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#1 User is offline   NoTrMade 

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Posted 2018-January-27, 16:56

I think it's great that one's picture can be embedded in profiles. I'm just surprised how many dogs and cats I play with?

RBL
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Posted 2018-January-27, 18:27

My partner's cat clicked on 6NT over my 1♣ opening.
Favourable lead, a couple of finesses and a suit breaking and the cat got us a top board!
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Posted 2018-January-28, 00:56

Sometimes I think that the owner's pet could play better bridge than the owner! Ruff! Ruff! (old joke)
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Posted 2018-January-28, 01:17

But if such a good thing happens then how come the term “ Cat and Dog story” Is still used?Perhaps those who use it have never heard( it’s good they haven’t) of the game of Bridge.
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Posted 2018-January-28, 02:03

View Poststeve2005, on 2018-January-27, 18:27, said:

My partner's cat clicked on 6NT over my 1♣ opening.
Favourable lead, a couple of finesses and a suit breaking and the cat got us a top board!

No 'pussyfooting' there then(!) :P
"It is not enough to be a good player, you must also play well"
- Dr Tarrasch(1862-1934)German Chess Grandmaster

Bridge is a game where you have two opponents...and often three(!)


"Any palooka can take tricks with Aces and Kings; the true expert shows his prowess
by how he handles the two's and three's" - Mollo's Hideous Hog
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Posted 2018-January-28, 02:06

View PostFelicityR, on 2018-January-28, 00:56, said:

Sometimes I think that the owner's pet could play better bridge than the owner! Ruff! Ruff! (old joke)

Patricia Sheinwold(wife of Alfred) in her book "Husbands and other men I've played with" related that she had two dogs
called 'Ruff' and 'Finesse' which proved to be tricky when admonishing them and playing bridge at the
same time .
"It is not enough to be a good player, you must also play well"
- Dr Tarrasch(1862-1934)German Chess Grandmaster

Bridge is a game where you have two opponents...and often three(!)


"Any palooka can take tricks with Aces and Kings; the true expert shows his prowess
by how he handles the two's and three's" - Mollo's Hideous Hog
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Posted 2018-January-28, 17:55

View PostNoTrMade, on 2018-January-27, 16:56, said:

I think it's great that one's picture can be embedded in profiles. I'm just surprised how many dogs and cats I play with?

RBL

Since I have learned how to put up a picture, I have done so. This is one that is complete inoffensive, but indicates one of my pastimes (apart from Bridge).
Yes, all of the dogs and cats reminds me of Victor Mollo's Bridge in the Meanerage series.
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Posted 2018-January-29, 08:52

View Postmsjennifer, on 2018-January-28, 01:17, said:

But if such a good thing happens then how come the term “ Cat and Dog story” Is still used?Perhaps those who use it have never heard( it’s good they haven’t) of the game of Bridge.


I have never heard this phrase. I assume it is the same as a cock and bull story?
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