When you kept every secret you have ever been told
Barry had always been known as a secretive fellow, but things took a rather literal turn when his penchant for withholding information led to an unusual medical condition: his head began to swell with every secret he kept. It started small, with the occasional white lie about why he was late for work (his head grew a millimeter for every fictitious traffic jam), but as his repertoire of secrets expanded—from hiding his inexplicable fear of ducks to concealing his underground career as a competitive cheese sculptor—so did his cranium. Soon, his head had ballooned to such proportions that he had to custom order his hats from a company that usually outfitted hot air balloons.
The situation escalated to comedic heights when Barry's head became so large that it began affecting his daily life. Doorways became his nemesis, and public transportation was out of the question unless he was willing to book an extra seat for his head alone. Friends suggested he start spilling some secrets to deflate the situation, but Barry, ever the stubborn secret-keeper, refused. Instead, he took to wearing neck braces not for medical reasons, but to support the weight of his colossal cranium, which now housed more secrets than the CIA's archives.
In an unexpected twist, Barry's gigantic head became the talk of the town, turning him into a local celebrity. Tourists would come from far and wide to take selfies with "Big Head Barry," as he was affectionately known. Ironically, the attention made him more secretive, fearing the loss of his newfound fame if his head were to shrink back to normal size. He became so adept at keeping secrets that the government recruited him as a living, breathing safe. In the end, Barry's head remained huge, a beacon of mystery and a walking testament to the saying, "A secret's weight can indeed break the camel's—or in this case, the man's—back... or head."
