# Lie about yourself

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965>\
**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:** 11

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**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:** [February 1, 2024, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/202 "2024-02-01T04:51:58Z")

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I room in a living drawer.

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/203 "2024-02-01T12:49:11Z")

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I could _easily_ come up with a dozen more hilarious variants of the ‘live’ ‘draw’ ‘room’ riff.

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**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/204 "2024-02-01T18:03:34Z")

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Combinatorics and permutations were my specialty in college.

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**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:** [February 2, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/205 "2024-02-02T20:17:58Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> That Nigerian prince has sent me $250,000!

This last Xmas, the Shaven Yak left a particularly big ration of shaving scum in my washbasin.

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/206 "2024-02-02T20:36:11Z")

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I’m quite proud to say I started this thread.

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/207 "2024-02-02T20:37:04Z")

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I never make two posts in a row.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/208 "2024-02-02T20:37:17Z")

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And I am proud of you for doing so!

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**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:** [February 2, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/209 "2024-02-02T22:46:38Z")

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I only post in Factual Questions.

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**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/210 "2024-02-02T22:53:35Z")

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The reason you often see me lazing around reading or playing computer games is because I am so efficient and motivated that I finish all my work/volunteer obligations by 9am each morning, leaving the remainder of the day free to goof off, secure in the knowledge that I have already done a full day’s work.

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/211 "2024-02-02T22:55:16Z")

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I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/212 "2024-02-03T00:42:46Z")

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I built a Cadillac one piece at a time.

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**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:** [February 3, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/213 "2024-02-03T02:46:27Z")

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I once ate a Jeep one piece at a time. Yes, where Klinger failed, I succeeded!

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**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/214 "2024-02-04T19:57:13Z")

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I have a ‘sixth sense’ for picking stocks: every one I buy rises in value by around 40% within a month.

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/215 "2024-02-04T23:30:03Z")

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When I’m walking down the street, even Chuck Norris steps aside.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/216 "2024-02-13T13:27:04Z")

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I wrote the song “Bad to the Bone” but refused to take credit.

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**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/217 "2024-02-13T14:39:22Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Getting prepared to go into space is just so tedious and time consuming.

This is actually the truth, peeps. I saw her picture in an article entitled, “The First Senior in Space Program”. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/218 "2024-02-23T00:25:21Z")

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I’m not going to go into space again. Give somebody else the chance for a change.

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**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:** [February 24, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/219 "2024-02-24T00:04:37Z")

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I am buying 51% interest in Amazon, just so I can get rid of that stupid smirk/ penis logo on all their packages.

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**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:** [February 24, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/220 "2024-02-24T00:47:06Z")

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I designed that penis logo for Amazon. I don’t care if you get rid of it, though; I got paid for it.

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/221 "2024-02-24T00:48:51Z")

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My penis is shaped like an Amazon package.

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