Tell Us Now: What's The Silliest Lie You Told As a Child?
Kids tell the darnedest lies.
![Tell Us Now: What's The Silliest Lie You Told As a Child?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/6/783366_320x180.jpg)
Lying is a learned art form that children (hopefully) aren't masterful in. This is why, when they try, the results can be hilarious. We asked Cracked readers on Facebook, “When you were a child, what was the stupidest lie you told?” Here are 17 funny and absurd fibs.
![TELL US NOW. IT Daniel S. tells US, In kindergarten I was supposed to learn the word to a song for the Christmas pageant for homework When the teacher asked me why I did not learn the words, I said my father was playing the trumpet too loud. My dad has never played an instrument in his life. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/4/783364.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. Tim C. tells US, In kindergarten one day, I convinced everyone but my teacher that I wasn't Tim, I was his twin brother George who took his place for the day. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/2/783362.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. Mark S. says, In 4th grade I was caught by a teacher forging my father's name. I misspelled his name! My teacher says, 'Wait! Your dad's name is Sam-Mule?! CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/3/783363.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. Dori R. tells US, I told my grandma a cat followed me home, but I was covered in scratches. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/9/783359.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. Mary K. says, My mom walked in on me with a pair of scissors in one hand and a giant chunk of my bangs in the other hand. I told her my hair just fell off. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/0/783360.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. Brad H. says, When I was little my grandfather built US a freehouse. My little brother, who I couldn't stand, was playing on the ground beneath the freehouse. I decided to whip it out and proceeded to pee on him. He ran inside crying and told my parents what I did, and when they asked my why I did that to him, I ended up blaming the dog. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/1/783361.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. April S. shares, In 5th grade, I wanted eyeglasses so bad. Don't know why. So one day I wore my stepdad's red safety glasses (complete with side guards) to school and told everyone they were prescription. Not sure why no one believed me... CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/7/783357.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. Gavin F. tells US, I told other kids that my dad was artist Mort Walker, creator of Hi and Lois. No one knew who I was talking about, which made me feel very superior. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/6/783356.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. Srem! Brian B. says, When I was six, I told everyone in my class that my birthday was on Halloween so that I would get a class party. My birthday is in July so I knew I had no chance of ever getting one. My mom wound up ratting me out in front of the entire class during our Halloween parade. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/8/783358.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. Helen H. says, My mom had 'one stick of gum at a time' rule, but I always stuffed in three. And when she asked me how many were in my mouth I'd always say 'Two!' Like, I was bad, but I wasn't THAT bad. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/4/783354.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. Guy L. shares, When I was in 3rd grade, at the beginning of the school year, the teacher asked every kid in the classroom what they had done during the summer. I began telling that I went to France, visiting Paris, seeing the Eiffel Tower, and basically a whole lot of bullshit. I thought I got away with it. But a couple of weeks later, in a parents-teacher meeting, the latter said to them, Why is your kid lying so blatantly that way? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/3/783353.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. Travis P. says, I was double-jointed and could do weird tricks with my arms... and I told people I got that way after breaking both arms, jumping off the house while flapping and trying to fly. What I thought was a cool story must've made me sound really stupid. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/5/783355.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. TIRAHO APTE JoeN Nancy R. tells US, My dad had a nifty dime bank. One day, I decided to empty it, and of course my dad realized it was empty and accused me. I told him the mailman did it, so he and I had to wait for the mailman for me to apologize to the mailman and own up to the theft...The poor mailman, who didn't know what was going on! CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/1/783351.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. ONTRA PLAY SELECT Brian N. says, I told a bunch of kids in my school in 4th grade that my grandmother invented the NES game Contra. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/2/783352.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. Chris L.'s silliest lie as a child was that my father was the world chess champion. When I was asked what his name was, I said it was too Russian to pronounce. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/0/783350.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. Dustin S. says, I caught the living room rug on fire by playing in the fireplace while my mom was napping. I used snow to put the fire out then put a chair on top of the burned spot to hide it. In my five-year-old mind, that chair would just live in front of the fireplace and no one would ever notice that I burned a big hole in the rug. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/8/783348.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. A.M.J. shares, In second grade I showed up to school with a bandage on my head and told everyone I had amnesia. That lasted all of an hour when the teacher busted me for remembering what we did the day before. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/9/783349.jpg)