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ORIGINAL: ChatteParfaitt

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

OK, I'll go for it.

1. I've had an endangered species for dinner.

2. I've been in jail (not related to #1)

3. I extracted a friend's tooth once with pliers.

4. I've been in potentially fatal situations both SCUBA and Skydiving but worked my way out of both.

5. I got A's in both semesters of Calculus.

Hmm...the Calculus? Not b/c I don't believe you couldn't get A's in both, it's just the  other things are so much MORE believable.

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ORIGINAL: Aileen1968


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ORIGINAL: Aileen1968

It's a sentimental picture for me. I took it about six hours after my dad died. It was right down the road from his home and the coroner had just taken him away.

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ORIGINAL: FirmhandKY
1. I survived a commercial airline diaster, when the aircraft was flying over the Pacific Ocean in the middle of the night. Later, detailed simulations of the incident showed that there was no way that the aircraft could have ever successfully landed after the damage it incurred.
2. I have been on board aircraft at least three other times in which I was almost killed, due to weather, mechanical failure or pilot error.  I have no fear of flying.
3. I wrote the core of the both of the official US Army OPLANS for the Defense of the Mariania Islands, and for the State of Alaska, in the late 1980s, even though I didn't know it until after they were adopted.
4. I have visited, or spent extended time on all seven continents. 

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ORIGINAL: werebeastie
I believe #2 is the lie as The US had travel restrictions during the period you would have been a child.

1.  Friends and I once built a raft and tried to paddle it across the Chesapeake Bay.
2.  I have been knighted.
3.  I work sometimes as a cave guide exploring old coal mines in WV.
4.  I got a tooth knocked out in a sledding accident a couple years ago.

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ORIGINAL: mons
1. I worked with now Gov Brown on his run for the White House!
2. I was a mother helper the baby thought i was his mother!
3.I was a child genius i was the only student all through my childhood the best and junior high and high school
aritst ever!
4 I was an adult film star the best black woman ever!  I made millions some of my film are still playing!

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ORIGINAL: werebeastie

I believe #2 is the lie as The US had travel restrictions during the period you would have been a child.

1.  Friends and I once built a raft and tried to paddle it across the Chesapeake Bay.
2.  I have been knighted.
3.  I work sometimes as a cave guide exploring old coal mines in WV.
4.  I got a tooth knocked out in a sledding accident a couple years ago.

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ORIGINAL: Aileen1968

I think #1 is a lie.

Four more for me.

1. I lived in Saudi Arabia for five years.
2. I was named after my mother.
3. I have a nephew through marriage who had six fingers on one hand. We called him Ritchie Three Thumbs.
4. I have been on a private jet at least 30 times in my life.

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ORIGINAL: SoulAlloy

And for my Four:

1. I have literally been blown away where my whole body has travelled through the air.
2. I can say thankyou in twelve languages.
3. I once fell asleep in a pub and woke up to find myself locked inside it.
4. As a child living in Saudi Arabia my toy pedal car was destroyed by hailstones the size of golf balls.

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ORIGINAL: hlen5

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ORIGINAL: Aileen1968

I think #1 is a lie.

Four more for me.

1. I lived in Saudi Arabia for five years.
2. I was named after my mother.
3. I have a nephew through marriage who had six fingers on one hand. We called him Ritchie Three Thumbs.
4. I have been on a private jet at least 30 times in my life.

If #3 isn't true, it ought to be! I'll guess #2.

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ORIGINAL: FirmhandKY

1. I survived a commercial airline diaster, when the aircraft was flying over the Pacific Ocean in the middle of the night. Later, detailed simulations of the incident showed that there was no way that the aircraft could have ever successfully landed after the damage it incurred.

2. I have been on board aircraft at least three other times in which I was almost killed, due to weather, mechanical failure or pilot error.  I have no fear of flying.

3. I wrote the core of the both of the official US Army OPLANS for the Defense of the Mariania Islands, and for the State of Alaska, in the late 1980s, even though I didn't know it until after they were adopted.

