# 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:** 3
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/41 "2023-08-03T18:37:56Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Real story: my best friend in first through third grades made up all of these grandiose, crazy stories about himself, which I, being a naive little kid, happily believed. The above was one that he swore to me was true. Seth, if you’re actually a Doper now, I may have just outed you as being a pathological liar when you were seven years old. I am Seth, and I resent being outed as a pathological liar! ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/42 "2023-08-03T18:38:30Z")
I am your father, Luke. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/43 "2023-08-03T21:57:57Z")
Now, many many years ago when I was twenty three, I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be. This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red, My father fell in love with her and soon those two were wed. This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life – My daughter was my mother 'cause she was my father’s wife. To complicate the matters, even though it brought me joy, I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy. My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad – And so became my uncle although it made me very sad… For if he was my uncle, that also made him the brother Of the widow’s grown-up daughter – who, of course, was my step-mother… I’m my own grandpa. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/44 "2023-08-03T22:10:44Z")
And I’m Andy Kaufman. We should get together. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/45 "2023-08-03T23:04:19Z")
I am… Batman! ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/46 "2023-08-03T23:05:22Z")
I am the very model of a modern major-general. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/47 "2023-08-03T23:12:05Z")
I am Sam. Sam I am. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/48 "2023-08-04T00:00:29Z")
One of my posts in the Two Sentence Horror Thread actually happened to me. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/49 "2023-08-04T00:13:00Z")
I like green eggs and ham. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/50 "2023-08-04T01:26:45Z")
I walked into the party like I was walking onto a yacht My hat strategically dipped below one eye My scarf it was apricot I had one eye in the mirror, as I watched myself gavotte And all the girls dreamed that they’d be my partner ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/51 "2023-08-04T01:48:53Z")
My hair is down to my waist and it is fabulous! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/52 "2023-08-04T02:47:21Z")
I’ve never told a lie. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/53 "2023-08-04T06:29:14Z")
When @CairoCarol and I get together, we’re gonna have a party that’s as fun as this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9kpBzUQHYtM/hqdefault.jpg "Andy Kaufman's Elvis Presley Impression | Carson Tonight Show") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kpBzUQHYtM) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/54 "2023-08-04T07:18:41Z")
I graduated summa cum laude ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/55 "2023-08-04T14:51:32Z")
I wear size 21 shoes. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/56 "2023-08-04T16:12:49Z")
Is it true what they say about big feet? I never ask inappropriate questions! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/57 "2023-08-04T16:21:37Z")
I or am ganized. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/58 "2023-08-04T21:16:00Z")
All of Weather Report’s bass lines\* were played by me. Jaco was miming. \*Except those in the pre-Jaco and post-Jaco periods. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/59 "2023-08-04T21:31:52Z")
Jaco Pastorius and I were teammates on a roller derby team based in Orlando in the late sixties and early seventies. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/60 "2023-08-04T21:34:29Z")
I turned down the position of SecState under both Pres. Bushes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=4)