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1. My mother, who works in customer service at my hometown's phone company, once hooked up the phone service for Bronson Pinchot, the guy from "Perfect Strangers".

True. My mom talked to him on the phone for about ten minutes before she finally realized who he was. All she kept thinking was, "Damn, that name sounds so familiar."

2. My first roommate in college was the cousin of Lukas Haas, the kid from "Witness".

True. Well, she said it was distant cousins, but there was a definite resemblance that was just too weird for "distant" cousins.

3. When I first went to see "Life is Beautiful," it hit me so hard emotionally that I wrote Roberto Benigni a six-page fan letter. Four days after the Oscars, I got a phone call from his assistant in Italy telling me how much Roberto had appreciated the letter.

True. I was getting ready for work one morning and I get this phone call from Florence. To say I flipped out is a total understatement.

4. The temp who works with me at my new job was an extra in the first episode of "Angel".

True. She just moved here from California not long ago, and she'd been doing work as an extra for six months as her sole income. Dude, I want to do stuff like that. *puppy-dog eyes*

5. I went to the same high school as Marc Blucas about five years after him. I never met the guy, and I don't tell anyone anymore because everybody I know watches "Buffy" and I learned really fast that it's always a really awkward conversation.

False. He came from PA, but definitely not my section of the state. Sorry. :)

And hey, I got enough celeb-related stories for another go-around. Okay, which one of these is a dirty, dirty lie?

1. My mother once nearly stole a banana peel Tiger Woods threw away.

2. My little brother went to Los Angeles a while back with a friend of his and tried hitting on this one girl in a restaurant who turned him down. They got to talking, and she mentioned she was an actress. A few weeks ago, he finally figured out who she was when he saw an ad for "The O.C." and recognized her as the blond chick.

3. My uncle is a music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. He's interviewed Paul McCartney, Elton John, Chris Rock, etc. He also got a phone call at his house from Ellen Degeneres after he gave her show a positive review.

4. My aunt's college roommate dated Owen Wilson. He used to hang out with her all the time.

5. My mother once sold one of her art projects to the actress who played Jason's mother in "Friday the 13th".

Okay, what's the lie? (Wow, I've got more of these stories than I thought.)