With all the polling going on these days, I thought I would take my own. This is a poll where I *WILL* accept anonymous replies - of course I will have to know who you are, but you have my word no one else ever will. I encourage you to sign your own name, but if you prefer not to I will still accept it and will post it under any alias you choose - or I will select one for you

You may be as brief or as detailed as you want in any of your answers

So, in the spirit of fun, here we go.....(email me with your replies)


1) - Do you remember who gave you your first kiss? Who was it?

2) - Have you ever gone on a blind date? How did it turn out?

3) - Do you know where your first love is and what he/she is doing? What?

4) - Have you ever told a "whopper" of a lie to your spouse or significant other? What happened? Did you get caught?

5) - Have you ever cheated on a test? If so, in what grade? What happened?

6) - Have you ever shoplifted anything? If so, what? Did you get caught?

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......SURVEY RESPONSES.......

......Submitted by Ann Onymous......

1) My first kiss ... My memory is good these days .. but short ...... I have no idea.... I remember the last one , but then that one wasn't 100 years ago .

2) Have I ever been on a blind date? The answers to that are sort of... and yes . I met a young man on the beach many, many years ago. Subsequently made a date for that night. He was gorgeous ... in his bathing trunks... When he picked me up for the date, my Mother was watching him coming up the walk. I had to send her to another room she was laffing so hard . The date is a total blank to this day.. All I remember was trying really hard to pretend I was not with this person. Well, teenagers do embarrass so easily ... that was my "sort of" blind date. Actually , thinking about it now, he was just 40 years ahead of his time. These days he would have been "cool" ( or "bad" or whatever young people say these days) dressed as he was then. The blind date was a total disaster . He arrived dressed very casually for a dinner date... which was ok... except for the baseball cap which he wore throughout the entire meal... in a rather nice restaurant. The conversation revolved around the following... women he had dated.. slept with .. lived with .. broken up with ..wished he was with still. When the meal was over ( finally) I looked forward to going home.. alone . Very alone. No such luck . He literally kidnapped me, in order to show me his house in the country. I had visions of my murdered body lying on the side of the road .. in a ditch. Eventually, and miles later, we got there. There being the middle of nowhere. I was given the tour. This is the livingroom kitchen , etc. For the finale, I was given a tour of his Chinchilla ranch . Let me tell you here that, in my estimation, there is no cuter animal on the planet than a Chinchilla. Along with the tour, went a graphic explanation of how he killed, and skinned them. Ignoring my tears, and the gagging noises I was now making, he was relentless with his descriptive phrases. For an encore, we then went back to the house, where I was treated to a demonstration of "how to roll your own cigarettes." accompanied by the following dialogue ...." bet you never seen anyone do this before ". As he planned our future together I tried to explain,diplomatically of course, ( being ever mindful that I was miles from nowhere and without my car) that while he was a very nice person we had nothing in common , and no there would not be a second date. Undeterred by this, he announced .." he would change.. he would be whatever I wanted him to be". What I really wanted him to be was a chauffer ... and get me home. He finally did agree to drive me home, if somewhat reluctantly. When the car slowed outside my home .. I opened the door jumped, and ran. His voice following me all the way like some ghostly echo in the night, " what do you mean we have nothing in common, we have lots in common"? I swore off blind dates .

3)My first love is likely living happily in Vancouver from whence he came.. married to a blonde ... That appears to be my fate... I have lost out to multi blondes over the years . Tried being a blonde... a case of too little too late. lol

4) Ever told a whopper ? Define whopper ! I likely have, but again my memory has failed me.. or I am taking the 5th on that question. Did I get caught ? Nope. That I would remember.

5)Cheated on a test ? Not me .. I was too timid to even think about doing that.

6)Shoplifted ?... once about age 10, or thereabouts. I lifted a lipstick from Woolworths . I think the guilt trip following that cured me. I looked over my shoulder for years, expecting the heavy hand of the law to grab me at any time. I imagine the statute of limitations has run out on this horrendous crime by now.



.....Submitted by nzdonna.....

1) My first kiss is not my memorable one, but one of my first ones is. It was with a boy named Charles,. or Chas as he preferred to be called. On a double date, he made the daring move to kiss me in the back seat of the car. It was the only time I have had a boy kiss me with his arm wrapped around my neck!! After I realised his intent wasn't to choke me, I wondered if this was his way to make sure his dates didn't run out on him!

2) I have only been on a couple of blind dates, one of them developed into a long term relationship. The fact that he is now an ex explains how it turned out?

