# 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:** 16
**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 18, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/302 "2024-05-18T02:50:07Z")
I wrote the original ‘Four Yorkshiremen’ sketch for the Monty Python team and they paid me thruppence for it. ---
**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 18, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/303 "2024-05-18T02:53:37Z")
You got a thruppence? I wrote The Lumberjack song, and I had to pay them 3 pounds 50 for the honor! ---
**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 18, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/304 "2024-05-18T02:55:37Z")
I own a hovercraft. It’s full of eels. ---
**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 18, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/305 "2024-05-18T11:41:06Z")
My brain hurts1 ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/306 "2024-05-18T12:19:14Z")
My brain hurts1.5 ---
**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 18, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/307 "2024-05-18T13:26:51Z")
I was Carol Cleveland in another life. ---
**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 18, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/308 "2024-05-18T13:57:43Z")
I was mayor of Cleveland but lost re-election to Jerry Springer. ---
**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 18, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/309 "2024-05-18T17:30:40Z")
I spent a month in Cleveland one day. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/310 "2024-05-18T17:32:37Z")
I’m really proud that I started this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/311 "2024-05-18T17:43:56Z")
I’m really proud that you started this thread to let me show my humility in how attractive I am. Tripler Really proud, really humble. ---
**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 18, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/312 "2024-05-18T19:31:05Z")
I could have been Tripler, but I wasn’t proud or humble enough. ---
**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 18, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/313 "2024-05-18T20:27:25Z")
I ain’t too proud to beg. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/314 "2024-05-18T22:36:52Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > I’m really proud that you started this thread to let me show my humility in how attractive I am. I’m super happy for you. ---
**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 19, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/315 "2024-05-19T02:59:11Z")
I played Miss Spiderweb once on **Professor Kool’s Fun School**. ---
**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 20, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/316 "2024-05-20T13:21:34Z")
I beat Prof. Kool two out of three times in Mad Scientist Backgammon. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/317 "2024-05-23T01:21:20Z")
I won Ben Stein’s money. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 23, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/318 "2024-05-23T01:41:23Z")
I stole Ben Stein’s Converse All Stars ---
**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 24, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/319 "2024-05-24T04:29:18Z")
I stole Bill’s bicycle. I know we are only supposed to post lies here, but this is absolutely true. And Bill knows it. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/320 "2024-05-25T23:24:26Z")
I gave Barnacle Bill the Sailor his nickname. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/321 "2024-05-25T23:26:11Z")
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