Brittany Higgins's allegation she was raped by former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann in then-minister Linda Reynolds's office has had far-reaching consequences, and perhaps the most extraordinary part of the tale has been playing out in Federal Court this week.
It fries my brain that it seems the majority of people think body language and ‘tells’ are a thing, or that polygraphs work. I love playing cards with people looking for tells and fucking with them.
I remember a work mate getting singled out for being drunk by a cop. He said he hadn’t had a drink. The cop said he was lying and he could tell because he was slurring, and his face looked sloppy. Well, he actually hadn’t touched any alcohol at all. He’d had a stroke some years previously and always looked like that - not obvious or off, but just a tiny bit off kilter. Of course, the cops then arc’d up for being shown up…