The Offensive One
Theophrastus (a student of Aristotle) wrote the following:
"It is not difficult to define obnoxiousness: it is joking that is obvious and offensive. The obnoxious man is the sort who, when he meets respectable women, raises his cloak and exposes his genitals. In the theatre he claps after others have stopped, and hisses the actors when the others enjoy watching. When the audience is silent he rears back and belches, to make the spectators turn around. When the agora is crowded he goes to the stands for walnuts, myrtleberries, and fruits, and stands there nibbling on them while talking with the vendor. He calls out by name to someone in the crowd with whom he's not acquainted. When he sees people hurrying somewhere he tells them to wait. He goes upto a man who has lost an important case and is leaving the court, and congratulates him. He goes shopping for himself and hires flute girls, and he shows his purchases to anyone he meets and invites them to share. He stands by the barber shop or perfume seller and relates that he intends to get drunk."
"It is not difficult to define obnoxiousness: it is joking that is obvious and offensive. The obnoxious man is the sort who, when he meets respectable women, raises his cloak and exposes his genitals. In the theatre he claps after others have stopped, and hisses the actors when the others enjoy watching. When the audience is silent he rears back and belches, to make the spectators turn around. When the agora is crowded he goes to the stands for walnuts, myrtleberries, and fruits, and stands there nibbling on them while talking with the vendor. He calls out by name to someone in the crowd with whom he's not acquainted. When he sees people hurrying somewhere he tells them to wait. He goes upto a man who has lost an important case and is leaving the court, and congratulates him. He goes shopping for himself and hires flute girls, and he shows his purchases to anyone he meets and invites them to share. He stands by the barber shop or perfume seller and relates that he intends to get drunk."