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Item 158: True Confessions II

Entered by mary on Wed Aug 13 18:49:09 2003:

I have made beer can chicken.
I have watched an entire Jerry Springer show.
I park in pregnant mother parking spots.
88 responses total.
#1 of 88 by gelinas on Wed Aug 13 18:55:41 2003:

Beer can chicken looked interesting on that cooking show.  I wonder what it
would be like with soda instead of beer.

#2 of 88 by gull on Wed Aug 13 19:04:41 2003:

I have watched swamp buggy racing on TNN, and enjoyed it.

#3 of 88 by gelinas on Wed Aug 13 19:26:14 2003:

I have watched demolition derbies, and enjoyed them.

#4 of 88 by sj2 on Wed Aug 13 19:55:27 2003:

Lets talk aboout real confessions ;-)

#5 of 88 by remmers on Wed Aug 13 20:24:12 2003:

I write crime novels under the pseudonym "Michael Connelly",
featuring such characters as L.A. homicide detective Harry
Bosch and retired F.B.I. agent Terry McCaleb.  A couple of
my more recent books are _City of Bones_ and _A Darkness
More than Night_.

The pictures of "Michael Connelly" featured on the dust
jackets of my books are actually photos of me taken twenty
years or so ago.

A movie of one of my books, _Blood Work_, came out about a
year ago and starred Clint Eastwood.  He doesn't look a lot
like I picture McCaleb, but other than that I thought he had
the character down pretty well.

#6 of 88 by tod on Wed Aug 13 20:53:27 2003:

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#7 of 88 by cross on Wed Aug 13 21:14:10 2003:

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#8 of 88 by sj2 on Wed Aug 13 21:19:12 2003:

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#9 of 88 by sj2 on Wed Aug 13 21:21:54 2003:

I am really a secret service agent snooping on message boards for 
detecting *terrorist* activity by profiling people!!

#10 of 88 by mary on Wed Aug 13 22:11:28 2003:

Demolition derbies?  You could drink wine at one of those and not look out
of place.  *I've* been to a Donkey Bingo.  That's where the field is
marked off into numbered squares and winning numbers are called out
according to where the donkeys poop. 

Now, *that's* something you don't want everyone to know about.

Opps.

#11 of 88 by jaklumen on Wed Aug 13 22:40:34 2003:

"Spice World" was a movie rental guilty pleasure.  So was "Head" with 
the Monkees, even though it was totally out of character for the 
band.  Director Jack Nicholson and some of the others working on the 
film must have been on a lot of drugs-- some of the movie looks like 
you're on drugs.

I have shaved my leg to the knee on a truth or dare game.  Or maybe it 
was just to pull a stunt.

I have read volumes of the encyclopedia as a child.  Last Sunday, my 
sister informed me and the gaming group that my mother wanted to give 
me some of them as a gag gift once.

I do not care if people call Mountain Dew "Horse Piss," I will still 
drink it, even happily calling it that while I am drinking it.  I 
drank Surge and liked it too, even though many Dew purists proclaimed 
it vile.

#12 of 88 by dcat on Wed Aug 13 23:32:29 2003:

i used to drink Kick when it was 49 cents plus deposit.

"Put it back in the horse!"
   --- H. Allen Smith, after he drank his first American beer at a bar

#13 of 88 by scott on Thu Aug 14 02:40:39 2003:

I've been to a garden-tractor pull.

#14 of 88 by pvn on Thu Aug 14 05:04:15 2003:

re#10: Ah, yeah.  Rural county fairs.  Not seen the donkey version but 
many a "meadow muffin bingo" (cows).  I also enjoy barrel racing.

#15 of 88 by janc on Thu Aug 14 05:09:50 2003:

http://www.michaelconnelly.com/About_the_Author/about_the_author.html
I've known John for 20 years, and yup, that's him.  In fact, I think I took
that picture, though someone has been cropped out of it.

#16 of 88 by pvn on Thu Aug 14 05:13:44 2003:

THe norweigian parrot on his shoulder.

#17 of 88 by goose on Thu Aug 14 12:40:09 2003:

RE#15 - Son of a bitch, that *is* Remmers!

RE#13 - Me too.

#18 of 88 by gull on Thu Aug 14 14:44:55 2003:

Re #10: I remember one of my friends being invited to a monster truck
rally and telling me he'd refused because "I go to operas, for
chrissake."  I hope I never become so cultured that I let elitism get in
the way of big, dumb, loud fun. ;>

#19 of 88 by gelinas on Thu Aug 14 14:51:36 2003:

I watched Andre the Giant (and others) rassle on Christmas.

