gobbo et.al,
making light of the situation is, imo, the best way to handle it.
i'd wait until i were at the same table as howard at a poker tornament and then wear a big white shirt with this:
and instead of OH YEAAAHHH, have it say "Lederer thinks i'm a freak and a weird dude"
or some combination of that.
but thats just if i were gobbo and didn't care about future sponsorship deals anyways.
Barron