The thing is, that Jerry was so anti mood making, more of the low key type. I have to think that he probably felt the standing O went on too long by about one minute. Plus, it just seemed ingongruous to see Jerry in that environment. Kind of like, these other guys weren't a "pimple on the old man's ass".
--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "lurkernomore20002000" <steve.sundur@> > wrote: > > > > I must have missed this the first time round. I am just > > trying to picture myself there in that room, going along > > with everything as though I was still dialed in, and I > > just can't do it. John Hagelin's mannerisms, his jerky > > head movements, his cadence, are just downright weird. > > The whole scene is just downright weird. And then > > there's, "he who doesn't say much", on His throne. Just > > strange too. The adulation, the patented standing O. > > It WAS a little painful to watch. Kind of like a child > > or friend who's gone wayward. > > Granted it was pretty weird, but IMHO, Jerry Jarvis is > one of the very few people associated with the TMO who > really deserves that kind of "adulation." > > And what I saw wasn't about "gone wayward," it was more > like "It's about time we got him back!" It wasn't just > a perfunctory standing O; they really didn't want to > stop applauding. >
