'Astalk the Trout..'

On 08/27/2010 02:49 PM, flebow wrote:
Todd

You should know that the person you are trying to argue w or match
wits wits with is a flaming, obnoxious and notorious asshole
Do not put up with him calling you an idiot and a moron or any other

Hi Flebow,

I take your point. I would not characterize him the
way you did, but instead, I would characterize him
as a "cantankerous misanthrope" -- much cleaner and
more accurate. (I am sure he will correct me if
he finds me inaccurate.)

"idiot and a moron" are the least of the things he has
called me. Wait until he calls you a child molester
for witnessing your religion to him, which I did find
very disgusting and I told him so. He has also questioned
my intelligence when I made the statement that I thought
trout when created by God. I do believe I just let that
one slide. But I don't remember.

Still, a tiny part of me, and I can not explain why,
finds him a just a tiny bit endearing. There is no explanation.
I would say it was appreciation for the time he went after
a guy who had decided to stock me, but I found him
a tiny bit endearing before that.

I am really not sparring with him, other than gentle teasing,
like trying to get him to call me a "nitwit", when I write
back to him. I am really writing out of friendship, although
we are not really friends. I am okay with him. And I do
take your point.

-T

On 2010-08-27 21:43:49 -0400, Todd said:

Still, a tiny part of me, and I can not explain why,
finds him a just a tiny bit endearing. There is no explanation.
I would say it was appreciation for the time he went after
a guy who had decided to stock me, but I found him
a tiny bit endearing before that.

LOL. It's call "stalk", not stock, you nitwit.

And I wasn't stalking you. I was having fun with a sock puppet.

Dave (and Wolfgang as *always* gone after this "guy." It's fun for
both of us.) d;o)

On Aug 27, 8:43*pm, Todd wrote:


Hi Flebow,

I take your point. *I would not characterize him the
way you did, but instead, I would characterize him
as a "cantankerous misanthrope" -- much cleaner and
more accurate. *(I am sure he will correct me if
he finds me inaccurate.)

To be sure. Now, why don't you go ahead and tell us what you think
the words "cantankerous" and "misanthrope" mean. Then I'll correct
you if you are wrong.

"idiot and a moron" are the least of the things he has
called me.

Value judgment. Highly idiosycratic and impossible to refute with any
authority.

Wait until he calls you a child molester
for witnessing your religion to him,

Did I do that? Wow. I had no idea that I am that insightful.

which I did find very disgusting and I told him so.

Hm.....

Was I crushed?

He has also questioned
my intelligence when I made the statement that I thought
trout when created by God.

Now, lets be honest here. You don't REALLY believe that's the only
time I've "questioned" your intelligence, do you? I mean, that would
be kinda dumb, don'tcha think?

I do believe I just let that
one slide. *But I don't remember.

Well, I don't remember either. It's a shame. We might have learned
something.....and now it's lost forever. Hm......no, wait a minute!
Maybe not forever! We could do it again and see what happens.
Whattya think?

Still, a tiny part of me, and I can not explain why,
finds him a just a tiny bit endearing. *There is no explanation.

Actually, there IS an explanation. It's the love that shines through
in everything I write. There's just no hiding that light under a
bushel.

I would say it was appreciation for the time he went after
a guy who had decided to stock me,

There was good and sufficient reason for that. You just don't strike
me as an off the shelf kind of guy.

but I found him
a tiny bit endearing before that.

I love ya man.....but you ain't getting my beer.

I am really not sparring with him,

Truth.

other than gentle teasing,
like trying to get him to call me a "nitwit", when I write
back to him.

I think maybe you'd have better luck trying to get me to call you
"Roxanne" or "parabola." Or, maybe not. But, hell, what's it cost to
try, ainna?

I am really writing out of friendship,

That's sweet.....really.

although we are not really friends.

No, I guess we aren't. Does that seem sad to you? Sometimes it
doesn't seem that way to me.....but I just get all in a muddle when we
do this.

I am okay with him.

That's two of us, then, Who knows?.....there may be others.*

And I do take your point.

You should give it back. His hat's gonna blow off.

-T

g.
*the odds? i dunno.

On 08/27/2010 08:13 PM, Giles wrote:
There was good and sufficient reason for that. You just don't strike
me as an off the shelf kind of guy.

You got me there. I really am weirder than hell: I sort of, kind of
like you a tiny bit.

-T

On 2010-08-27 23:31:25 -0400, Todd said:

On 08/27/2010 08:13 PM, Giles wrote:
There was good and sufficient reason for that. You just don't strike
me as an off the shelf kind of guy.

You got me there. I really am weirder than hell: I sort of, kind of
like you a tiny bit.

-T

Ahhhh, ain't it grand? Love at first slight.

On 08/27/2010 08:13 PM, Giles wrote:
There was good and sufficient reason for that. You just don't strike
me as an off the shelf kind of guy.

You got me there. I really am weirder than hell: I sort of, kind of
like you a tiny bit.

-T

On 08/27/2010 08:13 PM, Giles wrote:
I would characterize him
as a "cantankerous misanthrope" -- much cleaner and
more accurate. (I am sure he will correct me if
he finds me inaccurate.)

To be sure. Now, why don't you go ahead and tell us what you think
the words "cantankerous" and "misanthrope" mean. Then I'll correct
you if you are wrong.

http://dictionary.reference.com/brow...tankerous?r=75
–adjective
disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish: a cantankerous,
argumentative man.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/misanthrope
–noun
a hater of humankind.

How did I do?

I would say it was appreciation for the time he went after
a guy who had decided to stock me,

There was good and sufficient reason for that. You just don't strike
me as an off the shelf kind of guy.

You got me there. I am really, really unique. You might
even say a bit weird. The good kind of weird.

-T

On Aug 27, 10:44*pm, Todd wrote:
On 08/27/2010 08:13 PM, Giles wrote:

I would characterize him
as a "cantankerous misanthrope" -- much cleaner and
more accurate. *(I am sure he will correct me if
he finds me inaccurate.)

To be sure. *Now, why don't you go ahead and tell us what you think
the words "cantankerous" and "misanthrope" mean. *Then I'll correct
you if you are wrong.

http://dictionary.reference.com/brow...tankerous?r=75
–adjective
disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish: a cantankerous,
argumentative man.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/misanthrope
–noun
a hater of humankind.

How did I do?

Absurdly generous to the core, I'll take it as a given that you
transcribed what you found in the dictionary more or less faithfully.
But that isn't necessarily the same thing as knowing what the words
mean, is it?

Moreover, even a complete understanding of definition does not in
itself imply a correct application.

So, how'd you do?

About like always.

I would say it was appreciation for the time he went after
a guy who had decided to stock me,

There was good and sufficient reason for that. *You just don't strike
me as an off the shelf kind of guy.

You got me there.

Hm.....

Or maybe you don't know what you said and what I said.

I am really, really unique.

Yes, we all are. It's one of the many things we all have in
common.....however shameful the realization may be for some of us.

You might even say a bit weird.

You might say that. I probably wouldn't. And that strikes to the
heart of this conversation (as well as others we've had and,
doubtless, more to come). By now you should really have some sort of
idea of the sort of thing I might say.....and you evidently don't.

The good kind of weird.

And what kind would that be?

g.

On 08/27/2010 08:56 PM, Giles wrote:
The good kind of weird.
And what kind would that be?

ah, well, hmm, that would be, well, me.

Always a pleasure, my almost friend.

-T