Compulsive Liars

The King of Moo · 23-05-2011 09:01PM #1

Know anyone who just can't help lying in every possible situation?

I can think of a few people I know who lie constantly, ranging from tiny ones to the outrageous and impossible to believe.

Mostly the lies involved the usual: casual encounters with celebrities to numerous implausible sexytime encounters and beating people up for splashing them with water by driving through a puddle.

The best one I remember was A telling B's original very specific anecdote back to B, who had originally told it to A, in minute detail and claiming it as his own. B waited till he recounted the story back to him in its entirety till he revealed that it was his own story that he had told to A, to make it more excruciating!

I can understand lots of liars who lie to make themselves look better/boost their self-esteem, or to match what you've done, but it's the people who lie constantly without benefitting from it, who seem to be addicted to it that I can't understand.

People who say things like "I went for a nice walk today." or "I watched a film last Tuesday." when they haven't.

Biggins · 23-05-2011 09:05PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Know anyone who just can't help lying in every possible situation?

There is a few obvious ones that jump immediately to mind.

starbelgrade · 23-05-2011 09:06PM

I don't believe that you have friends called A and B.

The King of Moo · 23-05-2011 09:07PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

I don't believe that you have friends called A and B.

I'm only friends with them as it's very easy to get from one of their houses to another.

pragmatic1 · 23-05-2011 09:08PM

Yeah know a few people who are like that. Its just annoying more than anything else.

Stained Class · 23-05-2011 09:09PM

The world's 2 biggest liars meet.

Liar 1. 'I paddled up Niagra Falls in a wooden barrell.

Liar 2. 'I know, I saw ya!'

Big Nasty · 23-05-2011 09:10PM

Have a friend who does it a lot - harmless stuff really, nothing malicious.

E.g. went for a bit of a hike out to Dun Laoghaire, walked both piers and back (about 10km total) when he really just went for a ramble around Marlay Park (about 2km).

alwaysadub · 23-05-2011 09:10PM

Yep knew a girl who lied about everything, big and small, got a lot of people into trouble by making up stuff about them. Claimed she was pregnant and everything.
People like that really annoy me!!

LighterGuy · 23-05-2011 09:16PM

You will always encounter people who just cant help but lying.

I really wonder what goes through the head when telling such an obvious lie. They clearly must think the recipient is a total fool and would believe anything.

Muck Jack · 23-05-2011 09:17PM

I enjoyed reading this thread.

Wolfe Tone · 23-05-2011 09:17PM

Some people make up sh!te so they will have something to talk about. I know a lad who does and its great, always has something to talk about.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 23-05-2011 09:24PM

I hate people who do this, one of my former friends is like this and its so bad I can't even spend any time with anymore. He once claimed that Lucky Strike used to put a cannabis-laced fag in every 100th box and that he had found one. He often claims to have been present at events I know he wasn't.

Eric Cartman · 23-05-2011 09:27PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Know anyone who just can't help lying in every possible situation?

I can think of a few people I know who lie constantly, ranging from tiny ones to the outrageous and impossible to believe.

Mostly the lies involved the usual: casual encounters with celebrities to numerous implausible sexytime encounters and beating people up for splashing them with water by driving through a puddle.

The best one I remember was A telling B's original very specific anecdote back to B, who had originally told it to A, in minute detail and claiming it as his own. B waited till he recounted the story back to him in its entirety till he revealed that it was his own story that he had told to A, to make it more excruciating!

I can understand lots of liars who lie to make themselves look better/boost their self-esteem, or to match what you've done, but it's the people who lie constantly without benefitting from it, who seem to be addicted to it that I can't understand.

People who say things like "I went for a nice walk today." or "I watched a film last Tuesday." when they haven't.

sounds exactley like a lad i know , hes mad for it , nobody ever points it out to him because its hillarious to let him continue, the stories get madder and madder ,everything from car crashes to women to drug taking , kind of sad really

have ran into a few women who "accidentaly" text you when theyre looking for attention or lie about being preggers too

The King of Moo · 23-05-2011 09:31PM

I just remembered a guy who used to work in a supermarket stacking shelves who used to claim to have been a supervisor in a nuclear power plant, but decided to quit as he wanted to do something different.

