"This is great!" he said without irony, and stopped.

I waited a moment, then ventured, "oh."

"Yeah, that was pretty much my reaction. I found out where she lived, so we went to her house, slashed her tires, and for good measure came back after she got them replaced and cut them up again. Later, we went back to her place a third time and slashed her tires, because I'm spiteful."