He tells me he's a Neanderthal too (perhaps different context, but have heard him utter the word on occasion.)
I tell him he just likes making self-deprecating comments
(Terry, my usage of

followed by a

meant just ::stern glare::, not that I was really mad because you called Mr. Harsey a Neanderthal. I figure that, somehow, both he and TS have made it through life without me being around to protect them. I don't know how they've done it, but....
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