I was wondering, when you say a person drops the ball that means he has messed up right? Well what about the guy who presses the button on new years to drop the ball? If he doesn't drop the ball can he say dang it I dropped the ball? But If he does drop the ball, he in fact didn't drop the ball. So when reporting to his superiors after he didn't drop the ball he could just say he dropped the ball and in fact be telling the truth.
         If you hooked him up to a lie detector would it tell you he was lieing? But he did drop the ball, just not in the way he was suppose to, he would be telling the truth!
         But then if he did drop the ball, someone who didn't like him could say he didn't drop the ball and in fact he would be telling the truth. But then the guy who did drop the ball (literally) could say he did drop the ball (literally) and also be telling the truth. Then he could also say he didn't drop the ball and still be telling the truth! So if you asked him "did you drop the ball on new years?" he could say yes and no and always be telling the truth!!
         Then if you think about it the person who don't drop the ball on new years (literally) could say they dropped the ball on new years (if they did in fact do something to qualify as dropping the ball) and be telling the truth. People just wouldn't know what truth he was telling.
         So here it is, you have the guy who drops the ball (itteraly), the guy who says the guy who drops the ball (literally) didn't drop the ball, and the guy who says he dropped the ball. All who are telling the truth of course. So if you had a murder case and had to figure out who really dropped the ball (once again literately) you could never tell with a lie detector. They would have to get more witnesses, who could also claim that they dropped the ball without lying (if they did something like dropping the ball). You'd have to get a machine to tell you!
         There is also another scenario for this too! What is a little kid was bouncing a ball on new years? He could say he dropped the ball too (and not be lying)!
         Now in the murder case we have the guy who litteraly dropped the ball, the guy who says the other guy who literally dropped the ball didn't drop the ball, the guy who did something stupid and says he dropped the ball, the witnesses who also say that they dropped the ball, the machine and the little kid who was bouncing a ball on new years.
         Wooo! Now I go to bed!

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