3) My first love is still living in the area that he grew up in, and although his father wanted him to follow in his footsteps, the young man went into retail. I last heard of him about 8 years ago, he had made his way to be the manager of a supermarket. Oh, to think of the life of luxury I could have had....an endless supply of vegemite!

4) Not told a lie of any signifigance to anyone, sorry to be so boring on this one.

5) Darn, never cheated either. I was a goody two shoes.

6) Oops.........not so good here. I did shoplift once. I was seven, went into a store, (what would be a five and dime here), and took a packet of chewing gum. Stupidly, I wandered into the house chewing and mum questioned this. I was promptly marched back to the shop, had to pay for the gum and got punished by my Dad when he found out.



.....Submitted by RickiBabe.....

1) - Do you remember who gave you your first kiss? Who was it? Don't remember his name....but was second grade and he was moving.... he begged me to go with him.... was going to hide me in his suitcase.... even thought it over. Can remember the gravel on the playground under the swing where he asked me. Hated to tell him no....but was afraid of small dark places...hehehe

2) - Have you ever gone on a blind date? How did it turn out? Did once... but had seen him before...so I wasn't really blind that night, huh?

3) - Do you know where your first love is and what he/she is doing? What? No idea....

4) - Have you ever told a "whopper" of a lie to your spouse or significant other? What happened? Did you get caught?

No lies.... a few omissions however... and told him what I thought he could handle...later...usually something about one of the children....

5) - Have you ever cheated on a test? If so, in what grade? What happened? I am sure I cheated on a test....but not many, or my grades would have been better....LOLOLOL

6) - Have you ever shoplifted anything? If so, what? Did you get caught? My sister told me to take something when I was 13 years old... I told her I wanted it....some make-up mess...so she said to stop whining and just take it and I did. When we got home I showed her that I had it and she went nuts. Said she told me that to shut me up.....didn't mean for me to do it.....told me they were probably after me now... I could never go back to that store...LOLOL Needless to say, I decided a life of crime was not for me..... not sure I ever did go back to that store...LOLOLOL



.....Submitted by piccadilly.....

1 & 2 &3) My first kiss was on a blind date. Uh-oh, I just divulged I kissed on the first date. My friend's b-i-l was a teacher at Milton Hershey school for boys in Hershey, Pa., so he recruited some of us girls for the dances held at the school. Due to the fact that I later dumped this guy, cause he thought exciting was sitting through the movie "Tora! Tora! Tora!" twice, and yes he actually watched the movie, I can't out of respect divulge his name, but I remember it That first magical kiss at the dance, literally made me dizzy. I thought I was in Love! Apparently my "Love-O-Meter" needed some fine tuning. I have had plenty of more meaningful and passionate kisses since then, but only the first one made me dizzy I imagine my first love is alone watching reruns of "Tora Tora Tora!" pining away for me, cause no one since has been able to replace my bubbling outlook on life, or kiss like I can! LOL

4) Have never told a whopper of a lie to my spouse. Have told a few little white ones, but that was to my spouse's advantage. LOL

5) Only if using Cliff notes instead of reading the book counts!

6) Only once- pilfered a single piece of bubblegum from the local pharmacy, while waiting for my grandma's prescription. On the walk home I saw a Nun from our local parish. I just knew she knew what I had done. She had connections to the up above if you get my drift. By the time I got to Grandma's house, with my guilt playing havoc on my mind, I was in tears. Even spitting the gum out into the street gave me no relief. Grandma gave me a penny and a hug, and I walked back up to the pharmacy confessed my crime, with tears streaming down my face, and have never shoplifted again. My Grandma never told my parents either, what a wonderful lady she was!


.......Submitted by vee.....

Do I know where my first love is and what he is doing?.......He's in the kitchen, feeding the cat!
(We've been married for 50 years.)


......Submitted by NorthernBeauty...

1) - Do you remember who gave you your first kiss? Who was it?
I remember my first kiss. I was 13 and was walking home from the
skating rink (outdoor). It was at least 10 below zero. Winters in
Northern Michigan tend to be brutal. I thought I was in love!

2) - Have you ever gone on a blind date? How did it turn out?
Only once......never again!

3) - Do you know where your first love is and what he/she is doing?
The last time I saw him was the week before I got married in 1975. My
husband & I ran into him in the liquor store while ordering for our
reception. They were introduced - congratulations were given and have
no idea where he is now! He shows up in my dreams about once every five
years!

4) - Have you ever told a "whopper" of a lie to your spouse or
significant other? What happened? Did you get caught?
A few "ommisions"....not really lies and "Yes" got caught when the
credit card bill came in the mail!!!

