9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for June 09, 2013
June 08, 2013
June 10, 2013
Transcript:
Thorax: Following the news? woman: It's a verbal shell game. Everybody lies. Thorax: Language is protean, always giving new smoothness and ambiguity to old, precise terms. Woman: It's bald-faced lying. Thorax: It's "talking points" and at that, little white talking points. Woman: you mean lying. thorax: no..."pointing talkedly." Woman: you can't really believe that. Thorax: I'd swear it under penalty of talking pointury. Woman: That's a load of pointy talking rubbish! Thorax: You're getting the idea. now don't forget there'll be an exam later. Woman: what kind of exam? Multiple choice? thorax: no. true or talking point.
