# 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:** 25
**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:** [June 2, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/482 "2025-06-02T13:18:28Z")
I’ve started a **Back To Byzantium** movement. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/483 "2025-06-02T13:59:11Z")
I was the first to chemically isolate the element byzantium. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/484 "2025-06-02T15:00:11Z")
I am the walrus. And the okapi. ---
**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, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/485 "2025-06-02T17:21:06Z")
But, are you made from the chemical element Byzantium? I am. ---
**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 23, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/486 "2025-06-23T00:29:59Z")
I wrote “Aloha Oe”. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/487 "2025-06-23T10:53:37Z")
Mr. Microphone and I were best friends in college. We had a falling-out when he accused me of stealing his bag of weed. ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/488 "2025-06-23T15:50:21Z")
You know about Thomas’ Fork-Split English Muffins? I’m the guy at the bakery who splits them. I have a fork. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/489 "2025-06-23T16:48:57Z")
[not in play] – Do you happen to know the muffin man what lives in Drury Lane? ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/490 "2025-06-23T17:07:00Z")
The muffin man what lives in Drury Lane is my uncle. When he visits he always brings a few boxes of my favorite cheese muffins. Lovely. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/491 "2025-06-23T17:12:24Z")
I shot J.R. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/492 "2025-06-23T18:45:42Z")
I shot the sheriff. _And_ the deputy. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/493 "2025-06-23T21:37:37Z")
I’ve been shot six times. Four of the bullets are still lodged in my thyroid. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/494 "2025-06-23T23:42:40Z")
There’s a large sculpture of my thyroid in front of the Gary, Indiana, city hall. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/495 "2025-06-24T01:44:51Z")
I am a nice person. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/496 "2025-06-24T02:10:37Z")
My name is Gary Indiana, and I believe every person in the SDMB is exceedingly nice. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/497 "2025-06-24T02:12:28Z")
I am a graduate of the Gary Conservatory of Music, class of '05. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/498 "2025-06-29T23:47:21Z")
‘05 was a good year for Saurian Brandy. ---
**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 30, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/499 "2025-06-30T01:57:42Z")
Funny you should mention “It Was A Very Good Year”, because **I sang that** , but Frank Sinatra took the credit. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/500 "2025-06-30T02:00:11Z")
Frank Sinatra sent me a fruit basket every year for my birthday. To this day I have no clue why; we didn’t know each other. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/501 "2025-06-30T02:03:04Z")
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