leaning on the parapet in the sun at the post office
Forrest Gunter
fpgunter@hotmail.com
Sat Nov 8 02:55:32 2003
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<DIV></DIV>>From: Michael Eisenstadt <MICHAELE@ANDO.PAIR.COM>
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<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 09:30:54 -0500
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<DIV></DIV><EM><FONT size=7></FONT>i shoulda stuck with running my mouth. i really </EM>
<DIV></DIV><EM>>get off on hitting the keyboard and LOVE digital </EM>
<DIV></DIV><EM>>polemics if they can be kept non personal, above </EM>
<DIV></DIV><EM>>board and of the highest moral stamp </EM>
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<P>>Mike E. </P>
<P>No shit, Shylock. I, if you'll forgive me, was planning on a sanctioned single elimination tournament--single elim as a way to be fair and still minimize ring time--to, in part, determine the real unlimited weight class champ, but primarily as a fund-raiser against no telling what manner of rainy days. I think that we'll have to disregard weight as a selection variable, seeing's how it's like the ole pint of diminishing sums,i.e., the same suet that allowed BB to knock the bejeebers out of Wimply 'round the 18 yard line now is packed all up in and around BB's heart and circuit system. Not to mention backs and knees. Also, since the founding dustup happened outside the ring, authenticity of historicity demands that we forego rings, gloves, headgear and rules. If it's to be Marquis d'Roughhouse, then, furthermore, we have to allow kicking and a modicum of biting, though eye-gouging should be totally eschewed, for reasons of the obvious potential for medical profiteering.</P>
<P>Or one border of the ring could be plate glass, to add drama with the addition of just a skosh more authenticity and risk. Remember, it would be counter-productive to incur more injury expense than net proceeds with which to salt the fund. And there has to be some sort of cash prize sequence to motivate the needy or the prideful. </P>
<P>As these bouts would exist primarily to make money, I also think it would be reasonable for well-heeled perps to buy their way out of each round of competition; to buy a bye, just like rich Yankees bought conscript sub/proxy fighters during The Civil War. Except it might be wise to stipulate that the competitor of record be required to do his own fighting during the championship bout. Otherwise, the quest for glory could devolve into just a clash determined by superior levels of disposable income. </P>
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