Guess the Lie

Damn, you guys are good. #3 is the lie.

The only reason I guessed no. 3 is because I thought that the poster is male & obviously Ophelia is female. Turns out the poster is “Janet” so she could conceivably play Ophelia.

I guess @Allaby is up next.

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I’m here only on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. That’s why I’m here now.

1. I used to work in a video store.
2. I currently work in a call centre.
3. I used to work at Wendy's.

#3 is the lie.

Incorrect. When I was in Bible College, I worked at Wendy's. I didn't like it, but I did it for a while part time.

It's obviously #1 as the lie. Deductive reasoning

Correct! I have never worked in a video store.

I worked in 2 video stores in the 80's before I was 18

I guess it's my turn.


I just drank a pint of pale ale.
I just ate a slice of cold pizza.
I just picked my nose.

Knowing the things you like (although I'm not 100% sure about "pale" ale)... I guess #3.

Well, you guessed right. You're up Captain.

1. I've been banned from the eBay Community boards permanently... twice.
2. When I worked in a restaurant, I once waited on the Stiller family (Jerry, his wife Anne Meara, & their children Ben and Amy)
3. I once effectively convinced a girl I worked with that I was two twin brothers (but they were both me).

1 seems fairly believable if you make up a second identity, so I'll go with that.

1. I have family that hail from Kazakstan.

2. I have family that hail from India.

3. I have family that hail from Sweden.

I'm going with #2 as I've never heard you mention that story before, though I do know you worked in a restaurant once.



*If #3 is true I want to hear more!

I am going with #1.

We haven’t solved Captain Steel’s entry yet.

Rules wins (#2 is the lie - I worked in a restaurant, but, as far as I know, no celebrity Stillers ever came in).

#1. I was banned "permanently" twice from eBay under the same I.D. - back around 2015 there was something I called the "great amnesty" where banned members were allowed back onto the community boards - this was due to exposure by a massive amount of members that the moderation company eBay was using at the time had been banning countless members out of personal bias rather than for breaking rules. eBay corrected the problem with a new contract company, but which ended up not being much better as similar situations have arisen (thus another permanent ban).

#3. The twins prank I really regret. It started off innocently enough with a female co-worker (a bartender) confusing the fact that I had multiple relatives working at the restaurant at that time, and at one point she asked if one she had met was my twin brother. I ran with the suggestion and told her yes. (I think I was inspired by an episode of the Brady Bunch where Peter pretends to be two different people.)

I worked in the kitchen as a food prep during the day, but would work as a kitchen-waiter on certain evenings. What helped the ruse was that the bartender was stuck behind the bar while I had the run of the place. There was also a window between the bar and the kitchen that served to aid the prank, and several other co-workers who were in on the joke acted as co-conspirators (the atmosphere of the place was one of constant pranks).

Things would happen like; the bartender would talk to me through the window when I was working in the kitchen, then I'd go home after lunch, get changed and return for the evening shift. I'd wave at the bartender as I entered, but then run into the kitchen, throw on a dirty apron, mess my hair up and open the bar window to ask her if she'd seen my brother come in. She'd say yeah, he just came in about 30 seconds ago! Then I'd appear seconds later at the back of the bar as my waiter twin as she'd tell me my brother was in the kitchen looking for me.

The practical joke went on for a couple weeks, and I had to keep coming up with new tricks as she was growing skeptical, but what I wasn't planning on was her reaction when the truth was revealed. I was so caught up in the "fun" of fooling her that I never considered how she would feel when the gag was finally over. She felt angry & hurt.

I learned a valuable but painful lesson - don't mess with people just because an opportunity arises or because you can - even in the name of humor, because, while the "audience" (my co-workers) may have found it funny, the target did not.

She did get her revenge though, and got me fired for helping myself to a "shift drink" (which every worker was entitled to)... except I was still under drinking age! She told on me and I couldn't blame her (after all, I broke the rules & the law). Luckily for me, I was hired back a couple months later on a probationary basis until my 21st birthday (when I could have a shift drink without breaking rules).

I'll go next:

1. I once played Cyrano de Bergerac to help my younger brother get a date with an attractive girl and it worked.
2. I have an older brother who went off to college on a basketball scholarship, our family hasn't heard from him since.
3. I once broke up with my friend's girlfriend by imitating him on the phone.

I'm guessing number two. He probably would be able to get the girl in a heartbeat if he was a basketball player. A lot of girls especially the attractive ones usually tend to look at people from the surface rather than from their personalities.