But the artists kept bringing in more work and flirted with the idea of parking a low rider in the middle of their exhibition.

He parked his SUV at a Chevron station, low on gas and flirted with the idea of leaving the area to refuel.

At one point, they flirted with the question of whether they were selling out — back when that was something ambitious rock bands still worried about.

And I think it was actually even more impressive that a 16-year-old took me under her wing when that’s the time where you want to flirt with people and be cool.

Eliava, in contrast, was a mischievous charmer who pranked his friends, once dressing as a woman to flirt with d’Hérelle at a dinner party, and kept sketchy notes in the lab.