devil's advocate
 

The imagery is subject to wide interpretation; so, can't be used against him as easily as his words can in a saved text.

No response to your request for clarification could be designed to draw you into face to face communication which would be illegal for you to record.

He has already given any recruiter sufficient grounds (non-professional response) to discontinue recruitment and continued pursuit can no longer be construed as being in the line of duty.

Should you continue, for personal reasons, to take it to the next level with face to face interaction, have a witness with you at all times. There's absolutely no excuse for any problems to arise as a result of you letting yourself be alone with him. You're the pursuer: he didn't come to you for the job.

You could send him this:

Attachment 49616

That might get the message across.

Given his lack of response to a request for clarification, I think your analysis is correct, sexobon. The unprofessional reply does give me justification for recruiting elsewhere. If the committee really wants to pursue him in particular, I'll just send him an email invite to a committee meeting and let them talk to him. I don't intend to meet with him privately.

:lol:

If only ...

It's sometimes used to suggest that the person has won the prize (kind of like sayng 'bonus'). So, afterhe asked who was messaging him (having not recognised the number) when you said it was you, he may have been saying bonus - or it was the job offer that was the prize (I suspect it was you being the sender that was the bonus though).