April 19th, 2013

Technically not lying, but not exactly admitting fault either

I observed a spill suspiciously close to a three-year-old’s play table. I asked, “How did the floor get wet?”

She replied, “Water.”

It’s not lying, but it’s definitely not telling the whole story. She’ll probably grow up to become a lawyer.

Author

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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