[AnotherUnixGeek]

As I remember him he doesn’t look like he could be a threat to a chocolate eclair

Despite the granny glasses of his late '60s - early '70s phase, my understanding is that Lennon grew up poor in a working class environment, got into more than his share of fights growing up, and worked in some rough nightclubs in Germany with the early versions of the Beatles - his bandmate Stuart Sutcliffe died of a brain hemorrhage a few days after he, Lennon and Pete Best had reportedly gotten into a brawl in a club in Hamburg.

[Reily]

Doesn’t surprise me!