31 of the Funniest Lies People Got Away With

‘That the doner meat spinning thing was elephant leg’
31 of the Funniest Lies People Got Away With

In Dungeons & Dragons, a character with high charisma is capable of convincing others to believe things that shouldn’t pass the slightest of sniff tests. You could look at this as fantasy, the same as the setting it occurs in. That, however, would ignore the very real capability of humans to mislead each other.

I think most people have one or two facts, confidently told to them, that they hold as the sterling truth until one earth-shattering moment. Below, the gods of mischief that planted the seeds of those lies admit to their greatest flim-flams. Just hope none of them turn out to teach you anything.

MisterMisfit 14y ago I convinced my little brother that kiwi were lions eggs, and that's why they're covered with hairy mane. I then proceeded to peel one and eat it while enjoying the look of horror and disgust on his face.
nobodiestoday . 14y ago Convinced a friend in high school that pants has a silent k on the front. Kpants.
Neveronlyadream 14y ago I once convinced someone that the Romans invented sleep because their troops were making too many mistakes on the battlefield because of fatigue.
NINE HUNDRED . 14y ago . Edited 14y ago That the doner meat spinning thing was elephant leg.
MissEmpathy 14y ago Convinced my husband that there are feral Chihuahuas in the mountains of Mexico. Wild mountain chihuahuas that hunt wayward travelers in yippy, but terrifying packs. Only let him know the truth when he started talking about wild mountain chihuahuas at a party. Не trailed off once my eyes widened and | started shaking my head. There are no mountain chihuahuas? The look on his face was priceless.
kosmikmonki 14y ago A few years ago I was standing on the outer balcony of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in London. It's quite high up, with splendid views over the city and beyond. At one point an American gentleman approached me, pointed to the Crystal Palace radio transmitter on the horizon (http://piccies.flybywire.org.uk/General/200401 05/20040503/0598 CrystalPalaceTransmitter.jp g) and asked - Excuse me sir, but is that the Eiffel Tower? - Yes I replied On a clear day you can see all the way to Paris. Не immediately turned around to his wife and said Yes honey, that's the Eiffel Tower!. I felt so sorry
 14y ago A friend of mine was an exchange student from Australia to the USA. She convinced her year 9 class in Utah that Australia doesn't have clouds.
kinshark ® 14y ago When I was in 9th grade and starting to learn Spanish in school, at home one day I asked my little brother to do something for me por favor. Не flipped out and asked what a por favor was and why I was calling him that. | convinced him it really was something mean and proceeded to call him that for several months as an insult before he figured it out.
soxfan17 . 14y ago | once convinced my friend that we were in a dream. We were seven and he kept saying, Seriously? So if I'm dreaming I can do whatever I want... Не ran into the woods and fell into a ditch.
DopplerEfeckt . 14y ago I convinced a girl that showers recycle the water. If you pee in the shower, you shower in piss.
Whakahoa . 14y ago | once convinced my flatmate that Daylight Savings involved the lengthening of an hour from 60 to 70 minutes. She was pissed, and the following exchange happened. Her: Does this mean my lectures go for an hour now instead of 50 minutes?! Me: No, because an hour is now 70 minutes. Your lectures are an 'old' hour. Her: That sucks!
cheeseburgz . 14y ago I convinced a friend to flip a coin with me when I said Heads I win, Tails you lose for something of material value. Не lost.
ProstheticBabe 14y ago I came back from a field trip to some museum when I was in elementary school and brought back this neat souvenir. It was this large penny bigger than the palm of my hand that I got at the gift shop. I convinced my sister that I went to some laboratory where they were working with enlarging and shrinking technology and that I volunteered a penny to be enlarged. She was young at the time so she totally believed me. This was around the time when the movie Honey / Shrunk The Kids was popular so it
R 14y ago My dad managed to convince me that Michael and Janet Jackson were the same person. | believed him for a long time.
 . 14y ago Edited 14y ago When you delete files from your computer, you only fill up the trash folder. To clean it up, you need to insert a floppy disk (yes I'm that old :/), move the files from the trash to the floppy, and put it on someone else's computer, I also suggested to throw them on a computer at an Internet cafe.
