Library, Sunday

[gavegoodface]

For a change, Face was not napping behind the service desk, because Cass had been kind of insistent about that, so instead he'd refilled the caf pot (again) and was rearranging the books on the 'Welcome Newbies' table again (some more).

Lying 101, Monday Second Period

[tequila_squared]

"To construct a successful falsehood," Lito began this week's class, "you must know your audience. You must know what they want to hear, and what they will believe. These are two different things. Take our hypothetical from last week, your parents asking you where you were last night, when you were at a bar being illegally served alcohol. Now, of course, you could tell your parents, 'I was at the library all night,' and they might even believe that, if they have no inkling whatsoever that you are the kind of person who might instead have spent the night at the bar. Certainly they probably want to believe that. But if they do know you well enough to suspect that might not be true, then your goose is cooked. Maybe you can brazen your way out of it on elaboration: 'I had a project I left until the last minute, it was a real scramble, be lucky if I get a C,' and then they think, 'Oh, that sounds more like him.' But then you risk tripping yourself up. So it's better to come up with something they'll believe on the first go: 'Oh, I was at the coffee shop,' or something like that. Maybe you even admit to a lesser sin to avoid admitting to the major one, maybe you were loitering and being a teenage nuisance in the park. It all depends on your audience."

Lito clapped his hands together and said, "Now. Let's say you have something very expensive. Let's say...some new shoes. And I am...not me, because I don't know you that well, but perhaps I am your roommate, yes, and I am suspicious. Where did you get those shoes, or the money for those shoes? You're on the spot. What am I going to believe? Lie to me."

Beginning Gourmet Cooking Techniques | Tuesday, period 1

[sharp_as_knives]

The Danger Shop was set up once more with individual cooking stations, and one for Hannibal at the front. Only this time ( there were fire extinguishers strategically placed by every setup. )