Also Limes, tell your mom she rules!

Hmmm, wow, kudos for doing number one, if that is true! I will say three is the lie as hot sun and snow seems unlikely.

I’ll guess the third one is the lie…

I don't believe that our beloved Queen would have fraternised with commoners, so I am saying that is the lie.

So many things to think back on! I decided to use examples from my 30 years of volunteering with Girl Scouts.

1. I was the director of a one-day camping skills training event for 500+ girls ages 5-11 and their 200+ adult chaperones (and did this 5 years in a row).
2. While visiting Wales with my teenaged Girl Scout troop, we happened to be unexpectedly in the same location as Queen Elizabeth II, and she exchanged greetings with all 8 of us.
3. On one large-group camping weekend at a former army field, we experienced all of these types of weather at different times within the two-day period: hot sun, a rainstorm, snow flurries, and such strong winds that 3 tents were uprooted and blew across the field.

I'm relieved. That is a horrible story. Though I'm sorry it's true of your mother.

I just realised I was meant to reveal the answer… :/

I didn’t go to a Christian youth conference and convert anyone to atheism. That was my mother.

I used to go to the cascades all the time, the Gorges du Loup - I knew my way very well, used to skip ahead of the guys and climb down and set up a picnic on a rock and then go swimming in the little pools.

The ONE TIME I had a terrified woman with me, refusing to go because it looked scary…I thought I can reassure her that it’s perfectly safe and it was going so well…then a rock slipped from under my foot (whilst we were at the top, the easy bit with the rope and makeshift steps) and I slipped and nearly fell from quite bloody high up onto a huge rock below. Luckily a very small tree blocked me. I lost a shoe.

She did not come down to the pretty waterfalls. Wimp.

My great grandmother traced us back to Guy Fawkes, as did another family member. They might be insane but apparently this is true.

One. Even if fawkes had no descendants, there could have been siblings to make the connection

I vote one.

@cat agree, but also agree that Limes would be ambitious enough to try and climb a waterfall!

Guy Fawkes is too low class to be related to Lime.

Alright you guys, way to riff off of me...I'm changing my guess, because a quick check reveals that Guy Fawkes had no descendants.

I vote the third one is the lie because guy Fawkes is too random and I think Limes would've added more details about the waterfall

I vote for the 3rd statement, just for having the most details...

I pick the first one simply for the lack of detail that characterizes the other two.

Guy Fawkes sounds too good to be true. Though under different circumstances I would not hesitate to believe you, Lime;-)

I remembered I was meant to post one of these, so here weeee gooooo, guess my lie:

• Whilst demonstrating how safe it was to climb down to a waterfall, I nearly fell to my death.

• I am related to Guy Fawkes - the man who famously tried to blow up British Parliament in 1605.

• When I was 13, my school sent me to a Christian youth conference in the hopes I’d convert. Instead I converted at least 3 people to atheism. 

I’m intrigued now…is there some way you can cause an intense and detailed vision of how it ended up there and who it belonged to…? Seen those on the telly. We just need a psychic and/or witch.

No, my dad’s house was pretty humble and chill, would’ve been a weird place to store stuff. I probably fell of someone’s hand decades ago during a rainy walk or perhaps a tumultuous fight?! A garden is way better than a toilet eh?

Wow, what a brilliant find! Are you sure it’s not part of some super exciting and kewl jewel heist?

It had to be resized. It has a low flush profile, main ring is gold with inlaid white gold, a main diamond and six smaller ones inserted into the design. I do stuff with my hands constantly and can’t stand scratching and snagging stuff. I took it to a jeweler and they said it was probably a man’s wedding ring from the late forties, early fifties. I guess they had a lot of bling in their rings back then. It is very art deco and symmetrical as well.

Your ring…tell us about that? Did it fit you or had to be resized?

The lie was 2. I never dug up a human skull thank goodness. I dug up a horse’s jawbone once, my vet identified it…

I vote for 3

I vote number 2.

Sasa, I vote for 1

Zsuz, in some parts of France, Friday the 13th is considered lucky so I think of it as a good day now. Sounds like it was a good one for you. :D

Sasa…I hope to god it is the second one.

• I traveled to Mexico City with a girlfriend and was wined and dined by a Mexican mover and shaker but lost my fondness for him when I saw the picture of him and Richard Nixon on his wall in his AMAZING Mexican castle-house.

• I was gardening in a rental house by my college, and dug up a human skull.

