From: Hugh Genin
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 12:18 PM
To: bridge
Subject: [bridge] Nostradamus is right again!
Astonishingly Accurate Predictions By Nostradamus:
V.81
Promptly will one build a bridge of boats,
To pass the army of the great Belgian Prince:
Poured forth inside and not far from Brussels,
Passed beyond, seven cut up by pike.
Interpretation: We'll either be playing bridge tonight, or having
a boat race ("a bridge of boats"). If we play bridge, we'll use the
Belgian cards; if it's a boat race, we'll be drinking Stella Artois
("the Belgian Prince"). Max will eat broccoli ("not far from Brussels"
sprouts). Then we'll start a hand of bridge, it will get passed out
("passed beyond"), and we'll play goulash ("seven cut up").
X.21
Through the spite of the King supporting the lesser one,
He will be murdered presenting his heart to him:
The father wishing to impress nobility on the son
Will fall, abandoned, by fire in the dark forest.
Interpretation: Dave, making a sacrifice 4 Hearts bid ("the spite")
based on have only four hearts in his hand ("the lesser one"), will
inadvertantly prompt his partner - Ben - to bid 4 No-trump (the "dark
forest", blackwood). Dave will pass ("abandon"), leaving Ben to go
down in flames ("by fire").
V.90
The two armies will be unable to unite at the walls,
In that instant Milan and Pavia to tremble:
Hunger, thirst, doubt will come to plague them very strongly
They will not have a single morsel of meat, bread or victuals.
Interpretation: Shockingly, we'll run out of M&Ms ("not have a single
morsel"). Kris, Kitt, and Max will end up at a separate table from the
Hugh, Tom, Dave and Jane ("the two armies will be unable to unite").
Then someone will break out the Milano cookies and start taunting the
other table with them.
II.72
In the unceasing war of the forces of red and black,
Above a river of Ems, in the city under the black mountain,
Murderous partners will club the noble King and Queen,
At 9 pm on Thursday in the Pink Palace.
Bridge tonight, 9 pm, at the Pink Palace.
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