Comrade Dervel.
To get myself out of a holiday to the States that I could little afford, rather than suffer the ignominy of telling everyone that I was skint I told my mates that I’d been refused a visa on the grounds that the USA thought I was an acting communist.

I made up the back story that one day, a year or so previous whilst at college, this really beautiful chick had walked up to me, and that I’d bought a copy of the communist manifesto off of her and signed up for what I thought was a newsletter, but turned out to be party membership, and that I only did it because she was really that stunning and I desperately wanted to talk to her.
I also bought a copy of the manifesto from WH Smiths in case people asked to see it.

This was 15 years ago and I’ve never admitted to making it up. I just can’t now; it’s too old a lie.

Personally I don’t even think as a story it bares close scrutiny, but everyone firmly believes its fact and will still, for their own amusement, mention to new people that I’m not allowed into the United States.

I still have the copy of the Communist Manifesto, it’s remarkably pristine.
( Dervel OTBC, Thu 12 Aug 2010, 14:53, 1 reply)

It sounds plausible to me.
If you've even talked to anyone who is "against the American way" you have to declare it, after all.
Personally, I can do without visiting the pseudo-democratic states of christianity.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Thu 12 Aug 2010, 18:10, closed)