The Man, The Myth, The Legend

[comfortably numb]

...that's the moniker of bravado that my son M. Randall applied to himself sometime in college.
This is the young man who offed me out of his life and out of his brother's life after he finished college 6 years ago.
Maybe the show was just a shield---I don't know.

Anyway Greg, a friend of my other son D, blew thru D's neighborhood last week and stopped by for a couple beers and some tunes. Greg was also a student of mine when he was in elementary school. And Greg mentions to D that he saw his brother M at the Western Tavern---the local watering hole in a small Washington town. He said it went something like this:

So M sees Greg and comes up and says, "Hey, Greg!"
Greg looks at him and says "Hey, Little Randall", because that is what they called him in high school as he was 3 years younger than his brother D.

M replies "No, I am Mr. Randall---the man, the Myth, the Legend."
Greg replies, "No. There was only one Mr. Randall and he was the best teacher I ever had."
For a moment Greg turns away to get something off the bar before turning back to continue his conversation with M.
But when he turned around, M was gone.

I had no idea I had such power...

[skypigeon]

I don't know what to make of that one, 'Numb.

Other than you never know who your teaching will reach, and the Prodigal Son needs to stop being one.

[Frank Capua]

Maybe he left to fetch the fattened calf?

[BADGER]

Prodigal son? Maybe its time theteacher looks in the mirror and asks if its possible that he is partly to blame for strained relationships with his kids/step kids?

[comfortably numb]

Actually, I cleaned that mirror thoroughly when I did the bathrooms last weekend.
This stems from my refusal to pay for lasik surgery (after paying for 5 years of college) because M refuses to speak to his brother.
I set a standard with my expectations for his attitude---he fell far short.
As soon as I said 'No" he stopped speaking to me.
I approached him when I visited his area a couple years ago, but he refused to meet me for Dinner if it meant D was coming along.
His mother 'helped' the situation by inviting one of them to Thanksgiving dinners but not the other.
Guess which one.

I agree it is stupid and unnatural, but the young man is a jerk.

[Lemming51]

M replies "No, I am Mr. Randall---the man, the Myth, the Legend."

Could be worse, he could be calling himself "Carlos Danger"

[BADGER]

Or Dirk Digler

[skypigeon]

Or Johnny Bravo.

May as well go for the Unholy Trifecta of Dorkdom here...

[Tifositoo]

Numb, did somebody spray DDT on your family tree?


Dan

[Indyknut]

D and M will need some more character development before we can introduce them into the show. Still ,this is really looking strong. Forget Honey Boo Boo, the dysfunction within your family will give Duck Dynasty a run for their money.

[mdkiel]

Numb, did somebody spray DDT on your family tree?