this guy

14:59 Nov 28, 2015 

The stress on "guy" makes the difference. Had the stress been on "this", he would have meant himself.

10:21 Nov 28, 2015 

Amel, please post your suggestion as an answer.

09:56 Nov 28, 2015 

Neil, Charles, thank you.

09:47 Nov 28, 2015 

"This guy" means "a certain guy", meaning that he knows which guy, but he doesn't know, or is not saying, who he was.

09:40 Nov 28, 2015 

I agree with Amel. When he says "this guy", he means someone else. It is the following use of "this":

"this
9. spoken used in a story or a joke when you mention a person or thing without giving a name
There was this big guy standing in the doorway."
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/this#...

Note that he stresses "guy": that is how you can tell he doesn't mean "me", "myself"; if he had meant that, he would have stressed "this". He's not saying "this guy", meaning this one as opposed to another one (i.e., this one here, myself); he's saying "this guy", another guy whose name he doesn't give.

09:36 Nov 28, 2015 

Amel's interpretation is correct. The father was probably embarrassed because he fell (I imagine) and broke his own leg so he tried to blame it on "this guy", but then he immediately admitted it was a white lie.

09:28 Nov 28, 2015 

Thank you, Amel.

09:20 Nov 28, 2015 

Sorry, klp. I responded too quickly without thinking carefully enough (you may have seen my answer). After listening again, I think the speaker said "this guy" as though it was someone else who broke his leg, but then he admits that "this guy" is actually himself.