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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRyan explains his lying about his marathon time ...
... by blaming it on his back injury. Is this his all-purpose magic eraser for anything else he is shown to be wrong about?
C_U_L8R
(45,004 posts)the brain bone (or lack thereof)
mythology
(9,527 posts)After all the rectum is relatively near the lower portion of the back. Unfortunately the lack of oxygen isn't conducive to clear thinking.
enough
(13,259 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)It almost sounds like a 'rush job' -i.e. a Rush Limbaugh excuse that flops over to another subject entirely.
IggleDoer
(1,186 posts)Or give him a pee test.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)SDjack
(1,448 posts)he should remove himself from the ticket.
BarackTheVote
(938 posts)made him forget his time accurately, or he had back pain during the marathon and giving himself a 1 minute handicap because of it?
GeorgeGist
(25,322 posts)BarackTheVote
(938 posts)yes, 1 hour handicap LOL
iemitsu
(3,888 posts)what is wrong with this man?
spoiled, petulant, woman hating asshole.
i guess when one has the material wealth mr ryan has one does not need the added baggage of integrity.
Bettie
(16,111 posts)Man, I was just wrong on that. I screwed up.
But, he'd never admit he was wrong, just making excuses.
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)EC
(12,287 posts)The two sides and the bottom. That is one of the signs of lying I've been told in my police science classes.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)They're trying to look innocent and believable.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I've never heard of that medical condition.
treestar
(82,383 posts)If he back is so bad he can't remember his own marathon time, how does he remember anything else?
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Even before his death, Münchhausen's reputation as a storyteller was exaggerated by several writers, giving birth to a fully fictionalized literary character usually called simply Baron Munchausen. The (fictional) Baron's exploits, usually narrated by himself, focus on his impossible achievements as a hunter, warrior, and traveler, including rides on cannonballs and trips to the moon.
abumbyanyothername
(2,711 posts)But on reflection, this sounds a bit more like rMoney:
" . . . Dogberry is in continual danger of being misunderstood, as he uses contradictory terms with engaging abandon: to talk is most tolerable and not to be endured, the most senseless and fit man (III.3), thou villain, thou art full of piety (IV.2) As often with malapropisms, Shakespeare is perhaps making a joke over the characters head a senseless man might well be the most suitable for this deranged law enforcement operation! (Bearing in mind that it is Dogberrys men who discover the plot against Hero, by the technique of sitting on the church bench whilst waiting to go to bed.) When Dogberry presents the case to Don Pedro, the Don is forced to ask the prisoners themselves why they have been arrested, explaining diplomatically that This learned constable is too cunning to be understood. (V.1)
Dogberrys grandiloquent and mangled verbal displays are probably due to his desire to impress everyone. He has a very large sense of his own importance, demanding that his position as constable be respected (or suspected, as he calls it) and flying into a rage when one of the prisoners calls him an ass. This insult seems to offend him more than the intrigue and death Conrade and Borachio stand accused of, telling Leonato that this plaintiff here, the offender, did call me ass and asking that it be remembered in his punishment. (V.1)
Despite his rampant pomposity and self-regard, Dogberry is so full of energy and verbal ingenuity that it is difficult to dislike him. When played well, he is one of Shakespeares finest comic turns, and more than earns his place in Much Ado About Nothing. . . . "
http://suite101.com/article/dogberry-in-much-ado-about-nothing-a29847