“The lack of negative controls … results in the authors being lost in the funhouse. Unfortunately, I do not think they even realize this.”

“I cannot imagine any physician or scientist who has a job, who will have the time to read this paper.”

“Season’s Greetings! I apologise for my slow response but a roast goose prevented me from answering emails for a few days.”

“The writing and data presentation are so bad that I had to leave work and go home early and then spend time to wonder what life is about.”