I am a bit disappointed; for a moment, I thought I was going to
finally
learn exactly what this mysterious "Innes Pledge" is! Instead, Mr.
Parr
rants on and on like a man in an asylum, yielding nothing more than a
faint hint that it may have something to do with ignoring Phil Innes.
:(

OTOH, I now know that Brattleboro -- a term which keeps popping up,
here and there -- is a city or town in Vermont, and apparently has
little
or no significance except as a tool with which to ridicule Phil Innes.

In addition, Larry Parr has now clarified the issue of exactly who he
is
talking about when he uses the term ratpacker (and when doesn't he use
the term?); until now, we were left in the dark, playing a guessing
game.

The exact source of Mr. Parr's psychotic delusions are unknown, but
at least we now know the who main characters are, or rather, we

Neil Brennen, ad hom of choice: The (fake) Historian

Louis Blair, ad hom of choice: The Nutty Professor [note to self: don't
*ever* answer his questions!]

Edward Winter, ad hom of choice: portray as head honcho ringleader of
the imaginary ratpack! It makes for a good story.

Taylor Kingston, ad hom of choice: pretend he lied about his rating,
pretend he is a mediocre player like me

[note to self: "the Gang of Four" has a nice ring to it, but that ad
hom was already allocated]

[note to self: pick up milk and bread on way home from work for
wifeypoo, and dog biscuits for Phil]