Some time it's just plain sad!
What do you do when the future wife of one of your best friend is telling in front of three or four pilots that one day, when she was 'invited' in a military field in Europe
(how convenient as we were all in Canada at the time) she:
"Went inside a fighter jet and the ejection seat she was strapped on fired!"
...Huh !? (in unison)
"Yes! but luckily she fell onto the grass, not the tarmac!
We were more shocked by the fact she could think we would believe her than by the story itself!
There must be a name for this kind of mental sickness.
More embarrassing was Buddy believing her
That was 15 years ago with no alcohol involved and it was just a casual conversation before without even mentioning aviation.