3.17.2008

buttholes

I've known a few. First of all let's see what kind of descriptive definition of anus I can actually find...

"the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted." Thank you, dictionary.com.

I have to put first my least favorite kind of butthole - liars. Nothing makes me more angry than dishonesty. It's just so uncalled for. These people are at the very lowest end of the alimentary canal... I'm talking the last part the solid refuse sees before splashdown. The part that gets the lovely job of sitting nose to nose with the toilet water. The part that pretty much becomes a hemorrhoid in the event that they should occur.

Unfortunately I've dealt with these wrinkled sphincters before and I don't like it. Don't like it a bit.

There are all different kinds of liars - white liars, fish-story liars, easy-way-out liars, habitual liars, character liars, compulsive liars, and a handful of other kinds, but these are the ones on the tip of my brain.

White liars are viewed by the general consensus as "not so bad." They stretch the truth just enough to squeak by something they need to squeak by. The guy who tells his boss something is finished when it's really not, but will be by the time the boss actually sees it... the kid who tells her mom that her homework is finished when she really means she'll finish it under a blanket with a flashlight when she's supposed to be in bed... the woman who fudges her weight at the DMV... these are all white liars.

Guess what... it's still a lie.

Fish-story liars like to stretch the truth for the sake of the story. As in, "That fish I caught was a foot long!" and then in the next telling, "That fish I caught was a foot and a half long!" and then in the next telling, "That fish I caught was at least 3 feet long!" Fish-story lying is not just for your grandpa though. How about, "When I told Marge what June had said, she was livid!" when, in all actuality, June was just a little miffed and was totally over it by the time the conversation was over.

Guess what... still a lie.

Easy-way-out liars are fun to deal with. Kids a lot of time slip into this little mistake, but adults are just as capable. It's a lot easier to just blame somebody else rather than take the heat yourself, after all. Habitual and compulsive liars are downright entertaining at times, but still just as maddening.

I guess the type of liar that bothers me most, though, is the character liar. The person who claims to be one thing or a number of things and doesn't bother living up to the very standards they've placed for themselves by claiming whatever slot in society they have. They soon tear down their character and, many times, completely degrade whatever position they might have once hoped to hold.