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Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile.
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Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasn’t easy. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. First, there was the task of keeping my brain perfectly protected. My cerebral cortex was a national treasure, a masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel of brains. This was not something that could be treated frivolously. If I could have locked it in a safe, I would have. Instead, I became obsessed with brain damage.
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But people who really know me, know that I am not a bad boy at heart I am a big teddy bear.
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Was it possible I'd labeled him incorrectly? Shallow jocksdidn't overcome adversity and accomplish the things Leif had. I'd labeled him, not even knowing him. Just because girls went gaga over him andevery boy wanted to be him didn't make him a jerk. The only jerk in the room happened to be the judgmental, elitist female. Me.
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And you've got a boy right there who looks at you like he would drink your bathwater if you'd ask him!
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I was taking the bad boy off the market for good.
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There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor.
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You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.
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A million million spermatozoa, All of them alive: Out of their cataclysm but one poor Noah Dare hope to survive.
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Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor.
