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You don't have to hide your bridge magazines.
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It is perfectly acceptable to hire a pro to
play bridge with you once in a while.
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The Ten Commandments don't say anything about
bridge.
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If your partner takes pictures of you at the
table, you don't have to worry about them showing up in the tabloids when you
become famous.
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Your partner doesn't become upset about
people you played bridge with long ago.
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It is perfectly acceptable to play bridge
with a total stranger.
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When you see a really good bridge player, you
don't have to feel guilty about imagining the two of you at the table
together.
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When your regular partner is not available,
he/she will not mind if you play bridge with someone else.
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No one will ever tell you that you will go
blind if you play bridge by yourself.
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When dealing with a bridge pro, you never
have to worry that he (she) is an undercover cop.
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You can have a bridge calendar on your wall
at the office, tell bridge jokes and invite co-workers to play bridge without
being sued for harassment.
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There are no bridge-transmitted diseases
(except the compulsion to play more).
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You don't have to lock the door when you play
bridge on the Internet, and when you visit a bridge website you won't get
emails from a Siam-teenage-sluts.com for the rest of your life.
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Nobody expects you to play bridge with the
same partner for the rest of your life.
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Nobody expects you to give up bridge if your
partner loses interest in it.
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You can still "do it" in your 80s, and people
won't gasp in horror if they find out.
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Your bridge partner will never say, "Not
again, we just played bridge last week! Is Bridge all you ever think about?" (Oops!..maybe
they will!)
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A man doesn't need lots of finesse(s) to be
successful at bridge, but then he needs some squeezes.
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The phrase "could be short" carries no
negative connotation.
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The principle of "Fast Arrival" would not be
regarded negatively.
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If the partnership agrees on two over one, it
wouldn't be considered an orgy.
