Picture this: a professional poker player strolls into the Taj Mahal Casino and takes a seat at the Hold'em table. No one recognizes him or expects him to be a card shark, so people sit down with him. These people have no idea what they've just done. They play for a while, and lose a couple hundred dollars and then get up to let the next one try. The pro just sits there and exclaims "I'm just lucky I guess". Well, we'd all be "lucky" if we could tell when others are lying or not. This pro feeds off the facial expressions and body movements of his opponents, and therefore doesn't even really need to know what is in his own hand. If he knows that his competition is holding nothing, and bluffing, he'll win the hand. If he can tell that they are holding a good hand, he will fold, and give them a small pot. This is

mastering the art of lying. A good liar can tell when someone else is lying.

Number three: "Lying to Get Your Way. You lie so that others will either take pity on you and give you something or you guilt people into giving you one of their prized possessions. Example: 'I only have 6 months to live. All I've ever wanted was a car. I don't have the money, but I'll never get the chance to drive one, can't you just make an exception? Just this once? It's my dying wish...',"6

The three main groups of lies are: Pathological lies, Little White lies, and Necessary lies. "A deliberate liar knows he is lying. A pathological liar may not."5 Everyone knows a pathological liar, whether they are being medically treated for their illness or not, and certain precautions are met when communicating with one. Most people except the person as one that tells tall tales and just agrees with the liar, but in their mind they are disagreeing. It's difficult for a person to become close to a liar of this magnitude, but the condition can be treated with medication if their loved ones care and try to fix the problem.

We all have lied. Probably 999 people out of 1000 will admit to lying at least a few times in their life, and the other one person is lying. Even the President of the U.S. lies. A young boy was caught lying and his punishment was to write a letter to his congressman explaining why people should not lie. His letter told of how lying makes people extremely untrustworthy, and how being trustworthy is an important characteristic, especially in an occupation such as politics. At the bottom of the letter the boy's father wrote a P.S. He explained that the letter was punishment for lying, and the boy, after being caught in his lie, he exclaimed in his defense "the president lied. " His father then wrote "He's still having difficulty understanding why the president can

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