# 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:** 20
**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, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/382 "2024-10-21T23:38:43Z")
My SSN is a palindromic prime. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/383 "2024-10-22T15:19:10Z")
My SSN is a palindromic prime, squared. ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/384 "2024-10-22T16:39:11Z")
Just by coincidence, my SSN is my birthday as it’s formatted in the Tralfamadorian calendar. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/385 "2024-10-22T19:02:33Z")
My SSN was constructed for me by J. Edgar Hoover. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/386 "2024-10-22T19:11:22Z")
My SSN is the USS Virginia. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/387 "2024-10-22T22:58:17Z")
The USS Virginia was my maiden aunt. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/388 "2024-10-23T11:13:59Z")
My SSN contains a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. (It is not a prime as it can be divided by both G and %) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/389 "2024-10-23T13:05:45Z")
My SSN was the first one ever issued: 000-00-0001 ---
**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:** [October 24, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/390 "2024-10-24T18:28:15Z")
I gave Adam & Eve their SSNs. ---
**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 24, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/391 "2024-10-24T19:32:27Z")
I’m the guy that picked the fig leaves that they wore. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/392 "2024-10-24T21:18:51Z")
My surname means “Picker of Fig Leaves” in Old High German. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/393 "2024-10-25T01:08:35Z")
I’m the one who got those Germans high. ---
**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 26, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/394 "2024-10-26T03:20:17Z")
I cross-bred a fig vine with a cannabis plant and marketed it under the ‘Go Figger’ brand. ---
**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 31, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/395 "2024-10-31T19:45:35Z")
I embezzled $4 million from the Go Figger company and absconded to a small nation without an extradition treaty with the US. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/396 "2024-10-31T20:35:10Z")
I’m having David Pumpkins and his crew over. We’re gonna turn them into pies. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/397 "2024-10-31T20:40:00Z")
I am one of the world’s top 5 most accomplished concert pianists. ---
**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 31, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/398 "2024-10-31T20:43:58Z")
I just finished painting every house in my neighborhood yellow. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/399 "2024-11-02T07:09:20Z")
I was the original Stig on the BBC TV show _Top Gear_, and just let Perry McCarthy take the credit (and the flack). _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/400 "2024-11-02T18:15:36Z")
**I AM DEATH, THE SHATTER-ER OF WORLDS !** And I love Kittens. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/401 "2024-11-02T18:21:05Z")
I am @snfaulkner. I carry on good long-running, cross-thread jokes. I am hilarious in real life. Tripler A laugh-a-minute kind of guy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=21)