Please excuse this, but I think you should follow Matt's advice to chill for a bit longer. I don't know this for sure, but my guess is that Matt knows that if you stay cool things may work out. Maybe he and Fred exchanged PM's or something like that. I could be totally wrong here, but I would think it would be worth a shot?
Just because you yungones like to go fast and pass up all the wonders of nature, no reason to pick on the old folks. Your gonna be one one day and there will be someone on your bumper who will be upset. <S>