Comments on: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/07/11/liar-liar-pants-on-fire/ Knowledge is Scrumptious Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:13:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Priya Raju http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/07/11/liar-liar-pants-on-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-4066 Priya Raju Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:25:04 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=546#comment-4066 Karthik - Thanks for your comment. Yea. Grandparents do come in handy. My cousin Sowmya (see her comment above) was a great one for that. So you think people lie when asked for directions? I think its sheer ineptitude :-) Most Indians can't give proper directions if their life depended on it. Like, I was stuck on an arterial road yesterday & was late for my nephew's birthday. We made the mistake of asking a guy for directions - bloke mentioned every single landmark in the vicinity, quizzed us to see if we knew that. And gave us some directions. If we had followed his word to a tee, we would have ended up in 1600, Pennsylvania Avenue, AKA The White House. Which would be good if that's where we wanted to go. Not the poor guy's mistake that we were obstinate about going to a Chennai hotel :D Karthik – Thanks for your comment.

Yea. Grandparents do come in handy. My cousin Sowmya (see her comment above) was a great one for that.

So you think people lie when asked for directions? I think its sheer ineptitude :-) Most Indians can’t give proper directions if their life depended on it.

Like, I was stuck on an arterial road yesterday & was late for my nephew’s birthday. We made the mistake of asking a guy for directions – bloke mentioned every single landmark in the vicinity, quizzed us to see if we knew that. And gave us some directions. If we had followed his word to a tee, we would have ended up in 1600, Pennsylvania Avenue, AKA The White House. Which would be good if that’s where we wanted to go. Not the poor guy’s mistake that we were obstinate about going to a Chennai hotel :D

]]> By: Priya Raju http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/07/11/liar-liar-pants-on-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-4065 Priya Raju Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:19:25 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=546#comment-4065 Balaji - Thanks for your comment. Sometimes, the proclamations of politicians are so humorous that nobody believes them. So, no lasting harm done. Car Salespeople though are a different story. Shameless Liars! Who do they think they are, a Prime Minister or something? Hey, but people are antsy about oil now. I know I am. Folks are so fidgety now, that they'll drill any place that purportedly has oil. I have a very oily face now. Not to over-react, but I'm thinking of, you know... :P Balaji – Thanks for your comment.

Sometimes, the proclamations of politicians are so humorous that nobody believes them. So, no lasting harm done. Car Salespeople though are a different story. Shameless Liars! Who do they think they are, a Prime Minister or something?

Hey, but people are antsy about oil now. I know I am. Folks are so fidgety now, that they’ll drill any place that purportedly has oil. I have a very oily face now. Not to over-react, but I’m thinking of, you know… :P

]]> By: pk.karthik http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/07/11/liar-liar-pants-on-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-4058 pk.karthik Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:16:32 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=546#comment-4058 Great post Priya.....ROFL...... From school ,I guess the most common form was Dead Grandparents Lie: Where a grand parent used to die often.Looking back at it I do remember a class mate of mine who used to kill one of his grandparent every term... Then we can have for lies for fun or for the heck of it...examples would be when people ask for direction on the road.... Great post Priya…..ROFL……

From school ,I guess the most common form was Dead Grandparents Lie: Where a grand parent used to die often.Looking back at it I do remember a class mate of mine who used to kill one of his grandparent every term…

Then we can have for lies for fun or for the heck of it…examples would be when people ask for direction on the road….

]]> By: Balaji http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/07/11/liar-liar-pants-on-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-4052 Balaji Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:52:26 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=546#comment-4052 great one. but too much comments i lost in middle(can someone explain all to me clearly? if possible pls). it is very hard to find buddha,gandhi, and jesus nowadays, everybody started lying for everything(oops philosophy for dummies hang over). i think setting expectations can avoid some lies. i love kid's lie, it is sweet and humor, i love poet's lie in lyrics, it is great imagination and great to listen. but i hate car salesman lies (they knew that they are lying but won't stop until we say something...LOL) and political party leader lies especially during election(like moving beach from mumbai to delhi or make india superpower within 3 months etc, which are difficult and impossible), regardless of country (US or India). now US they started big lie about going (green) less pollution at same time allowing more oil drilling. last thing is, for telecommuting(work from home) people's lies are become worst nowadays. great one. but too much comments i lost in middle(can someone explain all to me clearly? if possible pls). it is very hard to find buddha,gandhi, and jesus nowadays, everybody started lying for everything(oops philosophy for dummies hang over). i think setting expectations can avoid some lies. i love kid’s lie, it is sweet and humor, i love poet’s lie in lyrics, it is great imagination and great to listen. but i hate car salesman lies (they knew that they are lying but won’t stop until we say something…LOL) and political party leader lies especially during election(like moving beach from mumbai to delhi or make india superpower within 3 months etc, which are difficult and impossible), regardless of country (US or India). now US they started big lie about going (green) less pollution at same time allowing more oil drilling. last thing is, for telecommuting(work from home) people’s lies are become worst nowadays.

]]> By: Priya Raju http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/07/11/liar-liar-pants-on-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-4048 Priya Raju Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:46:21 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=546#comment-4048 Amit - Divine Experience?! ROFL :lol: Yea, you are probably right. It is an egregious mistake to categorize his feat as a simple lie. Your friend is an inspiration to us all ;-) Amit – Divine Experience?! ROFL :lol: Yea, you are probably right. It is an egregious mistake to categorize his feat as a simple lie. Your friend is an inspiration to us all ;-)

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