after mumbling unintelligibly for a few brief moments at the coat hanger , the fair doctor proceeded to hang his hat clumsily and slump himself down in a doily-covered chair adjacent to bhakti , whereupon he cocked his head back and confronted the ceiling of the teahouse with a prolonged diatribe about the corrosive effects of its purveyed product upon the health and well-being of all humankind .