ANOTHER ONE OF BIGOT-JOHNSON’S STUDENTS FALLS BY THE WAYSIDE….. 

" Now......as budding bridge players you have to recognise that bringing home difficult contracts relies upon high level logical reasoning and deduction , common sense .......and superior problem solving skills. All too often the obvious solution to a tricky hand is overlooked , if declarer gets side-tracked by gimmicky plays he has heard , or read about in books . Allow me to illustrate the point. " 

Straight away ,  he asked one of his students to consider the following problem.

" Imagine that I have filled up a bathtub for you to empty . I then point out that  a teaspoon, a teacup or a bucket are at your disposal to the job ."
"Oh, I understand," said the student. " The obvious solution  would be to use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup."
"No…." , replied a rather distraught and despondent Bigot ,  "Any one who is ever likely to make it as a bridge player would pull the plug...........and that's what I'm doing on you.  Now sod off….......... and for pity's sake........ take up a numpty pastime that doesn’t involve you having to think ?"