Bullshit and BullshittersWe've had questions about lies and liars in the past, but this time we're asking about the sort of fantasist who constantly claims they've got a helicopter in the garden or was "second onto the balcony at the Iranian Embassy siege". Tell us about the cobblers you've been told, or the complete lies you've come out with.
Thanks to dozer for the suggestion
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 12:55)
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My real name isn't RakkyThat bit is actually true. My actual first name is a bastardization of a fairly common Estonian moniker, which generally prompts the question, "Oh, are you Estonian?" to which the truthful answer is "No, I'm originally from Wigan. As are all my family as far back as anyone can be bothered finding out."
I have, however, when bored at parties, been known to pretend to be the direct descendent of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, the "missing" daughter of Nicholas the II, the last Tsar of Russia. There's a tiny window of opportunity to get people to buy it, in as far as anyone who's drunk enough to believe that someone fleeing the Bolshevik secret police would choose to settle in Wigan.
I did once come a total cropper with this story when I tried to blag it at a proper posh party, and the bloke I told it to claimed to be a minor member of the Saudi Royal family. Turns out he actually was, whereas I was still just a fat northerner.
(, Mon 17 Jan 2011, 14:43, 2 replies)
Wigan?Oh good lord, why?
/Skem escapee
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 17 Jan 2011, 16:23,
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I'd want to call my child something exotic.I've met a Yorkshire lass (with no Polish heritage) with a Polish name and know of Dutch siblings where the girl has a chinese name and the guy a Spanish/South American one.
Interesting names FTW!
(says Mr common English name)
(, Mon 17 Jan 2011, 21:05, closed)
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