Ever since we were kids, we’ve been told that lying is bad. I mean, that’s what the nursery rhyme “Johny Johny Yes Papa” is all about. But as we grow up, we realize that sometimes white lies are necessary if we don’t want to hurt someone. Bigger deceptions, however, can’t be shrugged off.
For instance, people who fib and traumatize others should be held accountable. But not everyone can cook up a convincing lie. Some are so bad at it that no one falls for them. When netizens shared the most obvious lies they’d ever been told, we pulled together the wildest ones below. Just scroll down to laugh at their sheer stupidity!
#61
"You're my favorite son" - said to my brother, who's in the same room as me.
"You're my favorite son" - said to me, in the same room as my brother.
"You're my favorite son" - said to me, in the same room as my brother.
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#62
High school classmate claimed he has a special layer on his eye and can stare right into the sun, then claimed he's once stared at the sun for 24hr straight.
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#63
"Yeah, dude. I'm totally good to drive," he slurs, reeking of cheap grain alcohol, inhaling the burning filter of a cigarette.
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#64
When I was younger this guy told me he once had a fever of 148 without going to the doctor.
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#65
About a year ago, I was into this girl, and I thought one of my close friends was too, so I asked him if he was talking to her and he said no. He asked her out the next day.
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#66
I might but a little late to this but here it goes
SO in highschool I had an attractive female 'friend' who must've got off on the weird lies she told. There were many but I'll just name the ones that stuck out
- she was ran over by a car while just laying down in the street chillin. Okay whatever. Heard her tell the story twice. First time she was 5. Second time 11. Pretty sure she said she broke all the bones in her body then recovered quickly, because God.
- she was in a severe, tragic plane crash when she was 8 while living over seas. Her family were the only survivors
- She joined cross country because her at the time boyfriend was on the team, and she couldn't bear being away from him. Month or so later she quit and said it was because she had extreme heart issues and if she was breathing too heavily her heart would explode ( her mother had told me she had forced her to quit because she kept lying to them. I heard this story before my female friend shared her lovely heartfelt tale)
Oh man was she somethin.
SO in highschool I had an attractive female 'friend' who must've got off on the weird lies she told. There were many but I'll just name the ones that stuck out
- she was ran over by a car while just laying down in the street chillin. Okay whatever. Heard her tell the story twice. First time she was 5. Second time 11. Pretty sure she said she broke all the bones in her body then recovered quickly, because God.
- she was in a severe, tragic plane crash when she was 8 while living over seas. Her family were the only survivors
- She joined cross country because her at the time boyfriend was on the team, and she couldn't bear being away from him. Month or so later she quit and said it was because she had extreme heart issues and if she was breathing too heavily her heart would explode ( her mother had told me she had forced her to quit because she kept lying to them. I heard this story before my female friend shared her lovely heartfelt tale)
Oh man was she somethin.
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#67
Just the most recent one in memory. A store employee recently wolf whistled at me as I bent over to buy flour.
Me: Did you just whistle at me?
Him: Huh?
Me: Did you just whistle at me?
Him: I mean, I whistled, but not at you.
Me: You wolf whistled at nothing?
Him: Uh...yeah. I like to whistle.
(I've now written whistle so many times that it sounds weird to my brain. And yours, I guess!)
Me: Did you just whistle at me?
Him: Huh?
Me: Did you just whistle at me?
Him: I mean, I whistled, but not at you.
Me: You wolf whistled at nothing?
Him: Uh...yeah. I like to whistle.
(I've now written whistle so many times that it sounds weird to my brain. And yours, I guess!)
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#70
When I was a sophomore in high school, my "friend" (nobody liked him, we all just tolerated his weird things) told me that he and his brother made a video game console that you could input your own story into and have it create the game for you. Of course, he was never able to show it to us cuz, you know, reasons.
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#71
We went to see a movie for my grandma’s birthday bc anything that comes on TV she SWEARS she’s already seen it
The movie she picked was so boring
At one point, she turned to my mom and I and said “Don’t worry y’all.. it gets better. I’ve seen this one before.”
The movie she picked was so boring
At one point, she turned to my mom and I and said “Don’t worry y’all.. it gets better. I’ve seen this one before.”
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#72
My ex husband and his girlfriend telling me there was nothing going on while they were staying at a motel.
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#74
My wife went to job interview. Was asked the question 'If you were an animal what animal would you be?' Reels off answer. That night she tells me the question she was asked and the answer she gave.
Next day at work in passing I mentioned the interview and question and answer to my direct report.
A week later talking to the same report he says to me 'I've just been to a management seminar and was asked what animal would I be' He then reels off the word for word answer my wife gave as if it was his own.
a) The guy isn't management and hadn't just been to a management seminar
b) The guy talks strange things all the time.... Like the time he tells us all about boot camp and been dressed down by a drill instructor even though he's never been in the army
I stop there nodding and smiling. I just didn't have the heart to call him a liar.
Next day at work in passing I mentioned the interview and question and answer to my direct report.
A week later talking to the same report he says to me 'I've just been to a management seminar and was asked what animal would I be' He then reels off the word for word answer my wife gave as if it was his own.
a) The guy isn't management and hadn't just been to a management seminar
b) The guy talks strange things all the time.... Like the time he tells us all about boot camp and been dressed down by a drill instructor even though he's never been in the army
I stop there nodding and smiling. I just didn't have the heart to call him a liar.
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#78
In grade school, I remember being told we couldn't use a calculator on tests because we wouldn't be able to use one in real life.
Even in college, I remember how we couldn't use Wikipedia or online sources for articles because "they couldn't be trusted."
Am I 80? No. 70? Nah. 60? Negative. 50? *shakes head sideways* 40? Not quite!
Even in college, I remember how we couldn't use Wikipedia or online sources for articles because "they couldn't be trusted."
Am I 80? No. 70? Nah. 60? Negative. 50? *shakes head sideways* 40? Not quite!
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