One night four inexperienced lady players left the comfort zone of their bridge class to try out the Thursday night duplicate. Electing to start off at a same table , they knew they could play the first three boards in safe company without incident.
However, on board 3 the bidding went : Pass - Pass -1S- IH
Unsure of what to do they called the TD over. After he established that the 1H bidder had missed the 1S call, he informed the other side of their rights : either they could accept the bid, or ask the offending player to correct her bid to 2H. The first option was chosen.
Then to every one's amazement the next bid from North was 1D !
" What was that bid all about then ? "
" Oh, I thought West's bid had been cancelled and I was at liberty to bid 1D over my partner's 1C "
" But your partner bid 1S "
" So she did.....ah well..... at least you know what rights you have in such circumstances . Either ask me to make it good to 2D, or you can accept it. "
" We'll accept it ".
Next to bid was East who by now was very confused as to what was going on. So when she reached for a card from the bidding box, she pulled out 1C !! It seemed as though the auction, and time itself, were now in reverse.
" Jesus, Mildred, what in heaven's name is that bid in aid of ? "
" Well ....I couldn't help noticing the direction in which the bidding was going, and although I have very little in the way of clubs, I do have enough points to respond...... but with only one available bidding card left after 1D, I was forced to take it. "
And so the auction ended there, with Mildred going down 1 for an above average score.
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