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Miklós Vámos is a Hungarian novelist, screenwriter and talk show host. He is one of the most read and respected writers in his native Hungary. He has taught at Yale University on a Fulbright fellowship, served as The Nation’s East European correspondent, worked as consultant on the Oscar-winning film Mephisto, and presented Hungary’s most-watched cultural television show. Vámos has received numerous awards for his plays, screenplays, novels and short stories, including the Hungarian Merit Award for lifetime achievement. The Book of Fathers is considered his most accomplished novel and has sold 200,000 copies in Hungary. Close.

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Lame Dog Liars

Budapest, Hungary - A liar is much easier to catch than a lame dog....

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[3!]plastica:

good site

jonny9

Bill, Wisconsin, USA:

Thank you, Moe from Richmond, you gave me the best laugh I have had in a while with the pushy Christians (redundant?) comment.

Anonymous:

How about a Lame Duck?

Can you catch a liar more easily than a Lame Duck?

What if the Lame Duck is a liar?

What if the liar is caught and becomes a Lame Duck but keeps quacking the same quack?

How do you say Quack Quack in Hungarian?

Happy New Year!!

Mark, Victoria, Canada:

Oh yeah? Well, I had a dog who used to lie, too!! He used to throw out quotes from *Republic* at the dinner table, and then pretend he had never heard of Plato, claiming to have made up the material himself! I sold him to a neighbour because he got so you could not believe a word he said - as they drove away, I heard him tell the neighbour that he worked for the FSB, and that he had poisoned Litvinenko.

Ed Cates, Quincy, CA, USA:

I have owned two dogs that lied. A Doberman used to line my shoes in a row on the couch after I left for work. When I would confront him he would pretend he had no idea what I was talking about. One day I snuck back up the stairs and caught him in the act. He dropped the shoes and for a moment tried to bluff it. He did not put the shoes away but never lined them up again. Too bad humans aren't as easily trained. Bush, for example, doesn't appear to know the difference between gross lies and obvious truth.
educates

Golden_Phoenix:

To read human is to be able to read a lie. Like President Bush's messy hair when speaking to the U.S. about the death of former President Ford. President Bush wanted country to think he work hard and is tired, but we know that presidents only look messy if they want to. Honest Presidents want to look Presidential before the American People. President Bush lies to camera, not to people in his mind.

Moe from Richmond:

Are there any Hungarian proverbs about pushy Christians who type in all caps?

Dan:

I disagree that dogs don't lie. I used to have a dog that slept in the living room chair right in the front window. When I would drive up, I would see the dog leap out of the chair and disappear. She knew she was not supposed to be on the furniture. But the best part is that when I would walk into the house, she would come out of a back bedroom and then give this big display of stretching as if she just woke up from sleeping in that bedroom. I thought, it takes a lot of planning to tell a lie like that so I actually respected her for it, but only because she was a dog. Human lie much too easily.

JANICE,SLIGO,U.S.A.:

TRY TO THINK OF IT THIS WAY: IF CHRIST IS THE TRUTH, THE LIGHT AND THE LIFE IN US! THE ANTICHRIST IS THE LIE, THE THE DARKNESS AND THE DEATH IN US. SO LET US TELL THE TRUTH TO OURSELVES AND TO ONE ANOTHER AND LIVE A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER AND MORE JOYFUL LIFE IN THE NEW YEAR.

DeWitt Smith, West Redding, Ct., USA:

Reading the headline made me think: Lame duck liars.

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