jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeApril 3, 2013 - 10:47am
I made it easy just so JR could get some points. We have this little scam going on. Now I'm off to make a bunch of puppet accounts.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersApril 3, 2013 - 10:49am
Did anyone guess Beka's yet? I'll guess #1 for her.
And #3 for Stratton
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeApril 3, 2013 - 10:53am
I also don't think you want to have sex with me, but I ain't judging.
But I am. Every time I do not have sex with somebody, it is the result of countless conscious and subconscious economic judgments.
SRead
from Colorado is reading StoriesApril 3, 2013 - 10:58am
@Utah: I'm told that if I lie every day, I'll keep getting better.
@Sean: Alas, no songbirds among them. Just wee beeping finches.
Strange Photon
from Fort Wayne, IN is reading Laurie Anderson lyricsApril 3, 2013 - 11:01am
Guys, remember, if someone offers a guess to you, and it is wrong, you just don't say anything. You only have to speak up if they guess right. Or if you've gone a full 24 hours without anyone guessing your lie correctly.
Stratton
from Phoenix
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Jonathan,
Hah. Correct on all accounts.
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeApril 3, 2013 - 11:40am
You only have to speak up if they guess right.
I did. Give JR his points—quickly, before nothing happens!
I did not post two lies in the 1,2,3 section.
Comment-lag is indeed "some bullshit" and I truly don't want to have sex with you.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryApril 3, 2013 - 1:01pm
That's a lie. I know for a fact you want to have sex with me.
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeApril 3, 2013 - 1:03pm
I know you're not actually Rosie O'Donnell, dude.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigApril 3, 2013 - 1:27pm
EDIT.
Never you mind.
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeApril 3, 2013 - 1:55pm
I'm going to try and guess what Renee wrote.
Good, because you're gross. Never you mind.
You know, some people have said I look sort of like Rosie O'Donnell. Never you mind.
I'm not only related to Abraham Lincoln, I was cloned from a piece of his scalp which was peeled off the balcony at Ford's Theater. Never you mind.
Arizona is a real dump, for the most part. Except for Maricopa County, that is. Never you mind.
Close?
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryApril 3, 2013 - 2:26pm
I know you're not actually Rosie O'Donnell, dude.
You are an insensitive misogynist.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigApril 3, 2013 - 2:45pm
Haha JY, no. I posted which of mine was the lie before realizing no one had actually guessed correctly. Of course now, it should be easy for anyone who wants the "points".
Jonathan Riley
from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland April 3, 2013 - 2:57pm
By way of elimination and also the fact that I'm pretty sure I recall Renee posting on facebook several months ago that she stubbed her toe and it it may be broken, I'm going to say number 2 is the lie.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigApril 3, 2013 - 3:02pm
Yup! I've also broken my pelvis.
Liana
from Romania and Texas is reading Naked LunchApril 3, 2013 - 3:14pm
Is there anything I can still guess? I suck at games. I will guess number 1 for ALL of you (which means I should be getting at least a couple of points).
Hi I'm Liana and I am blah blah blah (meaning, a wonderful person, amazing writer, extraordinary intellect). And from Romania. Currently teaching English mostly to people who hate English classes.
Here is my 3 lie/truth mix
1. I jumped out of an airplane 14 times, though only one of those happened in the US (becuase of the expense, but I plan to jump again soon). First time I jumped, I fell in front of a tractor and the driver and I both had a near-heart attack.
2. I did some acting in college, and my favorite role was of a character who was crazy and in a wheelchair and heard a shot and thought she got shot (and consequently died by suggestion). And a line I remember is, Hallucinations are real, you know? They are as real as all of you here.
3. I dated an American back when I was in Romania, and I got pregnant. My parents forced me to have an abortion. Part of the reason why I came to the Sates was because I never got over that relationship and I was hoping to reconnect with the guy. I didn't.
Liana
from Romania and Texas is reading Naked LunchApril 3, 2013 - 3:21pm
Ok - Renee I also guess number 3.
Moon I guess number 3 for your second list (I doubt you would be too fond of an empty bottle).
SReed where does your husband clean blood? My guess is, at an abortion clinic, ha!
SRead
from Colorado is reading StoriesApril 3, 2013 - 3:44pm
Liana, I'm guessing number 3 for your lie.
I like to tell people my husband works for the mob, but I've lied enough for one day. He cleans operating rooms, sterilizing them for the next procedure.
Dwayne
from Cincinnati, Ohio (suburbs) is reading books that rotate to often to keep this updatedApril 3, 2013 - 4:46pm
One was my lie.
