Comments on: 19 Facts, 1 Lie

By: Aemilius

Aemilius — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:15:41 +0000

Well that was fun do another one Pleease!!!!
Aemilius

By: Ann Oro

Ann Oro — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:10:07 +0000

Two months and the truth’s finally out! Go out there and meet a president. It will make a fine addition to all your other truths.
Ann

By: theartguy

theartguy — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:32:18 +0000

You got it! I have never met any president, living or dead, in or out of office.

By: Aemilius

Aemilius — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:29:13 +0000

Picked at random #11.

By: theartguy

theartguy — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:23:05 +0000

9 is true, as much as I wish it wasn’t. I didn’t know as much about computers back then as I do now, although I THOUGHT I knew enough. I thought I was helping him out by reinstalling his OS after a bad crash where it no longer recognized the hard drive, when instead I was overwriting the data that should have been recoverable.

Lucky for me, the REAL college tech support people were able to bring over a copy of Norton Utilities and recover the majority of his data, including the grades for all of his classes.

By: Aemilius

Aemilius — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:40:31 +0000

Back again to guess #9.
Good idea.

By: theartguy

theartguy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:18:50 +0000

8 is true, though the person who later became my wife still makes fun of me for it. (I called her to tell her what happened.)

I was smart enough to take my glasses off before diving, but I put them back on to take some pictures. It was a full manual SLR camera, so being able to see if things were in focus was kind of important. My problem was after I took some pictures I forgot I had put my glasses back on … at least until after I came up for air.

The replacement pair lasted over 10 years though.

By: Aemilius

Aemilius — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:02:21 +0000

Even though I am pretty sure that this is true i am going to guess #8.
This is my first time on but this is fun.

By: theartguy

theartguy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:37:03 +0000

5 is true, although I sometimes find it hard to believe myself. A classmate (and member of my Boy Scout Troop) went to Space Camp one summer. While there, he not only met but somehow convinced a well known astronaut to come to our school and give a talk to the TAG students, of which I was one. Afterwards he signed autographs, one of which was on my hall pass.

…as for WHICH astronaut it was, I’ll save that for if I ever play this game again.

By: Ann Oro

Ann Oro — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:26:08 +0000

The truth is out there. Today’s pick #5. Although there could have been an astronaut in your past, this seems like the lie (today).

By: theartguy

theartguy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:53:00 +0000

17 is true! First time I was ever interviewed was during a Boy Scout event commemorating my home town’s 250th birthday. My most recent interview was 2 years ago when I saw a news crew setting up in Baltimore’s inner Harbor so I snapped a picture of them. They, in turn, asked me a few questions about an upcoming eating contest. Not exactly my expertise, but my guess is they just wanted “person on the street” opinions.

By: Laura Pilker

Laura Pilker — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:45:30 +0000

I love this! I play a similar game with my students at the beginning of the school year: I give them 4 statements about myself, one being false, and they have to guess which one it is. Then I have them do the same in Microsoft Word and take turns with their classmates figuring each other’s out.

As for yours, is it 17? Just a wild guess.

By: theartguy

theartguy — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:49:03 +0000

10 is … TRUE! Winters in Pennsylvania aren’t like winters in Maine, but they’re far from mild. Be that as it may, I was a dutiful Boy Scout and had appropriate attire for marching through the snow to the bank that was just outside the town limits (read: no sidewalks).

The bank teller that returned my card to me thought I was joking when I said I’d walked the whole way as well.

By: Mrs. NFKalcevic

Mrs. NFKalcevic — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:19:42 +0000

# 10 - Is it a lie?

By: theartguy

theartguy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:42:28 +0000

12 is true, and I still frequently use that story to show just how much of a geek I am.

To be honest, several students in that class had the same problem so after I found it once it was the first thing I looked for later.

By: LindaH

LindaH — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:39:01 +0000

I’m back to guess number 12, picked it at random This is hard!

By: theartguy

theartguy — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:13:06 +0000

And yet, #1 is also true! I found this out when - again as a kid - my dentist asked my mom when I’d had my tonsils taken out. I’ve never had a tonsillectomy, and yet, they’re not there.

By: Ann Oro

Ann Oro — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:08:47 +0000

I’m back. My second guess was #1 - born without tonsils. It seems too simple to be true.
Ann

By: theartguy

theartguy — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:39:31 +0000

3 is true! I was quite young and my parents took me to a petting zoo along with their 8mm camera. Apparently I didn’t LOOK hurt when the goat knocked me down to get at my little cup of animal food pellets, so they just kept filming.

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:32:46 +0000

My guess is number 3. Who would ever believe ‘when goats attack”?…. oh wait- that happened to me too-except there was no film of the incident.