Habitual liars

[jim]

We have a guy at work, 50 something who is an accountant, who I have figured out just produces a steady stream of b.s.. Not lies about work, lies about stuff you would make up when you were 10. The guy talks nonstop about himself, and the only thing I can figure is that he gets stuck and just needs to make stuff up to continue.

He's a baseball fan, and we were walking back from our main building yesterday. He has mentioned many times that his kid played baseball at Arizona State, which I don't think is true because I know his age and would have heard about him around this area if he was good enough to play there. So, as we are walking back together, somehow we get on the subject of Huston Street, and he drops this little gem:

Turns out, Huston Street and this guys kid were teammates at ASU together and that when they went to the College World Series together he (Street) was their SS. Oh, and his sister is Picabo Street, so I guess he's a good skiier.

I did not know that.

The kid also told his dad that he "had a really good arm and should think about pitching someday". I told him that his kid should have been a scout because he obviously had a talent for seeing potential, and then he switched gears into another story about how observant his kid was.

Quite a boy from what I can gather.

Why? Why, why, why?

[JL21]

Oh, man... if you want to end up on my proverbial "list", one of the quickest ways is to lie about baseball. Because so often, it's so easy to prove the liar wrong and they look stoopid.

[thrill]

Take that, Texas. Huston Street is a SUN DEVIL.

Does this mean we get Texas' CWS title too?

[JL21]

Only if you send a championship ring to his sister, Picabo.

[jim]

What kills me is that the guy has his mouth running literally every second you are around him about himself, so he has no idea that I am a serious baseball fan that might actually know who Huston Street is.

[Swatcat27]

What kills me is that the guy has his mouth running literally every second you are around him about himself, so he has no idea that I am a serious baseball fan that might actually know who Huston Street is.

Nor did he know that jim could be a major league Skiing scout !!

[jim]

What kills me is that the guy has his mouth running literally every second you are around him about himself, so he has no idea that I am a serious baseball fan that might actually know who Huston Street is.

Nor did he know that jim could be a major league Skiing scout !!

I could mention that, but then he would go on to probably tell me about his best friend who won a Gold medal at the '77 Winter olympic games in Mexico City.

[Popeye_Card]

I used to work with a guy who not-so-casually mentioned his "professional baseball career" about 5 or 6 times per day. It wasn't really a lie, but I'd hardly call 21.1 IP with a 2.02 WHIP in the Frontier League a "professional baseball career".

Especially embarassing when you try to use that line like you're a local celebrity when a former QB at the local high school is currently one of the best QB's in the NFL.

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[ghostrunner]

The best grade school lie i ever heard was a friend who told me his grandma had a life size X Wing and Tie Fighter in her "garage."

The closest thing I've seen to that is now Travolta's house.

[Leroy]

I think jim is a very well informed poster, and one of the best moderators around.

And that is not just at GRB, I'm talking about the whole internet.