Dave's Web Of Lies - A Week of Lies

The lie of yesterday

Time travel is to become a reality on 23rd September 2023. The initial foray into the past will send a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig from a laboratory in Maastrict into the kitchens of the Great Wall of China restaurant in Canterbury, England in the year 1997. Strangely nobody has been able to trace the animal since this became known.

Source: Theodore H Biscuit ([email protected])

Submitted on Monday the 1st of October 2012

Obligatory Self-reference

The lie of last Saturday

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone because he was too embarrassed to admit he was illiterate and, therefore, unable to communicate via written correspondence.

Source: Tami W. [email protected]

Submitted on Thursday the 11th of May 2006

Obligatory Self-reference

The lie of last Friday

In the Catholic Church, scratching your back with a crucifix is grounds for excommunication.

Source: Arne Frantzell ([email protected])

Submitted on Monday the 5th of July 2004

Obligatory Self-reference

The lie of last Thursday

Unicorns did exist, and originated from Siberia, but were tragically hunted to extinction by the Swedish, for their precious precious eyes.

Source: +

Submitted on Thursday the 6th of March 2008

Obligatory Self-reference

The lie of last Wednesday

In New Jersey it is illegal to spread cream cheese on a dwarf.

Source: Trigger

Submitted on Saturday the 13th of November 2004

Obligatory Self-reference

The lie of last Tuesday

Dipping your toes in creosote generates a strong magnetic field known to interfere with emergency radio transmissions.

Source: Alan of Vulcan

Submitted on Saturday the 21st of May 2005

Obligatory Self-reference

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Last updated Dec 19, 2009