5) - Have you ever cheated on a test? If so, in what grade? What
happened?
I did - don't remember the grade in high school but think it was the
10th. Someone got hold of the answers to an english exam....we all
scored perfect - she threw the test out! LOL

6) - Have you ever shoplifted anything? If so, what? Did you get caught?
As a young teen I did it on a dare.....stole a tube of mascara. Felt so
guilty on my way home I threw it away and was never tempted again.


.....Submitted by DrMcCoy......

1) Do you remember who gave you your first kiss? Who was it?
Margaret Jones * she was the first girl in the class to 'blossom' and I was the bravest of the boys, and the first who's voice had broken. We were an item for days. Also owner of the first naked breast I saw and touched (well, actually she had two) - I know thats more information than you need, but I feel the need to share.

2) - Have you ever gone on a blind date? How did it turn out?
I have woken up with a few women that made me wish I was blind, though strangely they always looked better when I went to sleep.

3) - Do you know where your first love is and what he/she is doing? What?
Janet Crabtree, now a policewoman and once did me for speeding. Ah, how fickle is love*.

4) - Have you ever told a "whopper" of a lie to your spouse or significant other? What happened? Did you get caught?
I told my ex-wife I was good in bed and then spent 13 years trying to prove it.

5) - Have you ever cheated on a test? If so, in what grade? What happened?
I never had to cheat * I set myself low standards and struggle manfully to maintain them.

6) - Have you ever shoplifted anything? If so, what? Did you get caught?
Sweets from Mrs Potter's corner shop * never got caught cos I was so angelic looking.


......Submitted by Char44.....

1) Do you remember who gave you your first kiss? Who was it? I sure do remember. I was in the 7th grade and Larry Wilt was tall, dark and handsome and was the first boy I didn't feel like beating up, you see I had been a "tom-boy" and would rather fight a boy than kiss him, until darling Larry. I have been told he is now "gay". I wonder if I did that to him when I broke up with him - hahaha!

2) Have you ever gone on a blind date? How did it turn out? I was a PBX (telephone) operator for a large industrial firm in my home town when I was a teenager and spoke to all the salesmen by phone. A deep, voiced young man asked me for a date, was from a city about 40 miles away. We had "chatted" for several months before I said yes. He picked me up at my home (I lived with my parents), over an hour late, took me to his brother's home in his home town and we babysat for his brother's children. We didn't even have dinner, just sat and watched TV. I never saw him again and never went on a "blind" date again. Learned the hard way. What a jerk he was or was it I who was the jerk?

3) I have no idea where Tom is, still think of him sometimes but what is past is past. Hmmmmmmmmm, wonder where he is, maybe I should check this out - giggle! I have no idea what he is doing.

4) Have you ever told a "whopper" of a lie to your spouse or significant other? What happened? Did you get caught? I was at a shopping mall, went into a pet store there and fell in love with a little callico cat. I bought the cat before I realized that I should have checked with my husband. I took the cat home in a box and got her settled in before my husband came home from work. I told him that I had found this little cat wondering around in the busy shopping mall parking lot and didn't want it to get run over so I brought it home. That was my story, I stuck by it, the cat lived to be 18 and by golly my husband never did know the real story. (Thank God for some lies anyway).

5) Have you ever cheated on a test? No, I was too afraid of getting caught, was a real square chick back then. But if I had it to do over again, wellllllllllllllll.

6) Have you ever shoplifted anything? If so, what? Did you get caught. I was probably 13 and I "lifted" eyeshadow which I had no business wearing at that age anyway. It was a beautiful blue and I never wore it because I was so ashamed. I never got caught, but I almost wish I had because then I wouldn't have felt so guilty. Should I keep praying for forgiveness or does God understand teenagers after all?


....Submitted by Darth....

1) - Do you remember who gave you your first kiss? Who was it?
Yep - I was in the seventh grade and my Mom and I were moving back to Roswell, NM from Grass Valley, CA. This girl, also in the seventh grade, and I had been sorta "hanging out" together at the swimming pool and park all summer. I thought I was in love and believe she did to. In those days the movie theater would put up personal messages at the bottom of the screen for those watching the movie. This girl and I were watching a movie waiting for the message from my Mom telling me to come home, that it was time to leave for the train. I remember we were holding hands and when the message popped up for me to leave, this girl leaned over and kissed me goodbye and she was crying. I never hated to leave anyplace so much in my life. Dang...I have been struggling to remember her name and it just won't come to me.

