Ok, new idea for a game, call it truth or lie. The poster recounts an event that happened to them at any time in their life, it may be a truthful event or an outright lie. It is up to the other posters to decide which it is. You can participate in two ways, you can post a truth or lie, or you can respond to the truth or lie and state which you think it is and why. If you post a truth or lie scenario of yourself you need to respond back within a page or two to let the other posters know which it was a truth or a lie. I'll start.
When I was about 8 years old my Mom would always make cold cereal for me for breakfast. One morning while making my raison bran she accidently put salt on it instead of sugar. I told her it didn't taste good but she made me eat it anyway. Later that day she realized what she had done and apologized/ Truth or Lie?
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When I was about 8 years old my Mom would always make cold cereal for me for breakfast. One morning while making my raison bran she accidently put salt on it instead of sugar. I told her it didn't taste good but she made me eat it anyway. Later that day she realized what she had done and apologized/ Truth or Lie?
1. Turth.
2. Leave it turth for character.
My Turth or Lie. I was abducted by gypsies when I was 12.
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I think her thread title was intentional; 'Turth Orlie' was an infamous 11th century wandering minstrel and raconteur, whose tales grew more and more fantastical as he travelled from village to village.
Though many suspected him of embellishing his stories, he remained popular with the simple folk who had very little entertainment options, but enjoyed scoffing at him behind his back.
His career ended suddenly one day, when at a large market festival, several members of the crowd (from different towns) called on him to recount one of his more colourful tales, and a scuffle broke out between two yeomen, who disputed the events which differed from their memories. The militia broke this up, and the tale was repeated to the local magistrate, who found himself to be the butt of the tale, promptly challenged Turth to a duel of honour, and killed him on the spot.
From then on, to be called a 'Turth', is to be accused of being a slanderous jackanape, who is about to get his come-uppance.
True or False?
I think her thread title was intentional; 'Turth Orlie' was an infamous 11th century wandering minstrel and raconteur, whose tales grew more and more fantastical as he travelled from village to village.
Though many suspected him of embellishing his stories, he remained popular with the simple folk who had very little entertainment options, but enjoyed scoffing at him behind his back.
His career ended suddenly one day, when at a large market festival, several members of the crowd (from different towns) called on him to recount one of his more colourful tales, and a scuffle broke out between two yeomen, who disputed the events which differed from their memories. The militia broke this up, and the tale was repeated to the local magistrate, who found himself to be the butt of the tale, promptly challenged Turth to a duel of honour, and killed him on the spot.
From then on, to be called a 'Turth', is to be accused of being a slanderous jackanape, who is about to get his come-uppance.
True or False?
I say it's False, but a great story.
I think her thread title was intentional; 'Turth Orlie' was an infamous 11th century wandering minstrel and raconteur, whose tales grew more and more fantastical as he travelled from village to village.
Though many suspected him of embellishing his stories, he remained popular with the simple folk who had very little entertainment options, but enjoyed scoffing at him behind his back.
His career ended suddenly one day, when at a large market festival, several members of the crowd (from different towns) called on him to recount one of his more colourful tales, and a scuffle broke out between two yeomen, who disputed the events which differed from their memories. The militia broke this up, and the tale was repeated to the local magistrate, who found himself to be the butt of the tale, promptly challenged Turth to a duel of honour, and killed him on the spot.
From then on, to be called a 'Turth', is to be accused of being a slanderous jackanape, who is about to get his come-uppance.
True or False?
And I'm not saying if the title was intentional or not!
I think her thread title was intentional; 'Turth Orlie' was an infamous 11th century wandering minstrel and raconteur, whose tales grew more and more fantastical as he travelled from village to village.
Though many suspected him of embellishing his stories, he remained popular with the simple folk who had very little entertainment options, but enjoyed scoffing at him behind his back.
His career ended suddenly one day, when at a large market festival, several members of the crowd (from different towns) called on him to recount one of his more colourful tales, and a scuffle broke out between two yeomen, who disputed the events which differed from their memories. The militia broke this up, and the tale was repeated to the local magistrate, who found himself to be the butt of the tale, promptly challenged Turth to a duel of honour, and killed him on the spot.
From then on, to be called a 'Turth', is to be accused of being a slanderous jackanape, who is about to get his come-uppance.
True or False?
You sir, are lying.
My grandmother is a nice, 83 year old lady who is close to your typical milk and cookies grandmother. A few years ago, she found a mouse in a trap. It was half dead already, but still twitching a little. She calmly stamped on it with her boot and ground it into the floor with her heel.
Truth or lie?
[Fixed thread title because these things bug me. :-]
That is the turth Gary!
My grandmother is a nice, 83 year old lady who is close to your typical milk and cookies grandmother. A few years ago, she found a mouse in a trap. It was half dead already, but still twitching a little. She calmly stamped on it with her boot and ground it into the floor with her heel.
Truth or lie?
Seems entirely plausible and since I have encountered this situation myself I would normally say "truth". However, you sir, could be the sort of fellow who would devise such a common scenario in which for us to accept which has no basis of truth to it, thus attempting to throw us off the trail of truth with a lie.
