here are some facts:

1) von is GOOD.
(he helped me move stray boxes for two hours last night)

2) von is STRONG
(he carried two heavy boxes of books to garden street. we walked.)

3) von FUMES well.
( "..." "you're fuming." "..." "stop fuming." "OF COURSE I'M FUMING")

4) von RANTS well
("this is such bad planning! this is why people have such contempt for academics. because most of them have no common sense!" "i know, i know. sorry..." "i hope darryl knows what he is getting into. but then, he'll never have to help you move.")

5) von is still GOOD. because despite 3 and 4 he still did 1 and 2, and put my wobbly table together, unwobblily..