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02 February 2007

Let's Play "Three Truths and a Lie." [More:]This is where you make a list of four random statements about yourself. Three are true, and one is a lie. You don't tell us which one is the lie; we have to guess. We keep guessing until we figure out which is the lie, then someone else goes. I'll start.

1. I have been inside a maximum-security prison.
2. I own three different sheath knives.
3. I have no tonsils.
4. Once I held a baby lion cub in my hands.
#3 is a lie. And a filthy one at that.
posted by mike9322 02 February | 13:33
#3 is the lie?
posted by rainbaby 02 February | 13:33
Very interesting... I'm going to say #2 is the lie.
posted by BoringPostcards 02 February | 13:36
Number 4 all the way.
posted by LoriFLA 02 February | 13:39
I'm going to go with #1 being the lie.
posted by richat 02 February | 13:41
Hehe... so nobody doubts Miko has seen the inside of a prison? Hmm...
posted by BoringPostcards 02 February | 13:42
Ah, richat, your timing is perfect. Or maybe mine just sucks.
posted by BoringPostcards 02 February | 13:42
#2 is the lie. . .it's so benign, it has to be.
posted by danf 02 February | 13:44
I think it's #3
posted by taz 02 February | 13:45
I'm going with #4.
posted by jonmc 02 February | 13:47
Hehe... so nobody doubts Miko has seen the inside of a prison?

Not for a second.
posted by Eideteker 02 February | 13:48
1. I have been in a maximum security prison.
2. I got engaged the day before my first date with my now husband.
3. I have personally met and talked with Ted Haggard.
4. I like cilantro.
posted by bunnyfire 02 February | 13:48
Darn. I didn't read the directions.

Admin, hope me? (At least till they guess the first one.)
posted by bunnyfire 02 February | 13:49
I'm guessing number 2 on Miko's, btw.
posted by bunnyfire 02 February | 13:50
So how long do we go on guessing?
posted by richat 02 February | 13:51
(anyway bunnyfire, yours is way too easy!!)
posted by gaspode 02 February | 13:56
And I'm going #4 for Miko
posted by gaspode 02 February | 13:56
I'm guessing #3 on Miko's. I'm noting that all 4 possibilities have been tried, and so someone's guessed by now.

And I'm volunteering my own four now, 'cause I'll be gone soon.

1. English is only my third language.
2. I've worn a frilly shirt and sequined bow-tie... frequently.
3. I've never shared my bed with another person.
4. But I have slept with a fox, literally.
posted by Wolfdog 02 February | 13:58
Correct: I still have my tonsils. Y'all are good. Mike would be next then, since he got in first with the right answer.
posted by Miko 02 February | 13:58
I have Miko's tonsils in a jar under my pillow.
posted by danostuporstar 02 February | 13:59
Hey, that guy in the alley lied to me!
posted by danostuporstar 02 February | 14:01
I am guessing #1 is false for Wolfdog. I am certain I recall wedding pictures with the Dog in a frilly shirt!
posted by richat 02 February | 14:01
1. I once made dinner for Christopher Reave (spinach quiche).
2. I once ran into Gary Coleman (in a hobby store).
3. I once chatted with Wayne Gretzky (in an airport baggage claim).
4. I once encountered Michael Landon (at an ATM).
posted by Doohickie 02 February | 14:02
Umm, ok, this didn't really work.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 02 February | 14:06
(Sorry, thought I had posted, but had only previewed and then left my computer! Flog me.)

#4 for Bunnyfire
"1 for Wolfdog.

My prison wasn't Alcatraz, it was Rahway, which I visited with a college Anthropology class to see their Scared Straight program.
posted by Miko 02 February | 14:06
Not to cut in line, but here's my set, whenever people want to have a stab at it. There are two lies. The rest are true. Winner has to get both right. ;)

1. I once kissed a guy, with tongue.
2. I've never had a cavity.
3. I knew how to ride a horse before I learned to write, and my preschool had a pony.
4. I got a knife through airport security, post 9/11.
5. I've split one of my own arrows, using only a recurve bow. Both were bullseyes.
6. I've never killed an animal larger than a bug with a vehicle.
7. I have had a woman ten years my senior climbing all over me, trying to tell me that she was ovulating, while I was totally oblivious.
8. I was the youngest person to work in the police department of the town where I grew up.
posted by Eideteker 02 February | 14:10
1. I have been in a maximum security prison.
2. I got engaged the day before my first date with my now husband.
3. I have personally met and talked with Ted Haggard.
4. I like cilantro.

#4!

1. English is only my third language.
2. I've worn a frilly shirt and sequined bow-tie... frequently.
3. I've never shared my bed with another person.
4. But I have slept with a fox, literally.

#1!

