# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/61 "2007-11-08T14:42:54Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Il Palazzo] … My Bacon number is 3. [/QUOTE] So, you’re Pope John Paul II? [QUOTE=Governor Quinn] 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. [/QUOTE] I’m guessing #1. 1. I was once on 20/20, they had a close up of my chest. 2. I have held 5 American Bald Eagles. 3. I was chased by a Booby. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/62 "2007-11-08T14:53:31Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] 1. I was once on 20/20, they had a close up of my chest. 2. I have held 5 American Bald Eagles. 3. I was chased by a Booby. [/QUOTE] I’m going to say #1 is the lie. 1. I’ve eaten grilled cow udder more than once. 2. I’ve eaten bull penis more than once. 3. I’ve eaten bull testicles more than once. ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/63 "2007-11-08T15:00:29Z")
[QUOTE=chaoticbear] I haven’t actually ever seen a picture of you, but I’m going to guess number 3. Ding-ding-ding…we have a winner here! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/64 "2007-11-08T15:03:37Z")
1.) I’ve been interviewed on television in a major US city, and for Italian TV. 2.) I’ve bowled two perfect 300 games 3.) I’ve been a model appearing on the cover of a nationwide catalog ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/65 "2007-11-08T15:05:08Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] I’m going to say #1 is the lie. … [/QUOTE] Nope, it was a story on a bird sanctuary I volunteered at, I was wearing a T-shirt for the place and holding a bird in front of my chest so they filmed me holding the bird and focused in on my chest. I chose a bunch of facts that were related to the same time of my life, but one of them is not entirely true. ---
**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, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/66 "2007-11-08T17:25:56Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] 1.) I’ve been interviewed on television in a major US city, and for Italian TV. 2.) I’ve bowled two perfect 300 games 3.) I’ve been a model appearing on the cover of a nationwide catalog [/QUOTE] I’m going to say #2 based solely on the fact that I don’t recall you being in the bowling threads. But I also have a short memory. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/67 "2007-11-08T17:40:29Z")
1. I’ve never been skinny dipping 2. I was once investigated by the FBI for making a bomb threat to a foreign country 3. I’ve met Ed Zotti in person \*(Anyone who was at this summer’s Brooklyn Dopefest will have their guesses thrown out, as they officially Know Too Much.) ---
**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, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/68 "2007-11-08T18:05:14Z")
[QUOTE=Myself] 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?! [/QUOTE] You’re correct. We went to Bwindi twice and never got to go trekking. Once, the booking agent made a mistake, the second time the gorillas had moved deep into the Congo and it would have been a twelve hour trek in the jungle…in The Congo. I was the third Stasi agent on the left. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/69 "2007-11-08T18:24:29Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m going to say #2 based solely on the fact that I don’t recall you being in the bowling threads. But I also have a short memory. Damn! You got it! (There have been _bowling_ threads?) ---
**Author:** ![XaMcQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f9ae1b/32.png) [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/70 "2007-11-08T18:24:41Z")
[QUOTE=Millit the Frail] 1. I’ve never been skinny dipping 2. I was once investigated by the FBI for making a bomb threat to a foreign country 3. I’ve met Ed Zotti in person \*(Anyone who was at this summer’s Brooklyn Dopefest will have their guesses thrown out, as they officially Know Too Much.) [/QUOTE] Through the dartboard method, I have determined that you have never been skinny dipping. 🙂 Two truths and a lie. I have handled and fed a lot of snakes, alligators and crocodiles. I started a forest fire by playing with matches. I wear a size 7 shoe. ---
**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, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/71 "2007-11-08T18:25:01Z")
[QUOTE=Millit the Frail] 1. I’ve never been skinny dipping 2. I was once investigated by the FBI for making a bomb threat to a foreign country 3. I’ve met Ed Zotti in person \*(Anyone who was at this summer’s Brooklyn Dopefest will have their guesses thrown out, as they officially Know Too Much.) [/QUOTE] Number 1. Because you’re from Brooklyn. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/72 "2007-11-08T20:33:49Z")
