Archive for July, 2008

Lie of the Day #612

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Wearing a striped shirt in the summer makes you 17 times more likely to be struck by lightening.

Lie of the Day #611

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

The interior walls of most modern prisons are built with bricks of hardened, uneaten jell-o.

Lie of the Day #610

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

The pebbles in asphalt are made of the shattered bone fragments remaining after failed surgical experiments.

Lie of the Day #609

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Not only is the use of a paddleball children’s toy an effective test of a person’s dexterity, but the ability to continuously use a paddleball without stopping for more than an hour will grant you royal status in more than 30 international countries and an honorary doctorate degree in every U.S. university.

Lie of the Day #608

Monday, July 7th, 2008

All city street cleaners are driven by government spies who have the job of studying and analyzing our street trash for the purpose of researching and reporting the highly guarded secret lives of civilians.

Lie of the Day #607

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

In Greenland, it is against the law to wear shoes that have any form of buckle on them.

Lie of the Day #606

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

The reason why nose-picking is frowned upon has nothing to do with politeness or other notions of etiquette.  It’s really because humans share a symbiotic relationship with an ancient race of nostril demons who fend of evil bacteria while cultivating your mucus as a form of “demon honey”. It is for this precise reason that […]

Lie of the Day #605

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Polar bears are impervious to the force of gravity.  Rather than being held to Earth’s surface by their own mass, their feet are coated with an incredibly adhesive mucus membrane which, in combination with a velcro-like hair configuration, keep them firmly attached to the ground.  It’s for this very reason that you never see polar […]

Lie of the Day #604

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Data on the Internet is transmitted by a complex series of tin can phones operated by an army of mutant gerbils.  Each packet of data is represented by an intricate sequence of squeaks.  Of course, due to a variety of mitigating factors, including the sound quality of the cans and the large potential for mistranslations, […]

Lie of the Day #603

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

The capitol city of Wyoming is actually located in Mississippi.