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What was my Reply?

by Dave Flower

and many others!

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Dave Flower asked on rec.games.bridge:

At a regional Swiss teams, at the end of a match, this dialogue occurred:

Team-mates"We've lost it"
Us"No we've won it"
Team-mates"Impossible"
Me"OK Score it up. Board 1?"
Team-mates"Minus two thousand"

Guess what my reply was ?

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The following suggestions were made:

Steve Grant:"Push"
Charles Blair:"Passed out"
Giles Woodruff: "24 out. That was our bad one. However, I made an overtrick on the next one"
Jan Kamras"Win 7"
John Probst"Plus thirtyfive-fifty"
Dave Wetzel"Push"
Rich Laver"We also scored minus 2000, but because of an irregularity the director cancelled the board, awarding us 3 imps"
Henk Uijterwaal"Board cancelled, win 3"
David Stevenson"Flat"
Robert Tamlyn"Ran out of time: did not play it"
Richard Pavlicek"OK, let's try Board 2"
Charles Blair: "Plus four thousand" [Same auction, except an SOS redouble at the end.]
Thomas Dehn "That's 21 IMPs to us: thanks a lot for not redoubling"
Chris Philp"Oh....... they doubled? We've lost it"
Peter Gill"Plus 2200. They redoubled at our table. Sorry about that board; our session gets better soon...."

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Dave Flower gave the answer:

Me"Flat. Board 2?"

It appears that Steve Grant, Dave Wetzel and David Stevenson got the right answer!

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