E-MAIL BAG

Attention all online pharmacies peddling Cialis and Viagra, all online brokers pimping that hot penny stock, all of you sexy honeys promising us a good time, all of you pirates selling software at reduced prices, all of you exiled sons and daughters of assassinated African kings who need our help and bank accounts to retrieve the tens of millions of dollars your corrupt governments have stolen from you, all of you liars who promised us three more inches and extra girth, all of you customer service representatives from eBay and PayPal who need us to update our credit card numbers immediately, and oh yeah, all of you with legitimate sumo takes, please note that our email address has changed to:

email@sumotalk.com

To: Mike

Subject: One step too far. You simply must be an American.

Your day 13 'comment': "but there's a reason why you are reading me and I'm not reading you", is exactly why I have just condemned the link to your handicapped weeping-willow of a site to my recycle bin. You vainglorious belittler; you cad. I can but hope that some good Samaritan takkyubins your sorry ass a generous serving of self-effacing sumo pie.

Absolutely no regards whatsoever,

K. Bran

PS Your conventions of contraction suck veritable ass, sir.

Kay,

You won't be missed. For every one reader we lose, we gain at least 20 more. If you can't handle Sumotalk, that's your loss. But you'll be back. They all come back.

See ya in a coupla basho my friend,

Mike W.

To: Mike

Subject: Question

In your pre-basho report you wrote this:

"Anyway, the point of all this is to express just how horrified I was when I read the keiko report where both Kotomitsuki and Kotooshu were at a practice session with Asashoryu, and they both turned down the Yokozuna when he called them into the ring. Does it get any weaker than that?"

Do you think now that maybe Kotooshu was trying to hide his newly refound ability to actually use his massive frame to his ability? I mean in football (I am from Oklahoma and any sport must in some way refer back to football), you don't give away all your plays in preseason, you wait until it counts. All henkas aside it sounded like he was really on form, but I am at sea right now, and only have sumotalk's daily analysis to go by.

Love the website.

Just wondering

Wil

Excellent point, and one I hadn't thought of even after the basho. The more I think about it, the more I think you may be right.

Tochiazuma was a classic sandbagger always faking an injury or two prior to the basho where he came out blazing, and it wouldn't surprise me if Kotooshu didn't give anything away as well. Asashoryu always goes out for de-geiko to get a feel for his opponents, so you could be right. Regardless, it's a great take.

Mike W.

Received: Just after Clancy's Haru senshuraku report

Subject: Clancy has gone too far

Don't think I want to read Sumotalk anymore. Clancy's funny, but don't you think there's already a glut of porn to have your sponsors feed us more with this filth?

Sincerely,
James B.
Long time sumo fan

Received: A few minutes after the previous message

Well, the links were not porn after-all. I take back my last message. Just hope you know -- when you rile up the readers, they may rile your sponsors up a bit too. I hope not, though, cause I'm grateful for the fantastic insights.

James B.

James,

Way to condemn us for supposedly linking to porn and then promptly clicking on the links yourself.  Youda man!

The Sumotalk staff

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