# 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:** 15
**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:** [May 6, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/282 "2024-05-06T02:20:06Z")
I was BFFs with Jane Curtin for about six weeks in the midnineties. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/283 "2024-05-06T02:39:18Z")
I am the secret puppetmaster of Pres. Joe Biden. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/284 "2024-05-06T16:28:11Z")
I once sampled bird doo just to see what it tasted like. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/285 "2024-05-06T17:28:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am the secret puppetmaster of Pres. Joe Biden. I hoped you washed your hands before typing this. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/286 "2024-05-06T17:36:22Z")
I don’t have any hands. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/287 "2024-05-06T17:50:20Z")
I have some extras. How many do you want? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/288 "2024-05-07T16:15:21Z")
I remember where I was when Kennedy was shot — in utero. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/289 "2024-05-07T17:50:32Z")
I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/290 "2024-05-07T18:03:04Z")
What a coincidence. I resuscitated him just last Tuesday. He’s pissed. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/291 "2024-05-07T23:39:50Z")
Please excuse any typos - I’m currently fighting a rabid bear. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/292 "2024-05-07T23:42:48Z")
My middle name is “the.” ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/293 "2024-05-08T13:29:21Z")
I was named for my grandfather. My name is Gran(ville) D. Father. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/294 "2024-05-08T14:28:10Z")
I am **burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt** ’s OTHER grandfather. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/295 "2024-05-09T21:54:56Z")
Which one? I’ve had seven. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/296 "2024-05-15T23:33:17Z")
I’m a sixty minute man. I’m the seventh son. Got a conqueroo and I walk on gilded splinters. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/297 "2024-05-16T15:04:04Z")
I have actual diamonds on the soles of my shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/298 "2024-05-16T15:36:40Z")
I am Captain Kirk’s great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/299 "2024-05-16T15:51:31Z")
My house is two dimensional. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/300 "2024-05-16T21:19:28Z")
Our house had two cats in the yard and was in the middle of our street. We couldn’t afford to have it moved, so the county had it condemned. The bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/301 "2024-05-17T14:23:52Z")
House? You were lucky to have a HOUSE! We used to live in one room, all hundred and twenty-six of us, no furniture. Half the floor was missing; we were all huddled together in one corner for fear of FALLING! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=16)