Zergling_Supermodel 14y ago Edited 14y ago It's common in Japan to discuss blood types, since Japanese people believe there is a strong correlation between your blood type and your personality. When discussing the subject, I once convinced one of my Japanese со- workers that my blood type was H - yes, Asians don't have that blood type, but Westerners do! The even funnier thing is that H (ecchi, actually) means sex or prurient in Japanese...
japrufrocknroll 14y ago There were a disproportionate amount of Koreans at my military high-school (in the US) since it exempted them from a few years' duty back home. Once after marching at an amusement park (marching band) we convinced our dear friend that it's an American tradition to get in a group and eat a funnel cake as fast as you possibly can and then smack yourself in the face with the powder- covered plate once you've finished it. Most fun we had all day.
Pincky y.14y ago Men have to shave their tongues.
Captain_Meatshield . 14y ago | convinced a girl (in a college bio class) that my left lung had died when I was a baby, but since the doctors never removed it, I now use it to store food and water for later.
 . 14y ago Not me, but my brother was quite a good artist in elementary school. When asked how he could draw so well, he said it was because he ate his scabs. The word spread and by the end of the day, the entire school was picking and eating their scabs.
 . 14y ago . Edited 14y ago In high school I was selling chocolate bars for 50cents/bar. This girl was complaining how expensive that was, so I told the girl I'd give it to her for $1 if she bought 2. She bought 2.
erinhiggins . 14y ago My brother convinced his 11th grade English teacher that Benjamin Franklin had 26 illegitimate children. She was so convinced that she taught subsequent classes of students this fact.
the22ndquincy . 14y ago . Edited 14y ago Me and my friend convinced another (pretty smart) friend that a rhino was a male hippo, and that the horn was for fighting over females.
KaidenUmara 14y ago My mom has a pet chihuahua that she treats like a princess ect. Because of that I decided it would be funny to tell her that it's actually one third rat. I explain that since obviously a dog and a rat couldent mate they spliced rat dna into a shih tzu to make a hybrid rat-dog. She of course believed me and like any good mother still loves her dog no matter what.
sweetclementine a 14y ago While watching the sunset at the beach, I convinced my younger brother and sister that if you listen closely, you can hear the sun splashing into the ocean. They stood at the edge of the waves for a good 10 minutes trying to listen for it.
mothatt . 14y ago I managed to convince my friend that cloud storage involved storing data in the water molecules of clouds, using technology similar to MRIs. Apparently cloud storage involves reorientating water molecules to form O's and 1's using giant magnets.
nildeea . 14y ago Well I used to be a mormon missionary so... ... yea.
 a 14y ago Not me but a friend. While backpacking through continental Europe, he and his travelling buddy met a couple of girls from back home. Не managed to convince them that he took a train journey from Manchester to Edinburgh in 1995 and that on this journey he met and spoke with J. K. Rowling. The story goes that she was complaining that she had nothing to write about. My friend says to her, well, why not write about a young wizard? and proceeds to feed her the plot for the first three books.
Adm_Chookington 14y ago I recently convinced a friend of mine that a man was stabbed in the mosh pit at a Wiggles concert during Big Red Car. For those of you who don't know The Wiggles are a childrens rock band. I didn't even intend to convince him and just said it sarcastically, apparently not sarcastic enough.
sarechie . 14y ago When I was 10, | convinced my brother that he had been born with a tail and the doctors cut it off and gave it to us to put in the freezer and it was still there. Не cried for hours.
daturkel 14y ago I told my gullible friend that Benjamin Button was based on a true story and that it's a real disease. Не asked many questions about the disease which I answered. The next time the movie came up, he dropped in, you guys know that movie's based on a real guy and we laughed hysterically and I explained that it's not actually and he said I KNEW IT! Then, the next time the movie came up, he shared his little trivia fact again...

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