tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post2668216372224245291..comments2024-03-28T08:20:38.025-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: To Tell The TruthJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-23924626284219543802019-04-02T20:51:52.243-04:002019-04-02T20:51:52.243-04:00The cartoon reminds me of the movie Liar with Jim ...The cartoon reminds me of the movie Liar with Jim Carrey. It was hilarious!<br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79145448446068758482019-03-30T19:46:08.292-04:002019-03-30T19:46:08.292-04:00Since I believe that the secret to telling a lie a...Since I believe that the secret to telling a lie and getting away with it is keeping it simple (KISS), I don't think I'll ever be very good at it. I over-explain most everything. I have a friend who simply says she can't go somewhere, no explanation of how she is otherwise engaged. It's a bit infuriating, but I'm betting she can lie well if she wants or needs to. Of course, I'm not sure if I've been on the end of a lie from her because, well, I think she's probably good at it. Hahaha! I remember when I was a kid and it was the only time I took something that wasn't mine. I took some dominoes home from my next door neighbor best friend. I couldn't stand the pressure. I cracked like a poor asphalt job before nightfall, and I told my mother and returned the dominoes to my friend. The life of lies and deceit were not for me. <br /><br />Without going into detail about author AJ Finn's lies, I can say that I will never read another word from him, as the things he lied about could only have come from a person of the lowest character. Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-3648599848632990152019-03-30T19:31:29.401-04:002019-03-30T19:31:29.401-04:00Thank you Jenn. Thank you Jenn. Jay Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11409350742317719903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61571892718006168012019-03-30T18:06:49.100-04:002019-03-30T18:06:49.100-04:00Oh, I have!! It's incredible.Oh, I have!! It's incredible. Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-3041842140280224392019-03-30T17:01:27.754-04:002019-03-30T17:01:27.754-04:00Lies and fiction? A couple of years ago, I volunte...Lies and fiction? A couple of years ago, I volunteered to read with a group of fifth grade girls. “What is the difference between fiction and non-fiction?” They absolutely agreed non-fiction was Truth. Fiction was a Lie. We had a very lively 30 minute conversation trying to determine if every story that was “made up” was bad or wrong because it was a lie. And if it was a lie why would their teachers and parents want them to read any fiction? It was enjoyable to “see” their minds working so hard.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09047379987310210498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27637384790011122712019-03-30T17:00:30.443-04:002019-03-30T17:00:30.443-04:00Hi Edith and Julia - I tried to enter my name but ...Hi Edith and Julia - I tried to enter my name but it came up as "unknown" - not very friendly! I'm Susan....from Argyle. Such a small world! Edith, I live up the street from your in-laws and it's a long story but realized we were all connected. And Julia, we too have a connection with your Grandmother and Argyle! And we're all tooth-brushing scoff-laws to go with it! argylesusiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346053522673762369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-16265229710560920862019-03-30T16:48:17.885-04:002019-03-30T16:48:17.885-04:00Years ago the office where I worked at the time hi...Years ago the office where I worked at the time hired a young woman who was a little “off”. After she worked there a few weeks she told people that she was in the Witness Protection Program, that her name wasn’t what we thought it was, that her father was a judge, and there were people(criminals) out to “get” him, and that nobody in her family knew where she lived. We all assumed she was a little crazy. Who would actually TELL this to anyone? A few weeks later she stopped coming to work, and nobody could contact her. I don’t know if she was a good liar, a bad liar, or just in need of mental health care! (And this wasn’t the strangest situation that office had with an employee!)