[Verginius Rufus]

It has long been recognized that the golden rule for liars to give lots of details--details make for credibility. The classic example is Sinon, who persuades the Trojans to bring the horse inside their city by his elaborate story (in Vergil's Aeneid).

[richardtavor]

Wow. Great analogy but it puts a little too much class into this circus. It is more like women mud wrestling in a cage fight, and merchan is the biggest woman.