>Actually, what [Heinlein] classifies as the highest type of lying is telling >the exact truth in such a way that it won't be believed. > >It's just amazing; trust me on this. I recall an incident in high school (where I was a typical dateless geek) when some of my friends started teasing me, asking, "Who's the girl of your dreams?" Having read Heinlein, I had the perfect counter: I shot back the name of a girl on whom I did in fact have something of a crush. They kept asking, and I kept telling them, and they kept not believing me. Another good example is the "Who Stole the Door?" story from _Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman_. -- David Goldfarb <*>| "It's not called 'The Net of a Million Lies' goldfarb at ocf.berkeley.edu | for nothing." goldfarb at csua.berkeley.edu | -- Vernor Vinge, _A Fire Upon the Deep_