20 Funny Times People Stretched the Truth Just to Impress Someone

If you’re going to take up lying, at least care enough about your craft to make up worthwhile tales. *shakes fist at cloud* No one takes pride in their work anymore! One Redditor, for example, reminisced about a woman who said she had a higher IQ than Stephen Hawking, only to follow up that bold claim by announcing that she “didn’t know that trains have wheels.” 

Unfortunately, people who tell bold lies like that never leave it at just one. In addition to being smarter than Stephen Hawking, this woman claimed that she almost played Hermoine Granger, and developed a hatred for Emma Watson for beating her out for the role. Sure! 

Meanwhile, other Redditors have recalled the tall tales they’ve been told by people who were dying to impress them, and we have questions for the guy who says he has three souls.