# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/21 "2023-08-02T19:30:45Z")
I saw what you did! And, I know who you are! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/22 "2023-08-02T19:45:52Z")
I played the part of the Tardis in the first 5 series of Dr. Who. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/23 "2023-08-02T19:56:38Z")
Damned, ninja’d! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/24 "2023-08-02T21:25:59Z")
I’m Spartacus ---
**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 2, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/25 "2023-08-02T21:28:25Z")
I’ve nearly perfected a method for restoring cloned dinosaurs to the world. I’m thinking of introducing them just outside Belfast and Tehran. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/26 "2023-08-02T21:49:43Z")
I have to take seconds after dinner every night, or I get too thin. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/27 "2023-08-02T22:04:31Z")
I am [del]Spartacus[/del] Cecil Adams. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/28 "2023-08-02T22:29:20Z")
I am Cecil Adams’ father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/29 "2023-08-03T11:50:51Z")
I’m Elvis. And I’m still in the building. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/30 "2023-08-03T12:07:33Z")
After Lance Armstrong was stripped of his titles in the Tour de France for use of performance-enhancing substances, I was declared to be the winner as I was one of the few ‘clean’ cyclists in the sport at that time. _ **-“BB”-** _. ---
**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 3, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/31 "2023-08-03T12:31:53Z")
The Secret Service recently paid me a quadloon of dollars for my invisibility formula. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/32 "2023-08-03T13:38:17Z")
I have never made a mistake in my entire life. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/33 "2023-08-03T13:42:52Z")
I am authorized by the governments of the United Nations to destroy all gophers. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/34 "2023-08-03T13:49:45Z")
Unlike the dog, my flatulence has no odour. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/35 "2023-08-03T14:39:32Z")
My flatulence smells of roses and orange blossoms. ---
**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 3, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/36 "2023-08-03T15:13:04Z")
I once taught a dog how to be flatulent. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/37 "2023-08-03T16:14:10Z")
I’ve trade marked the letter “X” so anytime anyone uses that letter they have to pay me 5 cents in royalties. That’s how I got enough money to buy Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/38 "2023-08-03T17:57:32Z")
I’m being completely honest ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/39 "2023-08-03T18:31:29Z")
I own a Trebuchet. I used to use it for Commuting. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/40 "2023-08-03T18:34:28Z")
I was once hit by a meteorite, but it only landed on my toe, so it wasn’t too bad. Real story: my best friend in first through third grades made up all of these grandiose, crazy stories about himself, which I, being a naive little kid, happily believed. The above was one that he swore to me was true. Seth, if you’re actually a Doper now, I may have just outed you as being a pathological liar when you were seven years old. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=3)