Louis Midgley Threatens to "Pay a Visit" to Gina Colvin

[_moksha]

You have to take Midgley as a silly old goofball at this point, otherwise you'll end up seeing the most egregious sounding comments this side of the internet. I picture him showing up unannounced at some real-life event and spouting off his angry posts whenever I read them.

So do you think Dr. Midgley was challenging Gina to a rumble à la the Sharks and the Jets in New Zealand?

Got a rocket in your pocket,
Keep coolly cool, boy!
Don't get hot,
'Cause man, you got
Some high times ahead.
Take it slow and Daddy-O,
You can live it up and die in bed!

Wonder if he could round up some rumble buddies out of the missionary corps and put a beat down on the CoC rivals for Gina's affections. If nothing else he could shout "Bokovoy!" in a crowded cultural hall.

[_Stem]

You have to take Midgley as a silly old goofball at this point, otherwise you'll end up seeing the most egregious sounding comments this side of the internet. I picture him showing up unannounced at some real-life event and spouting off his angry posts whenever I read them.

So do you think Dr. Midgley was challenging Gina to a rumble à la the Sharks and the Jets in New Zealand?

Got a rocket in your pocket,
Keep coolly cool, boy!
Don't get hot,
'Cause man, you got
Some high times ahead.
Take it slow and Daddy-O,
You can live it up and die in bed!

Wonder if he could round up some rumble buddies out of the missionary corps and put a beat down on the CoC rivals for Gina's affections. If nothing else he could shout "Bokovoy!" in a crowded cultural hall.

lol. No. But it's likely he has the scene in mind where people come side stepping into the scene snapping their fingers while singing that adorable tune as he bravely confronts the apostates.

[_candygal]

Ugh...all I know is that I have been familiar and acquainted with Gina's work for many years. I respect and admire her. Hoping all apologists just leave her alone. She has more wisdom in her little finger than they have in their entirety. If they want to check for dirt/gossip...let them just smell their own behinder.

[_Maksutov]

Wasn't it Midgley who had to be ejected from the ULM because he was a prick to Sandra Tanner?

[_Dr. Shades]

Wasn't it Midgley who had to be ejected from the ULM because he was a prick to Sandra Tanner?

You are correct.

[_Physics Guy]

Does Gina Colvin really need to be afraid of the big bad Midgley? At his age he can't be much of a physical threat and in a battle of wits I'd bet on her heavily.

He could try to make a distressing scene, I suppose, but what's that going to do to Colvin? Give her sore eyes from rolling?

[_Kishkumen]

Does Gina Colvin really need to be afraid of the big bad Midgley? At his age he can't be much of a physical threat and in a battle of wits I'd bet on her heavily.

He could try to make a distressing scene, I suppose, but what's that going to do to Colvin? Give her sore eyes from rolling?

Whether he poses a threat or not is beside the point.

[_Gadianton]

Does Gina Colvin really need to be afraid of the big bad Midgley? At his age he can't be much of a physical threat and in a battle of wits I'd bet on her heavily.

He could try to make a distressing scene, I suppose, but what's that going to do to Colvin? Give her sore eyes from rolling?

Most likely it would be one of the many incidents he's created in the past. Is anyone harmed when shows up to run his mouth at a vigil or one of many bookstores, or as a recipient of crank calls? There's a curve here, some would relish the entertainment of the situation while others would be genuinely disturbed. In this case, there's the potential embarrassment from having a person making a public scene with you in front of your friends, and people thinking, "why did you bring this guy here?" Of course, continuing to lead aggressive persons like this with breadcrumbs can be bad, because the more he can learn about your personal life, the more chances to get his mouth where it shouldn't be.

He could trip over himself in anger and hurt himself, or he could suffer a head-on collision with a fruit fly cruising at full speed and wind up incapacitated. Hopefully there would be witnesses in cases like that, as he could blame the apostates.

[_malkie]

Dr Midgley might be interested to know that, unlike the Mormon church he is most familiar with, some Mormon organizations do not insist that members "belong" to a congregation within whose boundaries they reside - they actually allow adult members to make grown-up decisions for themselves.

as far as I know, some even "allow" members to choose to affiliate with congregations outside of the country in which they live.

[_Doctor Scratch]

In fact: I'm still scratching my head over the idea that one of the chief "SeN" editors would be so bowled over by someone challenging his imprecise use of the word "several" that he'd go off on a strange, racist, misogynistic rant over it. "How dare anyone not understand me! What I say *several* I mean *TWO*!!!" Okay, then, why not just say "Two"?

Quite a fascinating rant by the proprietor. A young black girl working at a fast food joint failed to prove a linguistically adequate interlocutor for the great world-traveling white professor. The funny thing is, the great anglophile displayed his inadequate understanding of basic logic. He admitted to be pedantic; a defender of the precise meaning of words, and loathes the decline of proper speaking. The implication is that many folks out there would, for instance, be likely to misuse "a couple" to refer to values other than two. That means, when he places the order and says "a couple", the person taking the order has no way to know if the person giving the order is one of those who understands what "a couple" means or one of those who doesn't, and so the burden of clarification rests squarely on the shoulders of the belligerent customer in this case.

LOL! Yes, you're right, Dean Robbers: "couple"--not "several"--was the problematic term. How dare I get such a thing wrong! LOL!! But, of course, the story is fascinating for all sorts of reasons. For one thing, it seemed as if it was meant to carry rhetorical weight, and to serve as character exposition for the chief protagonist of "SeN," presumably in the service of making him seem more relatable and sympathetic. I mean, look at him! Here's this wannabe "Davos Man" humbling himself by going out during the holidays and "slumming it" at Mickey D's--and pairing his meal with a "couple" of milkshakes no less! Holy crap: I guess New Year's resolutions are right around the corner, but good lord. Did he order a couple of shots of fry sauce to drink as "shooters" for the ride home? And this coming from someone who was slamming others for imbibing alcoholic beverages on the holiday! Look, Dean: I know how fond you are of the Krug when midnight rolls around. (And what are the odds that Peterson, Midgley and the the others have no idea what "Krug" is, and that they had to google it?) There is nothing wrong with taking pleasure in the various joys that life has to offer. I would even go so far as to say that there is nothing inherently wrong in being "privileged," though one also has to hope that a certain degree of self-consciousness would go hand-in-hand with that. Then again, maybe that's too much to ask.