Arnold

Tom Junod (thanks, Wright): It was funny. What Arnold said at the meeting of the advocates — it was funny. He didn't laugh; he hardly ever does when he says something funny. He only laughs when someone says something funny to him, and then he opens that big androidal mouth, and you feel a little bit like a lion tamer, if you're close enough — you're in the position of counting on his goodwill. He likes people who make him laugh. But because he doesn't laugh at his own jokes, you can't be sure if he's joking or not. That's the way it was at the meeting of the advocates. He didn't laugh and neither did they. But that doesn't mean what he said wasn't funny. It had to be, or else he never would…