Truths and Lies
I thought I would join in this meme, if a bit belatedly: Below are listed ten statements about me. Six of them are true, and the other four are entirely made up. Can you guess which ones are lies?
To give you a fighting chance, I've tried to make sure that my lies are substantially fabricated, rather than fooling you with slight variations on the truth. That said, if you happen to know for certain that one of them is true, kindly don't say so in the comments. Just guess the false ones:
1. I once had a short conversation with Natalie Portman while waiting for the T in Harvard Square.
2. Photographs showing me in slightly compromising positions were once published in Jane magazine.
3. I have never been arrested, but I was once questioned by a suspicious officer over some late-night fire swallowing in the back lot of a shopping mall.
4. I once spent three hours crouched underneath a strange building in the dark in order to avoid being asked to cook for a group of people.
5. I once dated a millionaire, who gifted me with a beautiful opal he cut and polished himself.
6. I once carried a gong in a traditional Chinese wedding procession in rural China.
7. I was once offered a chance to see the inside of a major Mormon temple (which non-Mormons are strictly forbidden to see), but I turned it down to go to a Peter Gabriel concert.
8. I once had tea with the former dictator President of Zambia.
9. At a David Copperfield performance, I was picked as a volunteer for a disappearance illusion, and now I know how he makes the audience members "disappear."
10. In my high school senior year, I was voted "Most Serious" in the yearbook poll. At the same time, the class president (whom I barely knew) sought me out to be the one to pull the senior prank.
To give you a fighting chance, I've tried to make sure that my lies are substantially fabricated, rather than fooling you with slight variations on the truth. That said, if you happen to know for certain that one of them is true, kindly don't say so in the comments. Just guess the false ones:
1. I once had a short conversation with Natalie Portman while waiting for the T in Harvard Square.
2. Photographs showing me in slightly compromising positions were once published in Jane magazine.
3. I have never been arrested, but I was once questioned by a suspicious officer over some late-night fire swallowing in the back lot of a shopping mall.
4. I once spent three hours crouched underneath a strange building in the dark in order to avoid being asked to cook for a group of people.
5. I once dated a millionaire, who gifted me with a beautiful opal he cut and polished himself.
6. I once carried a gong in a traditional Chinese wedding procession in rural China.
7. I was once offered a chance to see the inside of a major Mormon temple (which non-Mormons are strictly forbidden to see), but I turned it down to go to a Peter Gabriel concert.
8. I once had tea with the former dictator President of Zambia.
9. At a David Copperfield performance, I was picked as a volunteer for a disappearance illusion, and now I know how he makes the audience members "disappear."
10. In my high school senior year, I was voted "Most Serious" in the yearbook poll. At the same time, the class president (whom I barely knew) sought me out to be the one to pull the senior prank.