# Steed, Lisa, Liar, Loon

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steed-lisa-liar-loon/644403>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 18, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steed-lisa-liar-loon/644403 "2012-12-18T05:19:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steed-lisa-liar-loon/644403/21 "2015-02-10T13:49:21Z")

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You may remember there were two cops in Milwaukee who, having found one of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims who had escaped and was wandering dazed in the street, returned the guy to Dahmer to be murdered.

They were fired. They sued to get their jobs back. They won.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steed-lisa-liar-loon/644403/22 "2015-02-10T14:04:57Z")

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I read the thread title and my mind instantly replied:

'What’s the name of the new John le Carre, Alex?"

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steed-lisa-liar-loon/644403/23 "2015-02-10T14:14:47Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> I read the thread title and my mind instantly replied:
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> 'What’s the name of the new John le Carre, Alex?"

Heh, I immediately flashed on Rudyard Kipling.

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steed-lisa-liar-loon/644403/24 "2015-02-10T14:29:06Z")

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> [@Trinopus](#):
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> The information was there, but hard to get to. Instead of ever saying “Law enforcement officer,” there was only the allusion to “as much fun as arresting practically everyone.” Good writing is clear writing.
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> The bulleted list was a good example of very clear writing. The OP was as opaque as Mississippi mud.

This is correct.

I promise not to hijack further but people gotsta know this stuff. The OP, even if it “had the information” in it, was written in a way such as to give an impression that it’s probably not worth the effort to attempt to extract it even if it’s in there.

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**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steed-lisa-liar-loon/644403/25 "2015-02-10T14:49:13Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Steed, Lisa, Liar, Loon

Obviously, her personal self-image is the third element of the trilemma: “Lord”.

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