responding to insults at the table

[DavidC]

What do you do if a TAA berates you on your play?

Yes, if a fish does it, you shrug your shoulders and let it slide, but if there's a guy at the table who you actually don't want sitting there and he insults you on your play...

... particularly if he didn't play the hand well either. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I don't know, I feel a need to lash out at him in this case. It's a personal need, and should probably not be indulged, but I feel like doing it. Of course, some stipulations apply:

1) never berate his play while doing this
2) never make it personal (like insulting him for a lisp or something, anything that's about HIM)
3) make some sort of generic I-Don't-Like-You insult instead: "Eat Sh-" is a good one, for example. It gets the point across without being too nasty.

A funnier way of doing it would be "Really? Oh. Eat Sh-" or something to that effect. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

So a few questions:

1) I have a general idea that this is probably a very bad idea. Do you agree?

2) Would I get kicked out for doing something like this?

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Also, in middle limits, where you really do want the sharky regulars to stick around, in order to ensure game survivability, I suggest a simple, "Nice hand." would suffice.

Maybe telling them to mind their manners would be good...

I don't know... how do you guys respond to "aggro" (as the brits call it).