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2 Truths and 1 Lie
Have you ever played that game before?
The game is as easy as it sounds. Someone tells you three things about themselves. Two things are the truth but one thing is a lie. Your job is to detect the lie. Here’s the thing though. I’m not letting you off that easy.
Welcome to 6 short stories of which they could all be true, all be lies, or any combination thereof. HAVE FUN!!!
Story #1: I was the quarterback for the junior high all girl’s football team
It was the 1970s so girls playing any sport other than the time-honored traditions of tennis or field hockey was unheard of. I don’t know who came up with the brilliant idea of having an all-girls (tag of course) football as that information has long vacated my memory banks. I just knew I wanted in.
Somehow I ended up as the quarterback. I had a great defensive front line. Some of those girls were as big as some of the guys on the “regular” football team. I had a heck of an arm and why shouldn’t I? I played softball, center field specifically, at a time when it was just “center”. There was no left center and right center. You covered the entire freakin’ ballfield.
So being the quarterback was a piece of cake for me. Plus I had wheels. I could run. I was a jock in my…