Anybody know somebody like this....?

scott19677 · January 28, 2015

Yeah...My wife...Morgan Fairchild. Whom by the way , I've seen naked.

'01LS1 · January 29, 2015

Used to work with a guy for 11 years. He was full of it & it would never be about anything in particular. Just kind of like he dreamed up a story & it was said before he knew it.

Took me a couple of years to get used to it. Turned out over the long run was a really good guy, great mechanical mind & good friend. But when ever he would tell a story that

any of us (co workers) would repeat, we would always use his name. For example "Bob said" a & b & c. The "Bob said" was our known exemption from being held liable for the story.

truckofwinandawesome · January 29, 2015

I'm sure we all know that person that when they tell a story, you can never tell what is true, if any of it. A guy at work is like that. He always has these crazy stories of things happening to him on the weekend or things that have happened to him in the past. We'll call him Mike

One example (i was just told this by another guy that sits next to me). Apparently Mike wanted to be stormchaser in college. So he took all the climatologist classes which included some trig, physics and many upper-level science and math courses. But, he couldn't pass algebra so his professors wouldn't let him graduate because he couldn't pass algebra. That doesn't make sense. Wouldn't you have had to take algebra (or some lower level math) to even be able to take trig, physics, etc?

This guy is about 5'7" and claims that all of his brothers are 6'7" all the way up to 7' and his youngest brother plays basketball for USC. We checked the roster and there is nobody with his last name that is on the team or even from TN.

We have many other stories that this guy has told us and we can't take anything he says seriously anymore. Sometimes the stories are so out there that they are actually pretty funny and entertaining and provide a good laugh during the day. Based on all the stories we have come to the conclusion that while the main points of the event/story might be true, the inbetween and how he gets from the beginning to the middle might be a little far fetched.

So does anybody know somebody like this?

I will put my hand on my heart, and say that Algebra almost prevented me from Graduating High School; because I have a learning disability that makes high level math like sound like Greek to me. I can do basic math, and know enough about Decimals and Fractions to be useful in an Engine shop, but Algebra, Trig, and Calculus is like an unkown foreign language to me.

MikeNH · January 29, 2015

Haha I barely got through the most basic of trig and calculus. And of course what little knowledge of it I had was gone probably about the same time the principal or whoever handed me my HS diploma.

But back on topic, I do have a lifelong friend who has always told pointless/small lies about things. No idea why and it's never anything that even matters.

But yeah I've met some BS artists in my time. One of the best was way back in 3rd grade when a kid in class claimed he worked at a country radio station on weekends singing backup for the artists who sung there.

scott19677 · January 29, 2015

My problem is I have to lie and not tell what I've "REALLY" been up to. LOL

j-ten-ner · January 29, 2015

I've got a few stories to tell nobody wants to believe anyway.

Like when I was on vacation with my ex-wife in Tunisia.

There was this Beduini guy offering me 5 or 10 (can't quite remember) camels for her.

I refused of course.

Today I know better though...

Does anybody know if this was a cheap or generous offer? Just curious.

so long

j-ten-ner

Porter_ · January 29, 2015

but Algebra, Trig, and Calculus is like an unkown foreign language to me.

as a practicing and licensed mechanical and civil engineer, i can say that in my 10 years experience only Trig has been useful.

kstruckcountry · January 29, 2015

as a practicing and licensed mechanical and civil engineer, i can say that in my 10 years experience only Trig has been useful.

Working on equipment and projects Trig has been very useful. We'll see if any of the things I've learned in ME other than SolidWorks and some material knowledge get used. Just hope I don't need to remember any Calc.

SouthernSilveradoGuy85 · January 29, 2015

An ex best friend of mine was like that. Constantly told lies and told more like than truth. Why I hungout with him let alone was his best friend is beyond me. There's worse things he did that was personal to me that I won't tell on a public forum, but it's bad.

jimlem · January 29, 2015

Hey, is it just me or are anyone else's ears burning right now?

Mossyoakglock · January 29, 2015

The guy that I'm talking about either has the worst luck in the world or he just likes telling these stories for the enjoyment and being the center of attention. Here is some of his "bad luck":

One day coming to work he got two flat tires, both on the front.

The next day at the grocery store his car got broken into. The didn't shatter the window but pushed it down hard enough to push it off the window track. His wife left her $500 purse in the car so they stole that but nothing else in the car. Why did she leave a $500 purse in the car at the grocery store.

He's had his pipes bust twice in his house within 3 months.

He went to jail overnight because he had his father-in-law got in a fight and he put him in a chokehold.

He came home from work early one day and found his ex-girlfriend cheating on his so he beat the crap out the guy and was basically dragging him out the front door.

Steamguy · January 29, 2015

I got a job in High School as an attendant at a freeway gas station. Came to know the owner's son, he was my age and seemed like a reasonable guy. We'd go cruise town together, stuff like that. He had one or two stories that appeared to stretch the truth, but I discounted that because it was from when they lived in the other corner of the country.

He was saving up for college, and got himself a new car in the meantime. Shiny new Vega hatchback. A few months later, I get called into the boss' office and have my ears pinned to the wall because my till for the previous night was short. "Hey it's not me." He didn't see how it couldn't be me, after all, I was the only guy running the place and I left at midnight, with the night's receipts and such dropped into the slot in the floor safe. A few nights later, I see the son come in and he's fiddling with the safe - after all, he has a key. Next day I get fired, because the till is short. Boss wouldn't hear any suggestion that his bright and wonderful boy could possibly be into the safe. On my way out, I alerted the other night guy, who then passed it along.

A week or so later, they photographed the son with his hand in the safe and brought the whole thing to the Boss, who was such an arrogant jerk that he never apologized to any of us for accusing us of theft. I saw the son a few weeks after that, and he was all friendly and wanted to be my pal again. "Nothing doing - your lies got me fired, a stain on my record, and you can go lie to somebody else. I never want to see you again."

And I didn't.

06pirate · January 31, 2015

Well, there's fairy tales, then there's "sea stories".

You guys know the difference don't you?

A fairy tale starts out, "Once upon a time...."

A "sea story" start out, "Now, this ain't no $4!t...."

Spurshot · January 31, 2015

Well, there's fairy tales, then there's "sea stories".

You guys know the difference don't you?

A fairy tale starts out, "Once upon a time...."

A "sea story" start out, "Now, this ain't no $4!t...."

Pilot stories start out with: No sh!t, there I was, 10,000 feet, one turnin and one burnin. ...

servantsalesmen · February 1, 2015

as a practicing and licensed mechanical and civil engineer, i can say that in my 10 years experience only Trig has been useful.

Well might I say, as a graduating high school senior, I am throughly sad to hear that. My school, like many others, has done away with trig completely. I never got to take it.