Now That We Know What You Look Like, Let's Learn More! UPDATE:ANSWERS

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

I volunteer at an Assisted Living Retirement Facility and I do game night every Thursday night. I get so tired of word games and am constantly trying to find something new to play that gets met with some response other than, "This is so Stupid!"  Recently, I tried a new game. I asked each resident to write down four things about themselves. Three of the things must be the truth and one should be a lie. It was our job to then guess the lie. Unfortunately, I am dealing with the very elderly and was getting responses like: 1) I am a woman 2) I have gray hair 3) I am wearing a blue shirt 4) I went to the moon...so the answer was pretty obvious, but in a few rare cases we learned some interesting facts.

So, here is the challenge. Write four interesting facts about yourself. Three must be the truth and one is a lie. The rest of us will try to guess the lie! Let's see who is the best guesser on DK!  Here are mine:

1.) I love to sing Karaoke and once won a Karaoke contest singing Eye of the Tiger.

2.) In the last few years, I have seen Beyonce, Usher/Trey Songz, Michael Buble, Sugarland, and Brad Paisley in concert and my absolute favorite is Michael Buble.

3.) I do not drink any alcohol.

4.) I played competitive co-ed volleyball for years.

 

P.S. Hold off on giving any answers until people are done guessing. I will post an update and then we can all tell which is the lie. This is hard :)

 

Well, I learned some facts today. We have some inpatient people on DK..LOL. I won't mention any names.. OK, here is my lie. Go ahead and give your answer too.  If anyone wants to tally up who had the most correct answers, I will post that too. If no one volunteers, I will do it later today.

 

My lie is #1. I have a terrible singing voice and once when I was singing to the American Idol game on the Wii (I think), my SIL and DD said it sounded like an animal was dying. They made Simon seem kind.

I have been to all those concerts and did play volleyball.

My husband said the reason I don't drink is because he has to drink, in order to survive me :) No reason..not against drinking, etc. I just don't like the taste. I hate tea, coffee, most juices, and Kool Aid type drinks too. I did like that almost everyone thought I was a drunk. Please don't kick me out of Yappy Hour because my drink of choice is Root BEER.

[Anna and Achilles]

Dam you didn't meet him!! he is so cute!

[Martha & Cooper]

George is spending a lot of time over at Miami University in Oxford.  The kids on campus are talking about it.  They are shooting "Ides of March" as we write!

[BG and Gavin]

Okay here are my truths:

1)  My father raised and trained standard bred race horse my whole life (until he retired from the business a few years ago) and I spent a good portion of my youth in a barn and at the race track.

2)  When I was in university, my roommates boyfriend played basketball with a hot amateur boxer named Lennox Lewis.  The four of us went out one night on a set up.  He must have know he was destined for greatness as although he was a handsome man, his ego was just too much.  Sadly I am not mentioned in his bio...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennox_Lewis

3)  I am a child and family counsellor and have worked for the past 24 years exclusively with girls aged 12-18 with behavioural and emotional problems and their parents.  I am an expert on teenage girls!

4) Although I have played softball most of my life, I was never that good.  My university did not even have a woman's softball team.  This was my lie and no one guessed it!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Darn it....where were you during my daughter's teenage years???

[shelly]

WOW! "BG"!  Wish you studied teen-age BOYS too!  I think YOU win - I think you have stumped everyone!!! 

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Very Impressive BruceGirl. Did you see the movie Secretariat? Loved it. 

[Linda and Murphy]

BG, impressive.   I always wanted a horse.  I, too, played softball but this was before Title 9. Later while playing mixed league softball, I took a line drive to my shin (darn guy), developed anterior compartment syndrome and had to have surgery.

[BG and Gavin]

Ouch!  I played semi-competitve fast pitch till my late 30's when I developed shoulder problems (thoracic outlet syndrome) and that was the end of that. 

I was generally assigned the un-glamorous work at the stable - mucking stalls, gooming, hauling water.  It was cool though (like dogs) the special relationships you developed with certain horses.  One mare we had was spooky and was very difficult to load in the trailer.  If the men strong armed her she would become very aggitated and did not race well.  However, she would follow me everywhere.  On race day my dad would write me a note to get out of school so that I could go to the stable and load the mare. She would just walk right in behind me.

[Linda and Murphy]

Thats a great story. Wonderful you got to work with your dad. The dog trainer that I have taken Murphy to was originally a horse person. She is a good trainer but apparently doesn't like goofy Doodles ...really non AKC dogs I think.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Wow, I'm so surprised.  I could really picture you singing in a Karaoke bar with a beer in each hand.  Who knew?  Hahaha.  Thanks for this, Laurie.  It really was a lot of fun.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

What kind of impression am I making in Yappy Hour...LOL? I still sing, but most people cover their ears.

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Thank you Laurie, this was fun!!