Fact Twister Mugs

Political Science 101: This semester's topics - twisting of facts, manipulation, power-grabbing.

-Sorry about yesterday, I was ill! -You didn't look ill when I saw you at the races! -You didn't see me after the fifth leg!

"I don't have the lip for saxaphone."

"Still suffering from writer's block?"

"What your memoir really needs is an addiction."

"I'm not spinning - I'm contextualizing."

"Dinosaurs are cool!"

"Okay! Okay! It's a draw!"

Curtsey

'If we are to reorientate our forward facing rhetorical platform we must rephrase our message to cross fertilise the core message..holistically!'

The Cricketer and the Golfer

'Obviously, I know a lot of weasel words, so I would be great in a business development role...'

"I told you we should have had separate trials."

'Washington has wooden teeth? -- how did you find that out?', 'It came out in conversation.'

Jack and the Beanstalk.

Funky Facts: Turtles.

Mono-Tasking, Multi-Tasking, No-No Tasking and Nada Tasking.

"We can't put you in a Witness-Protection Program unless you actually witnessed something."

'I still have time for both work and family - thanks to cloning.'

"Well, I was under oath, so I couldn't lie outright, but I'm a weasel of course, so I have a way with words..."

"No, wait. What if the cop character is the murderer, and the mobster guy is completely innocent?"

"I have a movie plot idea... A girl is kidnapped at birth. She's threatened, oppressed, and lives in constant fear. Here's the twist - the kidnapper is only in her mind."

"He'd torch the castle and I'd rescue the damsel."

Elevator choices: Up, Down, Different Narrative.

"Nothing wrong with half-truths...you still have 50% to manipulate."

"It's structured as a set of two parallel stories that no one would ever want to read."

'I can't seem to find the 'surprise' ending.'

"I agree, Glenn. The first sentence needs to hook the reader."

"It's the grisly story of the brutal murder of a publisher who rejected a brilliant novel about the brutal murder of a publisher who..."

"I never lie to my parents, but sometimes we do interpret event differently."