Can You Spot the Lie? - A Game of Truths and Deceptions

[lisab]

Tell three truths about yourself and one lie. Everyone gets one guess which is the lie. First to guess correctly gets to go next. I'll go first:

1. I water skied in the Bering Sea.
2. I was deported from Bulgaria.
3. I literally ran into a moose.
4. I was shot by a drunk cop.

Guess away!

 

[gfd43tg]

I'll guess 4 was the lie

 

[lisab]

I'll guess 4 was the lie

Nope

 

[drizzle]

Nope

OMG! Are you serious!

What the heck was that cop thinking? will not thinking obviously.. Damn it! I'd guess the first is the lie?

 

[lisab]

OMG! Are you serious!

What the heck was that cop thinking? will not thinking obviously.. Damn it! I'd guess the first is the lie?

As incredible as it sounds, it's actually not so amazing. I was about 12 or 13 years old, working (illegally) as a clean-up girl at a rod and gun club. My job was to keep the skeet and trap machines loaded with clay pigeons, and keep the grounds and club house clean.

There was a big tournament one weekend. Traditionally, after a competition there is (a lot of) drinking. Also by tradition, the winner's hat is "stolen" from him. His friends fill the hat with rocks, throw it into the air, and shoot at it. It's called the Turkey Shoot. Then the hat is then returned to its owner as a trophy .

So after this big tournament, I was doing my job cleaning the grounds (cigar butts, eww ). I came walking around one of the houses, and walked straight into the Turkey Shoot. Guns going off all over the place...but I was OK somehow! Then, one second later, the last guy shoots. And yep, one of the pellets from his shotgun hit my leg - just one pellet.

He was about 15 meters away. I was wearing thick denim pants. It stung but didn't break the skin, and I was totally OK.

But you can imagine how everyone suddenly sobered up. I remember someone yelled, "Oh !@#$, we shot the girl!"

Still, the fact remains: he was drunk, he was a cop (off duty), and he shot me.

One of my favorite stories .

No, #1 is not a lie.

 

[Evo]

You ran into a moose.

 

[drizzle]

What a story. Glad you're fine. So what's the lie??

 

[lisab]

You ran into a moose.

I actually did run into a moose.

My dad lived in Alaska and I lived with him in the summers. The flight up there was sooooo long, and after one especially long one I was just ready to burst with energy once I got there. It was still a bit light outside, so my brother and I had a race to the road and back. We were neck-and-neck, laughing our asses off... and ran right into a damn moose. I mean, it clothes-lined us.

I don't know who was more surprised, us or the moose.

 

[Enigman]

[strike]You didn't water ski in Bering sea?[/strike]

 

[lisab]

I've never been to Bulgaria (yet), so whoever has not guessed yet - first come, first served !

 

[Mandelbroth]

I've never been to Bulgaria (yet), so whoever has not guessed yet - first come, first served !

I guess you haven't been deported from Bulgaria?

This hardly seems fair, though.

 

[Evo]

Ok, I'll go next.

1) I was escorted out of Thailand's Imperial palace at the point of machine guns by soldiers

2) I was eyewitness to a murder

3) The day after a CPR lesson, a coworker collapsed and I resuscitated them

4) I was busted in a narcotics raid, but the officers told me to run and didn't book me because they had seen me before and thought I was cute.

Wow, it's hard to stop at three.

 

[drizzle]

Ok, I'll go next.

1) I was escorted out of Thailand's Imperial palace at the point of machine guns by soldiers

2) I was eyewitness to a murder

3) The day after a CPR lesson, a coworker collapsed and I resuscitated them

4) I was busted in a narcotics raid, but the officers told me to run and didn't book me because they had seen me before and thought I was cute.

Wow, it's hard to stop at three.

...

 

[drizzle]

OK. After a very hard thinking, I'll go with #4.

 

[Evo]

OK. After a very hard thinking, I'll go with #4.