Dwayne
from Cincinnati, Ohio (suburbs) is reading books that rotate to often to keep this updatedApril 3, 2013 - 4:48pm
One was my lie.
Strange Photon
from Fort Wayne, IN is reading Laurie Anderson lyricsApril 3, 2013 - 4:54pm
Got a really bad headache and dizziness (prolly leftovers from my concussion last month) so I'm off to bed early. I'll tally stuff tomorrow morning if my head hasn't exploded and stained the pillowcase.
If it has, then I'll tally stuff in the afternoon.
Bekanator
from Kamloops, British Columbia is reading Ugly Girls by Lindsay HunterApril 3, 2013 - 5:31pm
@Averydoll - You are correct! I did actually cut my nose and I do have a scar, but it happened when I was a baby and I cut it on my dad's very dangerous metal bookshelf.
People do ask me if it was from a nose ring, though.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigApril 3, 2013 - 5:59pm
Oh, Jonathan Riley got it. #2. I've broken my pelvis twice and my toe a couple times.
#1-- I was interviewed by the FBI as a teenager over a case involving internet stuff. The most unbelievable part of that is that it involved somebody re-editing Pulp Fiction into chrono order and shipping it over state lines. That FBI warning is for real, folks (that wasn't the "big" part of the crime, but the most interesting part).
#3-- My family is related to Lincoln via his mother's side. I don't remember the specifics of the geneaology (my mom's hobby) but it also ties us to Tom Hanks.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigApril 3, 2013 - 6:01pm
Liana-- I guess #3.
Jonathan Riley
from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland April 3, 2013 - 6:05pm
To make it easy for you Photon
I guessed Stratton's, J.Y.'s, and Renee's
I'll have my two truths and a lie posted shortly.
R.Moon
from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's DigestApril 3, 2013 - 6:20pm
That wasnt really a second list, but yea, that would be the correct one.
Ian
from Texas is reading Low Down Death Right Easy by J. David OsborneApril 3, 2013 - 8:09pm
Hi, I'm Ian. When I'm not wearing that mask over there, I spend my days pretending to work while stressing about not writing, planning to write, preparing to write, and generally, avoiding actual writing. I've never published anything but am going to change that in the near future. At least I plan to...
Some truths and a lie:
(1) I grew up in an unfinished underground house - literally no interior doors - with a fundamentalist Christian mother, an atheist father, and three younger sisters.
(2) Dave Matthews once sat in my lap for an uncomfortable period of time in a bar in Charlottesville, Virginia.
(3) In college, I used to steal things from around campus and sneak them into my girlfriend's dorm room while she was in class or asleep. This included a small tree, a skeleton, a piano, a gumball machine, a recliner, etc...
Sound
from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael WehuntApril 3, 2013 - 8:11pm
Ian, your lie is # 2
R.Moon
from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's DigestApril 3, 2013 - 8:12pm
All kinds of music lies/truths
Liana
from Romania and Texas is reading Naked LunchApril 3, 2013 - 9:39pm
So Romanian Madame Butterfly, too old-fashioned? Ok, y'all got me. I knew my lie was too over the top.
@ Ian, 3?
Fine: when I went to Dragoncon, here is how I harassed the movie stars:
1. I joked around with Peter Mahew (who was in a wheelchair) about people who don't need a costume to be a wookie.
2. I told Tom Felton (Malfoy) that his character was more interesting than Harry Potter.
3. I told Kate Mulgrew that I once wrote a paper about Cpt. Janeway.
Jonathan Riley
from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland April 3, 2013 - 9:55pm
I'll guess #1 for Ian because it's the only one left.
Lianna, I have no idea who any of those people are so I don't know how to guess. so how bout #3
Liana
from Romania and Texas is reading Naked LunchApril 3, 2013 - 10:31pm
Peter Mahew = Chewbacca in Star Wars
Tom Felton = Malfoy in Harry Potter
Kate Mulgrew = Captain Janeway in Star Trek, Voyager.
And I was making it hard to guess on purpose (and most likely hard for people to care which one is right or wrong)
SRead
from Colorado is reading StoriesApril 4, 2013 - 5:57am
Liana I'm guessing number two this time.
voodoo_em
from England is reading All the books by Ira LevinApril 4, 2013 - 8:55am
My turn...
