# 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:** 33
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/642 "2025-09-17T16:20:41Z")
I hold the trademark for the term “Happy Meal;” McDonald’s pays me for the rights to use the trademark with a lifetime supply of Chicken McNuggets. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/643 "2025-09-17T16:58:27Z")
I am the very model of a modern Major-General I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical I’m very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical, I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical, About binomial theorem I’m teeming with a lot o’ news, With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/644 "2025-11-09T10:44:32Z")
I once repaired a carburetor with a paperclip and two Band-Aids. Put ~200 miles on it before the actual replacement part arrived at Autozone. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/645 "2025-11-10T21:35:53Z")
I was the guy who overnighted that replacement carburetor to Autozone because the jerryrigged carburetor only used one gallon for that 200 miles, and my bosses at the oil company were getting nervous… ---
**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:** [November 11, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/646 "2025-11-11T19:47:50Z")
My ears glow in the dark. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/647 "2025-12-01T20:24:30Z")
I’ve had a successful earlobe transplant. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/648 "2025-12-01T21:07:46Z")
I sold my earlobes to Bill Clinton for $42,000. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/649 "2025-12-11T14:59:29Z")
I’m a vegetarian, but I would eat Bugs Bunny. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/650 "2026-01-01T18:46:39Z")
I’m a bunny who eats vegetables, but I’d eat a bug. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/651 "2026-01-01T18:48:12Z")
I’m a bug, and I eat bunnies. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/652 "2026-01-27T00:30:23Z")
I have posted in this thread every day this year. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/653 "2026-02-03T08:09:36Z")
I have trained my cat to hold her tail absolutely straight and parallel to the floor. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/654 "2026-02-03T18:37:51Z")
I’m the favorite in the luge event this year. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/655 "2026-02-03T18:44:21Z")
I installed hidden cameras in the refrigerators of all Straight Dope posters. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/656 "2026-02-05T16:26:34Z")
I built a luge run in my back yard using ice cubes from my refrigerator. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/657 "2026-02-06T02:19:48Z")
I was born in a crossfire hurricane. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2026, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/658 "2026-02-18T06:23:27Z")
I had one mole removed and two implanted for a net gain of one mole. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/659 "2026-02-24T01:12:27Z")
Aisha Tyler and I have a love child — his name is Mary. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/660 "2026-02-24T02:18:02Z")
My doctor recommended braces to better align my testicles. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/661 "2026-02-24T02:19:44Z")
I am equipped with Retro Rockets. Not any vehcile of mine. Myself. Personally. I seldom use them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=34)