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Anybody ever lie to get out of stuff you didn't wanna do? Maybe getting out of school, work, a boring thing with your wife, husband or girlfriend, etc..

I'm just curious as to what lengths some have gone to avoid things or get out of doing something you can't stand.

Discuss.

I'm sure I've told people "I already have plans" or "I've been sick for a couple of days" or something like that to get out of going to certain things.  But I can't recall any "great" lies I've told.

I've lied to get out of family-related crap that I have no interest in.  Or when my sister wants me to hang out with her and her doofy boyfriend.

I used to get out of family gatherings by saying I had to work that weekend. Then I'd take a few movies into the empty office, and have an afternoon of movies, video games, web surfing and solitude.

Depended on which relatives were going to be there, of course. I didn't shun all family obligations. Just the ones that promised to be stressful. Still a relatively high proportion though.

And as an aside, thanks for the title of this thread. Now I'll have the Thompson Twins stuck in my head all day.

Just the other week I said I had a "bad stomach" so I could avoid drinking alcohol with a few colleagues at work during night shift. I'm a social drinker but truth is, I really don't like alcohol.
Besides, we had a few shots of Jägermeister the night before AND the night before that. Once is enough, twice is pushing it  :thumbdown:

I once got stupid drunk at a party with a girl I was trying to put the moves on. I was drinking so much, that I ended up vomiting on my coat. When we were about to leave, she noticed the vomit and asked me what happened. I told her that someone at the party threw up on my coat.

She felt so bad about it, since she invited me to the party, and was really trying to make sure I had a good time. We ended up going back to her place and... well, having a little party of our own. ;)

Well, technically it was the truth. 

In a science class in high school, one assignment was to go home and find fossils and bring them in. Well, I had other things going on, so instead I brought in a bag of fossils from a museum gift shop.

The teacher took one glance and was like, "So you found these, huh?"

I said, "Um, yeah..."

"Around here?"

"They came from around here." (The gift shop was technically "around here.")

He then praised me all theatrically to the class for working extra hard on the assignment, since I'd apparently had to travel all the way to (I think he said) India, the nearest place the fossils I had were found..."

That was great...

So, you kissed her (and whatever else you did) with puke breath under false pretenses?

I don't have any truly great stories but I have used "I'm sick" or "I have plans" to get out of things.

I'm pretty sure I cleaned myself up a little bit, prior to doin the deed, but she was totally with it, so yeah, I proceeded.

Not truly great lies, mostly to get out of class because of the temp or the class being a complete ass of itself.

Sorry, the first thing I think of when I see this thread is..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x3TMBeX-ws&feature=fvwrel

One of my truly brilliant ones was the time when I told my then-girlfriend that I was low on money, and couldn't afford to go on a trip with her. Truth be told, I had recently received a large check for a good chunk of change. What was great about it was that the money I would have had for a trip (which mostly she wanted) I had all to myself, and used it to get a new gaming system, surround sound speakers, and 42 inch plasma tv.

I had to hide all of this from her for... oh about 2 or 3 weeks after I got them, and eventually, I think we did go on a trip together, albeit less extravagant than the one originally planned. I'm a nice guy like that. :)

The best part was I got loads of cool stuff, she never found out, and I saved myself a ton of cash on a trip I wasn't too enthusiastic about going to in the first place.

I really suck at it.
Unless I tell myself the same lies over and over so much I believe them.
Like-I dunno-
"I am NOT crazy."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFAUq9cqC9k&feature=fvwrel

Two things:

I told you all that I was born in what was then Rhodesia: I lied ~ my birth certificate says Southern Rhodesia.  :question:

I told you all that my undies were dirty. I lied: they are FEELTHY.  :buggedout: :tongueout: :teddyr: :teddyr:

I'll share a few.

  In college I was woefully unprepared to take a Final Exam, so I just skipped it, then came in to the next class wearing a knee brace. I told the prof. that I had suffered a skiing accident and asked for a makeup date. He gave it to me, but I wore that brace to every class for 2 weeks just to make the story stick.

  My sis asked me to be godfather to her first son. Because I hadn't been to church in decades I was required to go talk to the current priest at my old parish so he could confirm I was a Catholic in good standing. When he asked me why I hadn't been to church in so long I gave him a story about being a dissillusioned Catholic who had lost his faith but wanted to get it back. He gave me a pass. A year later my brother asked me to be godfather to his oldest daughter. I hadn't been to church all year, so of course I was required to get an OK from the same priest I'd told I wanted to renew my faith a year earlier. This time I got all Drama Queen on him, talking about the unfairness of life and how could a God exist that let's so many horrors exist in the world. He gave me a pass. I'm hoping I'm not asked to be a godfather again because i don't think I could pull off another performance.


  Then there was the time I went to interview for a job working in the cash cage if a casino. I came into the reception room, introduced myself and sat down. They were behind on interviewing and eventually after a longish wait I had to use the bathroom. While there, I accidentily "dripped" on my new light khaki pants. Just a few drops, but noticible, right there on the front of my pants.

  I made it back into the reception room without anyone noticing and walked over to the water cooler. I pored myself a glass and sat down, in the process I faked spilling the water into my lap. Everyone was embarrassed for me and therefore very nice about it. People got me towels, I was even bumped up in the interview process. The HR person interviewing me was very understanding and it actually worked out to be a decent ice breaker, In the end I got he job!

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Hahaha. Those are excellent stories. A friend of mine once used an lie to get out of taking his final exam in college. He kept using the excuse that one of his relatives died, and he was too bereaved to go to class. He did this in different classes every semester.

We had a running joke, where I'd ask him every time, "So who died this year?" or I might say, "Damn  Andrew, do you have any surviving family members left?"  lol.