Abstract
When I was a small boy, I had a great uncle who loved dogs and small children. The dogs he loved forever, but the children were a different story. After they reached a certain age—probably about 20—he was quick to recognize their faults and foibles. And he was just as quick to tell these luckless people in very few words just what their faults and foibles were. Of course, he went beyond individual people, selecting a myriad of targets including politics, religion, society in general, and probably even the weather. And I must say that, as a small boy, I envied him tremendously. He seemed to be able to get away with saying alot of things that I couldn't. And since his often entertaining jibes covered a wide-ranging series of topics and a broad section of the local population, his victims almost always forgave him, saying, He's just a curmudgeon. So as soon ...
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