… if I weren’t also dreading the inevitable cutesie denouement of this brand of story: The icky Harvard professor will suddenly radically un-ick himself and become best friends forever with the Chinese restaurant guy, and we will have to endure the two of them dragging their forgiveness and reconciliation act all over the media.
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Okay, two limericks so far. One from a reader:
What a marvelous prof is Ben Edelman
His check was four more and it’s fatal, man
He’ll spew legalese
O’er this bill for Chinese
Ben’s too hungry to pay like a gentleman
And one from yours truly.
Few acts are more certainly fatal than
Arousing the wrath of Ben Edelman.
Everything jerks him
But nobody irks him
As much as a chef with a ladle can.
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See? See? This is what I mean!
In an apology posted Wednesday afternoon on his Web site, Edelman wrote: “Having reflected on my interaction with Ran, including what I said and how I said it, it’s clear that I was very much out of line. I aspire to act with great respect and humility in dealing with others, no matter what the situation. Clearly I failed to do so. I am sorry, and I intend to do better in the future.”
Edelman, who is an attorney in addition to a professor, said that he’s reached out to Duan and plans to personally apologize to him.
Grr. Brace yourself not only for their joint Oprah appearance, but for their decision to open a restaurant together with some goddamn cutesie name like …
EdelDuan!
December 9th, 2014 at 9:53PM
What a marvelous prof is Ben Edelman
His check was four more and it’s fatal, man
He’ll spew legalese
O’er this bill for Chinese
Ben’s too fungry to pay like a gentleman
December 9th, 2014 at 10:03PM
midprof: Fantastic. Now I must try my hand at one of my own. Rhyming as you do on Edelman to make it a true challenge.
December 9th, 2014 at 10:31PM
Few acts are more certainly fatal than
Arousing the wrath of Ben Edelman.
Everything jerks him
But nobody irks him
As much as a chef with a ladle can.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:04PM
Nice! Hard, isn’t it? You bravely went for the real rhyme. I keep reading his bloviating prose thinking there’s more to use, (especially “In Boston this is taken seriously”) but I only come up with middles: a buck more for my prawn? Oh, Ran Duan, it’s on!