16:12:00Z")
## [list=1][li]I know the person who introduced Jacqueline Bouvier to Jack Kennedy.[/li][li]I saw (and came within 3 ft. of) Sandra Bullock at the airport.[/li][li]Through marriage, I am related to Rob Lowe.[/list=1][/li] Wrong thinking is punished, right thinking is just as swiftly rewarded. You’ll find it an effective combination. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/37 "2000-02-08T16:14:00Z")
The list is too long for me to remember but I am guessing #3 for Alpha. Here are mine: Has had plastic surgery. Was married to a preacher’s kid. Cooked dinner for Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![missdavis102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@missdavis102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missdavis102)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/38 "2000-02-08T16:15:00Z")
As involved as one can become on a large plane without adjourning to the facilities. * * * Take my advice, or I’ll spank you without pants. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/39 "2000-02-08T16:23:00Z")
Alpha: 2 Talera: 2 Chef: 2 DoctorJ: 1 crackwise: 1 ChrisCTP: 3 Mr. Knowitall: 1 Imthecowgodmoo: 1 WallyM7: 2 SmickD: 2 Shayna: 2 Gabe: 1 JohnLarrigan: 1 Pooch: 2 OpalCat: 1 Coldfire: 3 Mullinator: 1 OfficeGirl: 2 Eve: 2 Eden: 1 Libertarian: 1 Hmmm. Funny how these things have centered around celebrities. But that’s OK - I can play, and I don’t even have to use my Bob Eubanks story! 1. Lauren Tewes once tried to kick me in the crotch. 2. I was once stopped by the police in Blacksburg, Virginia, for driving in a car with a sign that said, “Attention, car thieves: this car is already stolen.” 3. I am a member of the Screen Actor’s Guild. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646/40 "2000-02-08T16:29:00Z")
Guesses: **Alfalfagene** - 1 is a lie. **Talera** - 1 is a lie. **Cheffy** - 2 is a lie. Jambalaya has rice in it… too much of a coinky-dink. **DoctorJ** - 1 is a lie. **Crackwise** - 3 is a lie. **Chris** - 3 is a lie. **MrKnowItAll** - 2 is a lie. **cowgod** - 3 is a lie. **Wally** - 3 is a lie. **Smick** - 2 is a lie. **Shayna** - 3 is a lie. **Gabriel** - 2 is a lie. **John** - 2 is a lie. **Opal** - 3 is a lie. **Coldfire** - 1 is a lie. **Mull** - 1 is a lie. **OfficeGirl** - 3 is a lie. **Eve** - 3 is a lie. **Reservoir** - 3 is a lie. **Eden** - 2 is a lie. **Melanie** - 2 is a lie. **Libertarian** - 1 is a lie. **Uke** - 3 is a lie. **missdavis** - 1 is a lie. **AWB** - 3 is a lie. **Crackwhore** - 3 is a lie. **Bricker** - 1 is a lie. Mine: 1. Shaun Cassidy sent me concert tickets in response to a fan letter. 2. I shared an Austrian cable car with Bob Hope. 3. I was caught fellating my husband in public. * * * You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/13646.md?page=3)