On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 3:34 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > So, I was an acquaintance of John Draper, rather than a survivor, because > >> I never work out. > >> -- > >> Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com > > On Thu, 20 Jul 2023, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > > Very well then: > > > > Survivors of John Draper and Grumpy Ol' Fred > > That implies that there are survivors of Grumpy Ol' Fred! > Have you been talking to my former students? > Survivors of John Draper, and Grumpy Ol' Fred Not sure if that is a bona fide example of the Oxford Comma at work, but nonetheless I hope it clarifies the matter. > > To be fair to him, he seems to have mellowed out in his later years. > And I > > hate to imagine the abuse he suffered as a child that made him who he > > became. He's definitely a special individual, very talented and > > intellectually gifted, but most likely misunderstood as a boy, and > probably > > didn't come from a very loving home environment. > > Well, I'm not cute enough for him not to accept a simple "no, thank you". > > He has always had some issues with social interactions. I'm guessing > Aspergers. But, other than the tantrum at my office about thinking he > smelled a cigarette, he's always treated me OK. Sorry for those who > weren't. > I should make a shirt: I GOT INVITED TO "SHARE MASSAGES" WITH JOHN DRAPER BUT FORTUNATELY ALL I GOT WAS THIS T-SHIRT. Sellam
