Better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

And, to nobody's great surprise, when the other Larry (Harvey, not Amazing) eventually showed up, he was totally supportive of our efforts. About the only expression of concern on his part was a brief aside to me in which he quietly asked "you do, of course, have some, some... plan to make this all go away?" to which I replied simply with "It's all taken care of." Then it was back to drinking and jazz.

(Though I will say I'm /very/ glad he and his date left before the side entrance tunnel half-collapsed. You weren't there for that, were you Jiri?)