You guys

@ghost-of-a-duke said
THE HUNTER AND THE WOODMAN

A hunter, not very bold, was searching for the tracks of a Lion. He asked a man felling oaks in the forest if he had seen any marks of his footsteps or knew where his lair was. “I will,” said the man, “at once show you the Lion himself.” The Hunter, turning very pale and chattering with his teeth from fear, replied, “No, thank you. I did not ask that; it is his track only I am in search of, not the Lion himself.”


Aesop Fable

You seem to be very hurt.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
THE HUNTER AND THE WOODMAN

A hunter, not very bold, was searching for the tracks of a Lion. He asked a man felling oaks in the forest if he had seen any marks of his footsteps or knew where his lair was. “I will,” said the man, “at once show you the Lion himself.” The Hunter, turning very pale and chattering with his teeth from fear, replied, “No, thank you. I did not ask that; it is his track only I am in search of, not the Lion himself.”


Aesop Fable

I do appear in this fable.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
I do appear in this fable.

You are the lion?

@fmf said
You are the lion?

Yes sir, and you the hunter.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Yes sir, and you the hunter.

And how is this an analogy for my good, enduring and fruitful friendship with Indonesia Phil and this whole thing about you no longer admiring or respecting him?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Well, until the bear comes along.

Once again, are you upset that Indonesia Phil didn't quit Bill's Big Bag of Onions at the same time you did? Is that it?

@fmf said
And how is this an analogy for my good, enduring and fruitful friendship with Indonesia Phil and this whole thing about you no longer admiring or respecting him?

You are getting close to an alert for harassment.

-VR

@fmf said
And how is this an analogy for my good, enduring and fruitful friendship with Indonesia Phil and this whole thing about you no longer admiring or respecting him?

That's your bag sir. I've said none of that.

Why are you using Phil in such a fashion?

@fmf said
Once again, are you upset that Indonesia Phil didn't quit Bill's Big Bag of Onions at the same time you did? Is that it?

Not at all. I even listened to his stories after I had left.

@fmf said
And how is this an analogy for my good, enduring and fruitful friendship with Indonesia Phil and this whole thing about you no longer admiring or respecting him?

You seem to really want that to be true.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Why are you using Phil in such a fashion?

Well, it is you who has claimed, earlier on this thread, that my interactions with Phil are toxic. So I have simply been exploring your perspective.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
You seem to really want that to be true.

If it isn't true, then what is the analogy?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Not at all. I even listened to his stories after I had left.

Are you jealous of him?

@fmf said
If it isn't true, then what is the analogy?

It relates to your integrity as a friend when misfortune arrives. We can all be a good friend when the sun is shining.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
It relates to your integrity as a friend when misfortune arrives.

I don't see how there is any problem with my "integrity as a friend". What makes you think there is?