# 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:** 46
**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 27, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/903 "2026-07-27T21:05:49Z")
I bought Hunter Biden’s laptop from Al Gore. ---
**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 28, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/904 "2026-07-28T20:37:10Z")
And I’m the guy who reformatted it for some idiot Congressman. ---
**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 11, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/905 "2026-08-11T20:27:51Z")
Tony Stark’s arc reactor was actually modelled on the real device that keeps my spleen functioning. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/906 "2026-08-13T17:02:30Z")
Spleen-support machines are a well-known scam. You can live without a spleen.They’re just siphoning off your money. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/907 "2026-08-13T17:58:52Z")
I insist on knowing which of the approximately 462.4 idiot Congressmen was the recipient of Elendil’s Heir’s reformatting service. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/908 "2026-08-14T10:24:08Z")
Given that this thread compulsorily involves lying about yourself and @Quondam_Mechanic’s last post isn’t explicitly about himself, it must be implicitly about himself. Consequently I have genuinely formed the belief he is most likely the person siphoning off the money from scam spleen-support machines. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/909 "2026-08-14T20:50:08Z")
I’m here to say, you are _entirely_ correct. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2026, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/910 "2026-08-15T00:07:17Z")
I absconded with **Elendil\_s\_Heir** ’s spleen while he wasn’t looking. It was delish. ---
**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 15, 2026, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/911 "2026-08-15T09:40:01Z")
A twelve-foot statue of my spleen was erected in front of Blawnox city hall in 1993. Last summer, it was discovered that it had somehow shrunk a quarter inch. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/912 "2026-08-15T09:54:49Z")
I am responsible for shrinking the quarter inch. A quarter inch is now officially only 31/128ths of an inch. ---
**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 27, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/913 "2026-08-27T10:50:52Z")
My embroidery has won many prizes over the years. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/914 "2026-08-28T04:25:43Z")
Oh, yeah! I remember reading your _New York Times_ profile in 1997. ---
**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 28, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/915 "2026-08-28T05:09:26Z")
Every year, I make several pillows that feature my depictions of spleens rendered in needlepoint. I then distribute them to all my friends as Christmas gifts. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/916 "2026-08-28T05:31:01Z")
I insist that the obligation of my friends is to give me a gift on their birthday. I have by this method succeeded in my goal of never being invited to birthday parties. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/917 "2026-08-28T22:27:43Z")
I gave up birthdays for Lent. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2026, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/918 "2026-08-29T05:38:17Z")
That’s OK. I’ve been celebrating your birthdays for you all along. ---
**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 29, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/919 "2026-08-29T10:03:26Z")
Due to a slight warpage in a nearby chrono-synclastic infundibulum, my birthday takes place on a different date each year, which in any given year is determined by the number of regular-season games the Chicago Cubs have won the previous year. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/920 "2026-08-30T04:37:54Z")
Hey, the Chicago Cubs! I never miss any of their games. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/921 "2026-08-30T05:36:31Z")
I miss all of the Chicago Cubs’ games. ---
**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 30, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/922 "2026-08-30T05:58:45Z")
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