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Posted 2004-March-22, 13:54
One of things about Internet Bridge that i find entertaining and engaging is the wide variety of people- different ages, different nationalities, different languages, different temperaments, different genders jaja, and, yes i said it, sxeuality (one guy felt his duty to tell me that he was gay and would i still play with him once i knew that. When i responded "That depends, do you like lasagna?" He said "Whats that got to do with it?????" I replied "About as much as your sxeuality
") - one meets. And, of course, Bridge is the catalyst that binds us together...This i find especially so on BBO compared to the Zone, for example, where i used to frequent (and still do from time to time) and tried my best to get banned from
- better in the sense that it is not as Americo-centric and there is less pressure to have to speak english at all times although there does seem to be a claustrophobic attitude that English (Slothy sharpening his proverbial axe) MUST be the Lingua Franca (excuse the pun) even if the English-speakers are a minority at the table and some of the players are trying their best to communicate and being belittled for not speaking English (Scottish people in particular hee hee [in-joke sorry])!!Anyway because of this diverse cosmopolitan pool of people there are many occasions where i have had the pleasure of some quite funny exchanges with people, some even hysterical, as well as some rather enlightening, informative and educational ones. Funny in the sense of thigh-slappingly funny as well as ones where the humour (i am ingliz) arise from misunderstandings in language, culture and in some cases gender (yup, men might agree with that one! )
Some come and go and are easily forgotten and provoke a momentary titter but some seem to remain. Along the same lines as Aisha's post, i want to start a thread for people to recount funny or provoking stories they have had while on BBO - not necessarily funny but these tend to be the most memorable.
To reflect Luiz's (the guy with the Tin-Tin hair-style
) attitude in a recent post which i agree whole♥edly with: internet bridge is about interacting with people in a socially-different environment as well as about playing a few hands of cards. If i want a weally, weally serious game of bridge i go to my club. Those who i perceive as being at their most comfortable onBBO are those that are able to somehow bridge that divide and compensate for the lack of face-to-faceness that one naturally experiences in the real (horror horror) world of club bridge. Those who DON'T are ones who are incapable of distinguishing the difference!As i am the one who called for the game, as it were, i will throw the first pitch. Please excuse any sxeual innuendo, but i have to say it is 'dyed-in-the-wool' to use the phrase in its original context
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The second time i came on BBO and was having a feel about the place i went to kibbitz a random table...I was unusually polite and said "Hi Mary, Job, [other two forgotten their names]. Mind if i kibbitz?" They said sure and i settled in to watch...
After about 3 or 4 verbal exchanges Mary says to her opp "Do you always give your partner such a good hand job?" I felt it my duty to point out that a comma and name capitalization in the right place might be in order...
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A weird guy - yes there are a few weirdos on here too
- was opping me and tells me why i referred to my p as XX...so i tell him coz she a woman and has 2 X chromosomes. Ahhh he says "i get it, i did genetics at scool. Thank God I am YY!!!!" The subsequent discussion made me aware he was being serious as to his presumed genetic make-up and i only managed to persuade him he was XY to account for him having 3 daughters [2 which were 'mistakes' apparently and only 'preconceived' (quote) because of parties- i didnt follow that one up of course]...So we talk about genetics and inheritance and i mention haemophilia and he says "Dont mention haemophilia, my friend, my mother had that since she was born!!!" Yup, i said this man a genius...-----
Last one
Was opping an italian lady newbie who said she didnt speak English very well and a new p sits opposite who asks her if she wants to play SAYC. She sends me a privvy asking me "What is SAYC?" So naturally i reply "It stands for 'Silly And You're Crap'".
Just as i was typing that this was my interpretation and it really was....a message explodes onto the table saying "No Silly and Youre Crap!!!I want play Italy please!!" I found myself re-directing my comment to her to this guy who left the table without much of an explanation
As for the lady and me, it was the end of a beautiful 25 min relationship....-----
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ing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.