tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post105002346601252675..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: I cannot tell a lie - but I've got lots of stories that aren't strictly trueDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-58453395677201777772013-06-29T07:28:23.524+01:002013-06-29T07:28:23.524+01:00"Stories happen to those that can tell them.&..."Stories happen to those that can tell them."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608144436173241063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-39139157125555900382013-06-27T11:54:51.341+01:002013-06-27T11:54:51.341+01:00I use to attend social gatherings with an elderly ...I use to attend social gatherings with an elderly gentleman called John. <br /><br />He was a rather mischievous fellow.<br />Wherever we went he would invariably introduce me to someone there as an undertaker/elephant trainer/national hopscotch champion, etc. I would carry on from this, describing the absurd details of my made-up profession. <br /><br />I only got called-out once, not because I was a terribly good liar, but because people are generally polite and want to believe that a man can make a modest living from competitive Hopscotch.<br /><br />Conversely, some of my best travel stories, some of which (such as the time I got sexually molested in Tarapith) are bizarre, but true, are usually dismissed as outright fantasy. <br /><br /> backwards7https://www.blogger.com/profile/04902342759719621771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-27454521709897059352013-06-27T10:33:02.128+01:002013-06-27T10:33:02.128+01:00I think that all stories have an element of, if no...I think that all stories have an element of, if not untruths then point of view. Whenever two people meet their memory of a meeting depends on their own point of view. I might tell the story of how the other person and I got on like a house on fire, they might say how irritating they found me.<br /><br />Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163017415448622471noreply@blogger.com