Monday, December 1, 2014

The Two Lies I Told This Year


The Two Lies I Told This Year
(So Far)
by
Dean Burkey

I’ve told only two lies this year. 

The first to a little girl. Yep. I lied to a kid. I told her Mom that I loved the show Psych; and the Mom said her daughter likes that show. So I said that’s cool. And then the little girl said, “Wasn’t the musical the best episode ever?” 

I don’t like to lie to anyone. Especially children. But she seemed so happy, so thrilled at the thought. And I’m just not the hope-killing, dream-crushing type. Which is why Im not a career guidance counselor or a contest judge. So I just nodded and said, “Yeah.” 

So there you have it, I lied to a little girl. I didn’t have the heart to tell her that obviously, the best episode ever was the one where Shawn got shot! What a thriller! Or the episode with the shark! Or the one with the Tyrannosaurus Rex bones. Or the ones with the UFO, werewolf, mummy, ghost, Despereaux, etc. Or if you’re a romantic, the episode with Franke Potente where Juliet overhears Shawn saying how much he loves her. Or the one where she kisses him! Practically any episode, except the sing-songy episode that made sure the next season would be the last. So I just nodded and said, “Yeah.” 

That was earlier this year. My second lie wasn’t too long ago, when I told a pregnant woman that I didn’t think she was pregnant because of a bulge in her belly

She’s such a sweet, strong, attractive woman whose feelings I didn’t want to hurt. And I’m sure I would’ve felt the same even if I didn’t think she could kill me before I could blink. Not that she would, but that she could. And maybe she would. 

So that’s it! We’re already into December; and I’ve told only two lies this year. (So far.) Only two! Well, possibly three. But that’s only if you count the time I said: I’ve told only two lies this year. 


Stand Up Comedy by Johnny Trabs 

- Lying To Children

Published on Jun 7, 2012 by

Author Unknown: 
(From: http://www.just-one-liners.com/category/beliefs/honesty/lies-honesty-characteristics)
A Lawyers Epitaph:
Beneath this smooth stone by the bone of his bone 
Sleeps Master John Gill; 
By lies when alive this attorney did thrive, 
And now that hes dead he lies still.

Art Rosenbaum
(From: http://www.just-one-liners.com/category/beliefs/honesty/lies-honesty-characteristics)
Golf is a game in which the ball lies poorly 
and the players well.

Dean Burkey:
I’ll only lie to you, 
if that’s what it takes, 
to get you to trust me. 

Helen Rowland
(From: http://www.just-one-liners.com/category/beliefs/honesty/lies-honesty-characteristics)
Telling lies is a fault in a boy, 
an art in a lover, 
an accomplishment in a bachelor, 
and second-nature in a married man.

Jerry Seinfeld
(From: http://www.just-one-liners.com/category/beliefs/honesty/lies-honesty-characteristics)
I think that people who read the tabloids 
deserve to be lied to.



Stand Up Comedy By Tina Kim 

- Low-Rise Lies

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