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The March 2016 issue of Vanity Fair magazine has an article written by John Colapinto regarding the bridge cheating scandal.
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Bridge cheating article in Vanity Fair
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Posted 2016-March-05, 22:27
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Posted 2016-March-05, 22:33
The bridge cheating scandals have gotten into a number of places in mainstream media. Unfortunately, I'm not sure this is a case of "there's no such thing as bad publicity".
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Posted 2016-March-06, 05:09
barmar, on 2016-March-05, 22:33, said:
Unfortunately, I'm not sure this is a case of "there's no such thing as bad publicity".
I actually think this is good publicity. One of the reasons I learned to play bridge was that my BF at the time (currently hubby) played a lot of bridge with his friends and from my POV this always went like this:
They dealt
They made a few bids
Dummy came up
One started yelling, they fought for 10 minutes then threw the cards away.
Sometimes they made it as far as playing two deals in a row, but that was rare.
My thinking as a bystander was
1) What a stupid game
2) If it causes such drama, there has to be *something* about it that I'm missing.
So I learned, to find out what the big deal is.
Drama makes people curious IMO
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Posted 2016-March-06, 05:12
diana_eva, on 2016-March-06, 05:09, said:
my BF at the time (currently hubby)
Got any future plans for a change? or just keeping him on his toes? lol
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
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"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2016-March-06, 05:37
1eyedjack, on 2016-March-06, 05:12, said:
Got any future plans for a change? or just keeping him on his toes? lol
LOL no, didn't realize it sounds strange
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Posted 2016-March-06, 23:01
David Owen writes an article on the bridge scandals in the March 7, 2016 New Yorker.
" The Blue Team had two outstanding players and one very good player, but the other three were essentially from central casting." (Hamman)
"He conjectured that the Italians used a number of illicit signals, involving things like hand GESTURES AND THE POSITIONING OF THEIR CIGARETTES."
" The Blue Team had two outstanding players and one very good player, but the other three were essentially from central casting." (Hamman)
"He conjectured that the Italians used a number of illicit signals, involving things like hand GESTURES AND THE POSITIONING OF THEIR CIGARETTES."
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