• My dad found my wedding ring buried in his yard. No one ever claimed it, and it is quite amazing.

Lime, I think your head is still attached. Anyway, if it isn't, you won't be reading this...

As for my statements, the pet chicken was the lie. I never had any pets growing up. It was my husband who had a pet chicken, which was then eaten. I don't think he named her, at least he didn't tell me any names, just that he was teaching her to do tricks. I just used the name of Kotkoda from the Hungarian cartoon series of "Kukori and Kotkoda" - you might have guessed, it's about a rooster (Kukori) and his wife (Kotkoda). The hitchhiking is true, though I didn't go alone: I was with my - then 19 year old - brother. I wouldn't have gone by myself. And the story of Friday the 13th is that we wanted to book Saturday the 14th, but the place was fully booked, so we settled for Friday instead. I am not superstitious - and my marriage lasted 42 years, only ending then because my husband died.

‘Tis a trick - the forum counted them for me.

Prob do have heatstroke though. 🫠🤔

Lime your head must be attached because you did count to 4 but you obviously do not understand directions...... Maybe it's too hot there and you have heat stroke?

1. All the energy I was going to put into my match has been drained out of me by the fireball in the sky
2. I have spent tonight being traumatised by really terrible French music (AKA French music)
3. My head has fallen off
4. I can’t count

I ruined the game because these are all true (ish).

@Pinquey, I figured you were arrested for senseless reasons. @Dam not so sure about your arrests, but if you care to elaborate, please do.

That parrot did his best. He just wanted to be loved and to sing (scream) glorious (ish) “songs”.

Also to bite everything and everyone. Which is very relatable.

He hated the world and everyone in it.

Alien, far from being notorious, I am so successful a criminal that I haven’t been rearrested for decades.

Dame, were those 11 arrests all on the same night?

Zsuz, I hope number 1 is the lie. I kept chickens once but I couldn’t even eat their eggs. Ended up with a lot of chickens!

My lie, as several of you so astutely guessed, was that I taught the parrot a bit of Descartes. In reality, that parrot bit me on the back of the neck and gave me a black eye. He never listened to a word I said.

As for my arrests: one was for filming outside a prison and the other was for going to a party in the company of someone of Indian descent, in apartheid South Africa. At the time, interracial gatherings were not allowed if music was being played or alcohol was on offer. We’d only been at the party for ten minutes before the special branch showed up, so somebody must’ve tipped them off. Bastards.

My mongoose was called Herbert and I would throw a ping pong ball to him and he would throw it back across a couple of trestle tables. We didn’t use a net or rackets. Neither of us was very good at ping pong in all honesty, but we had a great time.

Z, I am going to guess 3 as well.

Z I would ha e to say 3. As tough as marriage is, why would you start out on a Friday the 13th?

Zsuz, I will guess…3.

Sys…right now. 🤗

Silv, I am glad you have survived all your zooming. I can’t even walk through my house without getting injured. Impressive whooshing.

The plain potato however…eww. Gotta have salt and some olive oil, at least, surely…

2k, that’s so frightening…all of it. Scary to not be sure what caused the poisoning also. Congratulations on not dying! Hooray! 🎊🎉

Did you escape the police or did you have to explain the situation to their blank (hopefully embarrassed) faces?

Damian, in my head you can lip read now, I’d settled on it…sooo…can you at least pretend to learn.

3 - can’t lip read

Also, Alien, I deeply appreciate your intellectual respect, but I did end up poisoning myself when I was 8. It wasn’t apple seeds, but apparently apple juice has been recalled a number of times for containing arsenic. I can’t even guarantee that it was apple juice actually. I was going through brain fog, severe rashes, and breathing problems when I entered the hospital. They drew my blood and found arsenic. It must have been in just a bit more than trace amounts for me to experience symptoms but still live. The best the doctors could guess was that it was apple juice, but my family doesn’t know for sure.

I did drink vodka when I was a kid. My grandfather had it in a shot glass. My memories also started forming at that age. The shot glass looked like a sippy cup, so I drank what I hoped was orange juice. That was a shock to the system.

I didn’t get arrested by the police, but I was chased by them. There was a pokemon in the opposite direction of the police. This was when Pokemon Go just came out, so in my eagerness, I ran so suspiciously fast “away from the cops” that they chased after me

Z I’m going to guess 1 for you. Dame, I’m also thinking 2 for you.

