Those little white lies we can live with - it's the whoppers we never forget.
Here are what some folks recall as the biggest lies they've ever told or been told:- Sylvia Razi, 15, Woodland Hills, Calif.: "I told my mom I was going to the gym when actually I was going out with a guy. And I also forged my parent's signature on a school paper, which wasn't a lie, but it was dishonest."
- Sean Rance, 27, Studio City, Calif.: "My mom told a big lie to me. She said my stepfather was in the hospital but doing fine, and actually he had died."
- Donna Lee, 30, Valencia, Calif.: "A friend said she couldn't go shopping with me because she had to do something with her mother, but then I saw her out in town and so I knew she'd lied, and it hurt that she didn't want to go with me. . . . The biggest lie I ever told was to my husband. I bought an expensive dress and told my husband that I had gotten it as a gift a long time ago."
- Rachel Pressman, 15, Canoga Park, Calif.: "My mom once told me she was visiting with a girl-friend but actually she was with a man for the weekend in Palm Springs. It hurt, but then I lied to her about two boys who came to our house. I told her they left that night, but actually they didn't leave until 9 a.m. the next morning."
- Rick Rice, 36, Woodland Hills, Calif.: "The worst lie anybody ever told me was that I had a job that didn't exist. I didn't find out until about a week before I was to start work and somebody told me that it had been filled a long time ago. But I've told little lies, like saying I'm going to call a girl when I knew I wasn't going to."
- Milana Rasic, 20, Chatsworth, Calif.: "The worst lie anybody ever told me was a friend who said she wasn't interested in my boyfriend and actually they were seeing each other. And the worst lie I ever told was when I told my mother I was going somewhere but really I was going somewhere else. It's something I've always felt bad about."
- Jimmy Barnett, 21, Canoga Park, Calif.: "A contractor lied to us and said the job would be done in a few weeks and it turned out to be several months."
- Allyson Kremenetsky, 22, Reseda, Calif.: "Once my parents told me they were going to Santa Barbara for a few days, and I found out later they went to Las Vegas. I've never figured that one out."
- Kirk Nesman, 38, West Hills, Calif.: "When I was a kid, someone said I did something I didn't do and I got punished. I always wondered why they did it. . . . The worst lie I ever told was lying about my age to get a job."
- Rhoda Wright, 47, Woodland Hills, Calif.: "Once, a long time ago, I told some people what a great party they had, but it wasn't at all."
- Sandra Woodring, 29, Studio City, Calif.: "I'm in retail and every night we vacuum the store before we leave. Well, we all take turns, but last night this woman told me she couldn't vacuum because it was too heavy and she might faint from pushing it. It was so obvious she just didn't want to do it."
- Briana Saywer, 15, Northridge, Calif.: "The worst lie a girlfriend and I did was tell the teacher we needed to leave because of family problems, and I actually cried to make it look like I was really upset. But it wasn't like the worst lie told to me, which was when my boyfriend said he loved me and he didn't."