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iLion · Jul 15, 2014

I will say #1 is the lie, too, only because I'd say as cool as Cosby is, he may be a wee bit inaccessible to actually "meeting" servers. I can see it happening, but EVERYBODY wants to meet Cosby, so maybe he builds up protections a littlemore.

Albedo of Zero · Jul 15, 2014

iLion and Nym...wrong.

Our whole staff was introduced to the Cos before service...I was a bit put off with him though because as he passed the dishwashers and busboys, he sang the song Minimum Wage...still makes me grumble.

Nymtoc · Jul 15, 2014

Well, that leaves #2 and #3. I'll take the bait and say that #2 is the LIE (the secret service, the Secy of State), though I originally thought it was a true statement put there to trick us.

Albedo of Zero · Jul 15, 2014

Nym!!

They weren't secret service men; they were bodyguards but they acted just like in the movies with their black suits and hands up to ears...but they never sat. And I can't for the life of me remember who was so important that needed that protection. I need to make a few phone calls.

C.bronco · Jul 15, 2014

Nymtoc said:
I think #3 is a LIE!

If you had been playing with anything during the wine tasting, it wouldn't have been a hamster. It would have been a hedgehog.

TRUE! But, I do think hamsters are cute.

Nymtoc · Jul 16, 2014

Here we go again. :e2bike2:

#1. I built a scale model of the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides).
#2. I made a chessboard out of tiny ceramic tiles.
#3. I dug potatoes in Idaho.

jaus tail · Jul 17, 2014

I think #2 is lie. It would be extremely boring to make a chess board, for anyone to complete the task.

iLion · Jul 18, 2014

Many people do models... many people build things including chess boards...

but as a shot in the dark: I'll go with #3 the lie!

Nymtoc · Jul 18, 2014

Haha! (or hehe, if you prefer)

Jaus and iLion both strike out! :roll:

#2 is TRUE. A long time ago, my girlfriend and I got into playing chess when we didn't have anything better to do. So I decided to give her a Christmas present of a chessboard. Somehow, I got turned on to the idea of making a mosaic, so I bought some tiles at a hobby shop (not Hobby Lobby!) and other materials and made the chessboard. It took me forever!

#3 is TRUE. One summer, as a teenager, I worked on my uncle's farm in Idaho and got sent into the fields to dig potatoes all day. (I'm quite sure it was not the same summer iLion was in neighboring Wyoming marrying people.)

#1, of course, is the LIE! I never built a model of any ship. :e2steer:

C.bronco · Jul 18, 2014

Then I will go!

1. I love the show Chopped.
2. I have been to a NASCAR race in a RV.
3. I never attended a heavy metal concert.

shakeysix · Jul 18, 2014

who doesn't love Chopped? So that leaves #2 & #3. They do seem to rule each other out: If two then not three; if three then not two. I'll go with the concert. Bronc seems a bit young for Heavy Metal so i'm calling that one true so the NASCAR must be true.--s6

C.bronco · Jul 18, 2014

S6 misses by a hare!

(or a hair, depending on how much you like Bugs Bunny.)

Albedo of Zero · Jul 18, 2014

Hmmm, bikers, race cars, and heavy metal...seems to be a theme there.

I'm calling you out on Nascar....many of my Nascar friends have no feelings for hamsters.

Nymtoc · Jul 19, 2014

I'll chip in.

I'll agree with Albedo. No Nascar. #2 is a LIE!

Vito · Jul 19, 2014

I know that Bronc is into NASCAR because it says so in her AW signature, but I'm guessing that she's never gone to a race in an RV.

So I'm seconding and thirding Albedo and Nymtoc: Number Two is a lie!

Albedo of Zero · Jul 24, 2014

She's probably in an RV at the races right now.

Robbert · Aug 12, 2014

...or she's gone fishing because of the overwhelming evidence of # 2 being THE big lie!

I reckon it's my time to fool everyone:

1. The ratio between average amount of money spent on tobacco / booze is at least 2:1.

2. The ratio between my F. Zappa albums / pairs of shoes is at least 10:1.

3. The ratio between total number of cars / suits I ever owned is at least 15:1.

Nymtoc · Aug 12, 2014

Just can't be honest with us, huh, Robbert?

I'm saying #3 is the LIE! 15 cars to one suit? In fact, 15 cars to anything is a lot of cars--unless you are a classic car collector. Or did you mean the opposite--15 suits to one car? That I could believe.

Well...

#1 and #2 also seem a bit iffy, so I'll stick with #3. :banana:

shakeysix · Aug 12, 2014

I say #2 is a bunch of Zappa Zappa Crappa. While there are almost 100 Zappa albums, that would mean at the most, Robbert has ten pairs of shoes. I admit that I am a shoe whore but ten pairs of shoes-- strikes me as minimalist. Especially for a guy who has only one suit! --s6

Robbert · Aug 12, 2014

Gotcha! Both of you!

Please mind your language, Ms Smith! (Zappa Crappa)

#3 is true
My one and only suit was the one I was given at confirmation. Since 1990, I've owned exactly five different cars. But in the decade before ...being a student... it worked out a whole lot cheaper to dispose of a car when its MOT was due (yearly), and get another old banger.

#2 is true
Zappa albums (vinyl + CD's): 49. Not once did I own more than five pairs of shoes at a time.

#1 is the LIE!
I spend zero money on booze. I'm a smoker :rolleyes

Nymtoc · Aug 13, 2014

Robbert was too clever for us :Headbang:

But I'm not giving up. Here are three statements guaranteed to fool you all.

#1. I was briefly a member of the National Rifle Association
#2. I once spent an evening with a murderer
#3. I never eat clam chowder

shakeysix · Aug 13, 2014

Clam chowder is icky and everyone knows it so #3 must be true. That leaves 1&2. I am saying #2 is true--or the more credible --s6

Robbert · Aug 14, 2014

^ supported

You're not a fussy eater--the soup is true.

You've met queer folk in your time--the murderer is true.

But a boy scout simply wouldn't join a Rifle Association. LIE!

Nymtoc · Aug 14, 2014

CURSES! You both got me! :rant:

#1 is a LIE. I never belonged to the NRA.
#2 is TRUE. A couple of years ago, I participated in a program to help ex-prisoners find work. Part of what they needed to learn was how to act in job interviews. We engaged in role-playing, where I would play the prospective employer. One of my "students" was a murderer.
#3 is also TRUE. Shakey is on target. Clam chowder is icky!

ETA: The NRA once sent me an elegant-looking membership card, with my name on it. I don't know how I got on their mailing list, since I never look at their website and rarely log onto any far-right-wing sites. Anyway, the impressive-looking card would not have been valid until I sent them my enrollment fee. Somehow, I forgot to do that. But doesn't that make me "briefly a member of the NRA," so isn't my #1 statement true? :roll:

Robbert · Aug 15, 2014

Okay, here's an easy one:

# 1. I'm a trained (dusty) miller who came out top of the City & Guilds.

# 2. I'm a state certified engineer, and yet choose not to work as an engineer.

# 3. I passed the state examination as a teacher, and yet choose not to work in state-run education.

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