Paul:How about to my editor, the old curmudgeon?

保罗：为我的编辑干杯，那个守财奴。

Paul: How about to my editor, the old curmudgeon?

保罗：为我的编辑干杯，那个守财奴。

The old curmudgeon was talking about the smothering effects of parental duty on creative lives.

那些坏脾气的老人们喋喋不休于父母生儿育女之责任的妨碍性效应.

Only a curmudgeon would deny the many benefits that our computers and electronic networks have brought us.

只有一个被我们称为脾气暴躁的老头置疑了电脑、手机带给我们的好处。

His Curmudgeon column which ran for many years in the Sunday Independent was required reading and was always guaranteed to raise a smile, he said.

他的坏脾气专栏在星期日独立报里跑有许多年被需要阅读和总是被保证引人发笑，他说。