He's desperate alright, desperate to be taken seriously these days. Well past the used by date and suffering all the accompanying ailments that spiteful old codgers get. Everything diminishing apart from the paranoia and grumpiness, it's no wonder the reading comprehension is gone, so he makes stuff up. For a start , old yosemite doesn't know what coypu is, probably thinks you are being risque. All in all, very hard work -- he won't remember anything he learns and will just want to argue anyway.
