'exaggeration', and found: fish story



Could be a response to those lines (which I just found quote Sun Ra, whoever he is):

"I'm not a part of history - his story,
I'm more a part of the mystery, which is my story.
What's your story?"

"A fish story!"

Quite appropriate here actually, Jackie, 'cos fish stories would I think relate to the size of things. Like Coke cups, I mean .

A fishonabike story would perhaps be a dramatic exaggeration that sounds wholly convincing when first heard, but on further consideration makes no sense at all. You return to the scene of the "crime" only to find that the storyteller has disappeared, your last bottle of bourbon has mysteriously emptied itself, and there's no fish-food left in the cupboards.