Silver, that potato habit of yours is quite handy. I don’t know if I’ll have the opportunity to use that myself since I graduated, but I’m keeping that in mind if I know there’s a microwave wherever I’m going

We could turn this into Boojum tourney 2.0 lol, if we get a scoreboard up on people's number of correct guesses...

• I have not bathed in mayonnaise.

The stuff is a Bad Texture, and I generally refuse to consume or touch it. Nasty!!

• I used to be a verifiable menace (←vid) on my Razor scooter (←img).

Sadly (or probably, fortunately for my physical wellbeing), there are no hills where I live now. I often arrived places on my scooter faster than the bus did at my university.

• One of my go-to 'to-go' snacks in university was carrying around a single raw potato in my backpack. (EDIT: there were microwaves available in various buildings, I could have cooked it... I will leave it to you guys to decide if you think I did.)

People were very confused whenever I pulled out the potato. Then stabbed it repeatedly with a pocket knife. They were slightly less confused when I found a microwave to chuck it into, but I brought the general confusion level back up by proceeding to casually munch it down plain like an apple, skin and all.

So when does all the hugging ensue?

It's fun, so I came up with 3 more statements:

1. I had a pet chicken named Kotkoda when I was a child, at least for a while - until it was eaten.
2. I hitchhiked around in Poland the summer I was 17.
3. I got married on Friday the 13th.

Most of your guessed accurately about my lie too. It was a horse I rode on the sand dunes, not a camel. There was a camel there but he was only for taking pictures with. He was not a happy camel. He spit on me. The horse wasn't all that happy either, to be honest.

Well, most people guessed correctly - the earthworm was my lie. Sorry to disappoint you, Sasa.

As for Sys, I'll go with the camel.

Dame - hm, I'll say lip reading, just to contradict other guessers.

2k - I hope it's the arsenic that's not true...

Pinquey - it's hard. Maybe the mongoose?

Lime Brian, I am on tenterhooks for your contribution! Please don't make it too long...

Yes, the bar has been raised….

I reckon Sasa and Cat might be right with that thinking, I will also guess it might be 2 for you D.

3 on sys and 2 on dame. You both lead an interesting life!

Oooh, Dame you just win this game, period. I think 2). You have probably only been arrested 10 times.

I have 5 children of my own, plus 2 adopted children and 14 children that i pay fees for to send to school in Nigeria.

I've been arrested by the police 11 times.

I can lip read.

@sys guessing three.

It’s a good thing I’m terrible at guessing, sys. I’m guessing 3.

regardless of which ones are the lies for people here, y’all have some fascinating stories

I’ll guess the first one for you Sys…

I don't know how you guys do it. I can think of many truthful things about myself but I can't think of any fabrication that wouldn't sound too obvious.

Well, here goes:

I have relatives in North Korea

I used to write to Mikhail Gorbachev

I once rode a camel on the sand dunes in Japan.

Just quickly…Al was it you who ate tinfoil recently?

Is that how you got your boggling powers 2k? Was it like when Obelix fell into the cauldron as a baby?

You seem too smart to accidentally poison yourself with arsenic.

Dom, Al is referring to Pinquey.

Guessing 3 for 2k.

Guessing 1 for 2k. But if its true I'm glad you lived to talk about it. By the way, do not try hemlock.....

2k, I am guessing 1. I hope you don’t have a fixation on eating apple seeds…oh wait that is cyanide. Hmmm.

My guesses for Z would be 2. Pinquey 3. Secret police always makes for a good story so long as they let you live.

For me

1. I accidentally poisoned myself with arsenic
2. I got arrested for playing Pokémon Go
3. I drank vodka when I was 2

@Dom, no Limes hasn’t gone yet….

Pinquey I would have to guess 3. A mongoose can be a "clown" in slang terms or someone silly.

Pinquey, hmmm, I will guess the parrot. Thanks Cat!

Alien, what's that about Lime's mum? Did Lime even write something to guess? Did I miss it? Or is this just general bickering stuff?

Hmmm, Pinquey....I don't know you at all. So this is difficult. I go with the parrot!

Can confirm that Lime's mum is a notorious criminal. Number 3 sounds too obvious, so I think it is a red Herring.

Zsuz, it has to be the earthworm.

Silver, my vote is for the potato.

Catlover, Robert the Bruce, your kids are right, that is so cool!

Here are my offerings:

1. I was arrested by the secret police, twice.
2. My childhood best friend and I used to play ping pong after school: he was a mongoose. 
3. I taught a parrot to quote Descartes, specifically “cogito ergo sum”.

