Okay, so I can't fly!
People boast a lot of things, don't they? As we watch TV commercials galore, we can see products "boasting" the best eggs ever, the simplest TV hook-up in the world, and the best line-up of this or that. Looking in the newspaper ads will riddle your minds with images of new products "boasting" something improved over anything you have ever used before, guaranteed to remove the stains from your clothes, whiten your teeth to a gleaming luster, and tantalize your taste buds with richness of flavor. Man does a pretty good job of boasting about his accomplishments, the daring things he has done, and those "tales" no one can really validate because they took place in a day gone by or in a place unknown to you. You might be intrigued to know the first definition of "boast" is to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself! This leads us to conclude the basis of boasting is pride - an excessive and exaggerated estimati...