On the other hand, you very well may realize that such a scenario would be commonely accepted as a truth but that a learned reader would recognize this as well and assume that it is false. Knowing full well that this means of thinking would be delved into, you actually speak of a truthful scenario because you believe that we the reader will recognize that your truth will be expected to be a lie in order to throw us off, you speak the truth.
Of coarse, depending upon your level of education, you may have taken an outright lie which is commonly going to be accepted as the truth by most, and know full well that reverse logic will be used and such individuals will say "false". Therefore, in an attempt to throw people off, you claim this falsehood because you know we will say that you'll be expecting us to say your common scenario would be thought of by most to be false but easily acceptable, but we know that you know this and so the answer must be truth. However, given the inexperince of all of us since this is a new thread, such said thinking process will not be yet developed as it is human nature to become more and more sophisticated as we learn more information. Thus the truth you tell would be expected to be a lie yet most of us would realize this and at the same time know that your unwilling to reveal a truth because it is human nature to want to put one over on the rest of us, thus your story must be a lie because it is expected to be the truth....(I mean lie), in the advent that it strokes one's ego to succeed.....Oh, heck I'm totally confused,{flips coin, spins in the air 27.3 times before trying to catch it and misses it, lands on the floor, rolls under the table, retrieves coin, looks at it....... TAILS, it's a lie.
Everything I say is a lie.
I told the truth, raison bran and salt taste terrible together, don't ever try it.
I didn't change my underwear yesterday.
I didn't change my underwear yesterday.
I'll say truth, I'm guessing you had a day off, just sat around, didn't even shower, am I right?
I change my underwear 5 times daily. I bring 2 pp's to work with me, so I can change. I like m'boys to get aired out and freshened pretty reg'lar.
I will say lie Heath. Here's why....
"well, chicks really dig me, because I rarely wear underwear, but when I do it's really something special."
I found the above quote when I clicked on your avatar. So I figure you really had a slow day with the chicks. Am I right? So apparently you still had a very special day though, so that is good to hear.
I didn't change my underwear yesterday.I'll say truth, I'm guessing you had a day off, just sat around, didn't even shower, am I right?
Wow, you're amazing.
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No one has commented on my Gypsie story so Ill drag it out a bit. When I was 12 I was kidnapped by gypsies and stayed with them for a week at there camp in a trailer. I was returned after I went to a gypsie wedding where they served a pig head as one of the dishes.
A lie; you have +25 to your bluff check.
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When I was 15, my sister accidentally (I think) slammed the car door closed on my fingers – broke two of my fingers and had to have them in a splint. It was near the end of the year with year 10 exams coming up, and it was my right hand; they had to assign a year 9 kid to sit in the exams with me and write my answers down, an extremely frustrating experience.
Truth or lie?
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When I was 15, my sister accidentally (I think) slammed the car door closed on my fingers – broke two of my fingers and had to have them in a splint. It was near the end of the year with year 10 exams coming up, and it was my right hand; they had to assign a year 9 kid to sit in the exams with me and write my answers down, an extremely frustrating experience.
Truth or lie?
I'd say Lie. I dont believe you made it to year 10 :p
Actually Id say Turth. Unless it was your brother who broke your fingers.
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My grandmother raised big cats for an animal park in Arkansas. I've bottle-fed baby lions, tigers and jaguars, and been bitten by a lion, a mountain lion and a black leopard (two of three of them being my own stupid fault).
I just saw this on Animal Planet. My guess is you did too. So unless your that kid, odds are your lieing.
But, I'm noticing a trend here. People are dropping there "Odd thing to happen to me as a kid" stories here, so I'm going against the grain and saying Turth.
Wow, you're amazing.I didn't change my underwear yesterday.I'll say truth, I'm guessing you had a day off, just sat around, didn't even shower, am I right?
Thank you, you just made me laugh!
No one has commented on my Gypsie story so Ill drag it out a bit. When I was 12 I was kidnapped by gypsies and stayed with them for a week at there camp in a trailer. I was returned after I went to a gypsie wedding where they served a pig head as one of the dishes.
Sounds like something that acually happened to your D&D character instead, so I'll say lie.
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A couple of years back I was at a black tie charity dinner for autistic children. After the event, this guy decided to start throwing punches at me during an argument over a taxi – so there’s two guys outside this charity thing, brawling in our dinner suits. He gave me a black eye, I gave him a bloody nose and split lip (and hopefully a nice cleaning bill for his suit).
Truth or lie?
A couple of years back I was at a black tie charity dinner for autistic children. After the event, this guy decided to start throwing punches at me during an argument over a taxi – so there’s two guys outside this charity thing, brawling in our dinner suits. He gave me a black eye, I gave him a bloody nose and split lip (and hopefully a nice cleaning bill for his suit).
Truth or lie?
