# 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:** 43
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/842 "2026-06-28T23:43:20Z")
I wish my family would let me out of the attic. If only for a moment. ---
**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 28, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/843 "2026-06-28T23:44:57Z")
This thread I started is already up to 35,000 views! ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/844 "2026-06-29T04:28:44Z")
I think you’ve understated the views by quite a bit there. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/845 "2026-06-29T06:09:51Z")
I have 43 … no, make that 44 … incredibly brilliant riffs to make on the posts so far, but I’m keeping all of them a secret, because I don’t want you all to feel bad about how clever I am in comparison to the rest of you. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/846 "2026-06-29T08:35:27Z")
Just knowing how many incredibly brilliant riffs on the posts so far @CairoCarol is holding back is making me feel inadequate. ---
**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 29, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/847 "2026-06-29T12:47:27Z")
**CairoCarol** is my love child with Aisha Tyler. If you want, I’ll spank her. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/848 "2026-06-29T14:48:55Z")
Aisha Tyler warned me that if I ever tried to spank her again, she’d sic @burpo_the_wonder_mutt on me. ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/849 "2026-06-29T14:53:03Z")
A major motion picture was made, based on my biography. It was called _Jurassic Park_. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/850 "2026-06-29T21:14:08Z")
I perform a weekly knife-juggling cabaret act for the residents at my local aged care facility. ---
**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 30, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/851 "2026-06-30T20:32:17Z")
Tell me about it. I’m the poor bastard who has to hand out liability waivers and pens to everyone beforehand, and sterile wipes and Band-Aids afterwards. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/852 "2026-06-30T20:53:04Z")
For years now, I’ve been begging @Ferris to teach me how to juggle knives so I can run away and join the circus. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/853 "2026-06-30T22:11:00Z")
I started the movement to “Save @Ferris” . ---
**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:** [July 1, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/854 "2026-07-01T00:34:22Z")
I’m embarrassed by all this attention and wish it would all stop. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/855 "2026-07-01T02:54:12Z")
I found it is increasing not worth it to chew through the restraints they have me in. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/856 "2026-07-01T23:15:49Z")
I bought a straight jacket on eBay that belonged to Madeline Kahn. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/857 "2026-07-02T03:17:37Z")
WTF?!? I sold her that straitjacket just last month! Surprised she wants to get rid of it so soon. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/858 "2026-07-02T03:20:54Z")
When Madeline Kahn threatened me with a strait jacket I agreed to her demands immediately. So she probably had no further use for it. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/859 "2026-07-02T04:16:12Z")
Years ago, I was an up-and-coming editor, in line to win the editorial equivalent of a Booker or Pulitzer or Nobel prize, when I changed text about Madeline Kahn’s love for strait jackets to say that she had a love of “straight jackets.” My career never recovered from the ridicule. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/860 "2026-07-02T04:46:13Z")
But for @CairoCarols editing error I would have been forewarned and never gone near Madeline Kahn, given my phobia about strait jackets. Thanks for nothing, **CairoCarol**. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2026, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/861 "2026-07-02T05:45:33Z")
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