The Bridge Column is Too Difficult
141 words. Letter to the editor. First of a 2-letter series.
Usage note: This may be used as a standalone commentary or as a letter to the editor, but for best results run this in one issue of your publication, then in a later issue follow it up with A Public Apology to the Bridge Community in the same section.
The Bridge Column is Too Difficult
I have one question about the Bridge column on the games and puzzles page: What the flim-flam hecky-darn does it mean?
I have tried to learn Bridge from a book, but it always seems to start with contracts and bidding strategies and never says a word about dealing the cards, why someone has to be a dummy, and other such things that seem to be assumed.
Reading the Bridge column is like having a blindfold removed and finding yourself at the controls of a 747 on final landing approach. You want to do it right, but you also wonder exactly how it came to this.
I wondered if you might consider adding some other less-intellectual but more useful columns, maybe one on Go Fish, or some 4-way stop sign intersection scenarios.
Chris Jones
Anniston, Alabama
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This work appeared in The Anniston Star on December 8, 2019.
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