By The Way...

Monday, May 15, 2006
3:56:00 PM EDT
Hearing No Pain -- Broadway Project
Last week's Weekend Assignment asked people to tell two truths about themselves -- and one lie. Then, today, they're supposed to let people know which was the "fact" they made up about themselves. Here are some of the "facts" people posted. Click through to see the other two, and pick which one you think is the lie.

Scotthlori: "I pride myself with a 'get-er-done' attitude when it comes to childbirth..."

Lurkynat: "I used to love to swim in glacier fed mountain streams."

Onemoretina: "I nearly ran over Ray Davies."

Lsfp1960: "I had lunch with John Wayne when I was a teenager..."

Teeisme57: "I once loaded a spear gun, intending to use it on a person not a fish."

Coelha: "I married the same man twice, within 3 months. "

Tjones5516: "I entered a belching contest in college but was quickly disqualified when I threw up instead of burping."

Klimbingkitty99: "Today is my first day on the internet."

Aurielalata: "In a former life, I was a minister's wife."

Princesssaurora: "I have held severed body parts in my hands.  More than once."

Jevanslink: "...and that's how I became Miss Goosepimple of 1967."

Jottingsfromjersey: "I have the ability to forge anyone's signature."

Rachaelanne21: "I refuse to watch the movie 'I, Robot' because I have a horrible fear of abstract puppets..."

Dailysnooze: "My wife found me in an AOL chat room for adults and chatted me up because she was fascinated with something I'd mentioned in my AOL profile. "

Mavarin: "Don't get too excited yet, but Tor has asked to see the rest of the Heirs of Mâvarin."

Ellipsis: "I once peed on a CHP officer who pulled me over."

Parkhopper: "There are three lava lamps in my apartment, but only one works."

Jmorancoyle: "I don't like catsup (or ketchup, depending on your spelling preference)"

Joolsinwa: "I spent a year at 'Harvard' when I was 5, ...that was the name of the school where I attended Kindergarten."

Monponsett: "I got the name 'Smurf' when I was in California, trying out for a wrestling promotion that I later ended up writing for..."

Silkendrum: "I once held my breath for over five minutes, witnessed and timed by a medical doctor."

Egdllc: "I tried to chew the same piece of gum for an entire day when I was in 4th grade."

Incidentally, the lie on my Weekend Assignment was the first one: I didn't sing karaoke until after I left college. To everyone who can't believe I can stuff 37 grapes in my mouth, well, they were fairly small grapes, and I've got a fairly big mouth.

Thanks to everyone who played this week! This Weekend Assignment was lot of fun to read.





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• #11 Comment from princesssaurora 
  5/16/06 1:13 PM | Permalink

  This was so much fun and here is my truthful answers!
  
  http://journals.aol.com/princesssaurora/CarpeDiem/entries/1872
  
  be well,
  Dawn
  
• #10 Comment from tjones5516 
  5/16/06 9:08 AM | Permalink

  This was a cool assignment.  Thanks.
• #9 Comment from lurkynat 
  5/16/06 12:39 AM | Permalink

  Hey John thanks! uh..is that alie?!!! lol
  natalie
• #8 Comment from lsfp1960 
  5/15/06 10:17 PM | Permalink

  I really cannot tell a lie...my name is Linda not Kinda
  http://journals.aol.com/lsfp1960/LindasWorld/entries/982
• #7 Comment from lsfp1960 
  5/15/06 10:15 PM | Permalink

  I cannot tell a lie...here's my confession.  Kinda in Washington state
  http://journals.aol.com/lsfp1960/LindasWorld/entries/982

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