Landru: HA!! "I'm retired."
We never retire, until we expire! Little Jessie Jackson jingle! HA!
FBD: "You’d be an excellent instructor, IMO."
Landru:~& you base that on what, may I ask?
Based on the the fact that yer a Philosophyser...(and I find that very weird for an injuneer)
I really think you could influence young skulls full of mush, I mean look at all your influence on the Mudboy...
Think so?
I don't.
"Influence" is a funny thing. Easily misused & abused and especially these days; whatwith, all the ego maniacs & fruits running amok?
Yup, "influence" all too quickly morphs into "control" for most people, has actually come to *mean* "control" in another odd distortion of our language.
Whether you realize it or not, "control" is something I will shun at all costs & for a variety of reasons.
The fact [it] alters the very *personality* of the people I enjoy most, notwithstanding.
So you see, I've *no* "influence" over Mudboy -- or anyone else -- that I'd be aware of, or want.
Mudboy's his own man (as are you, sultan, Mr.A.), & as such he thinks for himself.
I happen to feel he does so rather well, as a matter of fact.
I'd dare say what you're really seeing, then?
"Is" Mudboy; believe it or not.
...& that's how it should be.