# 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:** 45
**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:** [July 15, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/882 "2026-07-15T10:03:23Z")
My chief weapon is surprise…surprise and fear…fear and surprise… My two weapons are fear and surprise…and ruthless efficiency… ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/883 "2026-07-15T11:55:53Z")
I absolutely despise Monty Python references. _Despise them!_ ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/884 "2026-07-15T12:08:06Z")
Lying about myself seems physically awkward and frankly anatomically impossible. I prefer to lie in bed. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/885 "2026-07-15T18:31:09Z")
I was an unpaid extra in _Field of Dreams_. I was at the Boston Red Sox/Oakland A’s game on May 16, 1988, which was the same game that Ray Kinsella and Terence Mann attend in the movie. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 15, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/886 "2026-07-15T21:27:09Z")
Hey, I played every other extra in that film! Don’t remember meeting you, though. ---
**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 16, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/887 "2026-07-16T03:55:07Z")
I _wanted_ to be an extra in a movie once, but they paid me to leave the set, as they didn’t care for the scent of my durian perfume. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/888 "2026-07-16T04:05:21Z")
“The Scent of my Durian Perfume” was the name of my 1980’s Sumatran alt-arthouse chick flick horror movie. It did OK in cinemas that did not have smell-o-rama installed. ---
**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 16, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/889 "2026-07-16T04:37:48Z")
I almost exec-produced that movie, and have never stopped bragging about it. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/890 "2026-07-16T04:47:27Z")
I did exec-produce that movie and seldom mention it. ---
**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 16, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/892 "2026-07-16T19:43:29Z")
I was up for the lead in **Because of Winn-Dixie** when they decided to go with a _real_ dog; seems I wasn’t “scruffy” enough. ---
**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 16, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/893 "2026-07-16T20:35:48Z")
I have always thought that you’re _more_ than scruffy enough. You’re welcome. ---
**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 24, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/894 "2026-07-24T13:32:38Z")
I shot myself in the head when I was seven years old. I got better. ---
**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 25, 2026, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/895 "2026-07-25T08:16:23Z")
I proposed to my girlfriend at Niagra Falls. When I fumbled the ring and it fell over the edge, I didn’t hesitate, I jumped right after it. By lucky chance, it bounced up off a small ridge and I was able to catch it midair. Then it was simply a matter of holding onto it while twisting my body round in order to land relatively cleanly in the pools below, holding my breath long enough to get through the churning waters and then strike out for the shore. I carjacked a Mercedes and raced back up to my girlfriend in order to ‘finish the job’, but she sadly turned me down. ☹ ---
**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 25, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/896 "2026-07-25T12:30:05Z")
I witnessed **Ferris** ’s sad predicament and when he left the scene, totally dejected, I tossed the skank into the river and over she went. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/897 "2026-07-26T00:00:15Z")
I can speak fluelenly in aproximetly 2,118 langages. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/898 "2026-07-26T05:37:39Z")
I am not procrastinating by reading the SDMB to put off mowing the lawn. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/899 "2026-07-27T13:08:14Z")
I invented pants. ---
**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 27, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/900 "2026-07-27T20:17:01Z")
Being a dog, I invented panting. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/901 "2026-07-27T20:43:54Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > I invented pants. OMG, you’re [Al Gore!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Ax7cGRXIU) ---
**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:** [July 27, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/902 "2026-07-27T20:58:46Z")
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