sweet little lies

Here’s the best thing in Sunday’s Age and yes, it is a big chunk o quotation:

According to a survey cited by London’s Sunday Times newspaper, we tell 20 lies a day, from white lies to whoppers. As they say, those who say they never lie, are lying.

It’s not just humans playing the deceit game. Koko, a captive gorilla at California’s Stanford University, was schooled in 1000 sign words, from “foot” to “hungry”. One day, blind with rage about something, Koko ripped his sink from the wall. “Who did this?” signed his captors, who already knew. “Rabbit done it” signed Koko, framing his stuffed toy.

Reading this made me think (and laugh) a lot yesterday.