Lies, damned lies, and statistics
Completely false things that I have claimed with deep conviction to be true....because I a smart-arse.
1. That the children’s voices in Pink Floyd’s The Wall were the Grange Hill kids
2. That one of my school friend’s middle names was “Bisty”
3. That after the ambulance funding cutbacks in Melbourne circa 1996 there were just three ambulances servicing the metropolitan area
The internet was invented for people like me.
1. That the children’s voices in Pink Floyd’s The Wall were the Grange Hill kids
2. That one of my school friend’s middle names was “Bisty”
3. That after the ambulance funding cutbacks in Melbourne circa 1996 there were just three ambulances servicing the metropolitan area
The internet was invented for people like me.
posted by gigglewick at
3:43 pm
9 Comments:
Lordy! Woman, you are evil
Just say no...(if only Zammo Maguire had)
Can your friend prove that her middle name isn't Bisty?
If you believe it to be true, it is. That's why it's called "faith". OK, maybe we're not talking about that but the same principle holds.
Ooh, chai, that's very post-modern of you! Truth is rubbery.
Truth is a relative concept. Take for example, General Custer. Hero in his day, but vilified today. He was a hero. True then. But not now. Maybe not an entirely pure example but not all truth is absolute.
Harpo,
I do my best.
BF,
Indeed.
Redcap,
She was in on that one - there was some talk of birth certificates at one point, but my superior believability (TM) won out in the end.
Chai/Redcap/Chai,
Ooooh. My blog as a launching pad for rationalism/existentialism - indeed my friend School "Bisty" Friend might have indeed argued cogito ergo sum but I don't think she would have got very far.
One of my schoolfriends middle name was Ouida - no word of a lie
Sorry slightly off topic. Why did you insist on these things? Was there alcohol involved in your insistence?
KR,
Nah - just, as I said, being a smart-arse.
Although to list them in order:
1. Trying it on to see if a music industry know-all would repeat what I said (he did - ha ha ha)
2. Throwing my weight around with a student a year younger than me who had expressed disbelief at something else I said that was COMPLETELY TRUE. I was testing my ability to be credible, really
3. Saw an ambulance go by, said to Mr Fix (who I had just started going out with) "oh, there's one of the three ambulances Melbourne has left". He had already been informed that he must be intimidated by my intellect (SNORT!) so he was inclined to believe me. I apologised for this later, and thankfully he wasn't the type with friends who would care about that sort of stuff.
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