Nope, that really happened. Their exact words were "ah crap, it's her, now what are we going to do?"

I used to walk by them daily after my driver's ed class to a friend's apartment and they were always sitting outside and would flirt with me. That's where the "party" was that they busted, I didn't do drugs. As they were handcuffing everyone, they told me to get the heck out of there.

 

[drizzle]

Wow. I'm loving this thread.

 

[Enigman]

I will go with #3
You accidentally killed the guy pushing his osteporetic rib into his heart thus eye-witnessing a murder.

 

[drizzle]

 

[Evo]

I will go with #3
You accidentally killed the guy pushing his osteporetic rib into his heart thus eye-witnessing a murder.

LOL! That would be me!

Oh, actually #3 is false, I was saying no to Eigman's version.

So yes, #3 is false, the rest are true.

 

[Borg]

I'll guess #1 because I think that I saw a post from you about witnessing a murder.

Wow. I'm loving this thread.

+1 on that. Definitely an interesting thread.

 

[Evo]

Nope, #1 is also true. Sorry, I corrected above, #3 is false. I did learn CPR, luckily never had to use it.

Next!

 

[zoobyshoe]

1.) I've written two novels.
2.) I lost my virginity in a pick up truck.
3.) I've been put in jail.
4.) I've eaten Reindeer meat.

 

[Enigman]

1) I never claim to be consistent.
2) The next statement I say is true.
3) The previous statement I said was a lie.
4) I call myself Enigman. Welcome to Wonderland.

Mr.E

P.S. iTroll

 

[Enigman]

1.) I've written two novels.
2.) I lost my virginity in a pick up truck.
3.) I've been put in jail.
4.) I've eaten Reindeer meat.

#2 It was under it.

 

[zoobyshoe]

#2 It was under it.

Incorrect. #2 is true.

 

[Evo]

1.) I've written two novels.
2.) I lost my virginity in a pick up truck.
3.) I've been put in jail.
4.) I've eaten Reindeer meat.

#4?...

 

[zoobyshoe]

#4?...

#4 is true. A friend's father once came back from some long trip with some cans of reindeer meat soup.

 

[Evo]

Rats.

 

[drizzle]

#1. You wrote more.

 

[lisab]

1) I never claim to be consistent.
2) The next statement I say is true.
3) The previous statement I said was a lie.
4) I call myself Enigman. Welcome to Wonderland.

Mr.E

P.S. iTroll

 

[lisab]

#1. You wrote more.

Ha, I had the exact same thought !

 

[phinds]

I'll try one:

(1) I was the marble shooting champion of Toyko, Japan in 1953

(2) I was arrested for throwing an egg at Konrad Adenauer in Germany in 1957.

(3) I was sent out of Russia early for being "too political" on a group tour in 1961

(4) I designed the "toilette seat in space", which is the end-cover of the Hubble Space Telescope, in the early 1970s (can't remember the exact year)

 

[lisab]

I'll try one:

(1) I was the marble shooting champion of Toyko, Japan in 1953

(2) I was arrested for throwing an egg at Konrad Adenauer in Germany in 1957.

(3) I was sent out of Russia early for being "too political" on a group tour in 1961

(4) I designed the "toilette seat in space", which is the end-cover of the Hubble Space Telescope, in the early 1970s (can't remember the exact year)

I totally believe all these about you, phinds!

 

[Sentin3l]

I'll try one:

(1) I was the marble shooting champion of Toyko, Japan in 1953

(2) I was arrested for throwing an egg at Konrad Adenauer in Germany in 1957.

(3) I was sent out of Russia early for being "too political" on a group tour in 1961

(4) I designed the "toilette seat in space", which is the end-cover of the Hubble Space Telescope, in the early 1970s (can't remember the exact year)

I'll guess #1

 

[zoobyshoe]

#1. You wrote more.

#1 is the lie, yes, but no, I haven't written any.

