if he were a fish. Actually, I would avoid dinner with your friend. With you it is another thing, perhap's we can do LurkerII's seafood hawker center on Sunday in Singapore.

Actually your description of Ted reminds me of the clown I met in Honolulu in 1968 while returning from Okinawa. He was, as recollection serves, from Indiana and was loudly complaining about being unable to get a decent steak the night before at this awful restaurant that only served seafood. Is Ted the son of a middle-American from Indiana by chance?