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{{a|plainenglish|[[File:Nasty.jpg|450px|thumb|center|Dishwashing liquid, anyone?]]}}{{I never said it was}} | {{a|plainenglish|[[File:Nasty.jpg|450px|thumb|center|Dishwashing liquid, anyone?]]}}{{I never said it was}} | ||
Your starting point, therefore, should be that you should ''not'' say what you are not going to do. Because that perversely, might be taken as implying you ''have'' agreed to do something else you forgot to rule out. | Your starting point, therefore, should be that you should ''not'' say what you are not going to do. Because that perversely, might be taken as implying you ''have'' agreed to do something else you forgot to rule out. To make this sound more serious, we have made up a Latin maxim for it:<ref>Our [[Secret Latin advisor]] has not checked this yet so all responsibility is mine.</ref> | ||
''[[Non dixi quod factum ita]]'' | |||
The trick comes with trying to peg back a vague, general positive commitment: | The trick comes with trying to peg back a vague, general positive commitment: | ||