# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/162 "2023-11-05T17:31:36Z")
That one’s not a lie. We’re all distant relatives of Otzi the caveman. Yes, even if you’re a dog. It just depends on how distant. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/163 "2023-11-05T19:41:51Z")
Otzi is my 3rd cousin, somewhat removed. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/164 "2023-11-17T14:36:27Z")
The character Captain’s Kirk is loosely based on my own autobiography. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/165 "2023-11-17T17:22:39Z")
My autobiography was ghost-written for me by William Shatner. ---
**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 17, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/166 "2023-11-17T17:27:59Z")
William Shatner taught me what a comma was. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/167 "2023-11-17T18:04:11Z")
William Shatner taught me [how to sing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ainyK6fXku0). ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/168 "2023-11-17T18:09:45Z")
I am a rocket man. ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/169 "2023-11-18T21:18:19Z")
As a matter of fact, I _AM_ a rocket scientist. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/170 "2023-11-19T16:40:04Z")
I have six toes on one hand. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/171 "2023-11-20T18:49:22Z")
I had a sixth digit surgically removed the same week I went skiing with William Shatner. (the truth is, I have never suffered from polydactylism) ---
**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 20, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/172 "2023-11-20T23:08:44Z")
I love listening to Christmas music the first week of November ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/173 "2023-11-21T01:01:53Z")
I’m pregnant with George Santos’s baby. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/174 "2023-11-21T17:23:42Z")
No fair inviting George Santos to this thread – he’s a professional! I, however, am well-known to be incapable of uttering untruths. ---
**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 22, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/175 "2023-11-22T00:38:24Z")
All of my words are fighting words. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/176 "2023-12-09T21:40:33Z")
Make me President, and clowns will be funny again. No more scary clowns. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/177 "2023-12-16T17:21:24Z")
I’ve had three sets of baby teeth. Yes, my own. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/178 "2023-12-16T20:03:09Z")
Im really George Santos. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/179 "2023-12-16T20:12:31Z")
I have proof that Santos was framed by the Deep State. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/180 "2023-12-16T20:35:30Z")
George Santos is performing a root canal procedure on me at this very moment. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965/181 "2023-12-16T21:51:34Z")
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