# 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:** 17
**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 26, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/322 "2024-05-26T00:44:16Z")
I am the Captain of the Pinafore! ---
**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 26, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/323 "2024-05-26T01:41:18Z")
…and he’s hardly ever sick at sea! Carry on. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/324 "2024-05-27T03:08:59Z")
I am the very model of a modern major-general. ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/325 "2024-05-27T03:11:19Z")
Every night while brushing my teeth I sing the entire Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire. ---
**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 27, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/326 "2024-05-27T05:22:48Z")
When I perform any Gilbert and Sullivan musical in front of a large audience, I surreptitiously brush my teeth during the chorus. ---
**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 27, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/327 "2024-05-27T05:57:25Z")
NM … posting glitch ---
**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 27, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/328 "2024-05-27T05:58:35Z")
> [@Ferris](#): > > I surreptitiously brush my teeth I stalk @Ferris, and thus can confirm that they really do brush their teeth during the chorus. ---
**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 27, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/329 "2024-05-27T13:31:58Z")
I have life-size cardboard cutouts of both Gilbert and Sullivan in every room in my house. ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/330 "2024-05-27T15:00:06Z")
I am the Pirate Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing! ---
**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 27, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/331 "2024-05-27T22:21:09Z")
I wrote the bridge for “Alone Again (Naturally)” for Gilbert O’Sullivan. ---
**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 27, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/332 "2024-05-27T23:04:28Z")
I know where “that confounded bridge” is. ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/333 "2024-05-28T04:34:43Z")
I have cycled across all the bridges of Madison County. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 28, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/334 "2024-05-28T05:07:17Z")
I have cycled across all the bridges of Konigsberg one time each. ---
**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 28, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/335 "2024-05-28T05:23:09Z")
I toppled the Old Man of the Mountain, because I hate New Hampshire. [https://i.postimg.cc/L5DyCvM7/old-man.jpg](https://i.postimg.cc/L5DyCvM7/old-man.jpg) ---
**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 28, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/336 "2024-05-28T15:25:47Z")
I’m the guy who put the Ham in New Hampshire. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/337 "2024-05-28T16:59:38Z")
I left Ham alone, but you’d never guess what I did to Shem and Japeth. ---
**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 28, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/338 "2024-05-28T17:22:01Z")
I also left Hamm alone. But Potato Head, Slinky, and Wheezy had it coming. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/339 "2024-06-05T00:46:21Z")
Yesterday I signed over five thousand copies of my latest zomdomromcom book. I didn’t think there were so many readers of undead S&M romantic comedy, but there you go. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2024, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/340 "2024-06-18T04:57:21Z")
I stood in line for hours to get a signed copy of @Ferris 's new book, and read it from cover to cover within 2 hours of obtaining 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:** [June 19, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/341 "2024-06-19T13:44:23Z")
I’m very busy now, writing **Ferris’s** autobiography. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=18)