The Hole Truth?
The next time you need to buy a computer should you believe the claims of Steve Jobs or Bill Gates regarding their product? Or should you believe the Oracle of Omaha prognostications regarding investments?
Kang Lee, director the Institute of Child Study at University of Toronto, has released a study that tracked children who lie versus those youngsters who tell the truth. The study makes the claim that children who lie as early as age two have faster developing brains than their peers; they are merely exhibiting their mental acuity. This, according to Mr. Lee , will lead to greater intellectual achievements. Thus, Mr. Lee goes on to exclaim, parents should not be concerned if their little darling tells a fib.
So remember, the next time you hear someone protest that your toddler is a little lying bastard, simply take it as the ultimate compliment and start pricing vacation condos.
May 26th, 2010 at 10:03 AM
I am living proof of your thesis! As a child growing up in Hawaii I worked my way through pre-school selling pinneapples to the Natives. Sort of like ice to the Eskimos ya know! From there I moved on to Kenya where I ran a chain of “going out of business” stores. We sold bullets to the poachers. Currently, I have a new assignment. One of my jobs is to blame B.P., British Petroleum, for not solving the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. I have several ideas that I know will work. 1. Hair soaks up oil, ergo take all of the hair clippings in the U.S. and throw them into the gulf–ta-da problem solved.. 2. If that doesnt work you can dump truckloads of pampers and depends into the gulf–problem solved.. If I were you Mr. Wry, I would go LONG on depends, for more than one reason!