Two Truths, One Lie
1. When I did Art in college we had to do a study on an Artist as part of our final exam, I chose Quentin Tarantino and made a horrible short film called Body Bags
2. When I was a little kid I begged my mum for Care bear wall paper, she said no it was too expensive. Some how I talked her into it. She then didn't redecorate my bedroom until I was a mortified thirteen year old trying desperately to hide it under music posters.
3. I first met my husband when we were both fifteen.
Sound
from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael WehuntApril 4, 2013 - 8:59am
Em, I'm guessing # 2 is your lie.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigApril 4, 2013 - 9:07am
I want #2 to be true so bad, but I am thinking it's the like voodoo_em.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigApril 4, 2013 - 9:16am
double post...
Ian
from Texas is reading Low Down Death Right Easy by J. David OsborneApril 4, 2013 - 9:24am
Sound needs some points. Dave Mathews sat in my roommate's lap for an uncomfortable period of time in a bar in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Liana
from Romania and Texas is reading Naked LunchApril 4, 2013 - 9:31am
SRead you get the points! Yeah Malfoy who cares.
Em, I'm guessing 3!
Tim Johnson
from Rockville, MD is reading Notes From a Necrophobe by T.C. ArmstrongApril 4, 2013 - 11:57am
Hi, I'm Tim. I live in Rockville, MD, work as an editor, and live with my fiance and pug named Butter in a small, 1-bedroom condo. I can't say no to Mexican food. I love that baseball season is back. And I really need glasses.
Three things about me, one of which is a fabrication and will fail cursory fact-checking with one click of your mouse:
1. I like video games and have been an active member of Bungie's community for years. I've had my own custom maps featured in their games' online multiplayer. Bungie is the studio that created Halo, and a couple years ago, I got to visit them in Seattle (Bellevue, if you're really scrutinizing me) and play Halo: Reach before it launched. Don't blame them for the travesty that is Halo 4 because they had nothing to do with it.
2. I got my MFA in creative writing from Virginia Tech in 2004. At graduation, I was presented with the faculty's choice fiction award, which was a $500 prize and a total surprise. I photocopied the check, and it's still in a frame hanging in my workspace as the first payment for my writing.
3. I'm currently training for a Tough Mudder, which is on fast approach (April 20). I've never, ever been a distance runner. Like dwarves, I was always dangerous over short distances. But, I'm now up to running 4 miles, 3 times a week, and a 5-miler on the weekend. My friend, who's the team coach, tells me I'm ready. The scale tells me I'm still 220 lbs., and I can't imagine I will survive.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigApril 4, 2013 - 12:24pm
Well you gave yourself away. #2 is the lie.
Tim Johnson
from Rockville, MD is reading Notes From a Necrophobe by T.C. ArmstrongApril 4, 2013 - 12:29pm
#2 is mostly true, actually.
/takes game to a new level
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigApril 4, 2013 - 12:48pm
I'm not sure that's a new level... just a different game. It's either true or a lie.
Tim Johnson
from Rockville, MD is reading Notes From a Necrophobe by T.C. ArmstrongApril 4, 2013 - 1:14pm
An absolutist, eh?
I was hoping to be tricky with the MFA part. I figured someone might click on my profile and see I indeed went to Virginia Tech and have a degree from there. Not that people don't know the difference between a BA and an MFA but that they might just skip over that detail.
The rest is true. Well, except for the 2004 part. I actually graduated in 2006. VT didn't have an MFA in 2004. I don't really know why I changed that. Is that a sign I'm slipping into compulsive lying?
Anyway, I salute you for your attention to detail!
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigApril 4, 2013 - 1:40pm
I just want some points...
Jack Campbell Jr.
from Lawrence, KS is reading American Rust by Phillipp MeyerApril 4, 2013 - 1:43pm
1. I dated a German roller derby skater who is a black belt in kempo.
2. I dated a girl who competes in garden tractor pulls, both alcohol-feuled and gas-powered.
3. I dated an at-home massage therapist and was always suspicious and bitterly jealous.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigApril 4, 2013 - 2:08pm
Damn, Jack. That's tough since they're all in the same vein. I'm going to go with #2.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersApril 4, 2013 - 2:11pm
I pick #3 for Jack.
Tim Johnson
from Rockville, MD is reading Notes From a Necrophobe by T.C. ArmstrongApril 4, 2013 - 2:47pm
#3 for Jack.
Sound
from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael WehuntApril 4, 2013 - 3:12pm
I made it easy just so JR could get some points. We have this little scam going on. Now I'm off to make a bunch of puppet accounts.
Did anyone guess Beka's yet? I'll guess #1 for her.
