From: Allan Peterson Subject: Your apparent weakness Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 01:21:31 +0000 Dear God of the Bids, I made the mistake of letting little Al Lighton, someone who is extremely organized and unfrisbee like, submit our bid to your holiness. Clearly, he must of reminded you of one of those kids on the school ground, you know the kind-with the coke bottle glasses and the runny nose, who you knew you could always treat like shit and steal his new toys because he was too weak and naive to do anything about it. So when I hear him tell me that you were having field space problems, and I heard that it was likely that we'd get in I let it slide, hell I know that we are not going to Tempe to win the damn thing and I'm pretty sure that next to nobody will notice (Flagstaff will notice because we beat them at Regionals, we love those guys) that we aren't there. I'm sure your cherry picking swillish behavior will go unpunished. I've played this game for around 18 years now, I was taught the code of honor by Tom Kennedy, someone you may not even know because you're too young and ignorant, but who not only was an co-inventor and champion (Swoop and Pummel baby) and that code would have meant that you would of had to let us in because I'll bet you all your fine dresses that our bid beat a lot of people there. And picking and chosing based on god knows (you know) criteria lacks honor and fairness. But then we all know that honor and fairness left ultimate a long time ago and since it's probably "Nice Guys Off the Field's" fault; and since I enjoy the company of people like Jim Daddy and Pinz, well god knows (that's you again) we don't deserve to be allowed anywhere near a tournament as pristine and cherub-filled as yours. Don't get me wrong, I believe we would be a good addition to the tournament, because we are good for Ultimate in general, because we still play within SOTG, and not only on the field. In fact if it wasn't for this team there wouldn't be nearly as thriving a ultimate community in this little town. We are always there for whoever wants to play, we invite all age levels and ability levels and if they matriculate on to other places or cities its all good to us because we play for the love and we'll survive not being cool enough in your eyes to grace your heaven. As for heady guys like The Nice who you left off, I'd bet any of them who want to play will find other teams; just like all the mercenaries who joined them to go to Nationals. You decision to not include us is so rank because it is so nakedly biased and selfish, and I'm sure you think not. If you have the guts to explain to me why we were bounced, please feel free to contact me. I kinda would like to hear your twaddle, it'd give me the pleasure of knowing that I am a mean bastard and you are a fair god. Cause I'd still like to believe in you, maybe. Allan (Bum) Peterson hm (619) 471-6619 P.S. Catcher in the Rye is solipsism at its finest, but its still navel gazing shit. Holden, if he lived today, would be loaded to the gills on Prozac and farmed out to some born-again twelve-step program. Or he'd pull a Cobain, and we could argue for eternity whether he was justified. Irony: you'd never let Holden past the pearly gates.