OMG - has Lord Voldemort been trotting out this old canard again??? It's one of his biggest, smelliest loads of ........ ever, and some are actually buying into it. I never "invited myself" into anything, I was invited. I never "demanded" anything. It was a gesture of respect. And all was peaceful across the land...
.... until, Ayatollah Jummani's (best British friend) without provocation, betrayed a basic trust among friends, because he couldn't resist being a jerk-off at my expense. I called him out and like a jealous girlfriend, The Ayatollah came to the rescue and declared a fatwa on me because I'd dared to speak badly of the Prophet Roghammed from whom all blessings flow.
Junkie is big on Grand Gestures, but his largesse comes with a big-... price tag, that being, if you eat at his table, you are forever in his debt, to the extent that even if he stabs you in the back and tells lies about an honored guest, said guest is to take the dust from his feet and only speak kind words about him, because he has purchased your loyalty.
Unfortunately for him, not all people can be bought.
Which is evidently true on both sides of the equation. When Jumkie admired a my "Hecho En Mexico" belt buckle I made a point of going three hours out of my way to revisit a market I'd been to in Mexico to get one for him and sent it to him in California.
When Jumkie was too broke to go to COTA - I PMd him and offered to use my frequent flier miles to throw him a free ticket to go to Austin, even tho I myself could not go that year.
These too are the acts of a friend. But I don't go 'round throwing this stuff in his face, because frankly, I don't know which one to throw it in.
