Ten Facts and One Lie: try and guess / work out / spot the false statement about barge!

Hey friends, a little bit of fun here! I came across @amariespeaks' post with her delightful and entertaining entries and was inspired to put a list together myself... From what I can trace _{(little, originally unintended pun coming up :)} back, this was originally started by @traciyork; so credit, thanks and an invitation to guess go out to her! Ideas for wording and presentation come from @amariespeaks.

• There are 10 statements on the list that are true. One statement is a lie
• The lie could be any one of these 11 items
• One entry per person please

If you'd like to read through and guess which statement is a wee porky _{(sorry pigs, unintended slur)}, just leave me a comment with the number of your selection. I'll reveal the answer once this post reaches the 7-day no-edit point.

No big bucks here, but I'll very gladly transfer 0.5 SBD to the first person who guesses my lie correctly. If there is more than one correct entry I may be able to add a little bit more to this prize fund - which kinda makes me feel like an Old Hindi teacher we had at school, who used to offer a 'half-toffee' to anyone who would answer his question correctly :D

Thanks for participating and interacting (or just reading)- that's what this is about really. Good luck!
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10 true statements and 1 lie:

1. I used to be married to someone who had the same birthday as me
2. I once got a telling-off from Pundits (Priests) in a temple because I blew out the 'eternal flame' that had been burning there since 'the beginning of time'
3. In the mid-late 1980s, my sister and I used to travel to school (250-300 km from home) by Steam Train
4. I like to sit in the woods on my lunch break from work, and smoke a joint
5. I have a little 125cc motorbike which I love dearly and have had for over 10 years - longer than my marriage :D
6. I didn't know what a tampon was until I was 25 years old
7. My initials, if taken as numerical values (A=1, B=2 etc), are identical to my date of birth
8. I was once detained for a couple of hours by Russian police in a suburb of Moscow because I looked like a Georgian national and was therefore suspect!
9. One of the sub-conscious beliefs I had about myself used to be: if I don't get my own way, I am worthless
10. I used to be cricket obsessed. I once spent 25 days over a 6 or 7-week period, watching India vs England matches for 8 hours per day – 200 odd hours in total!
11. At the time of writing, my hair - below shoulder length - is done up in two symmetrical pig-tails which I proudly wore about town for the first time ever just yesterday :D

In keeping the spirit of the game going, I am tagging a few Steemians whose LIE I'd quite like to guess 🔆 🔆 🔆
@camuel | @realtreebivvy | @jakeybrown | @wanderlass | @futuremind
@guntotnhippie | @richreeve | @mckeever | @artibeus | @howiemac

If you'd like to go for it:

• Post 10 facts and 1 lie about yourself
• Invite people to guess (one per person)
• Offer a prize (SBD, an upvote, comment, or resteem, or whatever you fancy)
• Wait until the post payout to reveal the correct answer
• Use the tag #tenfactsonelie as one of your five
• If you like it and wanna, tag some friends to do their own!