It's pretty funny sometimes what folks will say and do when they think the rest of the world is populated by complete morons. It's not only funny, but it's interesting as well, almost like a soap opera at times. "Oh, don't worry, she's not married, and it's not really serious." That remark is usually followed by twenty secretive phone calls a day and someone getting sued for divorce. But the two people involved in this illicit romance think the rest of the world can't figure it out. Yeah, right. Like we were all born tomorrow.
I also love the phrase, "my only remaining vice is smoking, but I'm not an addict, I just enjoy it." That remark usually leads to a two pack a day habit, and a non-addict who gets the jitters every time he or she goes ten minutes without a puff. Not only that, but all of the other vices that no longer remain seem to magically re-appear every so often like clock-work, leading to drunk and disorderlies, D.U.I.'s and ninety days in the cooler. Good thing that person is no addict, or he or she might really be in trouble.
I especially get a kick out of people who file for personal bankruptcy so they will not have to pay back money that they have stolen just for kicks. That's too vulgar for words but crooks get away with it every day just because they know the law better than the law abiding citizens of the world. These people can rob you blind without a second thought and then wonder why you have stopped trusting them. It sounds to me like somebody's a sociopath there and let me see if I can guess who.
This same sociopath might just steal your house key right off your keychain and then act as though you are the one who has lost your mind when you deign to confront that person on the subject. Okay, I admit that it is possible for me to lose my head if it's not screwed on tight enough, but I haven't gone completely senile yet. I am aware when certain keys turn up missing without any help from me. It's comical sometimes to witness the truly clueless, who spend their days and nights thinking they are getting away with murder when they are actually only getting away with idiocy.
It's funny when these people think you are watching them like a hawk, yet they leave their deepest, darkest secrets on paper for the world to see, like the rest of us are too stupid to read. Call me crazy, but if I were carrying on an extra-marital affair with a married man, I believe I would try to avoid writing all about it in letters which are then left lying around for the world to see. If I were planning to rob someone of all their money, I would not return to the scene of the crime as if nothing had ever happened. But then again, I'm no sociopath either. The weird part is, that there are people who really do this, and they get away with it too.
Some people tell lies so well, that you cannot discern the truth when they tell it, so you simply disbelieve every word they say. But it's no fun to tell that person that you don't believe them, it's much better to just let them think that you do. Take this phrase for example: "I'm a born again Christian, yet I'm also a Heroin addict. It's no big deal, because God knows my heart." Yeah, okay. One of those "truths" is a lie and I think I will believe that the one about being born again is the outright lie. Why not? That person will change his or her story with the direction of the wind anyway.
"I've changed. I've repented. I'll never do it again." This is the song of the person who intends to change back again just as soon as possible. The only thing they have repented of is getting caught, and they never want to let that happen again. Therefore, this phrase, no matter who has said it, is always the absolute truth. When you hear someone say any of these phrases, do yourself a favor and run for the hills because stuff is about to happen, and you aint gonna like it.
Yes, people who spend their whole lives lying to everyone really do think that nobody will ever notice. They even lie to the people closest to them, whom they claim to love. They will tell that person that they want to move in with them or marry them but what they really want is to have that person's money supply close at hand. "Why don't you put all your money in my account so I can take care of you better." Yeah, okay, right away. Do intelligent people really fall for that? Apparently they do. Personally, I would never say such a thing to anyone, but then again, I have a conscience.
It certainly helps to not have a conscience. People who spend all of their time lying are really only lying to themselves because the rest of the world is no longer falling for it anyway. But the people doing the lying will not notice the difference because they think we're all too stupid to get the picture. Just try arguing with one of these people sometime. It's an exercise in futility. They will tell so many lies to cover their lies that they forget the original lie and finally come to think of it as absolute truth. It's so much easier to just walk away, shrugging your shoulders and laughing on the inside, and let the real idiots of the world enjoy their little false deception, thinking they got away with it.
Someday it might be interesting to do a little survey to find out how many honest people there really are in this world as opposed to dishonest. I know people have done this type of research before, but I'm still not convinced that all the information has been covered. The predominant question of this survey would be, "do you believe that the entire world is populated by nincompoops?" That should separate the sociopaths from the honest folks in a hurry. I don't know what answer I would give personally, but I have a feeling the real nincompoops of the world wouldn't like it much.
