Jim, I think it your case its less of 'loser who couldn't hack it' and more of 'smart guy who knew it wasn't worth bothering with' LOL
I don't remember much of that side show, except that I was a nervous newbie, took ages to get up the guts to ask a question ... nobody understood a word I said, and you got me with a 1 liner that had the room in stitches for ages.
bastard!! LOL