Blather, Bluster and Blubber

There once was an old man quite long in the tooth
he blathered and blustered and blubbered untruth
if once you saw his lips seem to move
invariably you knew it would not be the truth.

You like limericks? There are plenty of good ones around, as well as clever and not so nice ones to pique your interest and possibly raise an eyebrow, or two. There are also many people around that have a hard time being forthright in speaking the truth. They would rather embellish their stories and their facts. I'm reminded of a statement that I heard, or thought of and developed, perhaps back in the late 60s or early 70s -- "the first liar doesn't have a chance!"
Before I explain that let me explain bluster, blather and blubber. I have always liked words and consider myself as having and above normal vocabulary. I have always liked dictionaries. If one was to read a dictionary you would have to be pretty quick because the plot would change every liner to. I developed my affectation with books and reading and dictionaries in what they now call middle school. That would be another tale, another story, for another time.
Anyhow, blather and bluster and blubber are three different types of speaking -- not the only three however. There is also braggadocio, bragging, boasting buffoonery as well as just being a simple old blowhard. Then there are ways to talk. You can boast. You can blister. You can be banal. You can be blunt. You can be fooled by blarney. Someone can blunder, some can belittle. And finally after all of these ways and means and devices you can possibly, in the final point of fact, be believable -- if you have earned some ones trust -- if your tongue and lips have been used to employ veracity.
You can look all those words up in your dictionary. I only want to cover the topic as far as it concerns and pertains to us here and now. I have alluded to and given cause to think about people who talk. I want you to think about life in general, words in particular and how people might perceive you. Do you tell the truth? Can people trust you and believe you?
A few anecdotes...
While working in Scottsdale, in an electronics company plant, I was witness to a very particular phenomenon -- "Chuck's lie is bigger and better than yours!" While sitting in the cafeteria eating lunch one employee said that he read an article where a semi-tractor trailer loaded with oranges had spilled its load down a mile of California freeway. Chuck responded, "that's nothing! Why, I recall the time... spilled... 2 miles! You see what I mean!
There's an old "joke" -- when can you tell a lawyer is lying? His lips moved. You know what I mean!
Statements are a little suspect when they begin with, "you should have seen..." or when you hear, "you're not going to believe this..." And they are right, you probably shouldn't. Along with, "did you hear the one about..." be on your guard for blarney.
I am also a little suspect of someone leaning in closely to whisper, "let me just tell you what I heard..." or, "I shouldn't tell you this..." or, "I don't like to spread rumors..." I think one of my favorite beginning phrases is, "this may surprise you..." It probably would but is that more information than I need to know?
Let me finish this Jeremaid with words that come out of the candidates mouth and now a president's mouth. "If I see a bill, on my desk to be signed, with earmarks and/or "pork" I will do a line by line veto of those portions." Yeah! Right! Let me leave you with just the few more words, a list of descriptions of that statement...
BLANDISHMENT
NONSENSE
HUMBUG
INSIPID
EXPENSIVE
BALD-FACED LIE