His outbursts are usually treated with bemusement by others. To Watt's bemusement, Wilkins immediately surmised this was a question about a death ray. Crassus also had a beloved pet eel, much to the bemusement of later Roman commentators. Writer Pascale Day expressed bemusement at the idea of a pre-engagement ring. The album was met with bemusement by the listening public. Laurel repeats the pipe joke in the 1938 film "Block-Heads", again to Hardy's bemusement. Sometimes labeled "The Father of Rock and Roll", he accepted this title with some bemusement. Painter gives her a fake passport with the name Yuen Man, to Lee's bemusement. The public received the first performance with bemusement.