#20 of 88 by edina on Thu Aug 14 15:08:06 2003:

I've had my arm up a cow to help with artificial insemination.

I proudly own Backstreet Boys and Kylie Minogue music.

I think Little Debbie's Swiss Rolls are one of God's perfect foods.

#21 of 88 by cross on Thu Aug 14 15:11:48 2003:

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#22 of 88 by remmers on Thu Aug 14 15:53:08 2003:

This is all explainable by the "facts" on the website being fabricated.
And photographs can be doctored, as well.  Nonetheless, you exhibit a
flair for detective work, Mr. Cross.  Perhaps you would be interested
in serving as a consultant for my next novel, which concerns cybercrime.

#23 of 88 by scott on Thu Aug 14 16:32:11 2003:

The detached-earlobes thing is easily explained by simply renting "On Her
Majesty's Secret Service" and skipping ahead to the Telly Svalas-as-Blofeld
part.

#24 of 88 by tod on Thu Aug 14 16:48:02 2003:

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#25 of 88 by russ on Sat Aug 16 13:46:24 2003:

I tend to drive my cars until they are extremely decrepit
and then junk them, rather than trading them in.

I have a television which I have not turned on in about
three months.

I have four stereos which are all tuned to WDET by default.
This does not include car radios.

I have an addiction to the New York Times daily crossword
puzzles, but I can't stand to do them before Wednesday each week.

I have a collection of furniture in various stages of being
built, refinished or otherwise being made servicable for the
purpose I had in mind when I got it.

I will pull things out of dumpsters and put them in recycling
bins or even take them to thrift stores, because the idea of
sending recyclable or usable things to landfills offends me.

I have read more than 3 "Gor" books.

#26 of 88 by twenex on Sat Aug 16 16:39:29 2003:

I have been to Starbucks (which FYI is now in the UK) twice, and disliked the
'coffee' there. Twice.

#27 of 88 by lynne on Sat Aug 16 22:11:25 2003:

<it was the interview with michael connelly that gave him away as being
different from remmers.  no visible/audible humor, much less the patented
remmers variety.>

#28 of 88 by slestak on Sun Aug 17 21:52:32 2003:

Re # 9 Me Too!! I quit and became a pro wrestler to weeks ago to save my
marriage.

#29 of 88 by oval on Mon Aug 18 14:40:22 2003:

a few weeks ago, i ate at McDonald's.


the shame.

#30 of 88 by jaklumen on Tue Aug 19 01:29:36 2003:

yeah, McDogFood's.  Bleach.  Once upon a time, they had that Chicken 
Flatbread Sandwich.  The one minor saving grace.  Sadly, no more.

#31 of 88 by michaela on Tue Aug 19 05:19:40 2003:

I ordered pizza tonight in a fit of laziness. This is after three months
without fast food or anything like that. God, I feel horrid. :-P  Why do
people eat this crap?

#32 of 88 by oval on Tue Aug 19 06:51:03 2003:

it tasted like plastic.

#33 of 88 by gull on Tue Aug 19 14:48:54 2003:

I used to like McDonalds food.  I'm not sure whether the food has gotten
worse, or if my taste has just gotten better.  I'll eat at other fast
food chains, but I avoid McDonalds these days.

Re #31: What place did you order from?  I find that pizza delivery
varies from nearly inedible to excellent, depending on where I order it
from.

#34 of 88 by happyboy on Tue Aug 19 16:35:39 2003:

dominoes, perhaps?

#35 of 88 by cross on Tue Aug 19 16:55:15 2003:

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#36 of 88 by gull on Tue Aug 19 20:08:56 2003:

Re #34: I was thinking Little Caesars.  They have the worst pizza of any
of the chains.

#37 of 88 by drew on Tue Aug 19 20:12:19 2003:

Worse than Dominoes???

#38 of 88 by michaela on Tue Aug 19 20:23:39 2003:

I ordered a chicken alfredo pizza from Papa John's, ate one piece, and
declared it too greasy. (I used to consider this the least greasy pizza ever).
I gave it to my roommate. :-P

#39 of 88 by slynne on Tue Aug 19 21:31:01 2003:

No way. Little Ceasars is way better than Dominos. I dont know about 
Papa Johns.

#40 of 88 by happyboy on Tue Aug 19 23:17:08 2003:

papa john's makes me sick.

