Pathological LiarsFriz writes, "I recently busted my mate who claimed to have 'supported the Kaiser Chiefs in 2001' by gently mentioning that they weren't even called that back then."
Some people seem to lead complete fantasy lives with lies stacked on lies stacked on more lies. Tell us about the ones you've met.
BTW, if any of you want to admit to making up all your QOTW stories, now would be a good time to do it.
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chthonic, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 12:17)
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StudentsMost of my contact with liars comes in the form of students passing off others' work as their own. A particular favourite was a student who produced a couple of paragraphs that I was sure she hadn't written. There were three reasons for my certainty:
1. I had recommended the paper she ripped off.
2. I had sent her a .pdf of the paper she ripped off.
3. I had written the paper she ripped off.
D'uh!
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 12:45,
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That's nothinga mate once got given a paper where the font and layout changed every paragraph.
Turned out it was a collage of photocopied bits from books that the student in question thought were relevant to the question.
In fact, they were so honest about it, he thinks they simply had no idea what writing an essay actually involved.
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chthonic, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 13:10,
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I've been rumbled!Nah, luckily I don't have to write too much. We've been doing a bit of group work with another uni however, and we get sent stuff from them that's obviously from Wikipedia ad we have to explain:
a) Wikipedia is BAD.
b) REFERENCES.
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