"The grapes were sour"
read a friends status message, but that's a story that every one knows. Whats new? Hmmm...I'll give you a boring story with interesting thought questions.

I bought a metallic blue car which I happen to appreciate every time I drive to the point of it being a fixation. A friend said the car is too purple for his taste. I however couldn't see myself choose any other color, because the simple reason was that this color defined the car best. However I didn't say that. I said there were 4 choices. The grey was too boring. Who buys white? The red was too in-the-face and not available anyway. So, blue it was and then these profound (:D) words spewed "You live with your choices". He offered some consolatory words to this philosophical resignation.

The truth was a simple "I liked the color". The prevarication was the rationalization. I chose color for the story but that's a head-fake in Randy Pausch terms, just like this link is.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/science/06tier.html?ref=science