I feel like leaving a comedy story. This is perhaps 4 years ago. I was in this bar that has two tables. At this bar when we used to go, it was very common for guys to walk up and say things like: "I'm the best player in here. Nobody in here could beat me. I'll bet you $500.00 I can beat you!" Often they hit a few balls and realized they had no chance and no longer wanted to play for money which was fine because I wasn't going to let them play for money anyway even though these were often Wall Street guys who could afford losing that kind of money.
Anyway, so, this one time I was in there with two friends who both are originally from Russia so they like to say some totally funny stuff in Russian so the Uhmurkan's around them don't know what they are saying. And of course neither do I. But they fill me in after the fact.
Anyway. I am playing this guy and his friend is telling my Russian friends that his friend is the best player in NY State and he is State Champion and my friends see no need to say anything in Russian because this guy clearly can't play and is getting a thumping. We were playing to 21 and he may have gotten 3 points in the first game. It was in that ballpark.
So one of my friends said to his friend, "well, it's kind of funny that your friend is the best player in NY State and is getting beaten so badly. Clearly he isn't even the best player in this bar. And my friend really isn't very good compared to plenty of people we know. So if your friend isn't the best in this bar, how could he be the best in the state?"
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