I'm not good at devious, unfortunately. As devious as I get is that I told the folks at the Motel 6s, "I have a cat." Which is true. Technically, I have a cat. And another cat. You're only supposed to have one per room, but ah well.
My sister was horrified when I told her later that I'd done that. So I guess I'm not THE most namby-pamby in the family.