A dumb, dumb thing to say....IF HE SAID IT......but a VILE way of answering back with a punch. WHERE is COMMON SENSE and SELF CONTROL these days?????
Ann Archy, you are right; it was a dumb thing to say. I had forgotten the old saw from my child hood, about sticks, stones and words.
I have never thrown a punch at an @hole for his words, though I must confess to having baited a couple into taking the first swing after their fighting words.