Tall Tales Fan Prints

'Brian hated his long legs and dinner parties'

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

'You just grew three inches.'

'Yes, the owners are giraffes...Did I forget to mention it?...'

Circus trousers

A small snooker player chalking his cue.

Fishing Tales

Alice in Wonderland: The Queen Turns into a Pack of Cards.

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.'

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

"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

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

"Pecos Bildungsroman"

A Salmon Lie

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.'

Library: Tall-Tales and Facts.

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

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

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

'Our tuna salad baguettes are this big!'

'Women don't simply believe everything we hear, you know.' - 'But that does not stop you repeating it.'

'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."

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