Though most folks are honest, the occasional huckster may try to swindle you. Suss out their malarkey with this Groupon Guide to sniffing out baloney:

Your employee is late because his grandmother died again:
Sounds like a buncha hogwash.

A door-to-door salesman say his vacuum cleaner makes all others obsolete:
This guy’s trying to feed you applesauce.

The oil-change guy says you need a complete engine overhaul:
Motor oil? More like banana oil. Tell him no dice.

A shifty local politician says he’s looking out for you:
Poppycock and tommyrot.

Your blind date can’t see you again because you compulsively throw around antiquated terms for skepticism:
Who needs 'em? They’re clearly fulla horsefeathers—better to die alone than get hoodwinked.