Which 'harmless' fib do you tell most often? Rank your go-to little lies.

Said while still in your dressing gown, kettle on, keys nowhere to be found. A national pastime that keeps friendships (barely) intact.

Deployed at weddings, work dos and awkward run-ins in Tesco. Delivered with a smile so convincing you almost believe it yourself.

You're not fine. Everyone knows you're not fine. But admitting it would require actual feelings, so onwards we go.

Uttered in Marks & Spencer changing rooms across the land. Kinder than the truth, and let's face it, they'd already decided anyway.

Nobody has. Not once. Not even the lawyers who wrote them. Yet we tick that box with the confidence of a barrister.