Comments on: Fishing & cheating

By: Ann Hodgman

Ann Hodgman — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:18:06 +0000

I’ve only finished listening to your book tonight, on a long car trip, and am therefore full of questions that I’m going to pester you with here. Yes, people often inflate the value of lost or stolen possessions they’re reporting to insurance companies. But how do you know they’re not inflating the total because they suspect they won’t be fully reimbursed for the actual original value of the item? (Not saying that’s not cheating–but it’s a different motivation than you discuss in the book.)

By: Uzi

Uzi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:40:44 +0000

The chinese version of this line:

“When I have caught forty fish,” said he, “then I will tell people that I have caught two hundred and forty, and so on. But I will not lie any more than that, or maybe just little bit more.”

By: Leo

Leo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:59:39 +0000

There is also a similar story in China: Two soldiers on the war field were scared by the strong enemies, so they turned around and ran away. One ran 50 steps and the other ran 100 steps. The one ran 50 steps laughted at the one who ran 100 steps: How timid you are!

By: Mostraum

Mostraum — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:23:54 +0000

Three men in a boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) is a great book. And other authors have used it as an inspiration. An example is Connie Willis and her book To Say Nothing of the Dog - also a great read.

By: Preet

Preet — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:38:37 +0000

good!