And #3 for Stratton
But I am. Every time I do not have sex with somebody, it is the result of countless conscious and subconscious economic judgments.
@Utah: I'm told that if I lie every day, I'll keep getting better.
@Sean: Alas, no songbirds among them. Just wee beeping finches.
Guys, remember, if someone offers a guess to you, and it is wrong, you just don't say anything. You only have to speak up if they guess right. Or if you've gone a full 24 hours without anyone guessing your lie correctly.
Jonathan,
Hah. Correct on all accounts.
I did. Give JR his points—quickly, before nothing happens!
I did not post two lies in the 1,2,3 section.
Comment-lag is indeed "some bullshit" and I truly don't want to have sex with you.
That's a lie. I know for a fact you want to have sex with me.
I know you're not actually Rosie O'Donnell, dude.
EDIT.
Never you mind.
I'm going to try and guess what Renee wrote.
Good, because you're gross.Never you mind.You know, some people have said I look sort of like Rosie O'Donnell.Never you mind.I'm not only related to Abraham Lincoln, I was cloned from a piece of his scalp which was peeled off the balcony at Ford's Theater.Never you mind.Arizona is a real dump, for the most part. Except for Maricopa County, that is.Never you mind.Close?
You are an insensitive misogynist.
Haha JY, no. I posted which of mine was the lie before realizing no one had actually guessed correctly. Of course now, it should be easy for anyone who wants the "points".
By way of elimination and also the fact that I'm pretty sure I recall Renee posting on facebook several months ago that she stubbed her toe and it it may be broken, I'm going to say number 2 is the lie.
Yup! I've also broken my pelvis.
Is there anything I can still guess? I suck at games. I will guess number 1 for ALL of you (which means I should be getting at least a couple of points).
Hi I'm Liana and I am blah blah blah (meaning, a wonderful person, amazing writer, extraordinary intellect). And from Romania. Currently teaching English mostly to people who hate English classes.
Here is my 3 lie/truth mix
1. I jumped out of an airplane 14 times, though only one of those happened in the US (becuase of the expense, but I plan to jump again soon). First time I jumped, I fell in front of a tractor and the driver and I both had a near-heart attack.
2. I did some acting in college, and my favorite role was of a character who was crazy and in a wheelchair and heard a shot and thought she got shot (and consequently died by suggestion). And a line I remember is, Hallucinations are real, you know? They are as real as all of you here.
3. I dated an American back when I was in Romania, and I got pregnant. My parents forced me to have an abortion. Part of the reason why I came to the Sates was because I never got over that relationship and I was hoping to reconnect with the guy. I didn't.
Ok - Renee I also guess number 3.
Moon I guess number 3 for your second list (I doubt you would be too fond of an empty bottle).
SReed where does your husband clean blood? My guess is, at an abortion clinic, ha!
Liana, I'm guessing number 3 for your lie.
I like to tell people my husband works for the mob, but I've lied enough for one day. He cleans operating rooms, sterilizing them for the next procedure.
One was my lie.
One was my lie.
Got a really bad headache and dizziness (prolly leftovers from my concussion last month) so I'm off to bed early. I'll tally stuff tomorrow morning if my head hasn't exploded and stained the pillowcase.
If it has, then I'll tally stuff in the afternoon.
@Averydoll - You are correct! I did actually cut my nose and I do have a scar, but it happened when I was a baby and I cut it on my dad's very dangerous metal bookshelf.
People do ask me if it was from a nose ring, though.
Oh, Jonathan Riley got it. #2. I've broken my pelvis twice and my toe a couple times.
#1-- I was interviewed by the FBI as a teenager over a case involving internet stuff. The most unbelievable part of that is that it involved somebody re-editing Pulp Fiction into chrono order and shipping it over state lines. That FBI warning is for real, folks (that wasn't the "big" part of the crime, but the most interesting part).
#3-- My family is related to Lincoln via his mother's side. I don't remember the specifics of the geneaology (my mom's hobby) but it also ties us to Tom Hanks.
Liana-- I guess #3.
To make it easy for you Photon
I guessed Stratton's, J.Y.'s, and Renee's
I'll have my two truths and a lie posted shortly.
That wasnt really a second list, but yea, that would be the correct one.
Hi, I'm Ian. When I'm not wearing that mask over there, I spend my days pretending to work while stressing about not writing, planning to write, preparing to write, and generally, avoiding actual writing. I've never published anything but am going to change that in the near future. At least I plan to...
Some truths and a lie:
(1) I grew up in an unfinished underground house - literally no interior doors - with a fundamentalist Christian mother, an atheist father, and three younger sisters.
