"Oh - when you walked past me just then, one of 'yours' told me to punch you in the head".

Not such a good sign but he won't take any meds. 

Yesterday it was the maniacal cackle and the announcement that the course he is enrolled in is not 'real' so he is going to quit (after making $50 worth of phonecalls on the expensive phone trying to arrange these courses and the study grant - austudy or whatever it is called).