EVERY WHOPPER MAKES IT FUNNIER:

Also odd: Williams' claim to have "ingested some of the floodwater" and gotten "very sick with dysentery."

"I don't recall a single, solitary case of gastroenteritis during Katrina or in the whole month afterward," said New Orleans' former health director.

Did we mention he also claimed his five-star Sheraton -- which, in fact, served a staging area for police -- "was overrun with gangs," and that he was rescued in the stairwell by a cop with whom he's remained "friends to this day"?

If not for the emerging narrative, another revelation -- that Williams has spun conflicting stories about rescuing a puppy (or puppies, depending on which version, if any, you choose to accept) during his days as a volunteer firefighter in New Jersey -- would just be funny. Not funny anymore.

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