Ah... I'm pretty sure that Jim didn't say that Michael was a prat so much as I said he was a prat. Not to speak ill of the recently dead, but Jim may have implied that Michael was a prat in that he was speaking of "people" who use flowery non flavor driven notes to describe whiskies as Michael did do but he didn't actually name him. Now that being said, he probably would have agreed if you asked him as I'm pretty sure they didn't get along. Of course, not too many people do seem to get along with Jim so that may not be too indicative of anything. Just to keep it straight.