Two Truths and a Lie

[ER]

1. I am having lunch today with a man who once bought a black market liver in Argentina, for his transplant.

2. When I was a kid I asked a Secret Service agent at a private party if he ever got airsick riding on helicopters, and he did not answer me or even look down at me, so I awkwardly walked away, my cheeks red.

3. I used to be friends with this guy in Texas who sailed on the SS Norway when he was a little boy, and when he met the captain, the first thing he asked him was, "Where would you put somebody if they died while we were sailing?" So the captain took this seven year old and showed him they had a genuine morgue aboard the vessel.

I'm gonna guess #2, because I don't see you giving up that easily even when you were a kid.

You got it!

[javakoala]

Let me try this:

1.  When I was a teenager, I was nearly crushed by a 55-gallon barrel full of water while I rode in the back of my folk's pick-up truck.

2.  I walked in on two people having noisy sex on a vinyl couch in a kinda flop house I once lived in.

3.  My most viewed blog post is a squeaky-clean article called "Debra Blee -- Wet and Naked".

[bob]

1 during a power outage in college I was in the bathroom and struggled mightily to escape the stall in total darkness

2 I've been to over 20 concerts

3 I cursed like a sailor in one of my college classes on a regular basis because the professor started the cycle after cursing on the first day

1. Can only be true if you were awesomely inebriated, which, given that you were in college, well....

3. May be true, who knows, some professors do like to punctuate their ungrateful rants against white male dominance with liberal worship at the Church of the Eff-Bomb.

BUT

I like the sound of 2. being deceptive, because it could easily come with a Kafka-esque reveal that YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO A CONCERT IN YOUR LIFE!!!!

So we'll go with number two to win.

a winner is you

I've never been to a concert in my life

[indianasmith]

Let me try this:

1.  When I was a teenager, I was nearly crushed by a 55-gallon barrel full of water while I rode in the back of my folk's pick-up truck.

2.  I walked in on two people having noisy sex on a vinyl couch in a kinda flop house I once lived in.

3.  My most viewed blog post is a squeaky-clean article called "Debra Blee -- Wet and Naked".

3 is too improbable to be a lie, 2 seems more likely, so I'll go with #1 as the lie.

[javakoala]

Let me try this:

1.  When I was a teenager, I was nearly crushed by a 55-gallon barrel full of water while I rode in the back of my folk's pick-up truck.

2.  I walked in on two people having noisy sex on a vinyl couch in a kinda flop house I once lived in.

3.  My most viewed blog post is a squeaky-clean article called "Debra Blee -- Wet and Naked".

3 is too improbable to be a lie, 2 seems more likely, so I'll go with #1 as the lie.

Well, I got the title wrong, but that's my fault. Here's the link to the post for those interested: http://bargainbasementthrills.blogspot.com/2009/02/debra-blee-naked-and-wet.html

But, YES, 1 is the lie. I was actually about 7 and my TOM & JERRY and DONALD DUCK comic books, both brand new, were soaked in the incident. I didn't care that I was almost crushed; MY COMIC BOOKS WERE RUINED!!! Still makes me want to cry.

[ER]

Okay, these are not mine, they are from my friend, who gamely and without being bolstered by me explaining why she should, replied to my email request that she send me two truths and a lie.

So she said:

1. Because a crayon got left in the dryer lots of our white laundry now has red blotches.

2. I've made friendship bracelets out of mint dental floss.

3. I had a tooth knocked out when I fell off a parked pickup truck when I was a preschooler.

Let's see how good she is at this cruel affair called lying for sport....

[Trevor]

1. I crashed my parents' Toyota station wagon when I was seven: I didn't know what the thing called a handbrake was for and I ended up in a ditch. 
2. I love films like Lethal Weapon 2 and Cry Freedom.
3. I am both a Star Trek and a Star Wars fan.

[indianasmith]

Okay, these are not mine, they are from my friend, who gamely and without being bolstered by me explaining why she should, replied to my email request that she send me two truths and a lie.

So she said:

1. Because a crayon got left in the dryer lots of our white laundry now has red blotches.

2. I've made friendship bracelets out of mint dental floss.

3. I had a tooth knocked out when I fell off a parked pickup truck when I was a preschooler.

Let's see how good she is at this cruel affair called lying for sport....

I'll call #3 as the lie.

[indianasmith]

1. I crashed my parents' Toyota station wagon when I was seven: I didn't know what the thing called a handbrake was for and I ended up in a ditch. 
2. I love films like Lethal Weapon 2 and Cry Freedom.
3. I am both a Star Trek and a Star Wars fan.

You made that one far too easy, Trev.  #2 is a whopper and you know it!! LOL

[ER]

Okay, these are not mine, they are from my friend, who gamely and without being bolstered by me explaining why she should, replied to my email request that she send me two truths and a lie.

So she said:

1. Because a crayon got left in the dryer lots of our white laundry now has red blotches.

2. I've made friendship bracelets out of mint dental floss.

3. I had a tooth knocked out when I fell off a parked pickup truck when I was a preschooler.

Let's see how good she is at this cruel affair called lying for sport....

I'll call #3 as the lie.

LOL Right. I guessed it too.

[Trevor]

1. I crashed my parents' Toyota station wagon when I was seven: I didn't know what the thing called a handbrake was for and I ended up in a ditch. 
2. I love films like Lethal Weapon 2 and Cry Freedom.
3. I am both a Star Trek and a Star Wars fan.

You made that one far too easy, Trev.  #2 is a whopper and you know it!! LOL

Yes, indeed. 

I was planning a review of Cry Freedom for our site but Brother Java said he liked the film, so I dropped the idea.

[Trevor]

1. I am the son of a two-fisted feminist and a former street thug who later became a cop.
2. I have no idea how to edit a film or how to thread and operate a film projector.
3. My friends in the LGBTIQ community - one person in particular - call me Joan, for some reason.

[javakoala]

1. I crashed my parents' Toyota station wagon when I was seven: I didn't know what the thing called a handbrake was for and I ended up in a ditch. 
2. I love films like Lethal Weapon 2 and Cry Freedom.
3. I am both a Star Trek and a Star Wars fan.

You made that one far too easy, Trev.  #2 is a whopper and you know it!! LOL

Yes, indeed. 

I was planning a review of Cry Freedom for our site but Brother Java said he liked the film, so I dropped the idea.

Hey, Trevor. Review it, please. It would be more informative to hear comments from someone who lives there than the Amnesty International version of the story.

And, yes, I said I liked it, mainly for the performances. The political elements of the film always struck me as a simple "Hurting Biko was bad, m'kay?".

[javakoala]

1. I am the son of a two-fisted feminist and a former street thug who later became a cop.
2. I have no idea how to edit a film or how to thread and operate a film projector.
3. My friends in the LGBTIQ community - one person in particular - call me Joan, for some reason.

The lie is 2, given your job.

And your friend calls you Joan because of your interest in Ms. Collins.

[ER]

1. When I was seventeen, it was a very good year.

2. When we were flying to New Zealand we were so low at one point that the captain announced, "If those on the left care to look down, there is what appears to be a pod of blue whales."

3. There is marijuana growing wild in our woods, likely descended from seeds my dad and his friends scattered when they smoked there in the early '70s.