
The real test of a bridge player isn't in keeping out of trouble, but in escaping once he's in it.
-Alfred Sheinwold
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The difference between genius and stupidity at the bridge table is that genius has its limits.
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I think we're all a little masochistic. Otherwise, why would we continue to play bridge?
We had a partnership misunderstanding. I assumed my partner knew what he was doing.
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Teacher called on six-year-old Johnny, the bridge player’s son, to count for the class. “One, two, three,” began Johnny, “four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten-uh, jack, queen, king, ace”
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On their wedding night a couple arrive at their hotel room and the phone rings. The husband answers and talks with his friend about a bridge hand. The conversation continues for hours as the friend tells how he went down in six spades.
When it finally ends, the distraught wife is in tears and says, “How can he be so inconsiderate? That was terrible!”
“You’re right, honey. All he had to do was take a finesse.”

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