How To Spy A Liar

When people lie they often…
*Look off to the side (An intimidated Liar).
*Speak with a stammer (Make it up as you go Liar).
*Speak in a muffled tone (Shy about it Liar).
*Can not hold a straight face (Crooked faced Liar).
*Repeat things (I don't know what I just said Liar).
*Contradict themselves (Contradicting Liar).
*Often say, “Oh, I didn't know that” (Play dumb Liar).
When people lie they can't look you straight in the face. Many times, they look off to the side. The eyes don't lie (this is the most common species).
When people lie they can't get words out because they are trying to make

up a lie as they go. “I was… I was going… I was going to the… to the… to the mall.
When people lie they often speak gibberish. “See…what…had happen… was.”
When people lie sometimes they grin (signifying that they are thinking of tricking you) and can't hold their face straight.
When people lie it's hard for them to remember what they said. Later on the person might repeat his/herself telling the story differently every time they tell it to someone else. “My friends and I was kicking it last night.” “My homeboys kicked me last night.” Then it's “My home boys jumped me, punching and kicking at my face last night.”
When people lie they sometimes contradict themselves. “I went to the store already.” They later it's “I need to go to the store to pick up some things.”
When people lie they like to act like they didn't know. “Oooo, that sign told me not to touch FOR reasons. I thought it meant that there are FOUR reasons to touch it.”

Top Liar of 2008 Goes To.............

MILWAUKEE - A whopper about a devious baby and his diapers is the top lie of 2008, an organization of champion fibbers declared Monday. The Burlington Liars Club bestowed its top award for this line: "My grandson is the most persuasive liar I have ever met. By the time he was 2 years old he could dirty his diaper and make his mother believe someone else had done it."

Garth Seehawer, 71, of Oconto Falls, said he took immense pride in having crafted the 2008 Champion Lie. "When you're the best in the world at something, sure, that's an honor," he said, insisting with a chuckle that his background as a lawyer gave him no advantage.

Four judges picked Seehawer's lie out of about 160 entries. The six runners-up included a fib about air passengers watching the movie "Cocoon" when turbulence hits, spilling water from the screen and causing the airliner's life rafts to inflate.

The Burlington Liars Club got its start in 1929 when local journalists Otis Hulett and Mannel Hahn fabricated a news story about a lying contest between the Burlington police and fire departments. The police chief won after he said he'd never be good at lying because he never told a lie.

From those beginnings, the club expanded to about 2,000 members around the world, said Eddie Impens, the club's vice president. It's headquartered in Burlington, a town about 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee.

Impens, who owns a lumber company, said most of this year's entries came from Wisconsin, though one arrived from Canada. He expected more entries from France, which historically has produced the best lies entered from overseas, he said.