It could be that he was being told a tall tale.
Tall tales are often told so as to make the narrator seem to have been a part of the story.
"As of the 1930's, this was a very popular place for American tall tales."
He also tells some stories that are most likely tall tales.
His childhood friend later said that he told tall tales about himself even in school.
She shook her head as if at a small child telling tall tales.
Also still drifting in deep space is every tall tale ever told.
But who knows what other celebrities think of the tall tales told about them?
And then he led his band in a version like a tall tale.
However, she makes up tall tales to try to blend in to the group.
It's a tall story, about a very small little person.
She came to the inn and told him a few tall stories.
It was 38x58 feet and two stories tall, with an attached kitchen.
"I have several tall stories you might like to hear."
But I will make up tall stories and say that they happened to me.
The building is a two story tall and dates back to 1872.
I couldn't speak, but the punch line of an old tall story would have been the thing to offer.
In which country could we tell a tall story like this?
She has to be a tall story that you made up.
With his feeling for tall stories he's a radio natural, though.
It's a wild story, and I don't know what to believe.
I did not have to add that it seemed a wild story to me then.
Or was there a little bit of both in his wild story?
No doubt Andrea would come in with some wild story.
And Miles has just been at her with another wild story.
Over the following few days we heard a thousand wild stories.
Sam came running into the house with some kind of a wild story.
What would they say if he came back with some wild story?
A part of her wanted to accept the wild story.
Many other wild stories are listed on sites like urbanlegends.com.
