Promotion Exaggerator Gifts

"You heard right, mom...the boss made me his plant manager!"

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

“Sweet mother of Marmaduke... no!”

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

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

Early accounting scandals.

An exaggeration of estate agents

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

"On your application it says you've been a circus clown, an orthopaedic surgeon and a molecular biologist."

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?'

Your friend, Ernie, is an impressive, multi-talented guy! He's been a actor in the theater, in archeologist, and now he's a diplomat! He hasn't been any of those things. He used to install doors. Oh, he told me he was "applauded for his entrances." And he was an inspector, book for expired yogurt, at the dairy warehouse. He said he "searcher for ancient cultures." Now he sells mattresses. You think he's a diplomat? Yeah, he told me he's "devoted to eliminating unrest in the world"

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

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

Fish Story

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

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

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

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

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

"What quality do you have, that will make us hire you as our new telephone support employee?"

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

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

'Ma, I didn't get the raise, but I'm now the vice president in charge of empty cans and bottles!'

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

"Hard work, determination, success!"

"My wife took up walkin' a mile a day five years ago. Haven't seen her since!" "Lucky son of a..."

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

'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."

"Tell me again the name of the professional basketball team you played for."

"Oh, no, I'm sorry a Level 2 badge isn't what you thought."

"Very impressive references... I didn't know the Pope ran a digital marketing agency."

"Remember my teacher made the class write a report about their parents? Well, to make it more interesting, I got 'creative' with the facts."