Exaggeration Gifts

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

"The fish gets bigger every time he tells the story."

"Pfff, eating homework is nothing! My mum eats the clothes off the clothes line..."

Fishing Tales

“Sweet mother of Marmaduke... no!”

'What a CV - if you can write memos like this you'll go far in our organisation.'

Alarmistclock

"A simple note from your mother would have sufficed, Tommy."

Early accounting scandals.

"Here's your hourly job performance review."

SWAT Team (going in to catch a fly).

An exaggeration of estate agents

'...and that's the one that got away!'

"Don't worry - you've got to expect a few midge bites on holiday..."

National Hyperbole Society: Inspirational & Outstanding

"Lost his first hat about nine months ago. Really tore him up too."

'You're an estate agent aren't you?'

Fish Story

Well, no wonder the natives are restless. They're worshipping an espresso machine!

"Come check this out, Doris! I think our mouse trap finally caught a mouse!"

'I gave him the old one-two, but then he gave me three, four, five, six, seven and eight!'

'When I said in my on-line profile that I was athletic, I meant that I like watching sports!'

"And that one I tagged with a flamethrower from ten yards."

“At what point does it stop being just moths, and start being Pestilence?”

"Don't be so dramatic, you've only got a cold!"

'This is what I've been waiting for-a bunch of fishermen telling fish stories.'

"Okay. It's a balloon. Get over it."

'Oh, I would say it was at least twice that size, and it had fangs and horns too...'

'Yes, I did suggest you enlarge that photo of you and your car. However...'

Fishing Stories

"When Dennis gets a cold everyone has to know about it"

Man thinking it's safer driving a tank

'You were featured on Rogue Traders'

"Hard work, determination, success!"

"I said it was INSPIRED by a true story."