i thought that
then i met him.. it was only CHB's lacking of a rope that stopped my tying him to a lamppost down the street.
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 12 May 2009, 20:42, archived)

We saw a rope attached to a car towbar the next morning
alas, too late.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 12 May 2009, 20:44, archived)