Subj : Re: Kirk for President
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : jsavard
Date : Sun Sep 18 2005 22:08:50

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

On 17 Sep 2005 16:02:20 -0700, "Graeme" <graemecree@aol.com> wrote, in
part:
>Kweeg wrote:

>>>
>They both are bold face liars,
>>>

>Um, the expression, actually is "bald faced liars".  Liars have never
>been especially famous for using heavier fonts than most people.

It does make sense to think of someone as a particularly *brazen* liar,
and I suppose thinking of them as bold - rather than, say, bare-faced
liars (as in, fewer politicians would be bare-faced liars if they grew
beards) does make more sense...

John Savard
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