Paul "Pinocchio" Ryan

For the first time in medical history, a back injury is credited with lengthening the nose on a person's face:


“I hurt my back when I was in my mid-20s, so I had to stop running. So obviously, my perception of races and times was off,” Ryan said when asked why he told a radio show that he had run a marathon in under three hours. His actual time was closer to four. “I thought that was an ordinary time until my brother showed me a three-hour marathon is, you know, crazy fast. It’s just the fact that I did it 22 years ago.”

I don't think many people are buying his explanation. He is in excellent physical shape, and I don't doubt he ran a good time in his marathon when he was young, but he wasn't Olympic caliber.

He would, however, be a world-class competitor for the World's Biggest Liar competition.

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