I think I told this one here before, but it is worth repeating. When I was in 2nd grade, around the cafeteria table, by classmates and I began discussing what our Dads did for a living. When it got to me, I told everyone my dad was a photographer for Playboy. This got our little 2nd grade mouths talking. Before we knew it, lunchtime was over. Ten years later, I'm at a frat party at UT-Austin. A group of friends, male and female, are having beers and the exact same discussion commences...what our Dads do for a living. When it got to me, I told the truth this time...My Dad was a chemical engineer. Ten minutes later, a very hot girl that I went to elementary school with finds me alone, grabs me by the shoulders, and pins me against a wall at the frat house. "You told me in 2nd grade that your Dad was a photographer for Playboy. You lied to me!!!"
Well This is more an exagguration than a lie.......that was founded by my love for the Rockets and GREAT SEATS! I went to a Game (Vs. Dallas i think) in which we were on the first row lower prom in center court and when we were leaving one of the attendants working there used a racial slur ( he was like "hold on amigo and andale andale" or something like that and him and a buddy that worked there started laughing) and I was there with a few business clients and I was kind of peeved. Instead of getting mad (rockets03 from your racism slur thread you might want to read this!!) I got even. I remembered his name and called the Rockets ticket office and proceeded to discuss the issue. The rockets were quite apologetic and I really appreciated that. They then told me that they would send me some tickets for the Sacremento Game. I think the game was on a thurday and I still had not recieved them by wednesday by mail so I called up and when I spoke to someone else I got floor seats SECOND ROW Behind Les Alexander!!!!! So they gave me floor seats!! Then the Thursday..day of the game, I got the other one's in the mail and sold them to someone on Clutchcity..... I honestly didn't think the tickets would have arrived the last day and I didn't want them to got to waste. Besides while I was on the floor I spent like $150 on their overpriced-watered down mixed drinks!!
Kids seem to think that when they tell lies to adults they are believed. Sometimes, I'm sure they are. Other times, however, adults simply decide against challenging children on whatever false assertion they've made and the children understand it as gullibility. Just an observation.
On our first date I told my the woman who is now my wife... "I don't even like sports". HUGE lie. I soon had to come clean because at the time I lived in Houston and owned Cowboys season tickets and drove to Dallas for all the home games. She will never let me live it down. I tell her all the time, "I've loved the Cowboys, Rockets and Astros longer than I've loved you, but I love you more." I'm not sure if that is another lie or not, depends on how the teams are playing and how much nagging she is doing.
