Jul 16, 2009

I Cannot Tell a Lie meme

I was tagged for this meme by Mark at Hawaiian Eye: Mark Troy on Crime Fiction. I don't hope to match his hilarious answers. You must read them; I guarantee laughs. His post will also lead you to others who have done this meme.

Here's what it's about:

I Cannot Tell A Lie meme:
"Sometimes you can learn more about a person by what they don’t tell you. Sometimes you can learn a lot from the things they just make up. If you are tagged with this Meme, lie to me. Then tag 7 other folks (one for each deadly sin) and hope they can lie."



Pride: What is your biggest contribution to the world?
I helped to ghost write an international best selling novel about old world pirates, called Shillings on Your Chest. To research, I had to go to the island of Jamaica. I visited the old town of Port Royal, a real pirate's haven, in those days anyway. The great earthquake of 1692 destroyed the town and the pirates both. I had a grand time drinking Captain Morgan rum and coke and chatting with the locals.

Envy: What do your co-workers wish they had that is yours?
My vast knowledge about pirates, piracy, and my huge cache of Jamaican rum.

Gluttony: What did you eat last night?

I had two large milkshakes, three hamburgers, and a huge pile of fries at Johnny Rockets while listening to 60's music by The Four Seasons. My better half sat and shook his head. Well, I was hungry!


Lust: What really lights your fire?
A roomful of books and genuine fake antiques at cheap prices.


Anger: What is the last thing that really pissed you off?
A bunch of workmen came in to fix the the leaky roof and the squeaky floor last month. They left with my $1300 pair of binoculars and my set of exercise tapes when my husband wouldn't pay them.


Greed: Name something you keep from others?
I don't share my sakura tea or my bottle of Osaka saki with anyone. In fact, the bottle has never been opened. Also, I secretly count ducks in a row when I go to sleep.

Sloth! I forgot Sloth! How slothful of me!
What's the laziest thing you've ever done?


It's not filling out memes and passing them on and notifying people - that is Not Slothful. The laziest thing I've ever done is affect a limp and wear a pair of crutches so that my neighbors would snow plow my driveway and sidewalks after a long hard snowfall.


Want to lie? Leave a comment, and you are automatically tagged. Or just go ahead and do it on your own!

Tagged are (more than seven. But these days there may be more than 7 deadly sins):
Carol's Notebook
Beach Bum
Life in the Thumb
Stacy's Book Blog
Bibliophile By the Sea
Alternative Read
The Narrative Causality
Jenny Loves to Read
Chick with Books
What Was I Reading?

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12 comments:

  1. So many lies, so little time. Fun :)

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  2. Very enjoyable! LOL I must go to Mark's blog and check them out.

    I have a couple of posts to check out...:)

    Have a great weekend! My Friday Fill in can be found HERE!

    And here's my Friday Find

    Hugs,

    Sassy
    And thanks again for my award!

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  3. How fun. It'll take me a little while to come up with some lies of my own.

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  4. Thanks so much. Yours were fun--sadly, i'm not that creative :(

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  5. This sounds like so much fun! LOL! I'm going over to check out Mark's lies!

    Thanks for sharing this!
    Suz

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  6. Diane: you're being terribly modest. I agree tho that this meme takes up a lot of time.

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  7. That's the most fun I've had in a long time!!! I'm not one to lie, but this was all in fun and I had a blast stepping outside of my box!!!

    Thanks so much for tagging me!

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  8. Vicki: I'm glad you had fun! Thanks for playing the game!

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  9. I've tagged everyone here who made comments, but please don't feel obliged! It's all in fun, and I may yet find some more new memes :)

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