The Crowing Cock

“He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.” ~ George Eliot

It doesn't take much digging to uncover the depth of Sir Solomon the Angry Twit's arrogance and condescension toward everyone around him, even his so-called "friends." Nearly every day he posts gems that put his prancing, high-and-mighty opinion of himself out there for general consumption. One can begin to understand why Doc is the fawning second banana: Solomon is clearly the smarter of the two (which ain't saying much) and he doesn't let the American McManus forget it.

Here are but two examples from today.

Solomon: "About half a century ago, when I was at school and solving all the world's mysteries -- you know the sort: who was Jesus, King Arthur and Robin Hood; how did the universe begin and how, if ever, will it end, what are ghosts, and so on -- I discovered that all the continents fitted together. This was before I learned of tectonic plates. That was when I decided that Atlantis must have been in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge."

Ah yes, when he wasn't busy buggering (that infamous British boarding school pastime), old Solomon was revolutionizing established geological concepts (and he didn't even know it!). In reality, we suspect the Angry Twit mostly stood around with his index finger firmly entrenched in his nostril, trying to advance theories of proboscis mining.

Solomon: "I was very privileged, when working in Intelligence, to be invited to help Bletchley Park, which with the help of American billionaire Sidney Frank, is now a Trust [sic]. Many men and women at Bletchley devoted themselves to helping win the war. Not even their families suspected what they were doing, even in the following decades. They were an odd collection of characters, the most brilliant minds we had. They trained Americans in their technologies and methods, which helped the US forces immensely."

Solomon no doubt fetched papers and served tea, but he was there, so he must be brilliant too, no? (See how his insecure logic works?) And note the usual air of condescension toward Americans. Yes, if it hadn't been for the Brits, America's intelligence services surely never would have gotten off the ground on their own.

This is the sort of baseless arrogance that led a bunch of scrappy colonists to kick ass and take names several hundred years ago. And we all know how that turned out, now don't we?