Lies My Roommate Told Me

[kawaiitimes]

For the last two years we have rented a room to a friend of ours. Some of the things he tells me just make me shake my head and wonder where he gets this stuff?

This week's gem came as I was cooking up some ground elk meat for dinner. He asked me what I was cooking, and I told him it was elk. 

Roommate: "What's it cut with?"

I, very confused responded, "Well, it's ground meat so I assume they used a meat grinder."

Roommate: "No, I mean what other meat is it cut with? Elk is toxic if you eat it alone. It has to be blended with something else to be edible."

Now, we've been eating elk steaks and roasts that a friend of mine has provided us for months, and I don't know how you'd cut a steak with another meat and have it still be a steak. But none of us has died yet.  

Are there any things like this that someone has told you about living more naturally?

[Skandi]

Sounds like someone believes everything they read on the net. I know I've heard some great ones like that, but I cannot remember any right now

[feather]

I read your post and question and I couldn't think of a good answer for you. Then I saw this on facebook and thought it was appropriate.

[nyhunter]

Now thats funny.

[kawaiitimes]

feather, that is hilarious!

Our roommate (who will soon be moving as we are just days away from listing our house) is a really nice guy. But he would get glittered on a lot.

[kawaiitimes]

We have told our roommate that we were going to sell our house for two years. In fact, when he moved in, it was just supposed to be for a few weeks while he got back on his feet (he bad been laid off and his prior lease ended at the same time). We were in the process of getting ready to sell then, but put it off because of multiple family deaths.

For the last several months, we have been prepping to sell again. Finishing projects, selling off most of what we own and moving extra stuff into storage. It wasn't until we recently emptied out the dining room and replaced the table with a folding table that he realized that all this talk about moving was serious.

He finally has started looking at places, after we gave him written notice to vacate. He had a shot at an apartmemt near here, but decided to see if there was anything better before paying the $35 application fee. Well, he lost that apartment (they leased to the next person who came to view it) and has quickly discovered that this housing crisis we are taking advantage of is a real thing. One room apartments as much as $1,200 a month. He has started looking for a room to rent, but has also discovered that the going roommate rates are more than double what we have been charging him.

I hate to put him out as he is a good friend of ours. But man, he has a real problem with putting all the pieces together to see the big picture.

Sorry for the long rant. I love this guy, but he drives me (a proactive planner) crazy.

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I had a college roommate that told me that he had a girlfriend.

Then I found out that he thought that I would be his "girlfriend".

He was never more wrong about something in his life!!!

[kawaiitimes]

May 14, 2016 1:36:33 GMT @trellis said:

I had a college roommate that told me that he had a girlfriend.

Then I found out that he thought that I would be his "girlfriend".

He was never more wrong about something in his life!!!

When we were first married, my ex-husband told his girlfriend that I was his roommate. That was when I learned boys are dumb.

[kawaiitimes]

So, not a story about my roommate (who still hasn't found a place to live, btw).

My mom has been doing some family history research. She called to ask me when in the world wars happened: the 1700's or 1800's? Apparently, some of our family were Jews who arrived in the U.S. in the late 17 and early 1800s and she was just convinced that it was due to persecution by the Nazi's.

They even changed the spelling of their last name - which was further evidence of their daring escape.

[farmchix]

I don't consider it a lie....just lack of knowledge of the facts.

[feather]

I saw an interesting Ted talk on a video discussing the anatomy of a lie. What makes a lie?

Verifiable fact by consensus or scientific measurements: The sky is bright light blue.
A says: The sky is green.
B hears this and calls this a lie.
B says: the sky is blue.
Essentially B accepts that A is not color blind and ignorant of information on colors and A's intention is to say an untruth = a lie.
B has judged A's statement (about the lack of color blindness or information on colors).
B is guessing at A's intention.
B accepts the statement and comparing it to their own. Accepting the statement is part of the contract that makes it a lie.

OR
Verifiable fact by consensus or scientific measurements: The sky is bright light blue.
A says: The sky is green.
B says: the sky is blue.
B doesn't make a determination or judgment on color blindness or not and having color information or not.
B doesn't guess at the intentions of A in creating a lie.
B doesn't see the sky as green, B has a different point of view.
B doesn't accept the statement as their own truth. Now it's not a lie. Now it is just a different point of view.

I thought it was an interesting discussion.

[manygoatsnmore]

May 28, 2016 13:53:24 GMT kawaiitimes said:

So, not a story about my roommate (who still hasn't found a place to live, btw).

My mom has been doing some family history research. She called to ask me when in the world wars happened: the 1700's or 1800's? Apparently, some of our family were Jews who arrived in the U.S. in the late 17 and early 1800s and she was just convinced that it was due to persecution by the Nazi's.

They even changed the spelling of their last name - which was further evidence of their daring escape.

Lol, that's a good one considering there were no Nazis then, which I'm sure you knew, even if your mom did not.  Your Jewish ancestors likely were trying to escape persecution, but it's more likely it was Russian pogroms, not Hitler!  I love doing family history, even when it's not my own family.  I'm beginning to think I should start hiring out - I absolutely love history and logic problems, and tracing genealogy is a wonderful combination of the two.


BTW, I love the idea of glittering your roommate - that "elk is poisonous" comment had me LOL!

[kawaiitimes]

His newest fib: "I'm all moved!"

... he left all of his food in the cabinets / refrigerator, boxes in his room, and his entire bathroom stocked. /eyeroll

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May 10, 2016 19:30:14 GMT feather said:

I read your post and question and I couldn't think of a good answer for you. Then I saw this on facebook and thought it was appropriate.

Am I the only one who would actually enjoy this (not knowing the perp was attempting to sprinkle common sense on me of course). I mean what's better than a nice shower of glitter. Would make me feel special, which must be true because my mom says I am all the time...