the "story topper"

[Jigawhat]

Is it just me, or have we all ran into a guy or gal that always has to one-up the story you just told?

Like just last weekend, we had a decent day on the ice, caught a few crappie and a pike. On our way off the ice, we passed by this other guy (who's out there all the time, I'll give him that). Well you don't want to bother telling this guy anything, cuz sure enough, after yur done telling him what you caught, he caught 3 more of every species and a 2 or 3 monster pike that he "let go" to be caught again. I mean, this happens, without fail, every time you talk to him. I have a co-worker who does the same thing for just about anything you mention as well.

Sorry, its a pet-peeve of mine... Sounds like a Seinfeld episode, I know. just wondering if I'm the only one to run into these types of people...

[shadow7663]

Well if you think your story is good wait until you get aload of my story.....:lol:

Oh yeah I dont like those people either. Your not alone belive me

[crazyc]

here is my story everyone did betteer than me this weekend.

where are the fish

[Lunker]

HAHAHAHH !!! And then stands there at your hole like you want to hear more ...cursing like a sailor every other word in front of your little cousin taht your trying to teach the beauty of the outdoors too. I know the kind!! Man some people!!

Excellent post!

[Frozenfish]

:yeahthat: Some people's kids........


The story-topper, :lol: :dizzy: :lol:

[MiketheElder]

I can relate to that. Let me tell you about the time.....................


Big (mouth) Mike

[Banditto]

If you think thats bad you should hear this

[ih772]

Something to remember when story telling is "The first liar doesn't stand a chance."

[RichP]

I understand what you're saying Jigawhat, but let's forget about that for now and instead make this all about me...

[wally-eye]

Just cus I catch more and bigger fish than anyone else. You'd think a person would take the time to listen to my achievements...:lol:

Sorry just couldn't help myself.........

There is an epidemic of that stuff going around.

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Where are all the deer baiters NOW............

[MiketheElder]

But in all fairness, some guys are just trying to make conversation. They (I) don't even think of anything like one-upsmanship, just trying to say in their own way that "Yeah I understand how you feel because this happened to me". Sometimes it's the listener that needs to chill.

One of my favorite sayings is "I don't have an attitude problem, you have a perception problem".

Mike

[snakebit67]

my epithat.........."You should have been here yesterday"

[StumpJumper]

I dunno, everyone likes telling their best stories, at least I do, but I only have a few and I know what you mean about the people who always have the
"better" story of the two, but them people usually never take the time to let you finish your story before they interupt with their better story. I hate that. :bash:

[MiketheElder]

Stump, I'm not a 'shroomer but that is a fantastic website! Going in my favorites.

Big Mike

[buffalo man]

Exactly :bash: :evilsmile :help:

[tommy-n]

Don't talk to people like that, you just feed them fuel for the fire. Sometimes we invite it, just trying to be nice to other people. Just remember who they are and what they stand for and walk by them the next time, a little nod or whatever and sorry I'm running late, gotta go. :D

[Jigawhat]

my epithat.........."You should have been here yesterday"
exactly.
well, I'm glad I'm not the only one. Mike, yur prolly right in some instances with others, but I've heard it from the horse's mouth too many times. :D
Deep down you just want to call him out, but you :), nod yur head, take it witha grain of salt, and move on...
Some people' kids
That is so true... :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Chuck1]

If they start really laying out the BS you have got to call them out. I would be rich if I had a dollar for everytime I have heard about 17" perch. Our favorite reply is "I've got twenty bucks if you can produce a picture, and that usually has them looking for the door"

[Hoosier_Steelheader]

What this, you meet a friend of your long time fishing buddy(he's filling a vacancy in your camping party), and the following season, and he's telling "Your Story" like it was his own? :yikes:

We have an annual fishing/camping trip with a guy like that, one summer I couldn't make it, then when I got back the following year, somehow my 22lb King from the year before ended up (word for word) being caught by him...Unbelievable, but hey, I got the pictures!

[Santiago]

Okay. Here we go.

This guy I work with is telling me how he caught a 90 pound tarpon in Florida on 9-pound test. I'm holding back on him because I lived in Florida for a while, and maybe he just got the line weight wrong or something, right? There are still plenty of tarpon that size and larger down there. But that's just the beginning.

Not fifteen seconds later, he starts-in telling me how much he loves ice-fishing, but hates the ice. To compensate, he ties a 500-foot long rope to a tree, which then goes around himself, just in case he falls in. I wasn't sure how much 500 feet of rope weighs, or whether 500 feet of rope can fit comfortably into a bucket with even minimal ice fishing gear. But who knows, maybe it was that same 9-pound test rope he used on the tarpon. Now I'm choking back the laughter, and smiling, which seems to further encourage him.

Fifteen more seconds. He's back in Florida, fishing for mullet now (I didn't ask why), in the intercoastal waterway. When the mullet bite slows, he and his buddy decide to saunter up near shore to match muscles with the resident reptile population. Not with hook and line, mind you, oh no. He's getting in the water with the alligators, and picking out the small ones to wrestle with. He's very specific, targeting Baby Chomper in depths of 4 to 6 feet over a mud bottom, which is crucial information for those looking to do the same.

I swear, in the name of God our Father, that I am not allowing one ounce of embellishment to what he said.

At this point, I am on the ground howling uncontrollably; the corners of my mouth are sore and there is not a mole of air left in my chest; it has all come out in convulsive gasps of laughter. One more story would have surely suffocated me. For respiratory reasons, I had to end the madness.

[Splitshot]

Where I come from it called The First Liar Doesn't Have A Chance.

If you know what he is going to say, don't talk with him. If you do and you tell him you caught 15 nice perch and he says I caught twenty, simply say that was on my jig pole and I caught 8 more on my tipup. :)

[Jigawhat]

Where I come from it called The First Liar Doesn't Have A Chance.
Thats the second time I've read that. Not ALL fisherman lie! ;)
I'm still laughing about "Some people's kids". :lol: :lol:
Thanks for all the great laughs. I know now I'm not the only one to experience this. Haven't run into the guy lately either. He must be "Slammin em" somewhere else, and filling someone else's ear.