Glen -
(I scoured my experience and did, actually, remember a female that fit
the pattern ... only one, mind you, but extant. So, I don't feel
entirely disingenuous using "she" and "her" above. But my guess,
based on stereotypes, is that most use cases will see a male --
perhaps with a spittle-flecked gray[ing] beard -- in the role.)
but I don't know you to sport a beard? The rest is something I can
feature though!
I miss your ur-signature: " get off my lawn <fistshake>! "
This whole line of observation seems somewhat like a simple
point-example of the broader idea that nothing (and no-one) exists in
isolation, everything is part of a larger ecology, and every role, no
matter how absurd nor humble contributes to the milieu.
I suspect even the lowly dung-beetle imagines him(her)self to be a
(ig?)noble apex predator!
- Steve
PS. I DO have a gray beard and it is more often flecked with my lunch
than spittle, but I do recognize the image you paint in the mirror...
now "get off my lawn!"
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