 

[drizzle]

#1 is the lie, yes, but no, I haven't written any.

Then you should consider it.

Lol phinds!

 

[phinds]

[STRIKE]Actually, zoobyshoe, he was responding to my thread.[/STRIKE] OOPS ... my mistake

Senti31, no #1 is totally true, although it could be looked at as a gross exaggeration since I was only the marble shooting champion of the several hundred American kids, American Army dependents, who lived in Tokyo. I don't know if the Japanese even DID shooting marbles, but they must have done SOMETHING with them because they sure did make some neat ones. After one year in Japan, where I started with a small bag or marbles that my Dad gave me, I came back to the states with about 15 cigar boxes full of marbles. Oh, and there actually WAS a championship match in the American community, which I won.

 

[zoobyshoe]

(4) I designed the "toilette seat in space", which is the end-cover of the Hubble Space Telescope, in the early 1970s (can't remember the exact year)

I think this may be the lie. Your background seems to be EE and this strikes me as a more mechanical element.

 

[phinds]

I think this may be the lie. Your background seems to be EE and this strikes me as a more mechanical element.

It is more of a mechanical element, but when I was in my early days at NASA I was literally on the "fast track" and they sent me to graduate school and also let me sit in on some of the early design meetings for cool stuff like the Space Telescope ("Hubble" hadn't been added yet) and the Global Positioning Satellite System.

We young guys were pretty much supposed to keep our traps shut and let the more senior people do the talking but I've never been great at that so when one of the ME's suggested using an iris type mechanism with lots of metal plates that opened and closed like the thingy on an old-style camera, I kind of sniggered and suggested that that would likely have the problem that the first time it was hit by a micrometeorite it would lock in position, and Murphy said that would be in the closed position, thus converting the Space Telescope into the Floating Doorstop in Space.

They were not amused and asked what I suggested. I said, just put a toilette seat on it. That caused some red-faced sputtering on the part of a couple of the senior people who thought maybe I was kidding, but their sputtering kind of trailed off, eventually, into something like, "oh, yeah, that would work". And so it does.

 

[Enigman]

#2
.......
I hate the four character limit.

 

[phinds]

#2
.......
I hate the four character limit.

No, that one is also true. I did not throw the egg but a guy on our school bus did and when the bus was later stopped by the American MPs, They started down the aisle asking everyone "did you throw the egg?" and "do you know who threw the egg?". Some people probably didn't know for sure but some just lied. I told the truth that I had not thrown the egg but I did know who threw it. But I wouldn't tell them who, so they arrested ME for throwing it. They then went on down the aisle and eventually found out who had thrown it but they took me off the bus along with him. My dad had to come retrieve me from the MP office, by which time they had decided that rather than charging me with "obstruction of justice" (or something similar) that they were dropping it down to some more like "being a wise-guy".

 

[phinds]

I see that no one got it right. Do I get a prize?

As for #3, I was not actually thrown out of Russia, I just worried the hell out of the American tour guide because I refused to stop trying to engage Russians, including our Intourist Guide, in political discussions and he said I was going to get us ALL kicked out. But we didn't. I also pretty much failed in all my attempts to get Russians to engage in political discourse. They all just wanted to buy my blue jeans and sneakers.

 

[zoobyshoe]

They were not amused and asked what I suggested. I said, just put a toilette seat on it. That caused some red-faced sputtering on the part of a couple of the senior people who thought maybe I was kidding, but their sputtering kind of trailed off, eventually, into something like, "oh, yeah, that would work". And so it does.

Great story!

 

[DennisN]

They were not amused and asked what I suggested. I said, just put a toilette seat on it. That caused some red-faced sputtering on the part of a couple of the senior people who thought maybe I was kidding, but their sputtering kind of trailed off, eventually, into something like, "oh, yeah, that would work". And so it does.