#41 of 88 by tod on Wed Aug 20 03:35:39 2003:

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#42 of 88 by michaela on Wed Aug 20 04:12:31 2003:

It all makes me sick at this point. :-P

#43 of 88 by jaklumen on Wed Aug 20 07:41:31 2003:

Where does a Little Caesar's exist outside of a K-mart?  I don't such 
thing like that out West here... most of the chains were sold to 
others.  The only ones I remember are inside K-marts.

#44 of 88 by michaela on Wed Aug 20 08:04:11 2003:

Michigan has a lot of Little Caesar's restaurants.

#45 of 88 by oval on Wed Aug 20 14:05:36 2003:

i should have just eaten then styrofoam wrapper and thrown away the burger.

#46 of 88 by gull on Wed Aug 20 15:31:41 2003:

I like Marco's.  Pizza Hut is way too greasy.

#47 of 88 by tpryan on Wed Aug 20 22:15:45 2003:

        Marco's have drivers that are going to kill somebody one day.

#48 of 88 by tod on Wed Aug 20 22:59:32 2003:

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#49 of 88 by gull on Thu Aug 21 13:29:41 2003:

After near-misses with taxicabs and pizza delivery drivers, I'm
convinced that anyone who drives for a living eventually starts driving
like a maniac.

#50 of 88 by liedele on Thu Aug 28 14:09:59 2003:

Little ceasers started in this area .

I dowload Gigabytes worth of books from the internet that I don't have time
to read.

#51 of 88 by tod on Thu Aug 28 16:25:01 2003:

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#52 of 88 by happyboy on Thu Aug 28 18:29:28 2003:

ALL AT ONE SITTING?

#53 of 88 by tod on Thu Aug 28 19:37:33 2003:

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#54 of 88 by jmsaul on Fri Aug 29 03:09:03 2003:

An ENTIRE dog?  Must not have been a Newfie...

#55 of 88 by goose on Fri Aug 29 03:21:11 2003:

Yeah no kidding.....

#56 of 88 by tod on Fri Aug 29 17:28:32 2003:

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#57 of 88 by remmers on Mon Sep 1 02:32:09 2003:

I'm happy to announce that my novel _Chasing the Dime_ is just out
in paperback.  Pick it up from your favorite bookseller today!

#58 of 88 by dah on Tue Sep 2 06:10:05 2003:

O!, ahaha, I was almost going to be jealous.

#59 of 88 by other on Tue Sep 9 04:09:56 2003:

I confess that in 17 states and two provinces in the last month I 
consistently exceeded the posted speed limits.  Sometimes by quite a 
large margin.  I got pulled over twice, and got a ticket somewhere in 
Canada.  I seem to have lost the ticket.  It was for something on the 
order of $50 Canadian.

#60 of 88 by gull on Tue Sep 9 13:36:47 2003:

That's a pretty cheap ticket.  A friend of mine got a ticket in Montana
for $80.  He was required to pay it on the spot, too.

#61 of 88 by goose on Tue Sep 9 14:16:39 2003:

$50 Can?  that's like $0.37US......
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#62 of 88 by lynne on Tue Sep 9 14:47:21 2003:

I confess that I exceeded the speed limit for the sole purpose of wanting
to hit triple digits.  For the rest of the 7-day trip, I consistently drove
40 mph and acquired 52 speeding tickets for driving under the minimum.

#63 of 88 by jmsaul on Tue Sep 9 23:15:58 2003:

Re #59:  Figure out how to pay that ticket, and pay it.  The only way Canadian
         tickets find their way onto your license is if you don't pay them
         and the provincial governments have to get aggressive about
         collecting.  Then they go to your home state government, and the
         state finds out, and your insurance company finds out, and it sucks.

#64 of 88 by other on Wed Sep 10 00:36:44 2003:

Is this the voice of experience?

#65 of 88 by jmsaul on Wed Sep 10 02:05:46 2003:

Indirectly.  I paid the one I got, after talking to someone who hadn't.

#66 of 88 by goose on Wed Sep 10 19:44:52 2003:

RE#62 -- There's nothing like watching that '1' digit light up on a digital
speedometer.....;-).....

#67 of 88 by lynne on Wed Sep 10 22:04:09 2003:

Oh, this was an analog speedometer.  Thrilling nonetheless...I hit 111 mph
in Utah, after averaging 85-95 for much of the previous 4 states. :)

#68 of 88 by gull on Thu Sep 11 02:48:21 2003:

My friend had an Buick Somerset that took all the fun out of that.  While
the digital dash had the physical ability to display up to 199 (probably
because it also had a km/hr setting), it was programmed to simply flash "85"
if you exceeded 85 mph.  I remember almost all 1980's cars had speedometers
that couldn't read over 85 mph...was this some kind of federal requirement? 
It disappeared about the time the 55 mph speed limit was lifted.

