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 "Hangover Cures" by Marti Ronemus

I'm writing this on a Sunday morning, and I just came across some information on hangover cures. Fate?

From the time of Genghis Khan, pickled sheep eyeballs were recommended. Interestingly, this "cure" survives to this day, but with the addition of a glass of tomato juice as a chaser.

Ancient Romans, famous for their debauches, suggested fried canaries, powdered bird beaks, skull dust and dried viper. I think I'd rather have the hangover, thank you.

Modern times, in the Caribbean it's usual practice to put a half-lemon in the armpit of your "drinking" arm. The science-free explanation is to improve hydration.

And, not to sound like your mother, but the obvious cure is to not be there in the first place!! Sort of like bidding... don't over-reach!

Question 1

  Your Hand
 K 10 8 7
 3 2
 A K J 10
 K Q 8
 
Q: 1 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
---1
DblPass2Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 4: Pard's bounding leap to 2 shows invitational strength of roughly 10-11 pts with distribution and is not forcing. We're going to be dummy and thusly have 17-ish pts. Certainly enough to go to game.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
 8
 A 10 9 8 7
 K Q 3 2
 Q 9 8
 
Q: 2 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
-3Dbl4
?


 Your choice:
A: 5: Tough one. Is East's raise showing a very weak hand with strong trump support? Does he actually have what it takes to make? With Pard's double showing opening-ish pts and our holding an opening hand with Hearts as trump, we suspect East is weak. At any rate, we know Pard has four Hearts and we love our singleton Spade. We like our chances for 5 more than we like our chances for setting 4.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
 A K 5
 Q 6 3
 Q 8 6 4
 5 4 2
 
Q: 3 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
Pass12Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2 No-trump: Pard's 2 bid promises a five-card suit and at least 10 pts. We need to tell him we've got the other suits covered and 10-11 pts. He'll know all this because of our initial Pass. What will he do next? Tune in, because we'll play this hand in a few minutes.

Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
 Q J 5
 A K Q 8 6
 J 7 6
 3 2
 
Q: 4 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1Pass
1Pass1Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2: We can't rebid our Hearts and we sure would like to be in No-trump. By bidding the fourth suit we are standing on the table shouting at Pard, asking him to bid No-trump with a Club stopper. He will know that if we had a stopper, we'd bid the No-trump ourselves. Also some play this to show that our first-bid suit has five cards. This is one of the ways we avoid rebidding unsupported five-card suits. Notice no one has yet limited their hand. Pard will on his next bid.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
 4 3 2
 K Q 10 9
 4 3
 A Q 5 4
 
Q: 5 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1Pass
1Pass1Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2 No-trump: Perfect bid. We've got the Club stopper and 2 No-trump by responder on his rebid shows 10-12 pts. We limit our hand like we limit our bar tab.

Speaking of which... let's play our hand so we can go get a beer. Or two.

Your result so far:
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