sceptic

Eg A.......Unless intended as such, usually only used when in company you know i.e friends, collegues, then it can be quite humourous, it even has the ability to make you laugh at your own failings :) Eg B......... Some times I am Sarcastic with deliberate intent, to people I do not know very well or have just met, this usually occours when they say something that I do not like or they are just plain rude. In this case, it is not intended to be funny at all. So in answer to your question In eg A No it is not the lowest form of Wit, it can be exceptionally funny In eg B No it is not intended to be funny, it is intended to offend There we have it, Sarcasm can not be the lowest form of Wit under any circumstance

he was taken to court for crimes agianst electricity, the judge discharged him

boss ?

yes kinda guessed it was pushing my luck

[hv=d=n&v=n&n=skq9haq86dqt98c83&s=sat83hk52da7653c5]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - 1♦ Pass 1♠ 4♣ Pass Pass 5♣ Pass 5♠ Pass 6♦ Pass Pass Pass I bid 5 clubs, then I bid 6!d, I think a simple 5 diamonds would suffice how would you bid this?

British airways advert, it is not perhaps a film and this is perhaps not the best version of the music, but none the less it is good http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jxs106rp5RQ&feature=related This is a much better version http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CX-6Ej2lnwg&feature=related This is Erika (Hungarian if you are interested) Nattalie Dessay does a stunning version also if you want to find it on you tube

Clockwork orange http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zRtT5jPLA&feature=related

I have a few views on this, 1/. If it damages the country, then they should be punished 2/. If it embarasses the Goverment, tough luck, they all play that game and it is part of politics 3/. Sometimes, ideas/ policies or whatever are bandied about by ministers looking for a solution, they may discuss some rather radical (unpopular or sensitive discussions about touchy subjects like immigration) ideas, if they are dismissed as not to be pursued, then why do we have to know, it shows they are trying to cover all angles in finding answers to societies problems... sometimes ridiculous ideas give birth to an good answer and this sort of thing should be encouraged

I think forced marriages solve this non issue.

[hv=d=s&v=a&n=s8h652dt8754ckt32&w=saqjt542hqjtdk6c6&e=sk76ha73daq2cj854&s=s93hk984dj93caq97]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - - - Pass 1♠ Pass 4♠ Pass Pass Pass

I married a half-Estonian woman, trouble was the other half was a Estonian man, that divorce cost me a packet

This morning econo -5.88 liber 0 Early evening econo -6.38 Liber -0.92

so he failed to open in 2nd despite ur agreements. his fault (but that never happened so I think 2 spades was ok, I think the decision to go to 3 spades was yours, he should not have made that call with his hand

Actually Han I do get ripped apart occasionally, (sceptic, I am sick of yor pointless posts and a few other bits and pieces) but, I really do not think all the time, just occasionally, possibly well deservedly, I ask for comments only as I am quite interested in the different view points, I like the forums and I respect the opinions of most people here, I expect nothing for myself and I am not complaining, I am merely suggesting something, I do realise that a lot of stuff in the B/I is over some peoples head and I am not complaining about it, I am merely saying it, interpret it how you wish, I really wish I could put my point across as well in writing as I can verbally

After an extremelly bad display of bridge on my part, the other day watched by many, a kibber decided to tell me what a friend of his said about me. he said, I lacked bridge judgement (I do not disagree with this at all, well most of the time :) ) BUT, the thing that I thought was total B********S was this statement "because he never learnt acol first" what do you think of that statement, not whether or not you agree, I lack judgement :)

I saw someone mention that the B/I forum has a lot of things explained that are over the top for genuine beginners, I happen to agree with this, I have posted hands here that have been ripped apart (possibly well deserved, but I could save myself a lot of embarassment by not posting them) , because someone has asked me why I bid badly and I really do not consider my self to be remotely qualified to teach someone, so I post the hands here. would or could it be possible to start a beginners thread (as opposed to one that has intermediates involved as the difference in a true beginner and a good intermediate is or can be huge) I realise that some people can't help answering what is best expert practie or modern thinking. BUT, I think some of the answers are actually way over the top on occasions, perhaps, there would be more beginners posting asking for help if a more basic thread was available. It would be good to see some of the teachers that frequent the BIL being able to post answers here without feeling that they are getting slated down by teaching non expert standards and styles Just a thought and in no way critising any poster that does post here or does help others, some people are just not ready to take the leap into anything but the basics and it would be nice to see beginners take a more active part in some of the discussions or even trying some of the problems that are posted occasionally, some avoid the forums because it is way over thier heads and against anything they are being taught to learn the basics (the last statement is based on conversations with people that have asked me to teach them because they "MISGUIDEDLY" think I am a good player. (something, I do not claim to be)

How is the EBU's p2p progressing?

[hv=d=n&v=e&n=shqt64dq8643ck873&s=skjhak873dkct9542]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - Pass 1♠ Dbl 2♠ 4♥ 4♠ 5♥ Dbl Pass Pass Pass DA DK D2 D3 CQ C2 CA C3 S3 H4 S2 SJ H6 H9 HA H2 HK H5 HT HJ CT C6 (now what should you play and why?)

That sort of game plan does not make it right or wrong, just lucky and that to me is bad bridge :P something, I could put expert on my profile and would not get critisised for :)

sorry all opener played weak NT but the 2NT continuation was the thing I was curious about

I was thinking more 3 spades over 2nt was slammish with 6 spades

[hv=d=w&v=e&n=sk73hq9652dq9c954&w=sq65hak4d86cakj76&e=saj984hj3dat73cqt&s=st2ht87dkj542c832]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South 1♣ Pass 1♠ Pass 2NT Pass 3♦ Pass 3♠ Pass 4♦ Pass 4♥ Pass 4♠ Pass 4NT Pass 5♥ Pass 6♠ Pass Pass Pass This is the entire bidding, my question is after 2NT do you play systems on (stayman etc), and the thing I would like to know is would 3 hearts mean a transfer to spades to show 5 spades or how shuld it be played, I am not critisising the bidding at all, I only wanted to know how people play after the 2NT bid

so as I know quite well 2 spades is game forcing ( and almost bid it)(and I did have a game forcing hand)( never considered 2nt as I assumed that is passable), is 3 clubs non forcing ( standard 2/1 ?)as I have had similar issues before with other pards with no lebensohl or ingbergman agreements

no lebensohl what so ever agreed with my p

[hv=d=w&v=a&n=skjhq2dkt32cakt83&w=sqt54hk8daj987c42&e=s7632hjt543d5cqj6&s=sa98ha976dq64c975]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South Pass 1♣ Pass 1♥ Pass 2♦ Pass 3♣ Pass Pass Pass I bid 3 Clubs would 2NT be better, what would your call be