Winstonm Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 Some people see bids as they are and ask why; I see bids that never were and ask, "Why not?" John F. Kennedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double ! Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 I swear I did not have UI with that woman! Wm. J. Clinton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricK Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 "To bid or not to bid, that is the question" - Shakespeare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 It is better to have played and lost than to have never played at all. -- dunno? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 Every disadvantage has its advantage. Johan Cruijf. (Since this quote makes sense in every context it doesn't need to be changed for bridge.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blofeld Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 Not quite the same, but is calling 3NT after a tortuous and bizarre auction somehow analogous to calling 'Mornington Crescent'[1]? "Life is good for two things: playing bridge and teaching bridge." ~ Poisson "If I were your partner, I would put poison in your tea.""And if I were your partner, I'd drink it." ~ retort courtesy of Churchill. "Like all overbidders, I mistook -1400 for par." ~ Sartre [1] If you're not British and you don't know, probably best not ask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricK Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 "Accidents will happen in the best regulated partnerships" - Charles Dickens, David Copperfield. "Happy partnerships are all alike, every unhappy partnership is unhappy in its own way" - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina. The first is true. I don't know about the second. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Not quite the same, but is calling 3NT after a tortuous and bizarre auction somehow analogous to calling 'Mornington Crescent'[1]? [1] If you're not British and you don't know, probably best not ask lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted October 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 I know what you're thinking....did he follow to three trumps are only two. To tell you the truth, in all this excitement I lost track myself. So there's only one thing to ask yourself. Do you feel lucky? Well, do you, punk? Do you feel lucky? Dirty Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted October 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Of course I teach the game to children....girl children around eighteen to twenty. W.C. Fields Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianna Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 It is better to have played and lost than to have never played at all. -- dunno? Samuel Butler: It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all. (From about.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeGee Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a high-stakes rubber game. Jane Austen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 "If you are accused in a court of law of being able to play bridge, I'll defend you for free". Roland Wald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Here are some of Alfred Sheinwold's: "Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself". .... "Since the average person's small supply of politeness must last a lifetime, he can't afford to waste much of it on bridge partners". .... "One advantage of bad bidding is that you get practice at playing atrocious contracts". .... "There are only two acceptable reasons for not leading partner's suit. 1) Having no cards in the suit - 2) Sudden death". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 "Of course we are [maried]. Do you think I would live in sin with an idiot like him?"- Anonymous woman, in reply to Marty Bergen. She had a verbal fight with her bridge partner about whos fault it was that they ended up in the wrong contract. Some silly remarks that came up during not-so-serious BBO matches:- "Don't wory, hearts always break" .....- "The road to hell is paved with diamonds" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbreath Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 hi 'If it lloks like a duck and it sounds like a duck, it probably is a duck' Rgds Dog :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candybar Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Said at my table in the Toronto Canadian Nationals about 10 years ago: Husband: Why didn't you lead my suit??!?!?!?!???Wife: For the same reason I don't scratch my balls in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 "To err is human, to forgive divine..." - Alexander Pope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Bridge is like sex; if you don't have a good partner, you better have a good hand.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted October 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 I once made 2 in my pajamas....how they got in my pajamas I'll never know. Groucho Marx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted October 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Of all the tables in all the tournaments in all the world....she had to sit down at mine. Humphrey Bogart.(Casablanca) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceptic Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 From various partners I have played with Wayne, why are you splintering with two cards in their suit Wayne, why did you pass my 2 club opener Wayne, where is the hand you were bidding with Wayne, lead away from the ace only when you have 13 cards in the suit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zasanya Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Much ado about nothingShakespear perhaps inspired by some of the discussions on http://forums.bridgebase.com :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 It's not enough to be a good player. You also need to play well. Bobby Fisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macaw Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 "It is not what we know that gets us into trouble. It is what we know for sure that just ain't so." Yogi Berra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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