Boors was: Re: digest #451

[M. Mitchell Marmel]

At 7:35 AM -0500 3/26/01, Don Rosa wrote:

>that, they stormed off and I was later told that they confronted the
>Convention organizers who told them exactly what I told them, then
>*refunded their money* and told them to *leave* due to their behavior. It's
>being tossed out of the hall which is what is probably still eating at the
>guy after two years, not that I would not become his personal slave for two
>hours producing color drawings on demand. Or... perhaps he's still upset
>about those lost eBay sales?

Hee!

>But... I guess it's like writing and drawing stories that I know will never
>please 100% of everyone all the time. Even though I have never seen anyone
>who devotes more labor to fans at conventions, nor can I imagine anybody
>else who spends 2 to 4 hours each day answering e-mail from fans, I know
>that I will *still* not always make *everybody* happy!

The esteemed J.R. "Bob" Dobbs has an injunction concerning humorless 
boors of this nature.  However, the reference is ill-suited to a 
family list such as this one, and shan't be repeated here.

>(At least it's nice
>to notice that the one guy who complains is one of those geniuses who, as
>Dan Shane pointed out, can't seem to master the intricate techniques of
>correct spelling and punctuation. That's probably something to take pride
>in, eh?)

Hey, if they had functioning neurons, they'd be able to take "no" for 
an answer, neh?

-MMM-