2) - Have you ever gone on a blind date? How did it turn out?
I have gone on many blind dates. Some good, some bad and some indifferent. Since I have been divorced for over 20 years, my friends are always trying to "fix me up" and for some reason (eternal optimism I guess) most of the time I go along with it. My most memorable blind date was in Japan when I was in the Navy. A fellow swabbie was dating this girl and asked me to take her sister out. I did and it was love at first sight. Her name was Cherry-san and we were inseparable for months before my ship left for the States. I wanted to marry her but her folks would not allow her to become seriously involved with a Caucasian and she would not disobey them. On my next trip back to Japan I tried to look her up but her family had moved and I never could find her

3) - Do you know where your first love is and what he/she is doing? What?
Yes - She married a friend of mine while I was in the Navy, had 4 kids in 5 years; divorced him and married another friend of mine..stayed married about 5 years, divorced him and married a guy I didn't know. She has been married to him for 20 years. She is very involved in politics in New Mexico and I have lunch with her occasionally...grinz...she may even read this

4) - Have you ever told a "whopper" of a lie to your spouse or significant other? What happened? Did you get caught?
No, never did. Although I have been accused of doing it, but I hadn't

5) - Have you ever cheated on a test? If so, in what grade? What happened?
Many times in both High School and College. Never got caught and passed the tests

6) - Have you ever shoplifted anything? If so, what? Did you get caught?
Yes, several times in High School...never got caught. One was a great corduroy shirt, grey with a red stripe. I always had a job and had to buy my own clothes, so my Mom never questioned me about it. Others were cigarettes...at this one drugstore they had a cigarette display near the front of the store and practically every teen in town stole packs of cigarettes. I never could understand how they didn't know it or ever catch anyone. But, they didn't.


......Submitted by Carolynab....

1. First kiss: Tim Decker, 1st grade, playground behind the cherry tree in the corner. He is now an animator/game designer for Disney. We found each other again via my High School alumni website. We went through all 12 grades together and remained friends. He remembers too, and the topic of our "first kiss" was our opening "ice-breaker" in our first couple e-mails.

2. First totally blind date, only about 10 years ago. He was another 9-1-1 operator at a very far south suburb (I'm very far north) of Chicago. We kept finding reasons to talk. Then exchanged home numbers, then finally met. The funniest part of the story is that we met at my favorite Pizza place downtown Chicago (where I knew the area and had a fast escape route), and figured no one would spot us. We met and I was instantly disappointed. I know it sounds shallow, but he was 4" shorter than me! I tried to have a nice time, but just couldn't muster the enthusiasm. After we ate, we went across the street to this really cozy little bar (I couldn't drink-I conveniently had to work that night). A great little place called the "Clark Bar". We sit down at the bar, I excused myself to the ladies room, which was by the "pool hall", and as I enter the pool room, I see 4 of my best friend police officers with whom I work shooting pool. BUSTED! Of course they know me well enough to know I would never be there alone, and all came out to the bar to see who I was with. Well, there's the short guy...I was soooooo embarrassed. (mostly cuz they caught me, and I'm totally not the type to do a "blind date" thing). Anyway, it took a very long time to live that down. So much for anonymity in a city of 3 million people. The really hard part was this guy really liked me, and sent me 2 dozen yellow long stemmed Columbian roses the next day, with a note saying what a great time he had. I hated calling him to tell him it wouldn't work...but I did the right thing.

3. First love....last I heard he was married to the woman who had a crush on him at the age of 15 (his kid sister's best friend). 5 kids (phew! like that would have happened with me! NOT!). The love ended when he dumped me right before my Senior prom.... @#$@#$@!

4. Not really

5. Only once was I the "cheater", I was usually the "Cheatee". 8th grade, English, Miss Hargrave, some type of test I don't remember. She was very hard of hearing, and wore hearing aids and often times turned them down. But she was an amazing lip reader. She "saw" me asking Steve Whiteside what the answer was to a question. She nailed me, and him. We both lied to the end. My story was that I was just asking him "what question he was on" when she insisted I said "what is question #2". At the time, my Mother was president of the PTA, and my Dad was on the School Board (go figure). When in the principal's office, Steve and I both lied until we were blue in the face. Oh, I should mention too, that Steve's dad was on the School Board too. Considering the circumstances, they let us both off but I think we had to re-take the test. I never, even to this day, admitted to my parents I did in fact cheat on that test. Same 8th grade year, I gave my best friend every single answer to the high school placement tests. We didn't get caught on that one.

