Boastful Tale Enthusiast Pillows

'On the FBI Most Wanted, I was once number 473...'

Fishing Tales

The Tale of the Tape of the Tail.

"Well did he?"

Odysseus starts regretting his return to Ithaca.

Paul Bunyan gets the leg-lengthening Operation

"That's right kiddo, I'm one of the original band members of the Musicians of Bremen..."

Pun on Excalibur - Swiss Army knife appears from the lake.

Men reading Tall Stories, and Short Stories in a Library

The Quack Quack Diaries: Quack Quack -- King Of The Commune

"You should've seen the triceratops that got away. It had to be this...um...this...uh...well, it was huge."

"Yes, I was using my mobile whilst driving... I was calling the police to tell them I was chasing a gang of bank robbers!"

'All this is nuthin! There was one yeaw up noth...when it snowed fah two yeaws! I had t'dig down ten feet t'haul in my lobstah traps.'

Triumphant mouse posing like Perseus holding aloft Medusa's head.

Adam and Eve in Paradise

"At long last, Wyatt, our dream has come true and we are within reach of the legendary toast fields of the Sierra Madre."

"So it was a performance enhancing drug."

"Pecos Bildungsroman"

'If you're worried what to say you do for a living at your reunion, just tell them you recently bought a large stake in a local brewery.'

A Salmon Lie

Captain Eddie's New Boat:'The insurance company laughed last year when I insisted on adding Kraken coverage.'

'Sure you always catch bigger fish than me. Your arms are a foot longer than mine.'

'Spot of bother Noah - one of the Mastodons doesn't fancy the partner you've picked for him.'

'He doesn't exaggerate, he just remembers big.'

'Bragging at the Old Physicists' & Old Writers' Home.'

'That's right kids: I jumped through rings of fire when I was with the Circus!'

"So I break free and I swear that hook was this big."

'He's lying about either a fish or his penis.'

"I must have hit 20 home runs!"

Anthropomorphic Fiction.

'I don't believe for one minute that an octopus crawled up last night and ate all the coconuts!'

"This is your great-great-uncle Enchilmo Ladas. We called him 'Enchi' for short."

A Tale of the Sea

"In your original statement, you said the fish was much bigger."

Noah's Ark gets a bit overcrowded.