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nstockdale	Post subject: A bridge conspiracy? Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 7:55 pm
Joined: Sat Feb 01, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 281 Location: Dallas	This could be the real reason we're all still running bridge columns. Bill Gates is behind it: Bill Gates may be the nation’s richest man, but he admits that no amount of money is likely to make him a professional bridge player. Mr. Gates, who joined about 5,000 other card players Saturday at a national bridge championship in Reno, Nev., concedes that his card-playing skills are no match for those of professionals. ...
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: A bridge conspiracy? Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 8:04 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	I might be in a minority of one, but I quite like bridge and chess columns.
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Jackie	Post subject: Re: A bridge conspiracy? Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 8:21 pm
Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 598 Location: The Herald in Everett, WA	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Paul Wiggins: I might be in a minority of one, but I quite like bridge and chess columns.<hr></blockquote><p>Hold it. Are you implying that you understand the bridge column???
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: A bridge conspiracy? Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 8:30 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	No, but as I copy editor I find the fact I can't follow it a refreshing change. The comrade reporters think we know everything.
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Jackie	Post subject: Re: A bridge conspiracy? Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 9:52 pm
Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 598 Location: The Herald in Everett, WA	I always suspected that people who know bridge are as baffled by the bridge column as we poor copy editors. It's a communication tool of al-Qaida, I just know it!
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majorbabs	Post subject: Re: A bridge conspiracy? Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:05 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 744 Location: HuskerLand	Wait, I forget, is an Al-Qaida communication tool three no trump or two diamonds. Or must I ruff? Is declarer the CIA?<p>[ March 29, 2004: Message edited by: majorbabs ]</p>
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Jackie	Post subject: Re: A bridge conspiracy? Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:22 pm
Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 598 Location: The Herald in Everett, WA	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by majorbabs: Wait, I forget, is an Al-Qaida communication tool three no trump or two diamonds. Or must I ruff? Is declarer the CIA?<hr></blockquote><p>Noooooo, make her stop!!!!
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majorbabs	Post subject: Re: A bridge conspiracy? Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:48 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 744 Location: HuskerLand	Sorry, Jackie. I'll go ponder the "dyed blonde hair" post. But only her hairdresser knows for sure.<p>(Quick, how many folks on this board know the product for that ad?)
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SusanV	Post subject: Re: A bridge conspiracy? Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:56 pm
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1399 Location: In the newsroom	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by majorbabs: Sorry, Jackie. I'll go ponder the "dyed blonde hair" post. But only her hairdresser knows for sure.<p>(Quick, how many folks on this board know the product for that ad?)<hr></blockquote>Only her hairdresser knows for sure was Clairol.
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