“You had it first. It’s a big world out there.”

To justify the discovery of a second contract of exclusivity granted to a different competing party with identical terms over the same period.

That’s when backtrack meets attempt at renegotiation.

Liars are perforce experts at renegotiation.

And specific term memory loss, selectively applied.

It goes with the territory.

Decorative hearing aids become an aesthetic “bonus” during renegotiation procedures.

Some people counter the discovery of a lie with an instinctive: “I don’t know what you are referring to.”

“I never said that.”

Accompanied by facial expressions which are never totally in control.

Muscat has the furrow.

Others have a pursing of the mouth accompanied by a prior intake of breath to precede the lie.

Recognition means that behavioural pattern is effectively set.

Recognition means that it’s already far too late.

The professional liar = the professional conman.

Hilarious.

She may not know as she is abroad.

Anyway we exchanged a few words because she was fretting about her son and she was telling me how she takes him abroad on cultural holidays and to spend quality time with him since she works all the hours God gives her and feels guilty.

I was wish I knew who she was back then because I would have told her she would be better off directing a bit more of her energy to her son instead of to the Labour Party.

I must admit my first unbiased opinion of her was no amount of travelling will broaden this woman’s horizons because she has a deep-rooted village mentality and a ghastly accent.

No, she was not yet born.

It would have been much better if she had never been.

[Daphne – In those years and beyond, Ramona Frendo’s mother ran the Malta Labour Party club in Zejtun. So really, what do you expect.]