# 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:** 39
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/762 "2026-06-03T12:18:51Z")
I had just parked my expensive European sports car in my driveway when some whippersnappers came round asking if I had any tasks they could do for money. I said “sure here’s some whitewash, paint the porch” When I can back a few hours later they said “we’ve finished painting the porch. And by the way, nice Ferrari!” I said “thanks boys” and paid them. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/763 "2026-06-03T13:08:50Z")
I have no sense of humor. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/764 "2026-06-03T13:36:31Z")
I have a Chocolate Monkey. Which was given to me by Al Gore. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/765 "2026-06-03T19:38:52Z")
My great-great-great-great grandfather was Confederate colonel who fought at the battle of Antietam. ---
**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 3, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/766 "2026-06-03T20:11:33Z")
I got outbid at auction once for a Civil War relic that belonged to a Confederate colonel: a bandana that strangely had ragtime music notation scribbled across it from 35 years later. The item was listed as a Maple Leaf Rag. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/767 "2026-06-03T20:13:06Z")
I’m pretty pleased that this thread I started is doing so well. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/768 "2026-06-03T20:29:14Z")
Nice try, but _I’m_ the one who started it. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/769 "2026-06-03T20:44:08Z")
I started it with my wife! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/770 "2026-06-03T20:53:44Z")
I know for sure that her name is Spartacus. ---
**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 4, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/771 "2026-06-04T12:07:18Z")
My wife’s first husband was Spartacus. ---
**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 4, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/772 "2026-06-04T12:13:36Z")
My wife’s second husband was Spartacus. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/773 "2026-06-04T12:16:47Z")
I am Spartacus ! ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/774 "2026-06-04T12:22:26Z")
My brother and I are both Spartaci. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/775 "2026-06-04T12:45:58Z")
I cloned many copies of Spartacus. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/776 "2026-06-04T12:51:15Z")
I talk to the trees. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/777 "2026-06-04T13:24:58Z")
I am not an intergalactic gladiator. ---
**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 4, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/778 "2026-06-04T14:39:07Z")
Spartacus and I collaborated on an epic science-fiction novel about the intergalactic vitamin industry, complete with mad scientists, giant ants, renegade robots, sinister aliens, beings from the forty-third dimension, a rock band that travels around helping people, gay vampire ghosts, and a juggling dog. We self-published it as a Kindle book. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/779 "2026-06-04T16:28:15Z")
I could never top that one. ---
**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 4, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/780 "2026-06-04T21:36:19Z")
My wife’s third hus…AHHH! Doper attack! Run away! ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/781 "2026-06-05T00:24:25Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > Spartacus and I collaborated on an epic science-fiction novel about the intergalactic vitamin industry, complete with mad scientists, giant ants, renegade robots, sinister aliens, beings from the forty-third dimension, a rock band that travels around helping people, gay vampire ghosts, and a juggling dog. We self-published it as a Kindle book. I’d like to read that book [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965.md?page=40)