BIGOT-JOHNSON DESPAIRS WHEN ALL OF HIS STUDENTS FAIL TO MAKE THE GRADE !

Bigot-Johnson's had high hopes of turning some of his younger students into competent bridge players , but these hopes were completely dashed when his class of numpties failed one of his crucial tests.
For weeks Bigot had been preaching about the folly of missing the obvious by looking for the obscure. Missing the sensible bid by looking for a clever one. Missing out on the contract by looking for useless overtricks. Why do players spend an endless amount of time trying to solve a problem when the solution is staring them in right the face ? Why do players substitute magical thinking for reasoned analysis ?
And so to illustrate this point he gave his class the following problem . " I placed 6 eggs in a silver bowl. I asked six people to each take just one of the eggs . So how can it be that one egg still remained in the silver bowl ."
After 30 minutes of desperation and anxiety ,  the answer papers were collected in. Most were blank , while others offered half-baked or utterly implausible solutions. Bigot of course was not amused. Rounding on the students in no uncertain terms ,  he derided them as brainless imbeciles, who should seriously think about giving up the game. However , one young girl keen to know the answer bravely raised her hand. Bigot was quick to respond.
" Yes.....let me guess.....you want me to tell you the answer to the problem. Well....there is only one logical explanation which should have been blatantly obvious.....right from the word go. The last person to take an egg.... took it away in my silver bowl........the thieving bastard ! "