The ton of bricks that broke the camel's back.
Tom roared through the house, took a look at the chessboard and with a savage movement, took the physicist's queen with his knight. He'd get even with that physicist if it took—
Well, almost anything.
Fifteen minutes later he was in Dr. Hamilton's office, pounding on the desk.
"Look," he roared, "that physicist just clipped me for my entire bankroll and then dropped me into debt by sixteen grand. I want him clipped!"
"Now take it easy," said the doctor. "Remember you are talking about yourself."
"Doc, if I commit suicide am I liable for murder?"
"Yup. Going to try?"
"Nope. Life is too interesting. My main regret with life is that I was born a hundred years too soon. My only compensation is that I may live to be a hundred, so that I can see what I've missed by being born too soon. Follow?"