To tell the Truth . . .

[Draft Dodger]

and I figured my whistling lie was pretty lame.

[Anrhydeddu]

Besides, it was an oceanography trip, which catching marine life would be serious frowned upon, I imagine.

[Draft Dodger]

the shark thing was completely true. although, I never found out what happened to it - he wanted to have it stuffed, but I'm guessing it ended up in a dumpster somewhere.

[Craptacular]

Originally posted by Draft Dodger
and I figured my whistling lie was pretty lame.

My wife can't whistle.

*waiting for dumb jokes*

[Craptacular]

I'll give this a try now (my life has been pretty boring):

1) I've worn an actual World Series championship ring.

2) I've won over $1000 in one sitting at a casino.

3) I've had a hole-in-one and another eagle in golf in one round.

4) I had more papers published in national journals during my 4 years of undergraduate school than in my 4 years of graduate school.

5) I've learned to take off in a plane, but not land (no, I'm not a terrorist).

[JeeberD]

3

[Silver Owl]

5

[Draft Dodger]

I think I remember you telling us about 5.
2 doesn't seem far-fetched.

I say 3 also.

[Craptacular]

Originally posted by JeeberD
3

Nope. Years ago, I played a round with my dad. On the way there, I told him I had missed two makeable eagle putts on the 10th hole of the course we were going to the previous two rounds (I had never had an eagle before). We started on the 10th hole ... and I made double-bogey. The 11th was about a 195-yard, slightly uphill par 3 with a level green (so you couldn't see the putting surface). I hit a nice 3-iron, saw it bounce once, then heard the group in front of us on the next tee start yelling.

On the back (well, front) nine, I chipped in my second shot on a short par-4 for an eagle.

I had another eagle two weeks later, but haven't had one since!

[Craptacular]

Originally posted by Silver Owl
5

Sorry. My parents were private pilots and let me take control for a take-off once.

[stkelly52]

1

[Craptacular]

Originally posted by stkelly52
1

Nope. I met Johnny Logan (SS on '57 Milwaukee Braves team) at a small baseball card / memorabilia show when I was younger, and he let me wear his WS ring for a minute. His is one of the few autographs I have.

[tucker342]

I guess I'll say 4...

[Craptacular]

Originally posted by tucker342
I guess I'll say 4...

Wrong! Two as an undergrad, nothing as a grad.

I guess that leaves #2. I've won around $750 in one night playing various slots and blackjack, and have won jackpots of 1000 quarters or 4000 nickels, but never made more than $1000 on one machine or in one night overall.

[IMetTrentGreen]

fun idea

1. my dad and his friend got into an (friendly) insult match with former smu mustang jerry ball when the raiders came to austin a few years back for training camp with the cowboys

2. i met trent green, back when he was a ram, at training camp in mccomb, illinois

3. i got autographs from steven weber and micheal boatman (black gay guy from spin city) in a concession stand at a lakers game. they were there together, as friends. i also stood a few feet from bill russell outside staples

4. i lost the love of my early life (waste of 8 months, set my life back at least 4 years), the rebound girl, and my best friend (to each other ) in a span of a month

5. an old friend of my mom's was the voice of one of the ninja turtles on the old cartoons

[Solecismic]

I'll guess 2... it just seems too improbable.

[Poli]

Solecismic!!! I miss my TCY!

[korme]

5

[Silver Owl]

I'll say 4.

[Marc Vaughan]

1. I have been threatened by American Military Police for measuring a Stealth Bomber

2. I had a mare while during my trial with semi-pro soccer club Stevenage Town at the age of 16

3. I fell in love with my wife before I saw her face

4. I'm considered legally blind by the English goverment

5. I have cooked food for several members of the cast from British soap opera's (Eastenders to be exact).

[Maple Leafs]

Originally posted by Marc Vaughan
3. I fell in love with my wife before I saw her face

Pig.

I'll say #4.

[Draft Dodger]

had a mare?

since I don't know what this means, I'll choose it.

[Marc Vaughan]

Sorry Mr. Leaf, I'm extremely but extremely short sighted without correction - so much so that when it comes to discounts for corrective items I'm considered blind by the English goverment (and so get 80% or so off).

Luckily my eyesight problem is a birth defect and nearly 100% correctable using lenses.

[Marc Vaughan]

Originally posted by Draft Dodger
had a mare?
since I don't know what this means, I'll choose it.

