It's not so much that it might not be true
it's more the ones that clearly aren't true but they are pretending it actually happened.

I think the funniest stories are the one where you can picture yourself in that situation.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 17:02, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

And surely then the funniest stories are the ones which are well written?
I really couldn't give a bugger if the story is the Truth or not - I read qotw for a funny story and often life isn't neat, tidy and funny. More often than not we remember the brilliant come back after the event.

And if we're going to be all philosophical (*looks around for Enzyme*) then who's to say what the truth actually is? No two people remember events in the same way...
Experience is subjective.
Life is subjective.
Some people write funny stories some people write a load of old crap.
*shrugs*
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 17:09, Reply)

Mathmaticians tell you what truth is.
I think all answers should be peer reviewed formulars.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 17:12, Reply)

And spell-checked, preferably.

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 17:13, Reply)

So only mathematicians ought to post on qotw then.
Erm....wasn't Edmund a mathematician?
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 17:15, Reply)

no he was a fighter pilot-medic-arctic explorer-accountant

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 17:17, Reply)

Oh, my mistake.

( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 17:18, Reply)

It's easily done
I thought he only had one wife for a while LOLZ
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 17:19, Reply)

You see, I can get all of those ..
apart from accountant? who pretends to add up shit to be cool?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 17:27, Reply)

Colonal Dracula.
He's really a lavatory attendant with an iPhone and severe delusions.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 27 Jan 2011, 17:35, Reply)