32519 Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Bridge players are excellent problem solvers. They always come up trumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Bridge players do it with dummies (and behind screens). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMan Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 My wife signed me up for a bridge club. I jump off next Tuesday. --Rodney Dangerfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 "Is that club natural ?" "Why how many have you got ?" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMan Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 "You were in 1♣? How did the wait don't answer that." --actually said to me after score comparison 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 "Is that club natural ?" "Why how many have you got ?"Along the same lines, and from actual play: 'How many clubs does that bid show?' 'Not as many as you hold'. There was a local player, who was a 'club expert' who routinely asked those kinds of questions and invariably held the suit, hence my partner called him on it one day, as per above. It didn't appear to bother him, but his partner had the grace to look embarrassed and not to lead clubs (for a change). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 "You were in 1♣? How did the wait don't answer that." --actually said to me after score comparison There is more than one answer to that says the man who played in 1♠ after an auction of 1♠-1♦-1♥-1♠ with the neat curiosity that my partner bid the final contract of 1♠ but didn't declare it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMan Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 There is more than one answer to that says the man who played in 1♠ after an auction of 1♠-1♦-1♥-1♠ with the neat curiosity that my partner bid the final contract of 1♠ but didn't declare it. :) I heard of someone actually asking how the auction went in a passout, and getting told, "Pass ... pass ... pass ... pass." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 After pard and I had doubled a few times in an auction and weren't about to stop Tony Reuss (nickname Tuna) looked behind him and he was sitting right under a sandwich board with Tuna Salad on top. He said "I hate being on the menu." Best non-line playing against the muppets Bert and Ernie, Ernie as dummy picked a comb up off the floor, looked questioningly around the table and put it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FM75 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 1♣ Forcing 16+ any shape except 20-23 4441 - (p)1♦ 0-7 hcp (p)1♥ Forcing either real hearts or preliminary to showing Balanced 19-21, 24-25, or 28-29 passed out. I expected another bid from you partner... He felt horrible (and really was rock solid in the system). Naturally it was teams, p had 4 hcp and I had 29 and several 6 level contracts were cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32519 Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Brdge players ace their opponents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricK Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Brdge players ace their opponents.What the deuce are you talking about, Jack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32519 Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Bridge players have finesse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricK Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 There's a chocolate-covered biscuit bar available in the UK called a Club. On Monday night, I arrived at a table and my RHO had a couple of these on the table in front of him. So naturally, I turned to my LHO and asked "What do you understand by your partner's two Clubs?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hautbois Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 :) I heard of someone actually asking how the auction went in a passout, and getting told, "Pass ... pass ... pass ... pass." But were all the passes in tempo? A hesitation could reveal useful information for play. ;) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hautbois Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 As a novice witnessing a completely artificial auction, partner tables the lead and asks, "Any questions?" I figured it was just as useful a question as any, "What's the speed of light in a vacuum?" Dummy answered my question earnestly in metric followed by an explanation of the auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 After not defeating a contract because of the opening lead a wife asked the husband in a loud voice, 'But why didn't you lead a club?', and he answered a bit coolly: 'Because you were the one who led to the first trick'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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