5thhorseman wrote:Reefer2 wrote:Topper wrote:Reefer2 wrote:I was just calling Top an asshat.
Look where that has gotten you.
Better to be the hat than to be the ass.
Not sure about that, have you ever seen anyone lick a hat?
I think I may have lost some brain cells trying to understand that.
Unless ... you mean ... it's better to be an ass ... because of all that lickin' you're gonna get.
Cos .. nobody licks a hat ... that's just weird. Fucking hat-lickers!
Only thing I can think is that he's using the "severe beating" definition of "licking"?
As in he's 'an ass who enjoys receiving a severe beating' ??
(may be a subconscious thing)
This might explain why he refuses to believe in the rebuild despite the progress.
(masochistically prefers to see his team as a failure)
I've tried to help him but he has extreme problems trusting authority figures.
(The Great Strangelove, Genius Jim Benning, Brains Bettman, Lord Trump, Bingo, etc)
Likely this is an irrational fear created by mistreatment at the hands of his father.
(recall that he always bows before the Fabulous Hockey Widow)
Ironically this is the type that seldom receive the help they need.
It's because, you see, the helper must become a trusted authority in the patient's life
... and the patient can't trust anyone in authority.
This kind of transference conundrum is what we call a "double bind".
I know the underlying issues are much worse than simply "not being able to handle a rebuild".
But they are definitely related, so by helping the one... I could help the other.
Given this kind of complex Reefer riddle, perhaps at this time of the year what we should do is
... just hold cyberhands and pray for a Christmas miracle!
C'mon Reef, we're all friends here, open up and receive brah, it's CHRISTMASTIME!!!