YOU NEVER CAN TELL ... ( A classic Chuck Berry song adapted by Dr. Sigmund T. Schukelgruber )

In bridge, more than any other game unexpected results crop up time and time again. Fate often conspires against the very best players, catapulting complete numpties to the top. How many times do we hear disgruntled players say " How on god's earth did they manage to win ? " So why not adopt this wonderful song as an advert for the game, convincing people " you never can tell " what might happen......because if the gods are up to playing tricks........... then the unexpected will surely happen.

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It was a most unusual pairing

But the selectors wished them well

Many wondered if they'd hit it off

Fearing that they just wouldn't gel

But boy did their opponents suffer

As they sure did give 'em hell

" C'est la vie ", say the old folks

It goes to show you never can tell

They furnished their system card

With loads of clever devices

Cunning, nasty devious bids

To put their oppo in crisis

And when psyches were used

Boy did they work out well

" C'est la vie" , say the old folks

It goes to show you never can tell

Their barn-storming sessions

Hit oppos with helluva blast

Gaining eight hundred penalties

And others incredibly vast

But then the game lost its buzz

And their motivation fell

" C'est la vie ", say the old folks

It goes to show you never can tell

So then they took up poker

With their bridge days finally over

Success in this game meant money

Their life was now in clover

So when at last they married

It was a story that ended so well

" C'est la vie ", say the old folks

It goes to show ........you never can tell