Story Exaggerator Gifts

Early accounting scandals.

Fishing Tales

"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.'

Alarmistclock

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

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

National Hyperbole Society: Inspirational & Outstanding

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

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

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

'Who needs a measuring tape when you've got an imagination?'

Fish Story

"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!'

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

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

Baron de Munchausen

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fishing Stories

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

'You were featured on Rogue Traders'

"Hard work, determination, success!"

'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."

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

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