Bridge Gifts

Although adept at a great many other games, Muriel never quite got the hang of playing 'north' when invited over for bridge.

"Oh, thank heavens!! A fourth!"

'Of course we're not going to experiment on you. We needed another hand for our bridge game.'

'Farnsworth, this isn't what I meant when I asked you to draft bridge plans.'

"I guess this is as good as it gets."

'For Heaven's sake Gerald, we all lead in the wrong suit some evenings.'

"Oh for heaven's sake, Charlie, just let them have the bid!"

Another tense night of contract bridge ahead.

'So, which way up do the cards go?'

"No, Bob, you can't move all-in...we're playing Bridge!"

". . . and that dumb Mrs. Parker could have figured I had the Ace, King and Jack, but no, she goes ahead bidding in hearts. . ."

'I think they want someone to make up a foursome at gossip.'

Couple in bed reading guide-books

"Templeton, its Friday, so be so good as to inform her ladyship that it's sex after bridge this evening"

"Oi, are you trying to see my cards?"

"No, it's not my ex-husband. Worse - my ex-bridge partner."

'The Morning after the bridge night before.'

Games on a train.

'The bridge club is ready to start, dear.'

"What the hell is a jack?"

"...But if you'd led back a heart instead of that spade..."

A sporting sort - clubs , hearts, diamonds and spades for medals

What We Thought Were Canals Are Deep Prejudices and Inequities.

The Forbidden Joyce Kilmer

"We need to create more hashtag-worthy moments."

We have a dream....

The bridge of arts.

Snow Bridge.

Trilby - The Latin Quater, Paris.

Diplomacy Between Cuba and US

"So tell me again about the disastrous effects the Biden infrastructure plan will have on the deficit that you're suddenly so concerned about. . ."

Trilby - Bridge in Paris.

'...need to design something to bridge the generation gap.'

'When London Bridge fell down, how much was the contractor sued for?'

Planning for flooding - 'Well, we'll cross that bridge when come to it.'