Di (aka Pensitivity101) hosts Fibbing Friday, a silly little exercise where we are to write a post with our answers to the ten questions below. But as the title suggests, truth is not an option. The idea is to fib a little, a lot, tell whoppers, be inventive, silly, or even outrageous, in our responses. Today Di has handed wants to know what…

1. Why do we say it’s raining cats and dogs? Because spiders and snakes are too scary.

2. What is meant by ‘The elephant in the room?’ The guy with the big ears, who people call “Dumbo” behind his back, has arrived.

3. What is downsizing? It’s what happens to a man’s penis when he goes swimming in the ocean.

4. What is a Panto Dame? A woman who gets winded during sex and starts panting.

5. What is pumpernickel? It’s tiddlywinks played with nickels (the U.S. five cent coin) instead of plastic discs.

6. What’s the difference between poison ivy and poison oak? Nothing. Poison by any name itches just as bad.

7. What is a plimsoll line? A line in the sand.

8. What are waffles? Pancakes with acne.

9. How can you beat inflation? Print your own money.

10. What is catsup? It’s the sound a cat makes when it drinks water.