# 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:** 8
**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:** [October 17, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/142 "2023-10-17T14:24:16Z")
When Cecil has a question, he asks me. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/143 "2023-10-18T01:26:10Z")
I’m Cecil Adams’s nose candy connection. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/144 "2023-10-18T01:41:15Z")
Cecil Adams is my sugar daddy. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/145 "2023-10-18T01:44:57Z")
Cecil Adams taught me how to play Wagner’s Ring Cycle on the ukulele. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/146 "2023-10-18T01:47:20Z")
I rewrote Wagner’s Ring Cycle as hiphop. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/147 "2023-10-18T05:04:34Z")
I can play the Minute Waltz in 49.7 seconds. On a toy piano. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [October 18, 2023, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/148 "2023-10-18T06:06:17Z")
Douglas Adams got all his idea for the “Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy” from me. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/149 "2023-10-18T17:49:09Z")
Cecil Adams is Douglas Adams’ second uncle twice removed, which makes him my step nephew-in-law. > [@CairoCarol](#): > > Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy BTW, Nitpick : It’s “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” ! ---
**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:** [October 18, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/150 "2023-10-18T17:54:11Z")
After reading pjd’s post above, I tracked them down in a fit of pique and put invisible itching powder in their bed. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/151 "2023-10-19T00:24:18Z")
**CairoCarol** broke my heart once in Aswan. A short plane ride to Transylvania and I got a replacement. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/152 "2023-10-21T03:22:37Z")
I am the only person recognised by TAFANA (Tanners and Furriers Association of North America) to invent three new ways of skinning a cat. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/153 "2023-10-23T21:48:41Z")
If I tell another lie, I’ll never forgive myself. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/154 "2023-10-24T08:17:55Z")
I shot J.R. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/155 "2023-10-25T03:10:06Z")
I’m Brian, and so is my wife! ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/156 "2023-11-02T02:55:22Z")
I ghost write Stephen King’s books. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/157 "2023-11-02T03:35:25Z")
I live on a diet of golf balls and ketchup. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/158 "2023-11-02T06:57:37Z")
I ate the last mango in Paris, Took the last plane out of Saigon, Took the first fast boat to China, And there’s still so much to be done. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/159 "2023-11-05T00:07:12Z")
Non, je ne regrette rien ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/160 "2023-11-05T00:29:14Z")
I understand the above post. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/161 "2023-11-05T15:52:30Z")
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