# 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:** 30
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/582 "2025-08-04T00:50:27Z")
I breed miniature chipmunks. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/583 "2025-08-04T03:21:00Z")
I had my house connected to natural gas, but then secretly swapped the main pipe valve so I now have helium on tap. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/584 "2025-08-05T01:23:03Z")
The voices in my head tell me the previous week’s winning Powerball numbers. Then they laugh. ---
**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 5, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/585 "2025-08-05T01:52:23Z")
I have a trombone fetish. ---
**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 5, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/586 "2025-08-05T01:57:38Z")
The famous “sad trombone” sound effect was originally recorded by me in 1937. Interestingly, I played it on a theremin. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/587 "2025-08-05T18:13:40Z")
I am rolling on the floor, laughing. My ass however remains attached. ---
**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 5, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/588 "2025-08-05T18:37:42Z")
My ass fell off in April. ---
**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 5, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/589 "2025-08-05T19:21:00Z")
It’s been lying around our garage. We wondered who it belonged to. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/590 "2025-08-05T19:27:59Z")
For two months as a small child I lived under a nun’s habit, clinging to one of her calves. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/591 "2025-08-05T20:29:42Z")
the three words that have helped me most in life: Pay attention to details. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/592 "2025-08-05T22:54:08Z")
I never pay attention to details. I always call de heads. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/593 "2025-08-06T01:32:49Z")
I live in a country that has outlawed dad jokes. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/594 "2025-08-06T04:00:02Z")
All my children starred on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/595 "2025-08-07T17:20:16Z")
I can dispose of my dog’s poop with telekinesis. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/596 "2025-08-09T01:17:05Z")
I own a laserdisc player and the entire catalog of movies available on laserdisc. All three of them. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/597 "2025-08-09T01:30:41Z")
I was bitten by a radioactive shrew ---
**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 9, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/598 "2025-08-09T01:52:10Z")
I was bitten by the radioactive James Spader, giving me the superpowers of an award-winning actor. [![](https://www.bootlegactionfigures.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/spader-man.jpg) ](https://www.bootlegactionfigures.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/spader-man.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/599 "2025-08-09T23:10:27Z")
I am the inspiration for Chet Morton, a close chum to the Famous Hardy Boys. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/600 "2025-08-09T23:34:09Z")
> [@2\_More\_Bits](#): > > For two months as a small child I lived under a nun’s habit, clinging to one of her calves. Now _that_ is a bad habit. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/601 "2025-08-11T13:57:42Z")
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