Last summer we posted this video, which was put together by ANC 3F04 Commissioner Frank Winstead in an attempt to frighten his upper Northwest neighbors into doing something about the terrible scourge of the outdoor ping-pong table at Comet Ping Pong on Connecticut Ave. Many of our commenters laughed off Winstead’s scaremongering, wondering why an ANC commissioner would want to come down hard on one of the only interesting new businesses to open in the neighborhood in some time.

But Marc Fisher reports the sad news in his column today that Winstead has finally won. The outdoor ping-pong table outside Comet has been removed, thanks to some political maneuvering by Winstead, who appears to have leveraged the outdoor table issue against Comet owner James Alefantis, who is hoping to obtain a permit for outdoor seating.

Leave your eulogies for outdoor ping-pong in the comments.