Tall Tales Collector Pillows

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

Men reading Tall Stories, and Short Stories in a Library

"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.'

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

"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.'

"Pecos Bildungsroman"

A Salmon Lie

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

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

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."

'Our tuna salad baguettes are this big!'

"This is your great-great-uncle Enchilmo Ladas. We called him 'Enchi' for short."

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

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

Paul Bunyon, Castaway

A Tale of the Sea

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

"His nose grew every time he lied? That must've taken all the fun out of fishing."

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