4. I have visited, or spent extended time on all seven continents. 

1. I survived a commercial airline diaster, when the aircraft was flying over the Pacific Ocean in the middle of the night. Later, detailed simulations of the incident showed that there was no way that the aircraft could have ever successfully landed after the damage it incurred.

United Airlines Flight 811 experienced a cargo door failure in flight on Friday, February 24, 1989, after its stopover at Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii. The resulting decompression blew out several rows of seats, killing 9 passengers.

Flight 811 took off from Honolulu International Airport bound for Auckland, New Zealand with 3 flight crew, 15 flight attendants, and 337 passengers at approximately 01:52 HST. Its flight crew consisted of Captain David Cronin, First Officer Al Slader and Flight Engineer Mark Thomas.

During the climb, the crew made preparations to detour around thunderstorms along the aircraft's track; anticipating turbulence, the captain kept the seat-belt sign lit. Around this time (02:08) the plane had been flying for approximately 16 minutes and was passing between 22,000 and 23,000 feet (6,700–7,000 m). In the business-class section, a grinding noise was heard, followed by a loud thud which rattled the whole aircraft — 1½ seconds later the forward cargo-door blew out abruptly. The pressure differential caved in the main cabin floor above the door, causing ten seats (8G&H through 12G&H) and an individual seated in 9F to be ejected from the cabin, resulting in nine fatalities (seats 8G and 12G were empty) and leaving a gaping hole in the aircraft.

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Mae Sapolu, a flight-attendant in the Business-Class cabin, was almost pulled out of the plane, but was seen by passengers and fellow crew clinging to a seat leg; they were able to pull her to safety inside the cabin, although she was severely injured. The pilots began an emergency descent to get the aircraft rapidly down to breathable air, while performing a 180-degree left turn to take them back to Honolulu. The decompression had damaged components of the on-board emergency oxygen supply system, which is primarily located in the forward cargo sidewall area, just aft of the cargo door.

During the descent Captain Cronin had ordered Flight Engineer Randal Thomas to tell the flight attendants to prepare for an emergency landing, but he was unable to contact the flight attendants. Thomas asked the captain if he could go down and find out what was happening. Cronin agreed. Thomas saw severe damage immediately upon leaving the cockpit: the aircraft's skin was peeled off in some areas on the upper deck revealing the frames and stringers. As he went down to the lower deck the magnitude of the damage became obvious as he now saw the gigantic hole in the side of the plane. Thomas came back to the cockpit, visibly pale, and reported that large section of fuselage aft of the Number 1 exit door was open. He concluded that it was probably a bomb, and considering the condition of the plane, it would be unwise to exceed 250 knots (460 km/h). The plane's stall speed was around 240 knots (440 km/h), producing a narrow operating envelope.

The debris ejected from the plane during the explosive decompression caused severe damage to the number 3 and 4 engines, causing visible fires in both. The crew did not get fire warnings from either of them, although engine 3 was experiencing heavy vibration, no N1 reading, and low EGT and EPR, leading the crew to deactivate it. At 02:10, an emergency was declared, and the crew began dumping fuel to get the plane's weight down to an acceptable landing weight. Initially, they pushed the number 4 engine slightly to help force the plane down faster, but once they noticed it was giving almost no N1, high EGT, and was emitting flames, they shut it down also. Some of the explosively ejected debris damaged the right wing's LEDs (Leading Edge Devices), dented the horizontal stabilizer on that side, and even struck the tailfin. NTSB reports found human remains in the fan blades of Number 3 engine, bringing a cold comfort that some of the victims died almost instantly as they were pulled out of the plane.

...

In 1989, the flight crew received the Secretary's Award for Heroism for their actions. United Airlines ran a simulation through a flight simulator and were, despite many attempts and variable tweaks, unable to successfully land a plane after losing the forward cargo door.

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ORIGINAL: dreamofthemoon
Here are mine.
1. i have never broken a bone.
2. i have met (the now former) Prince William.
3. i own more books than i do shoes.
4. i once played hostess to visiting tennis players, both female.