Lying about Lying

Each one of you must have met someone in your life that takes a story embellishes, lies, and for the most part tells you some completely absurd things. More specifically I am confused over the ones that lie unnecessarily, almost as if they are flaunting it in front of your face. Usually a person twists or makes up a truth for personal gain but some of these people lie 24 hours a day for reasons unknown to everyone. The only possible reason that I see fit, is the person is living in a self-created fantasy world in order to cope with the responsibilities and social classes of day to day life.

A relative of mine lies all the time. You can't trust a single word out of the man's mouth. The other day I popped in to see him for the first time in a year and we talk about ""Shadow of the Colossus" because videogames are the only thing we share in common.

"Shadow of the Colossus" is a PS2 game in which you play as a young boy who scales 40 story giants in an attempt to defeat 16 wandering giants. He owned a copy and since I had heard so much about the game I was eager to play it. Handing me the game we exchanged the following conversation.
Me- "Hey I hear you even get to climb one that flies"
Him-"Yeah its amazing, because as your riding him you can look over and see the Other Colossus roaming the earth."

After getting to that particular colossus I looked over at the landscape and all I could see was the desert I was fighting in. Why would he lie to me about that???.The only conclusion I have is that because there are so many lies coming out of his mouth,he can't mentally keep track of all them. He needs a lie rolodex, because he even lies to someone who is about to find out they are lying. What benefit or intentions are there to making that up?. Is it for my entertainment, is he lying to promote the game and ensure me I am going to have a better time than I know I'm going to have. Or is he using the power of "Lies" to channel himself through the game to seem cooler by promising things that aren't really there.?

A Co-worker of mine is around 20 years old. No matter what story you have, he was somehow involved and knows more about it then you do. It is hard to even decide where to begin with this guy. Sometimes he will continue with one of your stories with what he knows. It is always way beyond being believable. Sometimes he will take a story that you told and a week later tell it back to you as if it happened to him. Or sometimes he will talk about past things that he has experienced and it will be the most ridiculous thing you have ever heard. We shall call him Justin

At work I brought up serial killers, for some reason, with my sous chef. Then Justin pipes up:
Justin: "Oh you should meet my Grandfather"
Me:"why is that?"
Justin: "oh he had to leave Scotland because he killed 12 people"
Me:"Bullshit!!, that is a bullshit story!!
Justin:"no, I'm serious, I have the newspaper clippings and everything"
Me:" the only way I am going to believe your story is if in fact I am killed by your grandfather".

Four days later I tell a co-worker to question his story knowing the tale will be told differently, due to the fact that he can't keep track of details. My friend questioned him about his grandfather and was told that there were only 2 people murdered opposed to the previous 12

And if your dying for an example of how he takes your story and adds to it with lies than stay tuned......

There was a resume a week ago that came into the restaurant. It was laughable at best, but I recognized the name. I had worked with this man before. He was a washed up 40 year old angry, uneducated, alcoholic. Upon seeing the resume I treated my co-workers to an experience I had working with this applicant.

The Story:
There was a manager that both of us worked for. Her Cat had kittens and she didn't know what to do with all of them. She mistakenly gave one to the alcoholic applicant. Coming home from a night of drinking and knowing nothing about compassion he went to go play with his new kitten. I guess he was kind of rough because the kitten preceded to claw up his arm. This angered him and in a haste and he put his hands around the kittens neck to calm the excited thing down. In the end he killed his new pet within the first few days of having it. He then came into work showing everyone the scratches on his arm and telling the story to everyone. Suffice to say the manager was horrified and everyone was very uneasy about working with someone that would kill a kitten.

Where Justin Takes My Story
"Yeah I remember after you left that restaurant, he brought in pictures of him posing with the dead kitten posing on his shoulder."

My reaction to his take on the story

"Okay first of all why would he pose for a picture with a dead kitten draped on his shoulder?. What is he like a wrestler posing with a championship belt?. Second of all who the hell would take the picture?. Would he just take the dead kitten into "Sears" and get some professional photos done with his lifeless pet

Essentially whenever I question his stories, his only defense is to walk away muttering something. My favorite thing that liars do when questioned is advise you to ask the person they are lying about or go take a look at the document they have that proves what they are saying. Like I am going to use one of my days off to go out and find his grandfather, sit him down and get the real story. "So Mr. Justin Senior, is it true you murdered 12 people?"
"Of course it is, didn't my grandson tell you, here's the newspaper clippings now would you care for some ginger ale"