There's only one thing for it: I'll have to get stoned; there's always time to write a toilet book.

the schoolmasters of Ayr were paid out of the mills mortified by Queen Mary

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Maybe you should take Emmett's advice and BTFO (Butt The Fuck Out). Leave him be. Give him the time and space to get his life changed for the better.