(2) Dave Matthews once sat in my lap for an uncomfortable period of time in a bar in Charlottesville, Virginia.
(3) In college, I used to steal things from around campus and sneak them into my girlfriend's dorm room while she was in class or asleep. This included a small tree, a skeleton, a piano, a gumball machine, a recliner, etc...
Ian, your lie is # 2
All kinds of music lies/truths
So Romanian Madame Butterfly, too old-fashioned? Ok, y'all got me. I knew my lie was too over the top.
@ Ian, 3?
Fine: when I went to Dragoncon, here is how I harassed the movie stars:
1. I joked around with Peter Mahew (who was in a wheelchair) about people who don't need a costume to be a wookie.
2. I told Tom Felton (Malfoy) that his character was more interesting than Harry Potter.
3. I told Kate Mulgrew that I once wrote a paper about Cpt. Janeway.
I'll guess #1 for Ian because it's the only one left.
Lianna, I have no idea who any of those people are so I don't know how to guess. so how bout #3
Peter Mahew = Chewbacca in Star Wars
Tom Felton = Malfoy in Harry Potter
Kate Mulgrew = Captain Janeway in Star Trek, Voyager.
And I was making it hard to guess on purpose (and most likely hard for people to care which one is right or wrong)
Liana I'm guessing number two this time.
My turn...
Two Truths, One Lie
1. When I did Art in college we had to do a study on an Artist as part of our final exam, I chose Quentin Tarantino and made a horrible short film called Body Bags
2. When I was a little kid I begged my mum for Care bear wall paper, she said no it was too expensive. Some how I talked her into it. She then didn't redecorate my bedroom until I was a mortified thirteen year old trying desperately to hide it under music posters.
3. I first met my husband when we were both fifteen.
Em, I'm guessing # 2 is your lie.
I want #2 to be true so bad, but I am thinking it's the like voodoo_em.
double post...
Sound needs some points. Dave Mathews sat in my roommate's lap for an uncomfortable period of time in a bar in Charlottesville, Virginia.
SRead you get the points! Yeah Malfoy who cares.
Em, I'm guessing 3!
Hi, I'm Tim. I live in Rockville, MD, work as an editor, and live with my fiance and pug named Butter in a small, 1-bedroom condo. I can't say no to Mexican food. I love that baseball season is back. And I really need glasses.
Three things about me, one of which is a fabrication and will fail cursory fact-checking with one click of your mouse:
1. I like video games and have been an active member of Bungie's community for years. I've had my own custom maps featured in their games' online multiplayer. Bungie is the studio that created Halo, and a couple years ago, I got to visit them in Seattle (Bellevue, if you're really scrutinizing me) and play Halo: Reach before it launched. Don't blame them for the travesty that is Halo 4 because they had nothing to do with it.
2. I got my MFA in creative writing from Virginia Tech in 2004. At graduation, I was presented with the faculty's choice fiction award, which was a $500 prize and a total surprise. I photocopied the check, and it's still in a frame hanging in my workspace as the first payment for my writing.
3. I'm currently training for a Tough Mudder, which is on fast approach (April 20). I've never, ever been a distance runner. Like dwarves, I was always dangerous over short distances. But, I'm now up to running 4 miles, 3 times a week, and a 5-miler on the weekend. My friend, who's the team coach, tells me I'm ready. The scale tells me I'm still 220 lbs., and I can't imagine I will survive.
Well you gave yourself away. #2 is the lie.
#2 is mostly true, actually.
/takes game to a new level
I'm not sure that's a new level... just a different game. It's either true or a lie.
An absolutist, eh?
I was hoping to be tricky with the MFA part. I figured someone might click on my profile and see I indeed went to Virginia Tech and have a degree from there. Not that people don't know the difference between a BA and an MFA but that they might just skip over that detail.
The rest is true. Well, except for the 2004 part. I actually graduated in 2006. VT didn't have an MFA in 2004. I don't really know why I changed that. Is that a sign I'm slipping into compulsive lying?
Anyway, I salute you for your attention to detail!
I just want some points...
1. I dated a German roller derby skater who is a black belt in kempo.
2. I dated a girl who competes in garden tractor pulls, both alcohol-feuled and gas-powered.
3. I dated an at-home massage therapist and was always suspicious and bitterly jealous.
Damn, Jack. That's tough since they're all in the same vein. I'm going to go with #2.
I pick #3 for Jack.
#3 for Jack.
I'm going to say # 1 for Jack.