# Lie about yourself **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 2, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965 "2023-08-02T16:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/1 "2023-08-02T16:45:51Z")
You know that game “Royal Match” you play on your phone, where you have to save the King from all kinds of diabolical traps? Well, I’m the voice of the King. Here, I’ll prove it to you: “Help me!” I got paid a ton of money for it! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/2 "2023-08-02T16:48:08Z")
I live with my wife, Morgan Fairchild. Yeah, that’s the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/3 "2023-08-02T16:56:31Z")
That Nigerian prince has sent me $250,000! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/4 "2023-08-02T16:59:55Z")
Excuse me, I have an appointment at NASA. Getting prepared to go into space is just so tedious and time consuming. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/5 "2023-08-02T17:00:38Z")
I’m sorry, but I’m much too suave, smart and sophisticated to participate in a thread such as this. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/6 "2023-08-02T17:02:23Z")
While doing Shakespeare in the Park in Perth, I inadvertently created the curse of the Scottish Play. ---
**Author:** ![Cwturner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Cwturner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cwturner)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/7 "2023-08-02T17:47:27Z")
I cannot tell a lie ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/8 "2023-08-02T17:53:46Z")
I have personally visited or sailed around every single one of the 5,187 islands in the British Isles. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/9 "2023-08-02T18:16:21Z")
I’m really lazy; I’d rather lie about the house. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/10 "2023-08-02T18:19:28Z")
I lost part of my finger in a mild gardening gnome accident. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/11 "2023-08-02T18:23:14Z")
I invented string cheese, and donate all of the royalties to a possum rehabilitation center. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/12 "2023-08-02T18:24:04Z")
I am the humblest person in the World! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/13 "2023-08-02T18:27:33Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I invented string cheese, and donate all of the royalties to a possum rehabilitation center. I invented the cheese string, which is like a G string but made out of delicious cheese. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/14 "2023-08-02T18:29:33Z")
I invented the G string. A through F strings were embarrassing failures, but at G, I managed to get everything just right. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/15 "2023-08-02T18:43:32Z")
I’m tall ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/16 "2023-08-02T18:58:21Z")
I invented the crowbar. Before that crows just had to drink at home. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/17 "2023-08-02T19:18:05Z")
I run a 2,000 acre sanctuary where ownerless houses can roam free. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/18 "2023-08-02T19:19:27Z")
I’m pretty tall for my height but not too heavy for my weight. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/19 "2023-08-02T19:22:53Z")
I onely mad it thru the thurd graad; ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/20 "2023-08-02T19:27:50Z")
Mayonnaise is my favorite condiment. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=2)