Simply 23 outrageous and very funny lies that people once got away with
13.
My 8yo still thinks his scar itches from that time they removed his little tail as a baby. It’s the label on his school trousers.
— Waste Of Good Skin. (@wasteofgoodskin) April 22, 2017
14.
My father was terrible for making up German words when I started German at school: einen Flippenfloppenleibenschloppen (windscreen wipers)
— Nel Norris (@NelNorris) April 22, 2017
15.
I told my kids that cooling towers are cloud factories. The idiots fell for it.
— Dave Lee (@davelee1968) April 22, 2017
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convinced a friend that my real name was Joe Kerr and my bro’s was Wayne Kerr, but we were allowed to use aliases at school to stop bullying
— Alex Jamieson (@Alex_Jamieson) April 22, 2017
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as a teenager, i convinced a girl my mother had invented the concept of the filled baked potato.
— euan mccolm (@euanmccolm) April 23, 2017
18.
We convinced a school friend that if he took the tiny “UV Protection” sticker off the lenses of his sunglasses they’d lose the UV protection
— Andrew West (@AndrewWestHQ) April 23, 2017
19.
My dad could turn the cats’ eyes in the middle of the road on and off with a special control in the car.
— Copenhagen Steve (@xpatindk) August 7, 2018
20.
I convinced my flatmate at uni that the lead singer of Led Zepplin was called Ted Zepplin
— Cookie (@Cookiejacked) April 22, 2017
21.
A group of us once convinced our poor, trusting friend that wasps make chutney.
— Katie Young (@Pinkwood) August 5, 2018
22.
Working in a supermarket, told a co-worker that the sign of a good mozzarella ball is if it bounces. I was joking but because of my Italian background he believed me.
— Marisa Calvi (@marisacalvi) August 5, 2018
23.
Granddad convinced us if you broke a biscuit in half, all the calories fell out. He was a nutritional chemist, so of course we believed him
— Chris Riley (@criley2008) April 22, 2017
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People shared the slightly wrong phrases they’ve heard- our 23 favourites
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