I remember another guy I knew vaguely telling stories literally for hours one night of the various brutal and bloody fights he'd got into, even though he wasn't a big guy and didn't seem particularly tough. He also claimed he'd only go out with one particular girl he'd always loved, was deadly serious when he showed me her picture. A few years later I saw him with a completely different girl, one I knew a bit. Not that he's not allowed to change his mind of course, it's just the way he told me about this dream girl was so dramatic it just seemed like such an act.
He also said he'd kill himself at the age of 30, must be close to that by now..

Frank Black · 23-05-2011 09:32PM

It's an Irish thing.

Like when we recount a story, sometimes we add bits in and change things around to make the story more interesting/amusing for the listener.

It's actually the height of politeness.

admiralofthefleet · 23-05-2011 09:33PM

my friend told me he was a compulsive liar but i dont believe him

van der vart · 23-05-2011 09:35PM

Muck Jack wrote: »

I enjoyed reading this thread.

why are you telling lies ?? your not enjoying it.

The King of Moo · 23-05-2011 09:36PM

Muck Jack wrote: »

I enjoyed reading this thread.

I appreciate your contribution.

Capt'n Midnight · 23-05-2011 09:42PM

A for Ahern ?
B for Bertie ?

What do I win ?

Big Nasty · 23-05-2011 09:46PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

I just remembered a guy who used to work in a supermarket stacking shelves who used to claim to have been a supervisor in a nuclear power plant, but decided to quit as he wanted to do something different.

Homer Simpson!?!:eek::eek::eek:

The King of Moo · 23-05-2011 09:48PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Homer Simpson!?!:eek::eek::eek:

Na, he was much better looking, more charismatic and successful with the ladies than Homer.
At least that's what he says...

Son Of A Vidic · 23-05-2011 09:50PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

I don't believe that you have friends called A and B.

It is possible you know, I have a couple of friends called JP and PJ.

whydoibother? · 23-05-2011 09:52PM

When it's small lies, how do you know they're lying. If someone said to me "I went for a nice walk today" I would never think to doubt it.

Big Nasty · 23-05-2011 09:55PM

whydoibother? wrote: »

When it's small lies, how do you know they're lying. If someone said to me "I went for a nice walk today" I would never think to doubt it.

Because if you know the person well enough you know they would never have done that in the first place.

OutlawPete · 23-05-2011 09:56PM

When I used to be a spy from MI6, we were on this mission in Hawaii (standard stuff, just rescuing some tourists that were being held by cannibal pirates) and our pilot, French guy with one arm, kept on and on about this time he apparently had a threesome with two women. With one arm? I don't think so mate.

whydoibother? · 23-05-2011 09:58PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Because if you know the person well enough you know they would never have done that in the first place.

Fair enough. I personally can't imagine being that confident about what someone else would do, but I can see how some people are good at it.

Kanoe · 23-05-2011 10:05PM

I think its just the Irish have a knack for exaggeration, I have a sister who is brilliant for it. the kid had a fit = the child sneezed a couple of times in succession.

The King of Moo · 23-05-2011 10:07PM

whydoibother? wrote: »

When it's small lies, how do you know they're lying. If someone said to me "I went for a nice walk today" I would never think to doubt it.

Usually I'd believe them, but there have been times when there's been other evidence to prove that that didn't happen though, like a mutual friend who was actually with them doing something else entirely.

That's the kind of lying I don't understand at all.

Stench Blossoms · 23-05-2011 10:11PM

My mother.

Drives me insane. I once wrote down every lie she told me one week and gave her the sheet at the end of the week.

whydoibother? · 23-05-2011 10:13PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Usually I'd believe them, but there have been times when there's been other evidence to prove that that didn't happen though, like a mutual friend who was actually with them doing something else entirely.

That's the kind of lying I don't understand at all.

Yeah, I don't understand lying for the sake of lying either. I can see how "white lies" happen. If the person was doing something they'd rather keep private or if they know that telling you what they were doing will steer the conversation in the direction of something they don't want to talk about. That's slightly more understandable, but random lies for the sake of it is just odd.

crankycranky · 23-05-2011 10:16PM

Was sharing a house with a friend who used to tell stories that were obviously lies, he lied so much he actually started to believe his own lies.
mostly harmless lies, but I never got over how he himself believed them or
was so relaxed about with a group of people that it never occurred to him people would not believe his farcical stories.

Lost track of the amount of facebook profiles where I've seen some amount of **** posted. People deluded into thinking they are some gangsta rappers and they are young teenagers, people believing they are some kind of soldier of fortune cos they own a gun or replica and read combat magazines.

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