1. I once made dinner for Christopher Reave (spinach quiche).
2. I once ran into Gary Coleman (in a hobby store).
3. I once chatted with Wayne Gretzky (in an airport baggage claim).
4. I once encountered Michael Landon (at an ATM).

#2!
posted by Eideteker 02 February | 14:11
Doohickie: #1?
Eideteker: #2, #6?
posted by Miko 02 February | 14:12
1. I have been in two maximum security prisons
2. A musician dedicated his biggest hit - a worldwide No.1 - to me.
3. Before he was famous, I sat next to Dr Phil on a flight from New York to San Francisco.
4. My budgerigar was in the Guinness Book of Records.
posted by essexjan 02 February | 14:15
I have Miko's tonsils in a jar under my pillow.

I have dano's pillow.
posted by Eideteker 02 February | 14:15
1. I have been in two maximum security prisons
2. A musician dedicated his biggest hit - a worldwide No.1 - to me.
3. Before he was famous, I sat next to Dr Phil on a flight from New York to San Francisco.
4. My budgerigar was in the Guinness Book of Records.

#2!
posted by Eideteker 02 February | 14:16
Jan, you've got some wow-y ones there. You're a lawyer, so it kind of makes sense you've been in a prison. I'm gonna go with #2, just because I want to hear the story if I'm wrong.
posted by Miko 02 February | 14:17
I'll trade you my pillow for your tongue, Eide.
posted by danostuporstar 02 February | 14:19
Eideteker, I'm saying #1 is the lie.
posted by jonmc 02 February | 14:22
Miko, it's not techically a lie, though. It just hasn't happened yet. *tunes guitar*
posted by Eideteker 02 February | 14:23
Jan: #4.
posted by box 02 February | 14:24
It's not #2.
posted by essexjan 02 February | 14:26
Wrong, box.
posted by essexjan 02 February | 14:27
here's mine:

1. I have never fired a pistol.
2. I wear a size 10 1/2 shoe
3. The first record I ever bought was AC/DC
4. I spent a year of my life wearing a 6-inch ponytail.
posted by jonmc 02 February | 14:28
jon, #1.
posted by essexjan 02 February | 14:31
jan, is #3 the lie?
posted by LoriFLA 02 February | 14:31
1. I have never fired a pistol.
2. I wear a size 10 1/2 shoe
3. The first record I ever bought was AC/DC
4. I spent a year of my life wearing a 6-inch ponytail.

I could've sworn you wore a 12 or 13, brother. #2.
posted by Eideteker 02 February | 14:35
wrong, jan.
posted by jonmc 02 February | 14:35
LoriFLA is correct.

Now y'all gotta guess the song.
posted by essexjan 02 February | 14:35
I have no idea where to begin with the song, but I can't wait to hear the story.

Hints please!
posted by LoriFLA 02 February | 14:38
essexjan: Janie's Got a Gun? ;)

/me refrains from posting incriminating photo
posted by elizard 02 February | 14:45
Does it have anything to do with Phil Collins?

Jon: #3?
posted by Miko 02 February | 14:45
Aerosmith! Steven Tyler?
posted by LoriFLA 02 February | 14:46
Miko wins. The first record I ever bought was a collection of novelty songs called Dumb Ditties that I got at the local Caldors around age 7. (I've never fired a pistol. I have carried one on my person while driving, but only very briefly, and I was indeed a bigfeeted ponytailed person for four seasons).
posted by jonmc 02 February | 14:49
1. I have seen Ian Astbury's passport photo.
2. I once escaped from a lunatic with a hatchet.
3. I lived for 3 months on a compound with an apocalyptic cult.
4. I was someone's one phone call, and told them to fuck off and hung up.
posted by elizard 02 February | 14:50
I'm thinkin' #1, elizard.
posted by jonmc 02 February | 14:53
#4, elizard? Please? Because yours in the only phone number I have, and the cops are being very firm about the whole "one phone call" thing...
posted by Eideteker 02 February | 14:56
Wrong, jon! I made the Cult's guitarist dinner when they did a benefit concert in Vancouver, and the manager had photocopies of all their passports on the table. Eide is also wrong.
posted by elizard 02 February | 14:56
Actually, it's Christopher Re_e_ve, isn't it? But no matter; I'm talking about Superman here. (That misspelling is not purposeful misinformation.)
posted by Doohickie 02 February | 14:57
But don't worry, Eide. For you, I would accept the call.
posted by elizard 02 February | 14:58
doohickie, number 2?

elizaed, number 3?
posted by LoriFLA 02 February | 15:01
Miko if Phil Collins had dedicated a song to me I would cut my throat.