<br /><br />DebRo Deb Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01650858888197217258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38354601860435404172019-03-30T16:27:21.538-04:002019-03-30T16:27:21.538-04:00As oldest child, one is expected to set a good exa...As oldest child, one is expected to set a good example and not lie and I had being the oldest down pat. I would never think of lying even if it got me in trouble. And consequently I never liked it when my brother got away with lying, but he was the male heir so he got away with it. I might be a little jealous there. I was so bad at lying or not doing what was expected of me, that when I was a senior in high school, it was extremely difficult participating in the not sanctioned but accepted senior cut day. I hard such a hard time breaking the rules. I did, surprisingly, make it and cut school with everyone else. Are breaking the rules and lying the same or different? Now as an adult I am better at withholding the truth in order to make someone feel better about themselves. I also am really good at throwing myself under the bus, as my mother would say, and fessing up when I made a mistake before it was even found, I am such a little goody two shoes.Deanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626339618537503022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27321533887799841412019-03-30T15:47:23.143-04:002019-03-30T15:47:23.143-04:00I emphasis to my kids (and my students!) that admi...I emphasis to my kids (and my students!) that admitted wrong and apologising immediately is the most effective way to deal with messing up. People will get really angry if you're caught out lying, but it's hard to stay mad at someone begging forgiveness.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28505525332395303172019-03-30T15:44:27.316-04:002019-03-30T15:44:27.316-04:00Very true, Kait (no pun intended.) Sometimes a wel...Very true, Kait (no pun intended.) Sometimes a well placed lie is much kinder than the harsh truth.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37552877612442374792019-03-30T14:03:40.944-04:002019-03-30T14:03:40.944-04:00I didn't know I had company. Unknown - how coo...I didn't know I had company. Unknown - how cool is that! (What is your name, though?) Please say hi back to two of my favorite in-laws. Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87556862231403762392019-03-30T13:45:13.309-04:002019-03-30T13:45:13.309-04:00I told such whoppers as a child, and as a teenager...I told such whoppers as a child, and as a teenager, because I so hated to get in trouble. But the worrying about getting caught out in the lie doubled the anxiety over the original misdeed!<br /><br />Hallie, I did exactly the same thing with the boyfriend with the motorcycle--except I burned my leg on the exhaust pipe. And then I had to make up a story about how I got a really bad burn on my leg! I still have the scar. I'll ashamed now when I think how trusting my parents were. The only good thing that came out of my fibbing was, hopefully, a talent for fiction. As an adult, I've tried to keep the fibbing on the page.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-75676473809098232422019-03-30T12:16:01.453-04:002019-03-30T12:16:01.453-04:00It never occurs to me to lie, not until later when...It never occurs to me to lie, not until later when I wonder if a well told lie wouldn't have served me better, but by then, it's too late and the truth is out there! Social lies, depends. If there is a way to be honest and kind at the same time - Gigi, your goddess remark - priceless and perfect - then that's my route. However, if it's a matter of manners, telling someone desperately ill they look well - not a lie, but a comfort.Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-57067835728861158632019-03-30T12:07:00.390-04:002019-03-30T12:07:00.390-04:00As a kid my efforts at lying were pretty sorry. I ...As a kid my efforts at lying were pretty sorry. I always got caught out. I don't have the talent. My adult efforts are strictly the kindly white lies, and I don't think I've done any of those in years. I guess maturing means being able to either avoid the subject entirely or tell the truth in a kind way that doesn't hurt.Pat Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732230586783432052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91807580339072925982019-03-30T12:06:43.646-04:002019-03-30T12:06:43.646-04:00:):)Joan Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810313925049108163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60465860908800843892019-03-30T12:03:01.587-04:002019-03-30T12:03:01.587-04:00Okay time to come clean. My real name is eelaroc s...Okay time to come clean. My real name is eelaroc skcih. I am a werecat. The Avatar of me on Facebook is the real me. The photo Hank took at bookmania is the persona I wear during a sunny day. (sun turns werecats) why a lot of us live in FL. I live a purrrrfect life. <br />One of the posts I wrote this week is a lie. Guess which one. mrrrh? Coralee Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691335135691119400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-23438238765134205712019-03-30T11:50:18.808-04:002019-03-30T11:50:18.808-04:00I remember engaging in similar schemes, not realiz...I remember engaging in similar schemes, not realizing that indeed, it would have been faster and easier simply to do as my mother had said!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78175508604755112692019-03-30T11:48:16.262-04:002019-03-30T11:48:16.262-04:00Joan, I am reminded that honesty is the best polic...Joan, I am reminded that honesty is the best policy!