Now now, Tom, re "craving need for attention," in four pages of this thread, was anyone forced to reply?
My OP told what I thought was an interesting and even useful story. I mean, judging from the response, many found it interesting.
Nevertheless, people lined up to take a bunch of gratuitous shots and, in effect, defend Lord Richard, which is ironic to say the least.
I answered with some trolling. Heads exploded. Hyenas snarled. Life went on. I honestly found it all pretty entertaining and instructive. Therapeutic even.
In any case, if you're gonna take shots, you shouldn't get all indignant if you get a response...whatever the response may be.
Never mind, rumor is that if we get to 500 responses by New Year's Eve, I may have a chance to attain that mythical and ever elusive 2nd bonus point.
I'm game and will continue to respond as appropriate...except to the imbeciles...
Don't you have like 800 grandchildren? Go bug them with your yarns about the mighty troll, Grandpa Jerry, on his mythic quest for The Holy Grail of Negative Attention, which magically turns everyone telling him to go away into proclamations of his interesting nature and specialness. Instead of the The Iliad, you can title it, The Idiot.