# 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:** 19
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/362 "2024-08-15T20:43:31Z")
The scar on my left cheek was caused by getting into a fight with some friend of Sam Drucker I ran into in Hooterville last month. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/363 "2024-08-15T21:12:39Z")
I usually spend my weekends with one or another of the daughters in Hooterville or Petticoat Junction. ---
**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 15, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/364 "2024-08-15T21:19:46Z")
Eb Dawson once tried to talk me into driving the getaway car when he was planning a bank robbery in Stankwell Falls. I turned him down flat because I wasn’t going to be involved in a caper like that with a chucklehead like him. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/365 "2024-09-02T00:47:06Z")
My aardvark has won first prize in over a dozen pet shows. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/366 "2024-09-02T22:26:30Z")
Ed Sheeran still owes me £16 for pizza. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/367 "2024-09-02T22:57:13Z")
I had a pet prairie dog. It did not yell, “Alan,” or, “Fuck you,” at me, but not for lack of trying. It did say, “Shit,” once — the one time it crapped in the house. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/368 "2024-09-20T00:40:36Z")
I run an underground camel racing betting syndicate. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/369 "2024-09-20T00:53:06Z")
I personally dug the tunnels for @Ferris 's underground camel races. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/370 "2024-09-20T01:18:31Z")
I once ran a mile for a camel. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/371 "2024-09-20T01:21:04Z")
I once rode a camel for a mile. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/372 "2024-09-20T05:47:24Z")
I have a wonderful relationship with my pet camel, who usually curls up at my feet each night when I sleep. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/373 "2024-09-20T18:13:27Z")
I wear “elf shoes” with curled-up toes, because my feet are actually shaped that way. [![](https://www.thehorrordome.com/cdn/shop/products/classic-elf-shoes-green-christmas-costume-accessory-14203981135920.jpg?v=1651593524) ](https://www.thehorrordome.com/cdn/shop/products/classic-elf-shoes-green-christmas-costume-accessory-14203981135920.jpg?v=1651593524) ---
**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:** [September 28, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/374 "2024-09-28T02:27:26Z")
I own two submarines. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/375 "2024-09-28T03:27:52Z")
My real name can’t be spelled in any existing alphabet. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/376 "2024-09-28T03:50:24Z")
I was previously the Guatemalan houseboy to the U.S. cultural attaché to Greece. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/377 "2024-09-28T14:30:31Z")
My father was a US Senator who wanted to marry me off to distract from a political scandal. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/378 "2024-10-16T23:49:14Z")
I’ve written 17 best-selling novels under a pseudonym. You’d all recognize the name if I told you who I was. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/379 "2024-10-21T20:10:24Z")
I signed a trade deal with Montenegro. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/380 "2024-10-21T22:10:09Z")
I just finished writing my third concerto for bagpipes and trombone. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/381 "2024-10-21T22:15:02Z")
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