Hey RObert, took me a while to get to this and so glad I did. The writing is superb, really is. I love how you weave different elements of the past with the present day. I guess if it comes to it we have all lied about something so painstakingly obviously true that it becomes pointless the inquisitor bugging us any more, because in the end the only person we deceive is ourselves; I will tell you mine off camera one day. I appreciate that you avoided discussing how lying will get you all the way into the White House and even provide a (false) excuse to try and hold on to that temporary occupation. Unfortunately, it's hard for us to tell children "George Washington couldn't tell a lie" (though I suspect that is a lie in itself) when we don't get better examples from above. Your story demonstrates how the persistent lie embarrasses most of us and we would prefer not to do it. Cheers!
Again, excellent storytelling!
Hey RObert, took me a while to get to this and so glad I did. The writing is superb, really is. I love how you weave different elements of the past with the present day. I guess if it comes to it we have all lied about something so painstakingly obviously true that it becomes pointless the inquisitor bugging us any more, because in the end the only person we deceive is ourselves; I will tell you mine off camera one day. I appreciate that you avoided discussing how lying will get you all the way into the White House and even provide a (false) excuse to try and hold on to that temporary occupation. Unfortunately, it's hard for us to tell children "George Washington couldn't tell a lie" (though I suspect that is a lie in itself) when we don't get better examples from above. Your story demonstrates how the persistent lie embarrasses most of us and we would prefer not to do it. Cheers!
coming on the (literal!) heels of the second-worst dog-shit disaster in my LIFE, this strikes a tad close to home, Highpockets!! ; ]
not gonna lie... i love this piece!!