mine: Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
husband/partner's: It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Put those two together and whadya get? All together now: BRIDGE!!! The game where it seems to be fun to do the impossible and play your cards well; at least with any consistency.
I played those I held fairly well today and so did my partner (he played his expertly being the expert that he is - no it wasn't husband/partner). We had an okay game and had fun but didn't do the impossible which was overcome the fixes we received on six or so boards.
I think all of us have been in many fixes while playing bridge, in my case, mostly of my own making. Locking myself off the board away from three good notrump tricks and going down is my most frequent self made fix. It gives a top board to the opposition who happen to be at my table when everyone else in the room makes the no trump contract while my partner and I get a nice bottom.
However, sitting down against an A pair who bid and make 6NT while no one else in the room even thinks about it, makes me whine about fixes. Everyone's favorite fix is playing against a novice pair who unknowingly stumble into a game which no one using standard bidding methods finds.
A few definitions of the word fix:
1. To spay or castrate.
(More painful than bridge fixes, I imagine.)
2. To get even with .
( I am tempted but try to adhere to zero tolerance.)
( I am tempted but try to adhere to zero tolerance.)
3. To influence the outcome or actions of by improper or unlawful means.
(Improper; usually - Unlawful...usually not).
Fixes are what in any other sport would be called bad luck, I suppose. I really shouldn't complain too much about getting fixed. Husband/partner and I were playing in a rather uneven field one day when we sat down with teacher Wayne and his wife, both excellent bridge players. Wayne bid and made a cold 6 NT and I was complaining that we were sitting with the only pair in the room that would get near the bid. On the next board, husband/partner and I got to a cold 6 clubs. All of us knew no one else would bid it. Payback is hell. They should both have been average boards but were not. Fix one and Fix two. All of us give as well as receive.
Observing the wisdom of the fortune cookie writers, I will continue to try to have fun doing the impossible overcoming fixes at the table by playing well the cards I have been dealt. I wonder if there is any wisdom in fortune cookies about how to deal with futility?
(Improper; usually - Unlawful...usually not).
Fixes are what in any other sport would be called bad luck, I suppose. I really shouldn't complain too much about getting fixed. Husband/partner and I were playing in a rather uneven field one day when we sat down with teacher Wayne and his wife, both excellent bridge players. Wayne bid and made a cold 6 NT and I was complaining that we were sitting with the only pair in the room that would get near the bid. On the next board, husband/partner and I got to a cold 6 clubs. All of us knew no one else would bid it. Payback is hell. They should both have been average boards but were not. Fix one and Fix two. All of us give as well as receive.
Observing the wisdom of the fortune cookie writers, I will continue to try to have fun doing the impossible overcoming fixes at the table by playing well the cards I have been dealt. I wonder if there is any wisdom in fortune cookies about how to deal with futility?