Huh. Well, the five ranks in bluff and eight ranks in storytelling you have listed in your profile would seem to suggest "lie" is possible, but you also have two ranks in brawl in a time when many people have none, and you have some connection with architecture. Architects are unique individuals.
I'm going to pick truth.
[Fixed thread title because these things bug me. :-]That is the turth Gary!
<Jack Nicholson> Gary can't handle the turth! </Jack Nicholson>
Wow. I started to post a series of truths hedging a lie, then realized what a reprobate I was growing up (so those are going away, lol).
Seems entirely plausible and since I have encountered this situation myself I would normally say "truth". However, you sir, could be the sort of fellow who would devise such a common scenario in which for us to accept which has no basis of truth to it, thus attempting to throw us off the trail of truth with a lie.
On the other hand, you very well may realize that such a scenario would be commonely accepted as a truth but that a learned reader would recognize this as well and assume that it is false. Knowing full well that this means of thinking would be delved into, you actually speak of a truthful scenario because you believe that we the reader will recognize that your truth will be expected to be a lie in order to throw us off, you speak the truth.
Of coarse, depending upon your level of education, you may have taken an outright lie which is commonly going to be accepted as the truth by most, and know full well that reverse logic will be used and such individuals will say "false". Therefore, in an attempt to throw people off, you claim this falsehood because you know we will say that you'll be expecting us to say your common scenario would be thought of by most to be false but easily acceptable, but we know that you know this and so the answer must be truth. However, given the inexperince of all of us since this is a new thread, such said thinking process will not be yet developed as it is human nature to become more and more sophisticated as we learn more information. Thus the truth you tell would be expected to be a lie yet most of us would realize this and at the same time know that your unwilling to reveal a truth because it is human nature to want to put one over on the...
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
I can quote the entirety of The Princess Bride, from start to finish, including sound effects and music.
Turth or lie?
Seems entirely plausible and since I have encountered this situation myself I would normally say "truth". However, you sir, could be the sort of fellow who would devise such a common scenario in which for us to accept which has no basis of truth to it, thus attempting to throw us off the trail of truth with a lie.
On the other hand, you very well may realize that such a scenario would be commonely accepted as a truth but that a learned reader would recognize this as well and assume that it is false. Knowing full well that this means of thinking would be delved into, you actually speak of a truthful scenario because you believe that we the reader will recognize that your truth will be expected to be a lie in order to throw us off, you speak the truth.
Of coarse, depending upon your level of education, you may have taken an outright lie which is commonly going to be accepted as the truth by most, and know full well that reverse logic will be used and such individuals will say "false". Therefore, in an attempt to throw people off, you claim this falsehood because you know we will say that you'll be expecting us to say your common scenario would be thought of by most to be false but easily acceptable, but we know that you know this and so the answer must be truth. However, given the inexperince of all of us since this is a new thread, such said thinking process will not be yet developed as it is human nature to become more and more sophisticated as we learn more information. Thus the truth you tell would be expected to be a lie yet most of us would realize this and at the same time know that your unwilling to reveal a truth because it is human nature to want to put one over on the...
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
I can quote the entirety of The Princess Bride, from start to finish, including sound effects and music.
Turth or lie?
I'll say truth, I have seen Ladyhawk some 30 times and once it is on I am always 1-2 lines ahead of the actors as well. I see no reason why you couldn't do one better with a movie as good as The Princess Bride. Not to mention the fact that you recognized my feeble attempt to mimic a scene in the show.
I'll say truth, I have seen Ladyhawk some 30 times and once it is on I am always 1-2 lines ahead of the actors as well. I see no reason why you couldn't do one better with a movie as good as The Princess Bride. Not to mention the fact that you recognized my feeble attempt to mimic a scene in the show.Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
I can quote the entirety of The Princess Bride, from start to finish, including sound effects and music.
Turth or lie?
Your attempt wasn't feeble, it was pretty good!
I'm afraid mine was a plausible lie - I can quote Star Wars from start to finish (at least, I used to be able to - I haven't tried it for a while). But The Princess Bride is a very rich source of quotes, particularly from Vizzini (as Snorter showed, above)...
When i was a boy some smrfs took me by surprise, and started whacking me with a big stick.
I killed them.
Turth or lie?
When i was a boy some smrfs took me by surprise, and started whacking me with a big stick.
I killed them.
Turth or lie?
Lie. You laid several traps, popped your head out, and lured a smurf adventuring party into an ambush. Gaze upon the avatar, Kobold, and think of what you have done!
Nice job, by the way.
I have seen the original Poseidon Adventure in excess of 150 times. I could easily act it out with sock puppets.
I once looked under the Queen mothers mattress to see what was there when I was eleven while my grandmother stole an ornament (fancy seashell) Prince Charles kept on the windowsill in the grand dining room.
Lie. You laid several traps, popped your head out, and lured a smrf adventuring party into an ambush. Gaze upon the avatar, Kobold, and think of what you have done!When i was a boy some smrfs took me by surprise, and started whacking me with a big stick.
I killed them.
Turth or lie?
It was two smrfs. And they never saw it comin', the suckers!