Old DU may recall I was part of an SNL circle & I'm about to say something (socially impolite

[Denzil_DC]

77. I'm a short guy.

Not off the scale (certainly not in Scotland, where I live, though quite a number in the younger generation seem to be getting longer) - 5' 6" and wiry - but enough to excite comment at various times in my life among the less sensitive.

I can also be quite cuddly with friends and neighbors who don't mind that level of contact. In their cups, some of them (of either sex) can be borderline inappropriate, but whatever.

The dangers of height discrepancy and accidental embarrassing/distressing touching are something I'm only too aware of because of where my hands naturally hang and the uncertain nature of some clothing waistlines. I've never been alerted to a problem at the time, but one does wonder in retrospect.

None of this has any bearing on what I think may or may not have happened to spark these allegations. I trust Franken because of his reaction. He's damned if he does, damned if he doesn't for some. If anybody crops up at some time to tell me (or the wider world) that our interaction was inappropriate or distressing from their point of view, I hope I'll react with the same humility, respect and grace he's displayed.