On September 8, 1888, 47-year-old Annie Chapman became the second of Jack the Ripper's canonical victims. The official police list of her possessions, reproduced in the press, included mention of three recently-acquired brass rings missing from her middle finger. The tale grew with the telling; exaggerations and embellishments crept in. First the rings were said to have been placed carefully next to her body; before long, that had become a pile of rings and coins at her feet.
People exaggerate. People lie. All the time. They probably don't even realise they're doing it.
I have had (minor) arguments with mi sister over over events from our childhood, which she remembers happening one way and I another - despite the fact that we were both there at the time.
People exaggerate. People lie. All the time. They probably don't even realise they're doing it.
I have had (minor) arguments with mi sister over over events from our childhood, which she remembers happening one way and I another - despite the fact that we were both there at the time.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'