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[slemslempike]

What is your most common lie?

The lie I tell the most often is probably "I'm sorry, could you repeat that - our connection broke up and I didn't her what you said". VERY useful - I am on a lot of long and boring skype calls so I rarely pay much attention. I am usually very good at tuning back in, but sometimes I am engrossed in reading celebrity gossip or playing mahjong. In addition to getting you out of a tricky situation it is good for reminding people that I'M IN SOUTH SUDAN, MAN, and therefore worthy of much respect from their comfortable university in America.

I am sometimes appalled by the facility with which I lie about some thnigs.

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[yiskah.livejournal.com]

"So sorry i didn't send that on time, I had internet problems."

NB if I ever use this excuse on you it is 100% true.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Haha, oh yes.

I have, in the past month, crafted an email, sent it to a made-up wrong address, then forwaded it, changing the header information and made it look like I sent a reminder to a client WEEKS ago and was waiting for them to contact me.

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

i have literally done the EXACT SAME THING but in the context of my erstwhile PhD.

[spiralsheep.livejournal.com]

Was this post supposed to be flocked?

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I didn't intend to - I felt that there were insufficient unflocked details to lead to me if anyone's looking. And anyone who could piece together the pieces will just be told that the most common lie I told is actually that I tell lies at all...

[peeeeeeet.livejournal.com]

"No, this isn't a convenient time to talk about the thing you would like me to provide money for"

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how busy I get when I'm strolling through town.

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

"My day rate is £8,000 but for you I will discount it because I care so much about having you as a client."

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

(or insert number as relevant)

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Ooh, very good! I have been learning about how you do proposals and daily rates since working in the private sector, and how this is good business sense.

[sabethea.livejournal.com]

"Yes, Mouse, I'm fascinated by what you are telling me..."

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Hee! I think that that would be a really tough part of parenting. My cousin went through a phase of telling us about cars, which I don't care about anyway, in mind-numbingly boring detail.

[sabethea.livejournal.com]

Oh gods, I confess to having given up on the lies with Mouse and cars occasionally and just told him I don't give a flying fuck. Or something. Quite possibly, given my parenting, I have told him precisely that - I'm not sure...

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I tell L that I have no idea what he is talking about quite frequently!

[joyeuce]

"Sorry I'm late, Daughter didn't want to leave the house" - in fact this is often partly true, but it's just as much because I've been procrastinating on the awful task of getting her out of the house.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a VERY good way to grab some sympathy for procrastination, something we all deserve more of.

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

To L: "I am listening". He hasn't yet learned the trick of asking me what he just said.

"Traffic was awful". When late for work. Luckily my boss is as bad as me.