I'll post the story in another thread, so as not to derail this one.
posted by essexjan 02 February | 15:04
1. I once made dinner for Christopher Reeve (spinach quiche).
TRUE While I was working at Holmes & Watson Ltd. as a cook, Christopher Reeve and Vanessa Redgrave were filming The Bostonians nearby. The crew fequently came in for late dinner after they finished filming for the day. On one occasion Christopher Reeve ordered spinach quiche.

2. I once ran into Gary Coleman (in a hobby store).
TRUE When we lived in L.A. in the mid-80s, we went to a model train shop. Gary Coleman was running through the store with a personal assistant trying to keep up as Gary pointed here and there saying, "I want one of those, and get one of these, and..." As I came around the corner of a display, he plowed into me. He apologized and went running off, pointing to still more train stuff.

3. I once chatted with Wayne Gretzky (in an airport baggage claim).
FALSE It wasn't Wayne Gretzky. But I did meet and chat with Brett Hull in baggage claim at DFW Airport in June of 2000, after a flight from LAX. We discussed the disputed Stanley-cup winning goal he scored a year earlier.

4. I once encountered Michael Landon (at an ATM).
TRUE He came out of the bank (after normal hours) and walked by me and my wife, saying "Hi", as we used the ATM (again, mid-80s L.A.)


P.S.... Just post it here, Jan!
posted by Doohickie 02 February | 15:26
yeah!
posted by Miko 02 February | 16:01
LoriFLA wins!
posted by elizard 02 February | 16:09
Miko is incorrect on mine, btw.
posted by Eideteker 02 February | 16:14
Are we still playing?

1. George W Bush has spoken my name out loud.
2. I have had a gun pointed at me by a US Border Patrol agent.
3. I spent three long November days on Lyle Lovett's tour bus.
4. I once stashed a pistol on the Mexican border so that border crossing guards wouldn't find it.
posted by mudpuppie 02 February | 16:21
mudpuppie, my guess is number 2.
posted by LoriFLA 02 February | 16:24
My guess on mudpuppie is that somehow, all four of those are tied together, even the lie. At least, it would be an elevator pitch for an indie movie.
posted by stilicho 02 February | 16:44
Hmm, stilicho. I'll have to think about what that says about me.

In any case, sorry LoriFLA, but #2 is true.
posted by mudpuppie 02 February | 16:51
#3, mudpuppie. I'm guessing it wasn't November.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 02 February | 16:59
You got it, FloFlow. It wasn't even Lyle Lovett.
posted by mudpuppie 02 February | 17:00
1. I broke my leg in three places in a motorcycle accident when I was thirteen. It has never completely healed.
2. Todd Rundgren wore my fedora at a Utopia concert in the 80s after we threw it onstage. When he threw it back in the audience, I actually got it back. So I gave it away.
3. I don't like cake.
4. I was a whiz kid and started college at sixteen. I flunked out the first year because I spent most of my time performing illicit chemistry experiments.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 02 February | 17:19
I'm going to go with #2 because I picture Flo being too cool to either wear a fedora or attend a Todd Rundgren concert.
posted by jrossi4r 02 February | 17:34
I make fedoras look really, really cool. And the Utopia concert rocked very, very hard - for three hours straight. Or that's the way I remember it, anyway. It was the 80s, and I was very, very baked.

/not #2
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 02 February | 17:39
1. I once rode a bicycle 300 miles in two days.
2. I own several hundred Nintendo games.
3. Punk rock changed my life.
4. The most controversial newspaper article I've ever written was an album review that made some superficial comparisons between Snoop Dogg and Vanilla Ice.
posted by box 02 February | 17:42
Flo, #3?
posted by box 02 February | 17:42
Holy crap! I was going to taunt you with pictures of a fedora-clad Debbie Gibson circa Electric Youth, but the image search turned up a bunch of pictures of Debbie NAKED. (She has a nice ass. I'm not gonna lie.)
posted by jrossi4r 02 February | 17:45
I know mudpuppieeeee's but I'm not telliiiiing! *sing song*

I guess #1 for IRFH, and #2 for box.
posted by Specklet 02 February | 17:47
We discussed the disputed Stanley-cup winning goal he scored a year earlier.

Whoa! What'd he say? You're a Sabres fan, right?
posted by mullacc 02 February | 17:48
You're right, Specklet. About me, I mean. Who the hell doesn't like cake?
posted by box 02 February | 17:50
Me. I don't like cake.

Specklet was right about me, too. #1 was the lie.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 02 February | 17:51
I rule!

1. I am unfortunately allergic to chickpeas a.k.a. garbonzo beans.
2. I used to sing backup for Lulu.
3. There once was a period in my life where I could do six backflips in a row.
4. When John Updike introduced himself to me, I (stupidly) said "Oh, just like the author!"
posted by Specklet 02 February | 18:00
I'm shaken. I was so sure.

