# 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:** 31
**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 11, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/602 "2025-08-11T22:14:10Z")
I’ve trained an aardvark to fetch me a Diet Coke and a stack of saltine crackers. ---
**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 12, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/603 "2025-08-12T21:29:45Z")
I shoot rockets from my sockets. ---
**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 12, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/604 "2025-08-12T22:49:43Z")
I have a weekly backgammon game with Ian McKellen. We’ve been playing for over six years but I’ve never yet managed to persuade him to say “You shall not pass!” during a game. ---
**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 13, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/605 "2025-08-13T00:41:19Z")
I have 6 toes on my left foot, but only 4 on my right, so I can still count to 10. 20 if I take my mittens off. 30 if I take my mittens and socks off. 40 if I take my… wait, TMI. ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/606 "2025-08-13T15:01:51Z")
I taught Taylor Swift how to whistle. ---
**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 15, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/607 "2025-08-15T04:22:39Z")
As a medium, I can channel a woman from the prehistoric Niktuk tribe from what is now Suriname. I can’t understand a single word she says. ---
**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 15, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/608 "2025-08-15T12:40:36Z")
I live in a house made of various cheeses. ---
**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 20, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/609 "2025-08-20T23:04:33Z")
I own a washer and a dryer, but never use either. I’m a nudist. ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/610 "2025-08-21T05:18:04Z")
I am the I in IPhone. I was going to call it the MePhone, but it wasn’t grammatically correct. ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/611 "2025-08-21T05:53:45Z")
A DNA test I recently took revealed that I am the love child of Warren Harding and Greta Garbo. ---
**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 21, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/612 "2025-08-21T12:41:20Z")
I once refereed a chess game between Jack Black and Jack White. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/613 "2025-08-21T14:13:26Z")
**Two Truths and a Lie, you guess which :** 1. I’ve killed a man 2. I will kill in future 3. It burns when I pee. ---
**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 21, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/614 "2025-08-21T15:17:27Z")
I once broke up a fight between Susan Dey and Shirley Knight. ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/615 "2025-08-23T02:41:23Z")
I use a real live mouse as my computer mouse. They can learn surprisingly fast when they are hungary. ---
**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 23, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/616 "2025-08-23T18:15:56Z")
I always serve cuisine from eastern Europe at my Thanksgiving dinners: Hungary and Turkey. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/617 "2025-08-23T18:42:49Z")
I’m not surprised one bit that you forgot to fry in Greece. ---
**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 23, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/618 "2025-08-23T20:59:09Z")
For ten years I made a living (and paid off my home!) working as a greeter at my local Walmart. Then our state legalized pot. ---
**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 31, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/619 "2025-08-31T19:43:01Z")
Due to a passport mixup, I spent a month as the personal chauffeur to the President of Estonia. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/620 "2025-09-01T03:18:03Z")
I am number 2,658,002 in the presidential line of succession. Nobody get any bad ideas, now. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/621 "2025-09-01T03:43:49Z")
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