Tall Tales Collector Mugs

Library: Tall-Tales and Facts.

A small snooker player chalking his cue.

Fishing Tales

The Tale of the Tape of the Tail.

Reasonableman

Fishing Boat Derby

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

Paul Bunyan gets the leg-lengthening Operation

'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.'

"Yes, I was using my mobile whilst driving... I was calling the police to tell them I was chasing a gang of bank robbers!"

Men reading Tall Stories, and Short Stories in a Library

"...and the dung was this big!.... No...elephant, actually."

"You should've seen the triceratops that got away. It had to be this...um...this...uh...well, it was huge."

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

'Well, by golly! Martha's right, I did make those doors a touch too low.'

'Take Gerald a cup of punch or something, I think he's feeling left out.'

A Salmon Lie

"Pecos Bildungsroman"

"Same hectic routine every damn year. Mind if I hang back with you?"

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

'Sure you always catch bigger fish than me. Your arms are a foot longer than mine.'

'He doesn't exaggerate, he just remembers big.'

'I've been knocking for ages!'

'That's right kids: I jumped through rings of fire when I was with the Circus!'

Circus trousers

"So I break free and I swear that hook was this big."

'He's lying about either a fish or his penis.'

Today's special guest: Rudy Park. Author of the bestselling memoir iMac Therefore I Am. Raised by rabid chimps in the desert, Rudy went on to invent the computer, and date Paris Hilton. Such an inspiring tale, young man. I made it all up. And so honest, too. Let me come clean!

Paul Bunyon, Castaway

"Hopefully, the 7-foot guy is on our side."

'I don't believe for one minute that an octopus crawled up last night and ate all the coconuts!'

A Tale of the Sea

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

'Our tuna salad baguettes are this big!'

Updated Fables. The Ant And The Grasshopper … And The Mosquito. IRS.