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At Card Table, Clues to a Lucid Old Age

• edw519 17y ago
  I love bridge! I learned in college (northwestern Pennsylvania, very cold winters) and have kept playing ever since. Of every leisure activity I have ever tried, it is by far IMO the most "hacker appropriate". It's a shame it has a reputation as an old ladies game. I'd be willing to bet that many here would make excellent bridge players and really enjoy it too. I still play in tournaments when time permits, and still get my butt kicked by 92 year old ladies, who explain the logic and strategy of their victory. I bet they would have made good hackers. I'd play on-line more often, but it's hard to find a good partner. Like many other things, bridge also has its share of posers. Like good hackers, good bridge players are passionate about their game and take it very seriously. I recently emailed a bridge question to an old buddy, a math professor, "What would you do if your partner was dealt all 13 spades and opened 2 notrump?" His response, "After the medical examiner left, I'd explain to the police that he opened notrump with a void. They'd probably left me go with a small fine." Any bridge players here?
  • jibiki 17y ago
    > "What would you do if your partner was dealt all 13 spades and opened 2 notrump?" Sorry, I don't know much about bridge, but if you had all the spades, wouldn't you just bid 7 spades?
    • edw519 17y ago
      Of course. That's the joke.
  • blue1 17y ago
    me too I am surprised that bridge is so scarcely played among hackers. I find that learning a bidding system is not so different from learning a programming language.
• tokenadult 17y ago
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