Discussion: animal

I assume the part about the scary animal facing toward you is a critical clue, and so I believe I know who it is you find scary. My friend Peter Huntington would not have been intimidated. Glad to see you are no longer purple. On the mend.

He's not intimidated? Seems like a run-in with one could be mighty inconvenient, and I was definitely withing striking range. Although I think they are slightly slow to anger, and you get at least a few seconds of warning before experiencing their fury.

I guess the purple just expired on its own, as I'm still congested.

Peter has an unusual disability. He has absolutely no sense of smell. Actually a pretty nasty problem, but it has its advantages sometimes. When his kids were small, for example, he had no idea when they needed to be changed, but didn't much mind doing it if alerted to it.