Who is telling the truth?The answer to that question depends on when, precisely, you ask it.
Even his nickname, the Big Fundamental, paints a picture of vanilla plainness, particularly in an era when the Truth, the Answer and Black Mamba have all become calling cards.
The way to determine who is who without recourse to a question that you know the answer to is to ask a question embedded in a question, such as: "If I asked you whether you take two sugars would you say yes?" Puzzee, who takes two sugars and tells the truth, will answer yes.
"To tell you the truth," she answered, "I'm a little bit nervous".
"I spoke to Katherine Harris yesterday," Mr. Munro said in a telephone interview from Seattle on Wednesday, "and I asked her three questions: 'Are you following the law, are you being fair and are you telling the truth?' She answered yes to all three of those, and that's all you can do," he said.
Speaking at a media conference in Edinburgh later on Wednesday, Patrick McGuire, a partner at Thompsons Solicitors, which is representing the families, said: "The families only ever wanted the truth and answers.
"It's the truth," I answered.
Asked by CBS anchor Scott Pelley whether she has always told the truth she answered, "I've always tried to, always, always".
But one of the marks of a professional is a duty to speak inconvenient truth, answering to a higher calling than your immediate paymaster.
But the truth is, the answer is not as simple as we might think.
