2 truths and a lie

Papayhed and Pen both got it right....

I just never got into horses, and like Pen said, I have been on a few, but really never liked it.

I did work in my dad's drug store as a soda jerk, and yep Pen does tell my age. I remember mixing coke syrup, cherry flavoring, and carbonated water for a primo coca cola. Mixing malts, shakes and ice cream sodas, and dishing out plenty of tuna and pimento cheese sandwiches.

I actually do like to mow and spending some time on the little tractor is refreshing.

OK Papayhed Your now up!!!!!

I think I would like to jump into this game. Two truths and a lie, eh? Hmmmm ....

1. I was a substitute organist at a church for six months.

2. I published an internal manual of office protocol.

3. I am a well-studied ballerina.

I vote 2 - it seems kinda funny.

I'll go for # 3, but I don't know why. I'm always wrong, anyway. :D

I'm going for either #2 or #3. I think 3.

OK, Kiz, I know you are dying to hear my analysis, which is good entertainment when I miss the boat!

OK. I have had the advantage of looking at your picture.

1. I was a substitute organist at a church for six months. (You have a musicians fingers, true enough. The face doesn't have the light of one for who it is their first love, but I will vote true here.)

2. I published an internal manual of office protocol. (You also look as if you belong in an office. You look as if you are used to being listened to, rather than having to listen to others. I vote true here as well.)

3. I am a well-studied ballerina. (You are small enough to have been a ballerina. But I'm thinking you studied as a child and never took your talent to the big stage. I vote three as false.)

And, Regis, that's my final answer, right or wrong.

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I'm going with 3.

Wow, I am totally awed by the astute people here at LitNet. Yes indeed, my number 3 was a total lie. I took up a simple ballet class when I was in first or second grade, and then it became apparent that piano was my true love... and yada yada....

Good stuff, you guys! :)

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Originally Posted by kiz_paws

Wow, I am totally awed by the astute people here at LitNet. Yes indeed, my number 3 was a total lie. I took up a simple ballet class when I was in first or second grade, and then it became apparent that piano was my true love... and yada yada....

Good stuff, you guys! :)

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A picture is indeed worth a thousand words! Off by only that music was your first love (maybe I needed front, instead of side face view) Hee-hee! ;) http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...Kane/Paino.gif

Here goes: (I think most of these I've written about)


1. I am a candy whore. I like all things sweet, especially Starbursts, Mike and Ikes, and juju fruits.

2. One of my first jobs in high school was working as a prep cook at Big Boy (a family restaurant).

3. I have a patent. As a co-op student I worked in R&D.

I'll go with 3.

I'll go with #1

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Originally Posted by papayahed

Here goes: (I think most of these I've written about)


1. I am a candy whore. I like all things sweet, especially Starbursts, Mike and Ikes, and juju fruits.

2. One of my first jobs in high school was working as a prep cook at Big Boy (a family restaurant).

3. I have a patent. As a co-op student I worked in R&D.

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Well....

1.) I vote true although I wouldn't word it that way :blush: :blush:
3.) Possibly true, I seem to remember something about you having a degree.

2.) I'm going with false. If I recall, Big Boy is fast food chain, although part of the chain latter became Shoneys, which is a family restaurant.

Pen, you must be feeling better - you're correct.

1) I am a candy whore. I'm eating licorice as we speak. (Sorry for the wording)

3) True, I do have a patent for a project I worked on as a co-op

2) Big Boy is/was a family restaurant, at least the ones in MI, but I was a dishwasher not a prep cook.

I knew that one I rember someone calling your first job an underwater ceramic engineer or something... :D

Aw. I was wrong. oh well!

I was thinking that #2 was the fib, so cool that you have a patent, Papayahed! :)

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Originally Posted by papayahed

Pen, you must be feeling better - you're correct.

1) I am a candy whore. I'm eating licorice as we speak. (Sorry for the wording)

3) True, I do have a patent for a project I worked on as a co-op

2) Big Boy is/was a family restaurant, at least the ones in MI, but I was a dishwasher not a prep cook.

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Yeah, I found a map on Big Boy's official site just now, and MI seems to be overrun with Big Boy Restaurants, but there isn't a single one close to me. All of them were sold to Shoney's.

