Subject: [bridge] the little-known Tolkien bidding convention... Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:15:30 -0800 From: Hugh Genin To: bridge THREE spades for hands played at dinner tonight, Seven for the lucky ones with their suits so long, Five for "goulash Ben" a few aces light, One for the poor host who bid it wrong, In the Pink Palace, where bidders lie. One bid to fool them all, One bid to pre-empt them, One bid to trick them all and in the contract set them, In the Pink Palace, where bidders lie. 8:30 - see you there!

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