Narrative Exaggerators Gifts

Fishing Stories

Fishing Tales

“Sweet mother of Marmaduke... no!”

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

'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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Baron de Munchausen

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

'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...'

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

"Hard work, determination, success!"

'You were featured on Rogue Traders'

'I can tell this fish story just fine by myself, man's best friend.'

"It strikes me you're making a deal more fuss over this than it calls for, Dan'l."

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