When I worked for Shoney's back in the early 70's they were called Shoney's Big Boy.

Well, in the interests of keeping the game moving, shall I see if I can fool you again?

1.) Although I was born in 1960, long after their heyday, I am a pulp fiction magazine fanatic, and collect heavily in that genre.

2.) Allan Quatermain has been one of my heroes, and emulating him, I do not use scopes for my rifles, yet I am a dead shot even at long range.

3.) I think Batman the best hero DC Comics ever had. It's easy to be a hero when you are the advantages like Superman, but Batman is an ordinary man who had to earn his way!

Pen, I was leaning toward 3, but I'm going with 2. It's hard to be a dead shot at long range without a scope and I only know one person who is. If I'm wrong I'll know two!

I still say #3. There are many more super heroes that I think you would have picked as your favorite over Batman. Maybe the Hulk or Green Hornet.
I would say you took more kindly to one with real SUPER POWERS over a weakling like Batman....;)

#1 Well, I believe you do like this genre

#2 we know you like Quartermain, hmmm as for being a good shot..

#3 and we know you like comics....but is Batman your Fav?

Guess I'll go with #3, you seem like a Dr. Strange fan....LOL...:lol:

After some searching I'm going with #2.

I'm with #2

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Originally Posted by Pendragon

Well, in the interests of keeping the game moving, shall I see if I can fool you again?

1.) Although I was born in 1960, long after their heyday, I am a pulp fiction magazine fanatic, and collect heavily in that genre.

2.) Allan Quatermain has been one of my heroes, and emulating him, I do not use scopes for my rifles, yet I am a dead shot even at long range.

3.) I think Batman the best hero DC Comics ever had. It's easy to be a hero when you are the advantages like Superman, but Batman is an ordinary man who had to earn his way!

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Revelation time, eh?

Well.

1.) Asolutely true. I have every Doc Savage, every Shadow (in fact I write for a website devoted to The Shadow), most Spider's, many G-8's, Operator 5, etc. Someone had to have read my Case of the Cautious Casanova which is still somewhere on the short stories thread.

3.) Oh, yeah. The heroes who have to work to be one are my favorites, and from DC Comics, that would be Batman. With Marvel perhaps Daredevil or Captain America. Even Spiderman, because with all of his powers, he has to scrape for a living, not a millionare who never has to worry.

So MotherHubbard, Papayahed and Farnoosh got it right, but all is still not what it seems. I am a deadshot indeed without a scope with either my Marlin .22 or Winchester 1890 model 30-30. I can blow spots out of a playing card with my .22/.22 magnum sixgun pistol. The heroes I was trying to emulate were Wild Bill Hickock, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Annie Oakley. Except for King Solomon's Mines, I read Quartermain only after the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie, but I have most of the books now. On my Marlin .22 magnum rifle I have reluctantanly placed a scope, for 300+ yards. I would rather rely on my eyes.

But you ladies got the prize and one of you may go now!

The truth is so much stranger than fiction...

Boo, Batman!! :p

And people wonder why he's not a team player...

2 truths and one big lie.

1.) I once spent an evening chatting with gang members in West Memphis, Arkansas, all of whom were wearing full "blood" colors and probably armed. I had on a suit and tie, and we spent an hour peacefully talking.

2.) Despite my many collections of Ghost Stories, I am firmly convinced that ghosts are figiments of imagination only and do not exist in any form. Never saw one, never will.

3.) Despite the fact that red is a color that is bad for my eyes and even can set off tension, it is my favorite color. My truck would be red, but I buy used vehicles, and they didn't have a red one. My daughter's Escort (used to be our car) is red, has almost 200,000 miles and doing fine!

Good luck!

Knowing of your travels, I believe #1 to be true. How could anyone make up West Memphis?

I also believe #3 to be true. I love the color red too.

So, I pick #2 as the lie. After all, all Southerners believe in Ghosts!

Going to go with Granny's pick also..

Been in West Memphis myself...and could very well believe that one.:D

# 3 sounds like you...

So # 2 has to be it....