Okay, how about the chickpeas, Specklet?

posted by box 02 February | 18:04
Dern, I meant the Lulu lik to be THIS ONE. That other site is awful!
posted by Specklet 02 February | 18:18
3.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 02 February | 18:24
IRFH, you got it!
posted by Specklet 02 February | 20:58
1. I pinned a person to the ground and unable to get up, using only my fingertips and no effort.
2. I beat Sarah McLachlan at pool.
3. Cats have this weird aversion to me.
4. I almost died, choking, on an empty street walking home from a friend's place.

elizard: no fair you guessing!!
posted by Zack_Replica 03 February | 01:37
How about #3, Zack?
posted by box 03 February | 02:10
#1, and if not, tell this story!
posted by taz 03 February | 02:12
phooey. You guys play while I'm asleep. Boo. Whatever happened to insomnia, HUH?

Nevertheless:

I lived in a Forest Service lookout tower
I had an office in the Superdome
I was a TV presenter for late-night cinema
I have appeared in eight films
posted by taz 03 February | 02:30
I have been licensed/certified as a cinematographer.
I have been licensed/certified as a stock broker.
I have been licensed/certified as an explosives expert.
I have been licensed/certified as a vintner.

and
taz, three is false???
posted by arse_hat 03 February | 02:58
ooh, ooh! player!

#3 is not false.
posted by taz 03 February | 03:08
are there any rules here, can I guess on you?

I guess #2
posted by taz 03 February | 03:09
taz's 4 is phooey
posted by mudpuppie 03 February | 03:12
#1 for taz
posted by brujita 03 February | 03:12
And I think arse's 1 is also phooey.
posted by mudpuppie 03 February | 03:13
no rules that I know.
Dang. your 3is not false? Daaang!
#3 is indeed not false!
Hmmmmm. Number your 1 is false?
posted by arse_hat 03 February | 03:14
Ha! mudpuppie is the wiener!

I've only been in 5 films! (less than 8, anyway.)
posted by taz 03 February | 03:21
hell!

My first three are true. I am/have been a cinematographer, stock broker, and an explosives expert. Vintner is strictly amateur. It is horrendously expensive to be certified as a vintner anywhere I have seen.
posted by arse_hat 03 February | 03:21
on the appearing in films thing, I'm always like "unidentified woman sitting at a table drinking coffee", etc., because sometimes I show up while V. is working, they're shooting a scene and need more background people.

On the presenting the TV cinema, the weekly newspaper I used to work for sponsored this show, and voted me to present. I hated it.
posted by taz 03 February | 03:25
I can imagine you as all those things, arsey - except the stockbroker. :)

So do you have any investment tips to make me rich(ish)? I have many things I need to do that take money. TYIA.
posted by taz 03 February | 03:33
"tips to make me rich"
Yeah.
Unlike me, stay focused on something. ;)

and I AM an amateur Vintner.
posted by arse_hat 03 February | 03:39
box gets mine - #3 is the lie.
#1... I used to do Ki-Aikido, which is very similar to aikikai, but it emphasizes ki control over the grappling. My sensei (teacher) pinned his uke (partner) to the mat in a demonstration, first with his hands and his body weight, and then with his index fingers. The first time, the uke was able to get out of it, and the second time she couldn't move. That was my day 3 intro to ki-aikido. Flash forward a few years and I'm practicing the same move that my sensei did... as I pin the person to the mat, sensei stops me and says, "Ok, now do it again, but use your fingertips. All you have to do is imagine that there is a huge heavy log resting on their shoulders. It's infinitely long so it's infinitely heavy, and perfectly balanced, so you just have to put your fingertips on it to make sure it doesn't move." Hmmm. Ok, I do the move and pin my uke with 2 fingertips, and tell them to move and my jaw dropped as they couldn't move a muscle to get off the mat. I still find it difficult to believe, but it's really awe-inspiring when it happens.
posted by Zack_Replica 03 February | 12:09
Zack, that is utterly amazing!
posted by Specklet 03 February | 17:28
1. I have flown in a helicopter.
2. During the pre-9/11 era, I was behind a man on line at Heathrow who was carrying a violin case. When asked what was inside, he replied, "My machine gun." He was removed from the line a few minutes later by two serious looking fellows in suits.
3. I can get a sunburn in
posted by mlis 04 February | 00:44
I'll pick number 2, though I think it's probably number 4.
posted by Zack_Replica 04 February | 02:56
[admin attempted to fix borked line break above resulting in missing #3 and #4]
less than 5 minutes.
4. I once choked on some food, stopped breathing and needed the Heimlich Maneuver to be performed on me.
posted by mlis 06 February | 11:23
And Zack_Replica wins, #2 is a lie (though it someone I know witnessed it and it was quite a story!)
posted by mlis 06 February | 11:24
Autobituaries! || Mmmm... I made curry tonight. It was very good.

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