> "If Dave wasn't such a babe in his scrumptious Chicken Suit, I would smack him right upside the head."
>
> My question is whether THAT statement is grammatically correct.

Hrm. Yes, it is.

S "was assuming Dave could never, under any circumstances, be considered a 'babe' and, for his own part, continues to think so nonetheless, perhaps to his utmost relief" am