Guest Jlall Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Players X and Y have this auction: 1♦ (DBL) 1♥ (2♣)2♠ and it continues to a disasterous 4♠X. Player X had a 4342 12 count, player Y had a 3424 7 count. Player Y then makes this comment. "By the way, I'm down with playing transfers here." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 I guess he thought he was playing 1♥ as showing ♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 TY for your helpful post Gerben, it's all clear now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 It sounds like "I used to play transfers, but I eventually reached the conclusion that they perform bad -- could we please not play them?" but I confess this is probably because it is similar to "I'm through with transfers". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdct Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 In this context I think "down" takes a similar to meaning to, for example, a gymnast saying "I've got my routine down now". Accordingly, I would interpret the comment as meaning "I am comfortable playing transfers in this sort of sequence". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Gereben has it.This is a very common screw-up - you agree to play transfers after 1C P and you don't know if they are on or off in competition. Perhaps you misheard slightly and he actually said "I'm done with playing transfers here" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 That's why I've written this sequence specifically in my system script :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Perhaps he means he has kept records for the past 2 years, and is down 200 IMPs over 50 boards, playing transfers on this auction. And, therefore, he has elected not to transfer on this occasion. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianna Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Isn't this this normal (American teenager) english slang? "I'm down" with something means, "I'm willing to do it". Sometimes it means "I'm happy to do it". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Isn't this this normal (American teenager) english slang? "I'm down" with something means, "I'm willing to do it". Sometimes it means "I'm happy to do it". Right - I don't see how it could possibly mean "I don't want to play transfers" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 English wasn't his first language and he meant to say, "I'm DONE with playing transfers here!" B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Sounds to me like he hit the bong one too many times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 I had this thought after reading this post... On MADTV recently I saw a skit called Celebrity Quarters where there celebrities who were competing using alcohol, with rules about farting and pointing. The Connie Chung character had to do a beer bong after swearing. So, imagine something like Celebrity Junior Bridge Quarters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshs Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Perhaps it means, "JDown likes to play transfers here"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finally17 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Isn't this this normal (American teenager) english slang? "I'm down" with something means, "I'm willing to do it". Sometimes it means "I'm happy to do it". I believe it's "down with" that is the relevant phrasing. See Urban Dictionary: down with that for reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianna Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Isn't this this normal (American teenager) english slang? "I'm down" with something means, "I'm willing to do it". Sometimes it means "I'm happy to do it". I believe it's "down with" that is the relevant phrasing. See Urban Dictionary: down with that for reference. If you are in a group and someone says "who wants to go to the movies?" I've definitely heard them say I'm down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Wouldn't "I'm down on transfers" say I don't like them and "I'm down with transfers" say I do like them? That seems like the most likely source of confusion to me, more plausible than that partner meant to type "I'm done with transfers". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finally17 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 If you are in a group and someone says "who wants to go to the movies?" I've definitely heard them say I'm down. BUT BUT BUT If it's not in urbandictionary it can't be right!!! Oh wait, it is in urbandictionary. So is "down on" as jdonn uses it. Previously the only usage of "down on" I'd encountered was akin to criticism "My dad was getting down on me for skipping class last week" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Wouldn't "I'm down on transfers" say I don't like them and "I'm down with transfers" say I do like them? I'm with jdown on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 I thought the correct way of saying it was something like "transfers are f-ing cool". I must be getting old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianna Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Anyway, the relevant point is that Y said "down with", not "down on". Personally, I think that he was being sarcastic, saying that the only reason X should have bid 2♠ is if he thought that 1♥ was a transfer. But at face value, it's saying "I'm ok with playing transfers". Also, why was this moved to General Bridge Discussion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Could a moderator please explain why this thread, which is not about bridge at all but is about grammar, was moved out of the water cooler to a bridge related thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Apparently, a moderator misunderstood the topic and thought it was a bridge topic. Just like several posters in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianna Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Apparently, a moderator misunderstood the topic and thought it was a bridge topic. Just like several posters in this thread. I think that Josh and I knew that, but were trying to not imply that the moderators don't know how to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Could a moderator please explain why this thread, which is not about bridge at all but is about grammar, was moved out of the water cooler to a bridge related thread? For the record, I don't know why it was moved .... :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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