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Some people see bids as they are and ask why; I see bids that never were and ask, "Why not?"
John F. Kennedy.
Bridge Quotes If Famous Persons Had Played Bridge.
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Posted 2005-October-02, 11:04
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
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Posted 2005-October-02, 11:46
I swear I did not have UI with that woman!
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Posted 2005-October-02, 12:30
"To bid or not to bid, that is the question" - Shakespeare
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Posted 2005-October-02, 12:38
It is better to have played and lost than to have never played at all. -- dunno?
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Posted 2005-October-02, 13:16
Every disadvantage has its advantage.
Johan Cruijf.
(Since this quote makes sense in every context it doesn't need to be changed for bridge.)
Johan Cruijf.
(Since this quote makes sense in every context it doesn't need to be changed for bridge.)
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2005-October-02, 16:44
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
"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
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Posted 2005-October-02, 22:11
"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
"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
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Posted 2005-October-02, 22:30
Blofeld, on Oct 2 2005, 04:44 PM, said:
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
[1] If you're not British and you don't know, probably best not ask
lol
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Posted 2005-October-02, 23:01
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
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
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Posted 2005-October-02, 23:43
Of course I teach the game to children....girl children around eighteen to twenty.
W.C. Fields
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
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Posted 2005-October-03, 00:10
Jlall, on Oct 2 2005, 11:38 AM, said:
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.
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My addiction to Mario Bros #3 has come back!
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Posted 2005-October-03, 05:35
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.
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Posted 2005-October-03, 05:43
"If you are accused in a court of law of being able to play bridge, I'll defend you for free".
Roland Wald
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It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice
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Posted 2005-October-03, 05:50
Here are some of Alfred Sheinwold's:
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself".
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"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".
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"One advantage of bad bidding is that you get practice at playing atrocious contracts".
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"There are only two acceptable reasons for not leading partner's suit. 1) Having no cards in the suit - 2) Sudden death".
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself".
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"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".
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"One advantage of bad bidding is that you get practice at playing atrocious contracts".
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"There are only two acceptable reasons for not leading partner's suit. 1) Having no cards in the suit - 2) Sudden death".
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice
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Posted 2005-October-03, 06:13
"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"
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- "The road to hell is paved with diamonds"
- 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"
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- "The road to hell is paved with diamonds"
The world would be such a happy place, if only everyone played Acol :) --- TramTicket
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Posted 2005-October-03, 06:45
hi
'If it lloks like a duck and it sounds like a duck, it probably is a duck'
Rgds Dog
'If it lloks like a duck and it sounds like a duck, it probably is a duck'
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Posted 2005-October-03, 08:44
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.
Husband: Why didn't you lead my suit??!?!?!?!???
Wife: For the same reason I don't scratch my balls in the morning.
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Posted 2005-October-03, 09:33
"To err is human, to forgive divine..." - Alexander Pope
Alderaan delenda est
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Posted 2005-October-03, 09:51
Bridge is like sex; if you don't have a good partner, you better have a good hand....
The Grand Design, reflected in the face of Chaos...it's a fluke!
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Posted 2005-October-03, 10:07
I once made 2 in my pajamas....how they got in my pajamas I'll never know.
Groucho Marx
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."