[Quote=Sternvogel] 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] [QUOTE=Asimovian] You’re correct about mine. Too easy, I suppose. I’m guessing #3 for you, as well. [/QUOTE] Nope, **Buckwheat** got it right. The first flight I ever took was from Montreal to Havana for a two-week college course called “Cuba: An Inside View”. The Bay of Pigs was one of the stops on the educational tour of Castro’s “island paradise”. ---
**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/73 "2007-11-08T20:41:49Z")
I’m an extremely talented bass guitarist. I have an online porn shop. I once met Cliff Burton from Metallica before he died. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/74 "2007-11-08T20:51:16Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Number 1. Because you’re from Brooklyn. [/QUOTE] Bingo. I guess that one would be harder for someone who knows me well. I’m actually not _from_ Brooklyn, just living here temporarily, and I’m pretty modest, so I’ve only been skinny-dipping on my honeymoon. 😛 And not many of my friends even know about that. OK, so…I’ll guess that **diggleblop** is _not_ a bass guitarist. ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/75 "2007-11-08T21:21:46Z")
[QUOTE=diggleblop] I’m an extremely talented bass guitarist. I have an online porn shop. I once met Cliff Burton from Metallica before he died. [/QUOTE] You don’t even have a porn mustache, I’ll bet, so #2 is probably a fat lie. In my life, I have been: 1. A carpet cleaner, window washer and short-order cook 2. The chief operating officer of a multinational company 3. An assistant on an archaeological dig in the ancient Malian capital of Djenne. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/76 "2007-11-08T21:59:21Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] 1. I was once on 20/20, they had a close up of my chest. 2. I have held 5 American Bald Eagles. 3. I was chased by a Booby. [/QUOTE] Only 1 guess on mine and it was wrong. I probably won’t be on later tonight so I’m just going to tell you that it’s #2. I’ve only held 4 American Bald Eagles. The Booby was a Blue-footed that was way off course. He had no fear or people so he chased everyone all around the room. Fortunately he couldn’t catch us because Boobys aren’t very fast. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/77 "2007-11-08T22:05:26Z")
> [@](#): > > The Booby was a Blue-footed that was way off course. He had no fear or people so he chased everyone all around the room. Fortunately he couldn’t catch us because Boobys aren’t very fast. As I’m sure you’re aware, the ;possible number of rejoinders to this line are infinite and infinitely tempting (especially in view of your #1). But I will resist the temptation. I pass the test. I will go into the West, and diminish, and remain CalMeacham. ---
**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, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/78 "2007-11-08T22:07:22Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] (There have been _bowling_ threads?) [/QUOTE] You’re just proving my point! :smack: 😃 And since other people have explained theirs, I’ll add my commentary. I got chewed out by a professional bowler because I asked for his autograph (what?) while he was still bowling in a tournament. I didn’t realize he was still bowling because he was sitting on the steps talking to someone, but it turned out that he was actually going over strategy with his coach during a game. Oops. And Bill Maher…ah, yes. “Chewing out” is a bit of an exaggeration, but years ago, I went to a taping of “Politically Incorrect.” I went to a couple, actually. Anyway, he would always come out before the taping starting to introduce himself and give the audience a chance to ask him questions. Well, I wanted to be a smart aleck, so instead of asking him something relevant to the show, I decided to ask him about [a God-awful movie I’d seen him in](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102676/) on cable not long before. But I accidentally called it – and him – Pizza _Boy_. So instead of answering my question, he jumped all over me about not even being able to get the name of the movie right and made me look like a complete jackass. It was pretty funny, I’ll admit. ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/79 "2007-11-08T22:24:26Z")
1. I have shaken the hand of a man who shook the hand of the man who shook the hand of the man who shook the hand of someone who shook the hand of George Washignton 2. Through a series of unlikely events all happening at once a hamster has indriectly almost led to my death. 3. I was supposed to be on flight 93 but was on an accident on the way to the airport. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-truths-and-a-lie/425511/80 "2007-11-08T22:44:58Z")
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