Two truths and a lie.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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  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.

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Ooops.
I think Sternvogel HAS too flown in an airplane.

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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.

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  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.

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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

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I’m guessing number 2 on yours. I don’t see Jillette caring enough to raise a stink.

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Correct. I give up.

I’m guessing #1 for you.

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Correct! No LP convention would be caught dead playing the national anthem.

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  1. I live in California
  2. I currently have a job and go to school.
  3. I have super powers
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#2. No one can work and go to school at the same time.

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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.

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Correct!

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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. :stuck_out_tongue:

  2. I’m a vegan.

  3. I’ve been to every state (of the lower 48) west of the Mississippi.

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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.

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?!

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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.

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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.

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Bastard. I’m vegetarian. My guess is 1, just because coming from you, neither 2 nor 3 would surprise me.

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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 even when, as last night, they won’t allow me to clean a spill on the fridge floor).

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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.

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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.