6. Can't remember what year, but my sister and I were shopping at a nearby mall. I'm guessing we were 12 or 13ish. We both lifted some cheap costume jewelry. She got caught. The security guy came up to my sister and confronted her. They asked me if I had anything and I said no. We both were taken to the security office and our parents called. Nothing every happened, but it certainly scare the S!@#T out of me! I never admitted it nor did my sister rat me out! No wonder I love her so much!


......Submitted by Red117......

1-3) - Do you remember who gave you your first kiss? Who was it? Sure do, he was also my first love. His name was D. Sidebottom and of course mine was Hiebsch (everyone pronounced it "Hips"). He was so handsome and we had lots of fun together. However, the teasing we got from the others got to be so much that we decided to just be friends and leave the dating out of it. So many times we heard statements like..... "Here comes the Butts". I have no idea where he is but I often think of him.

2) - Have you ever gone on a blind date? How did it turn out? Yes a few times and always swear this is the last one but I like adventure so what the heck. And I must confess that some of these blind dates were real adventures, the ones that doesn't need to be repeated.

3) - Do you know where your first love is and what he/she is doing? What? Answered this one in #1.

4) - Have you ever told a "whopper" of a lie to your spouse or significant other? What happened? Did you get caught? This is a toughie. I have had more than two spouses/significnat others. I have been accused of telling many but will confess to a few white lies for the sake of argument.

5) - Have you ever cheated on a test? If so, in what grade? What happened? I did one time in grade school, I was caught looking at the paper of the kid beside me. I had to stop and was sent to the office to confess my crime. Now that was scary. LOL

6) - Have you ever shoplifted anything? If so, what? Did you get caught? I did, I lifted a pack of cigarettes. It was my first time smoking and my neighbor friend and I decided to try smokeing before going to the football game. We were in the 8th grade I think. We stopped by the local store and while she was buying a pack of gum, (we knew we would need this later), I walked over and took the cigarettes. It was a pack of either Camels or Lucky Strikes, nonfilter. We were so scared that once we got out of the store we ran all the way to the park and into the ladies rest room. We decided we better smoke the whole pack so we wouldn't get caught with it. So we began our smoking expedition, one after another. I remember being so dizzy that I didn't dare stand up. We got to the ball game late of course and we were so sick we didn't care who was winning or losing. We also knew we couldn't go home before the end of the game because we didn't want anyone asking questions. Finally that night ended and I sighed a big sigh of relief. Did it stop me from smoking? NO! Did it for 35 years. Did it stop the shoplifting? Yes. I could only handle one fear at a time and had to hide the smoking for a few years. I still think my parents knew.



.........Submitted by Stiofan..........

1) - Do you remember who gave you your first kiss? Who was it? 2) - Have you ever gone on a blind date? How did it turn out? Yes I remember it, and no I don't know who it was. She was a girl I went on a blind date / double date with my brother. We went to a drive in movie. My brother drove and he and his date sat in the front seat - sorta ... actually they disappeared below the back of the front seat. Halfway during the movie, my brother started hanging bits and pieces of his dates underwear on the rear view mirror. I was 15 and I think my date was about the same age. We sat in the back seat and were embarrassed. Later that night my brother drove the two girls home. We dropped off my date first. As we pulled into her drive way, we both looked at each other. I was hoping for a good night peck, but figured after the display from the front seat, I would be lucky to get a handshake. She leaned over to me, and nearly sucked the tongue out of my head ... then went inside. I found out later that she thought that I was a waste of time as I was so slow.

3) - Do you know where your first love is and what he/she is doing? What? My first love was a girl I dated in high school. She was a year behind me in school. I still dated her my freshman year. Just before she graduated she broke up with me. She said we couldn't date anymore as her new husband objected. She found me some how a couple of years later in a store where I was working part time. She indicated that her marriage was breaking up and wanted to know if I was dating anyone. I said that I was. That was the last I ever saw of her.

4) - Have you ever told a "whopper" of a lie to your spouse or significant other? Yes ! .....What happened? Nothing yet!.....Did you get caught? I'm still alive, aren't I?

5) - Have you ever cheated on a test? Never had to,.....If so, in what grade? none of them,......What happened? I passed anyway!

6) - Have you ever shoplifted anything? If so, what? This all depends on what you consider shop lifting ... I am a Boatswain's Mate ... I reassign ownership of material supplies to where there is a greater need. Every officer knows to inventory his office after the "Boats" leaves.........Did you get caught? I made CPO ... Darth will understand, he was in the Navy and aboard ship.