Darn - should have used a less descriptive term (it means 'played badly') .... you're right, I've never been anywhere good enough to get a trial (was barely good enough to make school/college teams let alone try to turn semi pro).

The rest is true I'm afraid ...

[Maple Leafs]

Originally posted by Marc Vaughan
Sorry Mr. Leaf, I'm extremely but extremely short sighted without correction - so much so that when it comes to discounts for corrective items I'm considered blind by the English goverment (and so get 80% or so off).

Hm. Are you by chance a National Hockey League referee?

[Silver Owl]

O.K. I'll give this a try.

1) I once took my 70 year old fairly religious grandmother to a Cheech & Chong movie.

2) I used to steal books from the local bookstore, but returned them when i was done reading them.

3) I had the opportunity to go on a date with a playboy playmate before she was a playmate, but asked her sister out instead.

4) A friend found former Cleveland Browns coach Bill Belichick's draft book with draft plans and notes when cleaning out a rental car 3 weeks before the draft.

5) When I was 10 or 11 years old living in Kentucky, my mom caught me uh, playing with myself in an outhouse.

[IMetTrentGreen]

mine was 2, btw. i've actually never met trent green

[Maple Leafs]

Originally posted by IMetTrentGreen
mine was 2, btw. i've actually never met trent green

OK, I have to ask. Why the screen name?

[Solecismic]

I remembered something about the Trent Green story from a couple of years ago. I'll have to throw one of these together when there's a break. I've really led a boring life compared to many of you guys. No orgies, no impressive star sightings...

[IMetIMetTrentGreen]

Originally posted by Maple Leafs
OK, I have to ask. Why the screen name?

It's understandable. For instance, I've never met IMetTrentGreen.

[stkelly52]

I'll guess #4

[Marc Vaughan]

Originally posted by Solecismic
I remembered something about the Trent Green story from a couple of years ago. I'll have to throw one of these together when there's a break. I've really led a boring life compared to many of you guys. No orgies, no impressive star sightings...

Heh - I reckon you've dozens of odd facts in your life that no one would imagine Jim ... I thought the same as you when I saw this thread and managed to dredge up a few 'oddities' ... I think everyone has a few strange happenings in their life.

[Silver Owl]

Originally posted by stkelly52
I'll guess #4

Nope, this one is true.

Belichick forgot the notebook in a car and a friend of mine who cleaned cars after they were returned found it. He called the cleveland brown offices to tell them what he found but they didn't believe him. After a couple of days someone called and asked him to return the notebook and gave him 2 browns tickets when he did. I got to see who the browns were planning for their #1 pick (Tommy Vardell) and what notes they had about him and a lot of other college players.

[IMetTrentGreen]

i wanted to say i met someone that noboby would brag about. i was in mccomb when the rams came for training camp, so trent green it was

[tucker342]

Originally posted by Marc Vaughan
Heh - I reckon you've dozens of odd facts in your life that no one would imagine Jim ... I thought the same as you when I saw this thread and managed to dredge up a few 'oddities' ... I think everyone has a few strange happenings in their life.

I would be hard pressed to come up with five really really strange happenings in my life....

[korme]

5

outhouses have locks

[Solecismic]

I'll go with #3 on that one.


All right, here's my attempt...


1) Batting second in a sixth-grade baseball game, our leadoff hitter was drilled in the ribs by a local pitching sensation named Jim Harbaugh. Now this was the toughest guy in our school, and he was bent over on the sideline, crying, clearly out of the game. Fighting off tears of fear myself, I closed my eyes and stood practically at third base while he fired three strikes past me. Fortunately, some sort of innings limit had him out of the game by the fourth inning, so I didn't have to get back in there.

2) When I was a reporter for The Ann Arbor News, before a Michigan football game, I was up in the press box watching a CBS monitor showing another game. Brent Musberger came back from the food table, pushed me and swore at me for getting in the way of his view of the monitor.

3) My entire freshman year of college, I had a crush on the prettiest girl in our dorm. I finally became friends with her right before the summer break (being both cocky and funny, of course) and we wrote to each other all summer. When we returned to school, we spent a lot of time together, and one night, she kissed me. I completely froze, thinking there were a thousand reasons she could have done that, only a few meaning she was actually interested. I never had another opportunity with her.

