# Two truths and a lie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511 "2007-11-07T04:40:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/41 "2007-11-07T22:32:07Z")
1. I have had over two dozen guns pointed at me, and only me, at one time. 2. I watched as over 30 people jumped out of an airborne aircraft. 3. I have fought in the UFC. ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/42 "2007-11-07T22:46:01Z")
Ooops. I think Sternvogel HAS too flown in an airplane. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/43 "2007-11-07T22:48:04Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > 1. One or two statements in this post are true. > 2. Two or three statements in this post are true. > 3. Three or four statements in this post are true. Number 3 is the lie, of course. Both #1 and #2 provide for the possibility of #1 and #2 being correct; #3 is the only one that can be a lie while still allowing two other statements to be true. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/44 "2007-11-07T23:42:28Z")
1. I played the national anthem at a Libertarian Party Convention. 2. I played piano with Sly Stone in a Holiday Inn restaurant. 3. I played Elton John’s _Funeral for a Friend_ on the pipe organ bells at St Peter’s Episcopal Church in uptown Charlotte. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/45 "2007-11-07T23:58:09Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] I’ll guess #3. 1. While Jay Leno was doing a stand-up show I attended, he recognized me as someone who had previously seen him perform and spoken briefly with him. 2. I have never flown on an airplane. 3. I have walked along the shore of the Bay of Pigs. [/QUOTE] You’re correct about mine. Too easy, I suppose. I’m guessing #3 for you, as well. I’m going to give mine one more shot. 1. I’ve been chewed out by professional bowler Ryan Shafer 2. I’ve been chewed out by magician Penn Jillette 3. I’ve been chewed out by comedian Bill Maher ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/46 "2007-11-08T00:00:20Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] You’re correct about mine. Too easy, I suppose. I’m guessing #3 for you, as well. I’m going to give mine one more shot. 1. I’ve been chewed out by professional bowler Ryan Shafer 2. I’ve been chewed out by magician Penn Jillette 3. I’ve been chewed out by comedian Bill Maher [/QUOTE] I’m guessing number 2 on yours. I don’t see Jillette caring enough to raise a stink. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/47 "2007-11-08T00:06:16Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I’m guessing number 2 on yours. I don’t see Jillette caring enough to raise a stink. [/QUOTE] Correct. I give up. I’m guessing #1 for you. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/48 "2007-11-08T00:11:37Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] Correct. I give up. I’m guessing #1 for you. [/QUOTE] Correct! No LP convention would be caught dead playing the national anthem. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBooth12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/49 "2007-11-08T00:42:26Z")
1. I live in California 2. I currently have a job and go to school. 3. I have super powers ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/50 "2007-11-08T01:06:13Z")
[QUOTE=ChrisBooth12] 1. I live in California 2. I currently have a job and go to school. 3. I have super powers [/QUOTE] #2. No one can work _and_ go to school at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/51 "2007-11-08T01:09:15Z")
I can say ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ in nine languages. I passed through Checkpoint Charlie when the Soviets were still running things. I went trekking after gorillas in The Impenetrable Forest. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/52 "2007-11-08T01:17:59Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Il Palazzo] The idea that **Sublight** has a newspaper column is just bad journalism. [/QUOTE] Correct! ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/53 "2007-11-08T01:18:25Z")
[QUOTE=Buckwheat] 1. I have had over two dozen guns pointed at me, and only me, at one time. 2. I watched as over 30 people jumped out of an airborne aircraft. 3. I have fought in the UFC. [/QUOTE] I haven’t actually ever seen a picture of you, but I’m going to guess number 3. 1. I’m working _two_ jobs and going to school. 😛 2. I’m a vegan. 3. I’ve been to every state (of the lower 48) west of the Mississippi. ---
**Author:** ![Myself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@Myself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myself)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/54 "2007-11-08T01:26:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Myself: > I provided a line in a song that became a top 20 hit for the band Traffic. > I served as Royal Elevator Operator to Queen Elizabeth II. > I set a record at my high school in track that will never be broken. Good job Bonden, I set a record in the 100 yard dash and they went metric the next year. I worked at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite when the QE2 came to visit. The had at least one FBI dude in the elevator at all times. During my shift—6 hours—the elevator came down 7 or 8 times, each time asking for pie. > [@](#): > > I can say ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ in nine languages. > I passed through Checkpoint Charlie when the Soviets were still running things. > I went trekking after gorillas in The Impenetrable Forest. Chefguy, I’m guessing the last is not true. I went through Check Point Charley in 1969. Spent 5 days in Berlin including 8 hours behind the wall. Did I see you there?! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/55 "2007-11-08T01:27:47Z")
[QUOTE=chaoticbear] I haven’t actually ever seen a picture of you, but I’m going to guess number 3. 1. I’m working _two_ jobs and going to school. 😛 2. I’m a vegan. 3. I’ve been to every state (of the lower 48) west of the Mississippi. [/QUOTE] I’ll guess 2. For me: 1. I have a near phobia of octopi. 2. My dogs are named Peeves (my “pet Peeves”- get it?) and Day Afternoon (Noony for short) 3. I own an authentic 1920s lady’s flapper outfit. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/56 "2007-11-08T01:37:39Z")
[QUOTE=chaoticbear] I haven’t actually ever seen a picture of you, but I’m going to guess number 3. 1. I’m working _two_ jobs and going to school. 😛 2. I’m a vegan. 3. I’ve been to every state (of the lower 48) west of the Mississippi. [/QUOTE] I would suspect 3). My three: 1. I once stewarded an academic conference on short notice. 2. I worked election polls before I was eligible to vote. 3. I once traveled cross-country without a ticket and without getting detected. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/57 "2007-11-08T01:47:16Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] I’ll guess 2. For me: 1. I have a near phobia of octopi. 2. My dogs are named Peeves (my “pet Peeves”- get it?) and Day Afternoon (Noony for short) 3. I own an authentic 1920s lady’s flapper outfit. [/QUOTE] Bastard. I’m vegetarian. My guess is 1, just because coming from you, neither 2 nor 3 would surprise me. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/58 "2007-11-08T02:01:39Z")
[QUOTE=chaoticbear] Bastard. I’m vegetarian. My guess is 1, just because coming from you, neither 2 nor 3 would surprise me. [/QUOTE] Well, I knew you’d been on the Gay Bus for Jesus and Global Warming Tour or whatever so I was pretty sure the 48 states was valid, and lots of people work 2 jobs and go to school (just not 2 full time jobs). And actually it’s number 2. My dogs are Mardi and Ollie (and [adorable](http://picasaweb.google.com/J.Sampiro/200711Nov/photo?authkey=ySIz06MExXs#5128517953047126914) even when, as last night, they won’t allow me to clean a spill on the fridge floor). ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/59 "2007-11-08T02:03:24Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] I’m guessing #2. [/QUOTE] Ding! We have a winner - I shared an office with someone who had worked on the movie with Nicholas Cage. First guess, too, I think I should have made it harder. ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/60 "2007-11-08T13:16:37Z")
[QUOTE=wevets] Well you’ve got to provide more detail than that! Elaborate, please! [/QUOTE] I was in early grade school when the Centennial of the Statue of Liberty was approaching. I wrote a letter to Miss Liberty and someone picked it up and published it in a compilation. There were probably ten copies of the book sold, seven to my grandmother. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511.md?page=4)