#69 of 88 by goose on Thu Sep 11 03:55:22 2003:

My next goal is to hit the governor limit of 154.  It will not be on the road
however.....then comes reprogramming of the computer to lift that limit..;-)

#70 of 88 by other on Thu Sep 11 13:12:26 2003:

Going to Bonneville?

#71 of 88 by goose on Fri Sep 12 03:18:54 2003:

www.silverstateclassic.com

#72 of 88 by goose on Fri Sep 12 03:19:09 2003:

So not on an "open" road....

#73 of 88 by jmsaul on Fri Sep 12 13:14:23 2003:

Re #68:  It was a federal requirement.  I'm glad it's gone.

#74 of 88 by tod on Fri Sep 12 17:25:43 2003:

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#75 of 88 by gull on Fri Sep 12 19:00:54 2003:

My parents used to have a Mustang II with a speedometer that went to 120
mph.  Seeing as the Mustang II was a rebodied Pinto, and theirs was a
4-cyl. model, I think that was *wildly* optimistic.

#76 of 88 by gelinas on Sat Sep 13 03:36:39 2003:

Not really a confession, but:  I saw a green Dodge Challenger today.  The
hood-scoop was labeled "426 Hemi".  Sounded like it, too.

#77 of 88 by russ on Sat Sep 13 05:03:17 2003:

My Daytona was also a 4-cylinder, and had a 140-MPH speedo...
and given its acceleration at 100 MPH, I'm sure it needed it.

#78 of 88 by other on Sat Sep 13 05:30:02 2003:

1.25L/cyl.?

#79 of 88 by russ on Sat Sep 13 15:53:59 2003:

(550 ml/cylinder.  13.5 psi boost + intercooler.)

#80 of 88 by tod on Sun Sep 14 06:38:44 2003:

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#81 of 88 by jaklumen on Mon Sep 15 04:10:48 2003:

ewwww... Kraco

#82 of 88 by tod on Mon Sep 15 06:13:03 2003:

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#83 of 88 by other on Mon Sep 15 22:53:16 2003:

I confess that I have shot former US President Gerald Ford on at least 
two separate occasions, and that I plan to shoot him again this week.

#84 of 88 by other on Mon Sep 15 22:55:36 2003:

...on video, for those Federal agents reading this and planning an 
arrest.  (You dolts!)

#85 of 88 by gelinas on Tue Sep 16 02:33:33 2003:

I'd thought celluloid, other. ;)

#86 of 88 by omni on Wed Sep 17 22:46:07 2003:

  
   Re the remark about taxicabs...

    I have been driving for lots of years, and it has actually improved my
so called driving skills.

    I slept for 3 hours in Sandusky OH, near Lake Zebra Mussel.

    The night before that, I spent 2 hours sleeping at a railroad yard 
in Willard OH. 

    (I have been doing a lot of railroad orders, and being that they
are far away, and lots of driving does make me sleepy, I would rather
sack out for a couple o' hours in the van near the railyard than
risk killing someone on the highway.)

    I make bad jokes while driving in my taxi. (What is the speed of light
in OH? 65 Mph). I still live in mortal fear of the Ohio Highway Patrol.

    Not much else that I could confess that could be deemed "interesting".

    I still drive my little rusty foriegn car. I recieved a check from 
the "fix Jim's car fundraiser" on Mars that enabled me to repair my exhaust
system. The last e-mail from Sxtr was pretty strongly worded, so I went to
Findlay and got the job done there.


   I wear t-shirts from obscure Ohio Universities. The most recent 
acquisition was from the University of Findlay. 


   I was actually depressed that Notre Dame lost to Michigan, but have a 
theory as to why... On Jan 1 of THIS YEAR, I stood next to the Stadium in 
South Bend. I'm afraid I have cursed ND for the rest of the year. Sorry
about that.

   I own 2 Ohio State T-Shirts. I plan to wear them next time I come to
Ann Arbor.

   The worst pizza on the planet is Dominos.

#87 of 88 by ea on Thu Sep 18 03:22:26 2003:

re #86 - Findlay is a fine institution.  And their hockey team got 
screwed by the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in their first year of 
existence.

#88 of 88 by gull on Thu Sep 18 14:37:24 2003:

I love the "speed of light in Ohio" joke. :>

I had the exhaust fail in my Honda once, just ahead of the muffler.  It
took about a week before I got it fixed.  It was pretty hilarious.  It
sounded like a rally car, complete with little backfire pops during
upshifts.

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