Why keep a secret?

[The Dad Fisherman]

If somebody is willing to help me then I'm willing to help them....and If someone helps me and says don't say anything....I keep my mouth shut.

One thing that always blows my mind about the whole secrecy thing.....I understand being tight-lipped about the "Where's" and "When's"...but I can't understand why people are secretive about the "How's".

Every once in awhile I get that "You Got 3 Heads" look when I ask somebody what they got it on

[Rockport24]

Well lets see here, if I caught a bunch of large fish in a particular spot I would tell somebody about it say, a year later. I would only tell a very select few at the time. You know how we are, word spreads faster than chlamydia in panama bordello around here (take that Frank D. quote!)

[baldwin]

Originally Posted by Rockport24

Well lets see here, if I caught a bunch of large fish in a particular spot I would tell somebody about it say, a year later. I would only tell a very select few at the time. You know how we are, word spreads faster than chlamydia in panama bordello around here (take that Frank D. quote!)

That avatar ain't exactly cryptic, though!

[stiff tip]

lloose lips sink secret spots ...... i love frank from the old days....if he's an a-hole ,so a lot of other peeps ......good bad and tell it like it is ugly....

[Nebe]

If you tell anyone anything, you might as well come to the conclusion that it wont stay a secret for long. Also, the more you emphasize the fact that what you are telling someone is the utmost secret, the quicker it will become public knowledge.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by Nebe

If you tell anyone anything, you might as well come to the conclusion that it wont stay a secret for long. Also, the more you emphasize the fact that what you are telling someone is the utmost secret, the quicker it will become public knowledge.

Alas the Ben Franklin quote...."Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead."

I pretty much tell anyone I consider a friend everything. Not really concerned with getting anything in return. Secrecy used to be a bigger deal in the old days when there was a profit motive, but that's died on the vine too. Its funny sometimes people ask, I tell them exactly what's up and they assume I'm lying because I'm a striper fisherman..its quite comical.