:lol: It's definitely 2

ok noone knows me on here...being a newby... so it will be interesting to see what people say

#1 I love crime stories, formulaic, tortured lead protagonists, the grittier the better

#2 i read more than $300 worth of magazines a month

#3 I am writing a novel set in morrocco and brainstorming about how to incorporate the novels scenery (the middle east) to be something that my readers would empathise with, rather than judge.

whoops properly read how to play this thing... feel free to answer to keep the guesses flowing but otherwise mods, feel free to delete post so that the real winner can post their truth/lies ;)

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Originally Posted by Pendragon

2 truths and one big lie.

1.) I once spent an evening chatting with gang members in West Memphis, Arkansas, all of whom were wearing full "blood" colors and probably armed. I had on a suit and tie, and we spent an hour peacefully talking.

2.) Despite my many collections of Ghost Stories, I am firmly convinced that ghosts are figiments of imagination only and do not exist in any form. Never saw one, never will.

3.) Despite the fact that red is a color that is bad for my eyes and even can set off tension, it is my favorite color. My truck would be red, but I buy used vehicles, and they didn't have a red one. My daughter's Escort (used to be our car) is red, has almost 200,000 miles and doing fine!

Good luck!

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Pen, what's the answer???

2 truths and one big lie.

Well, Granny Sandy, BlueSky, and Pixie all know me too well! http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/sportlich/a040.gif

1.) I once spent an evening chatting with gang members in West Memphis, Arkansas, all of whom were wearing full "blood" colors and probably armed. I had on a suit and tie, and we spent an hour peacefully talking. Certainly true. On my way hope from a preaching trip. Stopped for gas and ended up chatting with a carload of black gang members. I wasn't threatening their turf nor disrespecting them, so we talked for a good while, they all whished me good luck on the long drive home and we parted ways. Treat people like you want to be treated and they will have more respect for you. Don't act like they are low-lifes, or sterotype them.

2.) Despite my many collections of Ghost Stories, I am firmly convinced that ghosts are figiments of imagination only and do not exist in any form. Never saw one, never will. Oh, yeah, False. I live within walking distance of one of the most famous haunted places in this area. The Old Stone Inn, just off I-81 at exit 50. Have I seen ghosts? I've seen things I can't explain. Ghosts or not, as Granny says, I'm Southern.

3.) Despite the fact that red is a color that is bad for my eyes and even can set off tension, it is my favorite color. My truck would be red, but I buy used vehicles, and they didn't have a red one. My daughter's Escort (used to be our car) is red, has almost 200,000 miles and doing fine! This is all true, the bit about red being bad for me, but it is my favorite color.

Congrads!

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Originally Posted by grittylit

ok noone knows me on here...being a newby... so it will be interesting to see what people say

#1 I love crime stories, formulaic, tortured lead protagonists, the grittier the better

#2 i read more than $300 worth of magazines a month

#3 I am writing a novel set in morrocco and brainstorming about how to incorporate the novels scenery (the middle east) to be something that my readers would empathise with, rather than judge.

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I'll go with 2.

I think Pen is correct. #1 and #3 make sense, but $300 on Mags???

Hey Pen:
Just somehow knew that the Memphis one was true...
I used to live in an area that was considered the bad part of town...
Gang area....but our small little block was a safe zone....
the gang leader's grandmother lived next door to us...it was amazing how if you walked one block over there was a turf war, but as long as you were on our block it was as safe as could be....
and yes many interesting conversations took place during the time I lived there.

back on topic...
grittylit....going to take a guess here...$300 a month...hmmmm
sounds steep....so this one is my guess.

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Originally Posted by BlueSkyGB

Hey Pen:
Just somehow knew that the Memphis one was true...
I used to live in an area that was considered the bad part of town...
Gang area....but our small little block was a safe zone....
the gang leader's grandmother lived next door to us...it was amazing how if you walked one block over there was a turf war, but as long as you were on our block it was as safe as could be....
and yes many interesting conversations took place during the time I lived there.

back on topic...
grittylit....going to take a guess here...$300 a month...hmmmm
sounds steep....so this one is my guess.

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Hey BueSky, when did you live in West Memphis?