Tall Tale Spinner Gifts

'If you really must know why you're here, it's because you told one-too-many lies about the size of those fish you caught.'

"The boys at Jack's Bait & Tackle will never believe this one!"

"First, I sent a rocket of a drive down the fairway, then I took the 7-iron, put that ball on the green...a hundred and eighty yards if it was an inch..."

"Dear Ask Sadie, I have encountered a 'close-talker' at work who always stands about five or six inches from my face while talking to me. Unfortunately, this close-talker is my boss. How can I get her to stop doing this without shooting my career in the foot? -Charlotte in Austin Excellent question. It takes me back. The year was 1938. I spent months tracking down the elusive grizzly bear of the Ozarks. There was no proof he existed. But there were tales told by campfire of a hapless lumberjac

Clancy: Exaggerating

With Hunting Season comes Storytelling Season.

'I really didn't, but who's going to know?'

Liar's Club fish

'This is the one that thought he'd got away.'

Hank doesn't always snag a stump, but when he does he fights it a fish for at least 30 seconds.

Books: Novels, Short-Stories, Tall Tales.

"You know how it is, one minute I'm selling insurance in South Dakota and the next minute I have a hook for a hand. How about you?"

Fishing Tales

'My 'What I Did Over The Weekend' report is about my hunting a 17,000 pound moose, deep inside Canada.Some or all of this report has been fictionalized for dramatic purposes.'

Fish talking about fisherman

"Listen, pal, I’m not seeing a ‘giant squirrel eating a rib-eye steak.’"

The Tale of the Tape of the Tail.

"Seriously, I used to be the staff of a guy named Moses, man the stories I could tell..."

Elephants never scared me. I once chased three of them into the river/I was able - before I lost my teeth - to bite a crocodile's tail right off / I'll never forget the time I roared so loud, twenty or maybe thirty monkeys fell right out of the tree.

Fishing Boat Derby

'It was this big. I swear'

Paul Bunyan gets the leg-lengthening Operation

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

300 cows in a field...grazing!

Grimm's Fairytales - Title Page

"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.'

fairy tales

"I'm not saying a horrible creature lives under your bed."

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

'I must admit, this family reunion hasn't really lived up to my expectations.'

A Salmon Lie

"Pecos Bildungsroman"

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

'R.I.P. Van Winkle, just sleeping.'