There seems to be confusion, especially with Nails and Newyorker. The joke may have given a false impression that men are liers, but let me clarify first. I just got another email forwarded to me to confirm that all the guys were telling the truth after all. What happened was all the 11 guys were on an office party the night before and since most of them were drunk and it was already too late, they all stayed at the place of one friend. In the morning, when the wife phoned them, six of them (including the guy in question) had gone out to a pub to kill the hangover. But anyways, this joke further supports the age-old saying that (* drums roll*) men are honest as well.