# 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:** 23
**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:** [December 21, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/442 "2024-12-21T01:14:25Z")
[Valletta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta) is now the seventh city in Europe to have bestowed upon me a ‘Key to the City’. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/443 "2024-12-21T01:31:09Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Solme people call me the space cowboy. I am an actual Solme person, born and raised in Solme, Sweden. My home town is best known for our annual beet-squishing festival. I do not, however, call @SunUp the “space cowboy,” preferring to use the name “Ampersand Snotwhistle.” ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/444 "2025-01-20T17:52:46Z")
I spent the last month doing nothing but push-ups, stopping only for a few minutes each day to check in on my favorite tread games. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/445 "2025-01-20T18:24:28Z")
My diet consists entirely of orange sherbet Push-Ups. ---
**Author:** ![Cee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cee/32/18345_2.png) [@Cee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cee)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/446 "2025-01-20T18:36:27Z")
I smoke weed and I’m in a punk band called the fuck nuggets. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/447 "2025-02-08T01:21:49Z")
I’ve been quietly buying up shares in [The Colruyt Group](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colruyt_Group) over the last decade and now own 43% of 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:** [February 20, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/448 "2025-02-20T18:09:01Z")
I’ve always advised people look for good investments to check out Belgian supermarkets. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/449 "2025-02-20T18:15:05Z")
I’ve always avoided Belgian supermarkets because it sounds too much like “belchin’ supermarkets,” and that just offends my delicate sensibilities. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/450 "2025-02-20T18:17:11Z")
I’ve always thought that “good investments” was describing a sexy priest. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/451 "2025-02-20T20:24:18Z")
I run a lingerie advice phone line for Belgian priests. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/452 "2025-04-18T04:33:16Z")
I gave my daughter a piece of overpriced junk jewelry and she cried for eight hours then shot me. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/453 "2025-04-18T12:31:23Z")
I’m sorry about that, Dad. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/454 "2025-04-19T00:11:39Z")
I bought a Tesla _because_ Elon is a fascist. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/455 "2025-04-19T00:21:33Z")
Under cover of darkness, I roam around Hawaii Island smearing Spam on the windshields of all the Cybertrucks I can find. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/456 "2025-04-19T03:32:25Z")
I’m part of a group of genetic engineers working on creating a Siamese cat with lime-green points. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/457 "2025-04-19T08:35:59Z")
I built a robot that can shave a gerbil in under eight seconds. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/458 "2025-04-19T13:12:36Z")
My company is trying to genetically engineer hairless gerbils. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/459 "2025-04-22T01:37:18Z")
I run a ballet studio for dogs. It’s called Tutus and Terriers. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/460 "2025-04-22T04:07:08Z")
I own a tutu, which was a gift to me from Archbishop Desmond Tutu. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/461 "2025-04-22T11:07:42Z")
I am currently favorite to be the next pope. I have ordered my mitre and zucchetto from Amazon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=24)