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-67305813473693830312019-03-30T11:32:39.784-04:002019-03-30T11:32:39.784-04:00I love this blog! This group of writers is very fu...I love this blog! This group of writers is very funny. I did not lie well as a child, but improved as I aged. After a recent lie my BFF witnessed, I told her I was one day going to write a book titled "I Learned to Lie in Catholic School". Have any of you seen the Nora Roberts blog about her work being plagiarized? How awful!Saxladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05583281885682505950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28658841829934569532019-03-30T11:24:44.631-04:002019-03-30T11:24:44.631-04:00Well said, Jay. I respect reviewers who are honest...Well said, Jay. I respect reviewers who are honest - even if it hurts - so much more than hollow praise. Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66694308309427071592019-03-30T11:21:09.445-04:002019-03-30T11:21:09.445-04:00The big difference there is the cheating. I’m fine...The big difference there is the cheating. I’m fine with fibs where no one is hurt but the crap these parents pulled was egregious.Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84612286822215610352019-03-30T10:57:26.369-04:002019-03-30T10:57:26.369-04:00"Cynical" or a "keen observer of hu..."Cynical" or a "keen observer of human nature"?<br />Lyda McPhersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211808700153787911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31390054589328938752019-03-30T10:52:54.222-04:002019-03-30T10:52:54.222-04:00Do I tell the little white lies in order to avoid ...Do I tell the little white lies in order to avoid the inevitable flare up that honesty would otherwise bring? Sure, I believe we all do that. I mean, Christmas anyone? And I'm sure at one time the person asking has probably actually looked fat in those jeans. But you like to have the kids experience the magic of the holiday season and you definitely don't want to spend the night on the couch for the truth about those pants.<br /><br />Did I lie as a kid/teenager? Oh certainly. I was fantastic at it, a real artist. But while I told the occasional lie to get out of trouble as I'm sure we all did at one point or another, my real passion was creating a lie to combat boredom. <br /><br />This happened a lot in my school days. Particularly high school. I had a cooking class as a freshman or sophomore and I hated the class. So, what's a bored but highly intelligent example of awesomeness like me supposed to do? Well, I'm pretty sure it wasn't create the elaborate fiction that I was a raging alcoholic. But that's what I did. I spent the entire semester making the entire class believe I was either drunk or hung over in class. And I was GOOOOOOD! I had some of the girls in the class talking about holding an intervention. HA! Keep in mind that I have never really had much in the way of alcohol at all. I hate the taste of pretty much all of it from what little I tried as an adult. But apparently I should've gotten the Oscar for my lead actor portrayal in "Diary of a Teenage Alchoholic". <br /><br />You might be wondering what the point of this story is. Well, I guess it is probably DON'T BORE ME!<br /><br /><br />These days, other than those little white lies, I don't lie. It is too easy to get found out, particularly if you have more than one lie going at a time. It's too much work to keep the narrative straight. And if I want to screw up a narrative, I'd want it to be from writing my debut mystery novel, not some random lie of circumstance.<br /><br />Plus since I am writing reviews for websites and a magazine, a rigid adherence to being honest is kind of required. You may not like what I end up writing about your book, album or concert but you know that it will be coming from a place of honesty.Jay Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11409350742317719903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-65988929248300527332019-03-30T10:45:52.950-04:002019-03-30T10:45:52.950-04:00I was freed from the desire to tell lies in 2nd gr...I was freed from the desire to tell lies in 2nd grade. Someone had broken the principal's car window and he was coming around asking all the students if they had seen anything. I had not but wanted to feel important. As in all classrooms, there was a boy who was always in trouble and that day he was wearing a plaid shirt. I told the principal I had seen someone in a plaid shirt running away. The teacher turned to the principal and quietly said, "You can believe Judy. She never lies." Any desire to ever tell another lie was removed at that point. If I knew who the heck that boy was, I would have contacted him and apologized long ago. So, from that moment on, I lived up to my reputation of never lying.Judy Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097610865023794452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-89602194375894975872019-03-30T10:32:40.804-04:002019-03-30T10:32:40.804-04:00Hank, read the book. Trust me. Hank, read the book. Trust me. Fintahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17087809450585073206noreply@blogger.com