🤥 April 4 – Tell a Lie Day: The Only Day You Shouldn’t Be Honest 🙊
Today, we're throwing truth out the window and replacing it with a harmless fib or two (or twelve). That’s right—April 4 is Tell a Lie Day, and for once, you get a free pass to stretch the truth like taffy. So go ahead, say you invented Post-its. Tell your cat she’s a dog. Announce you're moving to a remote llama farm in Peru. It’s all fair game. Just, uh, don’t sign any legal documents today, mmkay?
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🕵️♀️ Wait, Who Made This Up?
Honestly? No one knows for sure—which feels pretty on-brand for a holiday based on deception. There’s no official founding tale (or is that the lie?), but it's likely this quirky observance was born from our collective love for a good-natured tall tale. And unlike April Fool’s Day just three days before, Tell a Lie Day isn’t about pranking—it’s more about playful fiction. Think creative white lies, not mean tricks.
🤯 Fun (and Possibly Made-Up) Facts About Lying
The average person lies 1-2 times a day. (Or so they say…)
Pants don’t actually catch on fire when you lie, but now we’re wondering if they should.
Pinocchio’s nose would grow to 2 feet long after just 13 lies. (Let’s not test this.)
In 2009, a man faked being a Saudi prince and conned people out of millions. He later got caught because… he used a Yahoo email. 💀
🎉 10+ Delightfully Dishonest Ways to Celebrate Tell a Lie Day
Get your fibs polished and your poker face prepped—here are some wildly entertaining ways to embrace the spirit of the day:
Start every sentence with “Not gonna lie…” and then lie.
“Not gonna lie, I once dated a celebrity chef. He made me a soufflé shaped like my face.”Text a friend something bizarre and totally fake.
“OMG I just ran into Beyoncé at Trader Joe’s. She complimented my avocados.”Tell your pet a lie.
“We’re going to the park!” goes to the vet insteadUpdate your LinkedIn with a fake job title.
“Professional Ice Cream Tester | Full-time Cloud Fluffer | Unicorn Consultant”Make up a fake holiday and try to get people to believe it.
“Did you know April 4 is also ‘National Hug a Left-Handed Mime Day’?”Try to convince someone you're fluent in a made-up language.
“Oh, I’m actually conversational in Flibberish. It’s big in Iceland.”Create a fake but oddly specific backstory for yourself.
“I spent three years in an underground competitive knitting league. Intense.”Make a “Two Truths and a Lie” Instagram story.
Let your followers guess which one is the fib. Bonus points if they're all lies.Put up a sign on your office door that says “Out sick—contracted minor dragon pox.”
See who believes you.Throw a “Liar, Liar” movie night.
Watch Jim Carrey’s finest elastic-faced performance and revel in the irony.Play "Lie or Pie" with friends.
Everyone tells a story—if it’s a lie and no one guesses, you win. If you’re caught, you get a whipped cream pie to the face. 🍰
Celebration Resources
Creative Writing Guided Journal
🤫 A Final Truth (Probably)
At the end of the day, Tell a Lie Day isn’t about being deceitful—it’s about embracing the joy of imagination, the absurdity of tall tales, and the hilarity of harmless nonsense. Just don’t use today as an excuse to fake your own death or tell your boss you’re quitting to join the circus… unless, of course, you actually are. In that case—can we come?
🔖 #TellALieDay #TallTalesAndTruthTwists #LiarLiarFunOnFire #FibbingIsFestive #CelebrateQuirky
