I asked him where he was heading on a taxiway, and he said he was currently in the grass. I thanked him for his honesty. Adam, you were on another freq so you only heard my transmissions, not the pilot's.
Btw, another pilot did his first few laps at John Wayne last night and said the same thing about sweatin', if memory serves. This is a very good sign, it means people are taking it seriously, and care about how they do when flying here.