Yeah, great story! You're not sh***ing us, are you? And a really fun idea for a thread, this one . I'm trying to come with some weird stuff myself, but loo and behold, it won't even come close to putting a toilet seat up in space.

 

[phinds]

Yeah, great story! You're not sh***ing us, are you? And a really fun idea for a thread, this one . I'm trying to come with some weird stuff myself, but loo and behold, it won't even come close to putting a toilet seat up in space.

This is a true story and I love having it. It's actually a bit more fun to tell when I get to act out the parts of the ME and the senior PhD guy who really got P.O'd at me

 

[DennisN]

This is a true story and I love having it.

Really fun!

Well, there are no toilet seats in my stories, but I tried to come up with some weird stuff to ponder:

1. I tried to pass customs with a newly hot-wired car, and I was brought into custody for four hours, and had to strip naked in front of the police.

2. I've accidentally set a house on fire with fireworks I made myself.

3. I have a Nazi Christmas calendar from 1941 in pristine condition, and a Nazi party badge.

4. I've been on an icy roof four floors up, where I lost balance and started gliding towards the edge, but I managed to get a hold before I fell down.

 

[lisab]

#1 is the lie, yes, but no, I haven't written any.

Then you should consider it.

I agree!

 

[lisab]

Really fun!

Well, there are no toilet seats in my stories, but I tried to come up with some weird stuff to ponder:

1. I tried to pass customs with a newly hot-wired car, and I was brought into custody for four hours, and had to strip naked in front of the police.

2. I've accidentally set a house on fire with fireworks I made myself.

3. I have a Nazi Christmas calendar from 1941 in pristine condition, and a Nazi party badge.

4. I've been on an icy roof four floors up, where I lost balance and started gliding towards the edge, but I managed to get a hold before I fell down.

Dennis, remind me not to eat or drink while I'm reading your posts...you nearly killed me just now.

Wow. Hard decision, but I'm going to guess #2.

 

[DennisN]

Wow. Hard decision, but I'm going to guess #2.

Amazing. You guessed right .

1. The car was hot-wired because the ignition-starter switch (I think that's the correct term) had broken down a couple of miles before customs. So they took me and my friend into custody and searched (for drugs, I suppose) the entire car with dogs and gear. I remember I heard them disassemble a lot of stuff on the car. Actually it was a bit extra distressing, since we had been to Amsterdam, and I got afraid that someone else maybe had planted something in the car. But they found nothing, so there were no problems.

2. Lie. I've never made my own fireworks, nor burnt down any house.

3. True. Got the calendar from a German friend who collect historical stuff, I was very happy, since I'm interested in history. I'm not sure if the Nazi party badge actually is authentic, but it looks authentic. I bought it from some antique shop.

4. True. This was of course a terrible experience, and I don't know why I was so stupid that I went up on an icy roof. The roof was actually not very slanted, but it was enough to make me glide towards the edge on all fours.

 

[lisab]

Amazing. You guessed right .

1. The car was hot-wired because the ignition-starter switch (I think that's the correct term) had broken down a couple of miles before customs. So they took me and my friend into custody and searched (for drugs, I suppose) the entire car with dogs and gear. I remember I heard them disassemble a lot of stuff on the car. Actually it was a bit extra distressing, since we had been to Amsterdam, and I got afraid that someone else maybe had planted something in the car. But they found nothing, so there were no problems.

2. Lie. I've never made my own fireworks, nor burnt down any house.

3. True. Got the calendar from a German friend who collect historical stuff, I was very happy, since I'm interested in history. I'm not sure if the Nazi party badge actually is authentic, but it looks authentic. I bought it from some antique shop.

4. True. This was of course a terrible experience, and I don't know why I was so stupid that I went up on an icy roof. The roof was actually not very slanted, but it was enough to make me glide towards the edge on all fours.

Nice, they all made me laugh! Especially the customs story. Customs officers can be so bull-headed .

I've gone already - Gad, why don't you go next!