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- December 11, 2008
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DAILY BRIDGE CLUBFor release 12/11/08
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DAILY BRIDGE CLUBFor release 12/11/08
NIGHTGOWN PLAY
By FRANK STEWART
Tribune Media Services
I was sitting in the club lounge with my friend the English
professor when a player stalked in from the noon duplicate and
complained that her partner had been negligent as declarer.
"Love that word 'negligent,'" the prof mused. "Conjures up an
image of a woman absentmindedly answering the doorbell in her
nightgown."
"What happened?" I asked.
"We got to four hearts. East took the top clubs and led a third
club (not best). West ruffed with the seven of trumps, and my
partner overruffed with dummy's queen ... and led ...