“They [the specs] don’t care if I do something right. They want to see the wrong things. That’s why they come, to justify why I am the laughing stock of okbridge, as one of them so gently qualified me…why did Marilyn Monroe commit suicide? …her and so many others?”
“Forget it…I ceased to be a bridge player.”
“Beat up a horse…he eventually stops to run.”
“I am playing worse and worse by the day.”
“I was told by [an innocent party] that I was the laughing stock of OKBridge just now… Aaron’s website seems to work very nicely… I give up… farewell all.”
—giving his latest OKBridge valedictory (he was playing again two hours later)
“The Bones Principle is as stupid as its inventor…when my partners overbid or don’t tell me their hand properly (90% of the time) I go to forbidden places. If Bones cannot see that, he should not pretend to be an ‘expert.'”
“I’m too disgusted with what’s going on. I need a clear head to win the Nationals. I don’t want to finish in 20th or 30th place.”
—asked if he was planning to attend the nationals
“With eight cards and the AKJ I always try to drop the Q.”
“I have lost all my students except one thanks to Aaron [names of several innocent parties follow] and the gracious publicity they are giving me…I want to thank you Aaron and your friends for a job well done!”
“You keep going and going against my wishes…you think you’re gonna get away with it?”
—threatening me with legal action, or something