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Old 11-18-2013, 09:09 PM
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Honesty is only an asset if everyone around you reciprocates.
Reminds me of Billy Joel's lyrics
"Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue"

But then I went to school in India, so I may be scarred.
You got caned too? Damned British school system.
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Old 11-18-2013, 10:36 PM
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Oh yes. On my behind at home and on the palm at school. It was measured and never severe.
I went to an English language school where one of our motto's was, you got it:
Honesty is the best policy.
Not very many practiced it as cheating at exams was rampant.
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Old 11-19-2013, 10:26 AM
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Honesty can be a dangerous attribute. Plata o plomo.
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Old 11-19-2013, 11:15 AM
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"There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it."

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Old 11-19-2013, 11:53 AM
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Thread = win.

Reminds me of an old joke, every time the guy told a lie his, um, wang grew. He ended up being called honest joe or something like that, honest to a fault

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Old 11-23-2013, 07:48 PM
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I feel a song coming on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vCXRf_Flps
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Old 12-17-2013, 09:54 PM
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Tom! Come back!

I want to beat you up for posting that song!
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Old 12-30-2013, 03:11 PM
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Tom! Come back!

I want to beat you up for posting that song!
Let me have a swipe at him first....
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Old 12-30-2013, 04:28 PM
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I believe the study is flawed. Just Indian students. In Bangalore

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Old 12-30-2013, 05:26 PM
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Let me have a swipe at him first....
Tag team!
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