4) Senior year, my housemates held a huge party. We had at least 100 people in various states of stupor wandering about. One of my housemates brought Barry Larkin to the party. Another housemate brought a stoner, and he fell down the stairs, spilling his entire beer over a railing onto Larkin. The next day, my housemate and Larkin came up to me and demanded to know who had dissed him. I just said I saw it, it was an accident, and they should drop it. Fortunately, they did, saving both my life and Larkin's career.

5) At E3 in 2000, I was hanging out near the Tecmo booth, where of all things, Gary Coleman was playing Dead or Alive on the PS2. Now Coleman had been reviewing sports games for UGO, so I thought there might be an opportunity there. There was a long line of people waiting to play him, and he was winning every time. So I waited in line, but instead of taking my turn, I pulled a copy of FOF out of my bag and asked if he would be interested in reviewing a real game rather than some stupid arcade fighter (see, both cocky and funny, though it works better with girls than with small has-been actors). I never got an answer. His bodyguard grabbed me and told me to stay away from the Tecmo booth.

[mckerney]

I'll go with #3 on that, guessing that she was actually the second prettiest girl in your dorm, though quite hot nonetheless.

[Silver Owl]

Originally posted by Shorty3281
5

outhouses have locks

Nope,
This is true also. This one didn't lock.

[JeeberD]

For Jim I gotta say #2. I can't see Brent being that big of an ass. Of course, people are usually different than their on screen persona's may indicate...

[QuikSand]

I'll guess #1 from Solecismic, for no good reason.

[Marc Vaughan]

Solecismic - I'll take #5 .... can't imagine him still having bodyguards ..

[Eaglesfan27]

I'll guess 4 for Solecismic's list

[Silver Owl]

Originally posted by Solecismic
I'll go with #3 on that one.

You Are Correct !

1) I once took my 70 year old fairly religious grandmother to a Cheech & Chong movie.

My grandmother came to visit us for 2 weeks one summer and my sister thought that we should take her to see a movie. Somehow we choose a Cheech and Chong movie. She asked to go home the next day.

2) I used to steal books from the local bookstore, but returned them when i was done reading them.

I had 3 study halls one year in high school so I read alot. I would steal books from the bookstore and return them back to the shelf when I was done reading them. In my mind I didn't really think of it as stealing because I was returning them. My life of crime 25 years ago.

3) I had the opportunity to go on a date with a playboy playmate before she was a playmate, but asked her sister out instead.

In my dreams. There was a playmate from akron a couple years ago but I didn't know her.
Heather Kozar was her name.


4) A friend found former Cleveland Browns coach Bill Belichick's draft book with draft plans and notes when cleaning out a rental car 3 weeks before the draft.

Was interesting watching the draft knowing how Belichick had certain players rated.

5) When I was 10 or 11 years old living in Kentucky, my mom caught me uh, playing with myself in an outhouse.

Self explanatory.

[cuervo72]

Originally posted by Silver Owl

In my dreams. There was a playmate from akron a couple years ago but I didn't know her.
Heather Kozar was her name.

Obligitory Heather Kozar pic:



and: http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/145/3684.jpg (safe)

edit: apparently she's on The Price is Right now.

[Coffee Warlord]

1) I'm the reason alcohol was banned on the Metra (chicago rail transit system)
on weekends.

2) I am distantly related to Richard Nixon.

3) My aunt lived next door to the Bush family, and to this day thinks Dubya's
wife hates her because my aunt slept with GW once upon a time.

4) One of my ex girlfriends when I was at Colorado wound up dating none
other than Adam Bledsoe, Drew's brother.

5) I cut a deal with an NSA agent once, acquring an NSA Pin, NSA notepads, NSA coloring books, and a few other things, in exchange for a t-shirt.

[QuikSand]

#3 - the order of presentation doesn't jibe in my mind...

[Maple Leafs]

Originally posted by QuikSand
#3 - the order of presentation doesn't jibe in my mind...

No kidding. Talk about burying the lead.

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally posted by QuikSand
#3 - the order of presentation doesn't jibe in my mind...

Nope, very much true. They grew up as neighbors, and did have at it once upon a time.

She rants and raves about how what's-her-name hates her every time the subject comes up. (Yeah, she's odd.)

[QuikSand]

Well, you got me good. I was sure that this was a case of the made-up story getting better as you wrote it. "Yeah, she lived right next door, yeah... and they slept together, yeah, that's the ticket..."