A Dallas woman says that when she rebukes the advances of the courtly old gent she’s dating, he apologizes with the words “I’m sorry for losing my faculties.” Using the term “my faculties” in this sense is not all that common, but understandable if you think of one’s faculties as “the ability to control impulses and behavior.” This is part of a complete episode.
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