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06-03-2006, 12:39 PM
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What would conversation be like if everyone told the truth? Better?
Patient: Is this going to hurt?
Dentist: Like hell. Maybe a bit more
1st person: Why do you want to go out with me?
2nd person: Because I just broke up with my SO and I need my ego boosted
1st person: Did you enjoy it?
2nd person: It was nearly as good as sleeping
Voter: Can I trust you to deliver what you promise if you get elected?
Politician: Does a fish need a bike?
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06-03-2006, 12:56 PM
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I often think tact and subtlety can be good avenues to follow, but that is not the same as lying, it's more about employing nuance.
However, lol! In those examples, I definitely think that honesty would be very refreshing. 
It's like:
Sales Clerk: *wearing plastic smile and bright, chirpy voice* How are you today?
customer: "Frankly, I'm glad you cared enough to ask. My dog just died, I've lost my job and my spouse has left me. How are you?" 
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06-03-2006, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by dragon wench customer: "Frankly, I'm glad you cared enough to ask. My dog just died, I've lost my job and my spouse has left me. How are you?" | Sales Clerk: "Ohh, I don't know...I'm working a dead-end job just to make ends meet with no real challenges and at best a possible chance of promotion to the position where I can open and close the store...plus I'm not allowed to sit all day"... | | |
06-03-2006, 01:02 PM
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There is being honest and then there is being an a hole.
I prefer honesty and no lying because lying drives me nuts.
Patient: Is this going to hurt?
Dentist: Yes this will hurt but it will be worth it at the end.
1st person: Why do you want to go out with me?
2nd person: Well I just got through with a relationship and I need you to make me feel good, and maybe it'll just be a fling or maybe not.
1st person: Did you enjoy it?
2nd person: It was ok I wasn't really in the mood to make it great.
Voter: Can I trust you to deliver what you promise if you get elected?
Politician: hahaha
All the good politicians seem to get killed (my senator died in a plane crash 1 week before the vote).
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06-03-2006, 01:02 PM
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Real one.
Fiona:[angry voice] why are you coming to my door and bothering me about a tv license I do not need [/angry voice]
Man at the door: Because I have a crap job!
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06-03-2006, 01:15 PM
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06-03-2006, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by TonyMontana1638 | Hehe. Sorry, I am overdoing the complaining, I know....   | | |
06-03-2006, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Fiona Real one.
Fiona:[angry voice] why are you coming to my door and bothering me about a tv license I do not need [/angry voice]
Man at the door: Because I have a crap job! | HAhahah, that man is cool.
Customer: "Can I buy some boiled eggs here?"
me: "Well, usually not, but I happen to have some spare for you. [Ofcourse I'm going to price it astronomically, you lucky bastard.] *Big grin*" | | |
06-03-2006, 03:06 PM
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Little boy: "Mommy, why is lucky gone, I miss my doggy."
Mother: "Well, let's see. He got mangled by a semi truck while trying to chase that ball you threw in the street for him to fetch. Dogs are so mindless to fetch practically anything someone else throws, and this time it was you apparently."
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Person accused of murder- "I know there's a lot of evidence against me, and to be honest, me being drunk I might have blacked out and actually done this, but I'd rather go get help for this, I don't want to murder people, I don't want to hurt anybody else! I'm paying you a lot of money, do we even have a chance."
Lawyer- "Nope, to be honest, all I really care about now is that new flatscreen TV I just bought, but I'll still try, no hard feelings."
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06-03-2006, 03:11 PM
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Im honest, sometimes, my honesty in combination with my lies that subtly hint at the truth has won me the reputation of being my schools resident a-hole.
Think about it this way, if Bush had been honest, would there even be troops in Iraq right now?
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06-03-2006, 03:20 PM
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I don't think bush has the mental and intellectual capacity to lie, at all.
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06-03-2006, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Siberys I don't think bush has the mental and intellectual capacity to lie, at all. | We must disagree on this important point, then. He has been documented as a first rate, continuous liar since his early career as a governor in Texas. Of course, it may just be an instinctual function, like the way some animals void when threatened to throw a tracker off their scent. I rather think Dubya could manage that much.
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06-03-2006, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by fable We must disagree on this important point, then. He has been documented as a first rate, continuous liar since his early career as a governor in Texas. Of course, it may just be an instinctual function, like the way some animals void when threatened to throw a tracker off their scent. I rather think Dubya could manage that much. | Agreed.
W has also done coke, pot, and drank probably 1/2 his liver's life away. Not that any of those makes one a lair but it goes to show he could lie very easy. BTW I bet if he got all coked up he would talk like a normal person should -,o
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06-03-2006, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by JonIrenicus BTW I bet if he got all coked up he would talk like a normal person should -,o | I'm afraid there you are absolutely wrong. He could never speak like a normal person. He's from Texas. (ducks and runs for cover)
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06-03-2006, 08:58 PM
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*pumps a shotgun*
I don't take none of your ta-rash, no siirrrey bob!
*starts firing wildly*
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