The Art of BS [Thursday, January 8, 2015]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh, dressed in a navy blue suit with a light blue tie, was up at the front of the room leaning casually against his desk. "Hello everyone, and welcome to the Art of BS, which as far as classes being taught this semester is probably the second most useful after how to adult correctly."

Because really, who needs ethics. Josh worked in politics.

"As it is the first day of class, introductions are standard, but I want to see what level of natural bullshitting ability I'm working with, so your job today is to introduce everyone else. All you'll have to work with is their name and what they're wearing. Make up a plausible backstory for as many of your fellow students as you'd like. I'll also be playing along, to show you how professional-grade BS looks. I'm Josh Lyman, and I've worked for two presidents as well as several members of Congress, so believe me when I tell you I can bullshit with the best of them."

He pointed at random. "You. Skippy. Give us your name, then find another student to introduce to us all."

Comments

Re: Get introduced!

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy looked around for someone to introduce.

[I'll admit it, I leap on any opportunity to link to weird outfits Kathy's PB wears. <3]

Re: Get introduced!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Hey, everyone!" Josh said, grinning. "This is Kathy. She's a senior--", probably, "--she's into US history because history buffs are amazing and extremely date-able, ask anyone--and she is an Olympic-level gymnast."

Re: Get introduced!

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy was going to try not to blush at that. "Did you know that Tuesday opened the 114th US Congress?" she asked the room at large. "They're going to give their all in an attempt to outdo our last Congress in their ability to get absolutely nothing done!"

Nerrrrd.

"And I'm always happy to show off some of my awesome gymnast moves. It's a gift."

Re: Get introduced!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Well, both houses are now Republican, so it's a fairly good bet they'll probably end up accidentally locking themselves into either chamber at some point," Josh said, nodding.