Wednesday
Feb042009

How to lie for Recreational Purposes

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Reader Comments (40)

Had to be your funniest one yet.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJustin Yost

FUCKING BRILLIANT! I laughed so hard I had to go to the bathroom, but I practiced my Kegels and resisted the urge...

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterBI Fan

Kegels...

Sound advice.

I use cheese.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAnother Rob

OMG...i have been lying for recreational purposes and i didnt even knew it...OMG

also 1st.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJoseph Highborn

darn it

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJoseph Highborn

I laughed so hard, I became weak, and if you know what I mean and I think you do.

niiice...kegals...hehe...

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterChels

Ha ha ha, nice one, and it s always a fun sport if done correctly, but there are few times that playing along the dumb role a bit is quite fun too if you can make a total dumb of the liar. I bet it wouldn't be easy on you :).

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterFrancesc

I used to have a roommate that lied about EVERYTHING. I don't think it was recreational though. I think it was just that he didn't know how to tell the truth. We called him "Joel the Liar".
Totally outrageous stuff too, like "One time I raced this NASCAR car and beat it in my Pontiac Grand Am." Or, "One time I jumped my car OVER this other car." He also claimed to have been an alternate in the '96 Olympics (when he was 15). We were all pretty sure his event was the 100 meter bullshit.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterTreehog

I used to practice this as well. I convinced a friend of mine that I was a "Type B" Diabetic, and that I needed to maintain my blood-sugar level. To do so, I needed to take sugar pills every four to six hours. In essence, I needed a placebo perscription. I did get her to believe me. She was a nursing student.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterGumbercules

Truly, lying is the sport of kings.
My past successes include convincing people that:

- Part of China had fallen into the sea, and 18 million Chinese people were looking for somewhere else to live.
- One of my friends had lost a buttock in a 'pig related incident'.
- Steven Hawking genuinely has retractable helicopter rotors hidden in his wheelchair.

Remember, with great power comes great responsibility - you risk people no longer believing you when you tell the truth (For example, no one will listen to me when I tell them that there wasn't a single human born worldwide during 1927.)

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJames

kegels
awesome!

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered Commentermartin

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I love the development of the Jenkins character. Keep putting him in your stip.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterCBS

It was funny until Kegels. Then it was hilarious!

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMose

What's a kegel and how do I order a crate of them? I am so tried of today's outrageous toilet paper prices! No more!

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJeremy B.

Especially the toilet paper that they made to be like CHUCK NORRIS . . . It's rough, tough, and won't take shit off of nobody.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterizzy_wolfe_13

Hoo-man, an LOL in every panel, starting right from the first! "That's what I like to hear." "Yeah, I know." Kegels. Priceless.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterYes, I am Tubby

screw you, what. Leave this place and never return, if you wish you soul intact.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterizzy_wolfe_13

hahaha, I do this all the time. I like to tell people I am a Chinese National but my foster parents moved to the US when I was a young boy. The funny thing is I have gotten some people to actually believe me because I learned a few phrases in Mandarin. Both of my parents are actually from South America and I was born and raised in California.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterShin

BWAHAHAHA! Freaking awesome! Kegels?!?! ROFL!

Um, Jeremy B., look it up. I'm sure as heck not explaining that one.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterSusan

I read this while going to the bathroom.
HHahahahahahaha

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJared

Just...brilliant. Simply brilliant.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterStevil

Gumbercules: Oddly enough, my prescription are chewables which look just like M&Ms. They're working so far.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterExeter

Thanks to your cartoon and Google I am far more educated than I usually would be by this time of day! Excellent work as always.

February 6, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKaz

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