Or as we say in Westernesse, "the check is in the mail", is one of the two greatest lies. I won't mention the other one, as it isn't fit for ladies, but most of us know what it is.
Or as we say in Westernesse, "the check is in the mail", is one of the two greatest lies. I won't mention the other one, as it isn't fit for ladies, but most of us know what it is.
In this context, the second sentence is an oxymoron. and !
2 greatest lies Well, ladies, don't say I didn't warn you. Now you know where the Greek myth about Pandora came from -- same place as the story in Genesis where the serpent goes after the woman, not the man, because she has to know for herself. (This section of Genesis is a description of human nature -- see Adam's response to God: "It's not my fault -- it's the fault of that woman you gave me!" implying that it's actually God's fault, thus foreshadowing the dodge of trying to stick responsibility on the victim, or the one offended against)
Me either, sweet Max. I can't even guess what to google. Frankly, I thought the other greatest lie was, "Sure, I'll stick by you after the baby comes".
In the spirit of uplifting, intellectual posts, and pedantic inquiry (plus felicidal inquisitiveness) I decided to contribute my mite to this thread. (If you look at the bottom right corner, you'll see him sitting there - his name is Dot. Please don't squash him. )
Am currently reading a book called As we know it: Coming to terms with an evolved mind by Marek Kohn. One of his main subjects for dicussion is, as in any discussion of the evolution of the human mind, the acquisition and development of language.
During this discussion he suggests that one of the oldest lies of all may well be: "He's behind you."
Apparently chimpanzees use a variant of this. When under threat from a larger chimp, or from a larger force, chimpanzees have been seen to mimic the 'warning' gesture (nervous tension, upright posture, staring in the direction of the predator that has just been spotted) - looking over the shoulders, or behind, the threatening chimpanzees, whose attention is then diverted to look behind them too. So this particular lie is almost certainly pre-linguistic!
This naturally segues into the consideration, as all true English-people know, that the oldest art from of all has to be the Panto.
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