When dealing with T-Bird, Bubo, and The Professor it may be appropriate to recall a proverb of long standing:

"He that wrestles with a turd is sure to be beshit, whether he fall over or under."

[ That is, he that contends with vile persons will get nothing but a stain by it. ]

             REF: A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs. John Ray, London, 1737



Thus, as it ever was...