IN REPLY

Good heavens! You have done so much for that miserable lot on that committee. I thought that your contribution was confined to carting their equipment to tournaments. The sad aspect is that it would never be fully appreciated by most. The reason for it is quite clear to me, which is the same reason behind my troubled faring as a scrabble player. Before I explain, I have to state and acknowledge that neither you nor me are racist or religious fanatics. On the contrary, we are often at the receiving end and have to deal with such ignorant attitudes.

If you examine the surnames on the national list of about 700 scrabble players, you would notice that about 80% are clearly Jewish names. Australia’s population of about 24 million has less that 0.5% Jews. This means that when you are among scrabble players, you are not in Australia; you would be more like a Palestinian in Israel. How many of those 700 players would have the same non-racist non-fanatic attitudes? It only shows when you have secret ballots about impinging issues. And you don’t have the same pattern in all states. The best attitudes are in SA, the worst are in WA.

Oh, the woman in question is P. Apparently she had something to put on display in her younger days. Now, she is oblivious or in denial of the fact that the goods are becoming so wrinkled and sagging to the extent that they should be covered.

Forgive my rambling, I’ve just woke up and should stop and have my late breakfast, before heading off to the Greensborough Club.