For the record, I dislike christmas. I used too when the kids were younger. Now it just causes too much unneeded stress. Our kids think it is really cool that Robert the Bruce is in our family tree. Traced from my mothers side of the family who were from that region.

I can believe potatoes though. We used to much on them in our younger years on the farm. You can pretty much eat anything when you are hungry.....

I think (hope) the lie for yours, Zsuz, is 3…because ewwww.

Sasa, yup, we say babysitter, also childminder and nanny. Also thanks for introducing me/us to this game, it’s fun.

Still trying to engage my brain (autocorrect insists it’s a Brian) long enough to write one for me.

That's a funny game. But I hate long threads. So, let me bring some order to the statements and the guesses. I just woke up...Sasa and Alien are done. For Silver I go with 1. The potato is already quite eccentric, but I think she is crazy enough for the mayonnaise bath! Cat is a descendant of old Robert the Bruce, so 1 too. I consider Zszsuanna to be a hidden hard-core jungle survivor. So, yes, I go with the earthworm - poor thing;-)

3 for z. 2 on silver. I will answer mine tomorrow but I will say that ostrich was very good.

I will be so impressed if z ate an earthworm!

Ostrich, I think I have seen that as jerky before... Alligator, definitely have. I know where I could buy some gator jerky around here.

@Limes, I am not genetically related, through marriage. cousin in law, I guess…We still share an aunt.

Also, so many things swirling in my mind to use. Thanks Limesy for bringing this game to boojum!

@Brits do you use the word babysitter, or is it something else when someone watches you for a spell, but aren’t live in, etc.

@Z #3, crickets are quite delicious if properly seasoned and alligator tastes like chicken. I had a babysitter that actually breaded and fried earthworms. I did think that was way beyond my palate. 🤐

I guess 2 for silver, 1 for Cat.

And here are my 3 statements:

1. I ate a cricket
2. I ate alligator
3. I ate an earthworm

Which one is a lie?

I’m going with 3…

I will say you haven’t eaten ostrich, cuz Xmas is so fun and being related to a past king is so kewl…

1. I am a descendant of Robert the Bruce.

2. I have eaten ostrich.

3. My favorite holiday is Christmas.

That’s awkward coz HE’S SO PRETTY and you are not allowed to go OMG LOOK AT HIS DIMPLES HE’S SO BEAUTIFUL.

Not so anyone can hear anyway.

Josh Hartnett and I share an aunt. I was too young for Love/Cobain experiences but my hubby and some friends have loads of stories…

A raw potato? Hmmm. I think the mayo is the lie, I mean, that is a ridiculous amount of mayo, unless you had a side gig at Best Foods.

Al - 3.

Silv…also 3, I hope.

1. I have once bathed my entire person in mayonnaise. it made my hair and skin shiny but overall was not worth the mess. 2/10 stars experience.
2. I have broken street speed limits on a foot-propelled Razor scooter.
3. One of my go-to 'to-go' snacks in university was carrying around a single raw potato in my backpack. (EDIT: there were microwaves available in various buildings, I could have cooked it... I will leave it to you guys to decide if you think I did.)

I have video evidence for one of my claims, and I will ominously not say which one yet. :)

@Sasa

I have vaguely heard... one of these names, maybe. Lol I am not savvy on celebrity types.

@Alienzen

Wind in the Willows, I hadn't thought about that one in a while! Charming story, that.

You have never heard of Flight of the Navigator? Wind in the Willows was the first Play I saw. I cant really remember what the costumes were like, I was about 5 years old.

Wind in the the Willows would have adorable, but complicated costumes.

You were 8 when you first went to the cinema seems plausible, never heard of that film, but seems like a choice a young boy would make.

The Hobbit is great and memorable.

I think Wind in the Willows is the lie, but I rather it be the cinema.

1. The first novel I read was the Hobbit.
2. The play I saw was Wind in the Willows
3. The movie I saw (at the Cinema) was The Flight of the Navigaor

Lolol…you know what’s so funny, I actually completely forgot it’s TWO truths…despite me writing the bloody thing here. :/

I feel like 3 is the lie (if it’s not, tell him I love him)…but I am also paranoid that that’s all a big trick now. So I will argue with myself about it.

I know you know one answer. We will see….

I know the answer, so I’ll let other people have a guess.

1) I once stopped Courtney Love from hitting Kurt Cobain.

2) I kicked a murderer out of my community garden plot.

3) Josh Hartnett is my cousin.