Oh, no no, no! Don't let them fool you ... they of cunning connivery, they of fiendish fourberie, they of pretentious pecksniffery, they of merely middling mediocrity even! ...
Though they would front like bosom buddies ...
No opportunity was lost smashing my ball into the next state (oh, bad comparison, one can see Ohio from the front yard for pete's sake, my bad). Still, it was just vicious!
No matter my loud and repeated protestations, they kept stealing my turn! *hurrumph!* It was a slugfest ...
Youda thunk I woulda had a thumbs up my way from Nero et Brutus, but they just kept feeding me to the loins ...
There was one moment of levity, literally, when I found DOD bolt upright, asleep at the mallet, snoring away ...
Anyway, clearly, they could not come to terms with such exemplary showmanship and superior skill.
Everyone else was left in the dust. DOD was flummoxed!
Remember mere mortals with whom thou dealst! (Hey, kinda a catchy closer, eh?)