I'm sure there are some people wondering why Sam would buy a ping pong table or the torture table from hell as I would like to call it with his money; well the answer is simple it's for hand and eye coordination exercise either that or he just likes to be tortured with it. I played two games of ping pong both when I was a kid and after one round tossed the small paddle onto the table and said enough of this bull. I suspect it was designed by the Chinese government as a form of torture. The equipment includes small paddles, a small ball the size of a large marble and a green table with a net which I suspect was put there for show, the object of the game is to paddle it to your opponent all the while praying it stay's on the table and if you become proficient at it then you can rival any professional tennis player cause in my opinion tennis is easier to play then ping pong and  throwing a football between a defender's hand's while trying to throw it to your receiver is also easier which is why Sam probably started playing it though I'm guessing.  That my friends is my take on why Sam bought a ping pong table or the torture table from hell.