Throw Angles

​Editor’s note: We have recently barred any publication of Lao Du’s usual flapdoodle and screwy hooey during the pandemic as a public service to PPP. However, he has strenuously insisted that he has to at least air one of his bellyaching beefs before the corona virus death toll reaches 100,000 because, otherwise, he insists his pretentious screeds would be viewed as “unseemly.” So, in order to mollify and calm him down somewhat (i.e., to shut the guy up), I have reluctantly allowed the following blog as a one time permit, although I do fear the possible consequences of anyone reading this (PTSD and depression, and maybe some traumatic grief as a bonus, may result). When I ask Lao Du why he dwells on his personal pet ping pong peeves and doesn’t address more crucial matters relating to the current dire virus situation, he says it’s the way he deals with stress and the loss of his so-called normal life. He says, at times like this he resorts to venting his frustrations on the “boobs” at the ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) and the occasional players he confronts at the club who don’t like sandpaper, won’t play with him because of it, and who keep proclaiming that it’s illegal.

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