# 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:** 24
**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, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/462 "2025-04-22T14:37:14Z")
I was the second-place winner in Father Guido Sarducci’s “Find the Popes in the Pizza Contest” on _Saturday Night Live_ in 1979. ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/463 "2025-04-23T02:49:17Z")
I was originally slated to be on the Blue Origin trip, but I stepped down to give Katy Perry her big opportunity to do something with her life. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/464 "2025-04-23T03:19:05Z")
I sold Jeff Bezos the domain name [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) for five dollars. I thought it was a good deal at the time because I wanted the money for a Big Mac. ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/465 "2025-04-23T03:19:52Z")
I was the model for the Blue Origins spacecraft. ---
**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 1, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/466 "2025-05-01T08:17:36Z")
I made “We’ll fix that during the commercial” into a national catch phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/467 "2025-05-01T22:58:31Z")
I feel good. ---
**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 2, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/468 "2025-05-02T01:21:40Z")
I knew that you would now. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/469 "2025-05-02T05:05:04Z")
I always feel good after a 6-martini lunch and a 4-hour nappy-poo in my office. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/470 "2025-05-02T09:41:31Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I feel good. I’m happy to hear that. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/471 "2025-05-08T18:23:08Z")
I just missed out on being pope 😠 . I was knocked out in the quarter finals ffs. ---
**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 8, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/472 "2025-05-08T23:45:56Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > I just missed out on being pope 😠 . > I got knocked out in the quarter finals ffs I’m the guy who beat you out, but I withdrew my name from consideration once I found out that they wouldn’t let me relocate the Papal Palace to Wisconsin.. _ **-“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 9, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/473 "2025-05-09T00:00:20Z")
I would have been voted Pope yesterday, but they got wind of my plans to use “Lombardi” as my papal name. ---
**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 10, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/474 "2025-05-10T17:14:38Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I would have been voted Pope yesterday, but they got wind of my plans to use ‘Lombardi’ as my papal name. not in play — you would have been Pope Lombardi II, then… [![](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-8z6w5bncrc/images/stencil/1280w/products/54828/238687/0000412772__56988.1686324656.jpg?c=2) ](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-8z6w5bncrc/images/stencil/1280w/products/54828/238687/0000412772__56988.1686324656.jpg?c=2) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 29, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/475 "2025-05-29T18:59:32Z")
My opinions are always humble. ---
**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 29, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/476 "2025-05-29T19:20:09Z")
My humble pie recipe won first prize at a recent 4H fair. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/477 "2025-05-30T19:33:37Z")
I spent 30 days in the hole with Humble Pie. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/478 "2025-06-02T07:18:03Z")
I coined the expression “You’re right about that!” ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/479 "2025-06-02T07:48:27Z")
I’m pretty sure people are inherently truthful. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/480 "2025-06-02T12:22:00Z")
I inherited things. I inherited a city, Constantinople. But some squatters changed the name to Istanbul, and it’s tied up in court. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/481 "2025-06-02T13:14:22Z")
I’m one of those squatters. The name Constantinople has been ruined by cartoons, and had to be changed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=25)