If you said yes; he’d say no. He could argue either way He was a
dilettante of first
report; dripping charisma. You soon became convinced he pulled most of
his facts
from some ethereal mist, but joust with him and he’d skewer you like
a leg of lamb.
He dated a bright young woman who hated to argue. She developed a cunning
scheme. She told him that if he would shut up for once, she would make him an
offer that he couldn’t refuse. He pondered the offer over and over,
then he replied
“I think I would rather talk.“
