# 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:** 26
**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 30, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/502 "2025-06-30T04:45:45Z")
As a small child, I carried everything on my head, which is why my skull is quite flat. ---
**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 30, 2025, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/503 "2025-06-30T05:50:55Z")
I have the skull of my mortal enemy in my cupboard. I tried to drink wine from it, but it kept spilling out of the eye sockets and mouth. ---
**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, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/504 "2025-06-30T06:49:51Z")
Due to a childhood accident, my knees bend the other direction, like a chicken. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/505 "2025-06-30T07:52:18Z")
I caused the accident that damaged @burpo_the_wonder_mutt many years ago. Today, I alternate between pride at my accomplishment and shame over what I did. ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/506 "2025-06-30T16:10:28Z")
I own the rights to the trademarked name “Burpo the Wonder Mutt,” but only in Vanuatu. ---
**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, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/507 "2025-06-30T18:07:36Z")
I once placed second in a Burpo the Wonder Mutt look-alike contest at a farmer’s market opening in Preque Isle, Maine. The prize was a pound of kale. (First prize was a half pound.) ---
**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 30, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/508 "2025-06-30T21:21:08Z")
I once placed second in a kale-eating contest. The winner has yet to recover. ---
**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, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/509 "2025-06-30T21:28:57Z")
I came in 7th in a **burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt** lookalike contest in my hometown of Powtanville, Indiana. I had Donald Elbert burn it down for me. After I got my pension check, of course. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/510 "2025-07-01T00:25:20Z")
I drew the whistling frog design that features on Bermuda’s 20-dollar commemorative note. My fee was only $20, so they paid me with the very first note printed, which was nice. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/511 "2025-07-01T02:40:16Z")
I won the first Squid Games. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/512 "2025-07-04T00:56:20Z")
I tried to start my own Squid Games, but the squids were uncooperative. Molluscs are not money-motivated. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/513 "2025-07-05T15:53:37Z")
Money _can_ buy me love. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/514 "2025-07-06T06:28:26Z")
I came in second place at a Pontius Pilate look-a-like contest in Tokyo. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/515 "2025-07-06T15:33:08Z")
I came in first! ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/516 "2025-07-12T03:39:09Z")
My penname is Stephen King. Maybe you have heard of me. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/517 "2025-07-12T14:09:32Z")
My name is Inigo Montoya. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/518 "2025-07-12T14:35:17Z")
In the forty-second dimension, my name is spelled Eyxmrssvbln, but it’s pronounced “You Talkin’ to Me? You Talkin’ to _Me_?” ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/519 "2025-07-13T02:07:48Z")
I only have two bones. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/520 "2025-07-13T13:29:35Z")
I am the Pirate King! And it is, it is a wonderful thing to be a Pirate King! ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/521 "2025-07-13T16:00:12Z")
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