Nefarious treachery? Hardly. I think if you look carefully at my withdrawal from BeefStakes, you'll see several reasons listed, not merely, to quote you, Eric: "Max's machinations". And please bear in mind that my decision was made not only for my own sake, but for that of my family who are forced to participate in my lifestyle. Having just so enjoyed the French food without restriction to beef, I cannot regret my egress from the game, and as Max said to an anonymous friend of mine, this was something that had remained anyone's unspoken option from the start.
Eric, if you wish to continue gorging on the meat of the fallen, be my guest, and good luck. As the sole competitor, you are up against a phantom, a shadow, a wraithlike cloud of dust where I once passed before, leaving you in my unattended wake. You have a lot of catching up to do, with the final goal of beating no one but yourself, since no one else really cares anyway. Will you really be proud to claim that you ate more beef in 12 months than I ate in fewer than nine? And what if -- unthinkable though it may be -- you should lose after all, despite my discontinued participation? Won't that just suck? Being able to eat more than me in a longer time is a dubious distiction, not being able to is just downright humiliating.
As for our fans, well, I guess who needs beef? We seem to be beefing just fine again without the nasty bloody stuff. We can descend into decent dissent anyway.
And with all this said, I do look forward to sampling the fruits of your murderous labor very soon. We've not seen each other since this whole debacle began, and I would indeed enjoy a nice juicy steak. It's been awhile.
Nefarious treachery? Hardly. I think if you look carefully at my withdrawal from BeefStakes, you'll see several reasons listed, not merely, to quote you, Eric: "Max's machinations". And please bear in mind that my decision was made not only for my own sake, but for that of my family who are forced to participate in my lifestyle. Having just so enjoyed the French food without restriction to beef, I cannot regret my egress from the game, and as Max said to an anonymous friend of mine, this was something that had remained anyone's unspoken option from the start.
Eric, if you wish to continue gorging on the meat of the fallen, be my guest, and good luck. As the sole competitor, you are up against a phantom, a shadow, a wraithlike cloud of dust where I once passed before, leaving you in my unattended wake. You have a lot of catching up to do, with the final goal of beating no one but yourself, since no one else really cares anyway. Will you really be proud to claim that you ate more beef in 12 months than I ate in fewer than nine? And what if -- unthinkable though it may be -- you should lose after all, despite my discontinued participation? Won't that just suck? Being able to eat more than me in a longer time is a dubious distiction, not being able to is just downright humiliating.
As for our fans, well, I guess who needs beef? We seem to be beefing just fine again without the nasty bloody stuff. We can descend into decent dissent anyway.
And with all this said, I do look forward to sampling the fruits of your murderous labor very soon. We've not seen each other since this whole debacle began, and I would indeed enjoy a nice juicy steak. It's been awhile.
Posted by: guy | November 10, 2004 05:24 PM
and a quote from yet another anonymous friend tonight: "looks to me like Eric just made up all those letters himself."
Posted by: guy | November 11, 2004 01:31 PM
What a revolting accusation! Does this "anonymous friend" happen to be one of our fans? Or perhaps a past participant in the contest?
Posted by: Eric | November 11, 2004 01:36 PM