It's probably not word-for-word literally accurate, given that it is my ~10 year old recollection of a conversation and as an Irish storyteller I generally don'

It's probably not word-for-word literally accurate, given that it is my ~10 year old recollection of a conversation and as an Irish storyteller I generally don't let facts get in the way of a Narrative. That said, this guy was routinely obnoxious enough to drive me to hatred just with classroom comments. Edit: Seems I've told the story before on HN. My last recounting, two years ago, has the wording very slightly different. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=829901 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=829901