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 "Mellow Yellow" by Marti Ronemus

True confession: I'm a complete sucker for the "Despicable Me" Minions. How anyone can look at and listen to them without laughing is beyond me. Anyway, watching them in their latest movie got me thinking: Why are so many cartoon characters bright yellow? The Simpsons, SpongeBob, Peanuts' Woodstock, dozens more.

Indeed there are two reasons. First is visibility. Cartoon characters color schemes are based on making them stand out from their backgrounds. Since the sky is background so often, the color diametrically opposed on the color wheel, yellow, is used.

The second reason is psychological. The color yellow is associated with happiness and fun.

Now, as bridge players, we could wear yellow to make everyone around us happy. OR!! We can make our bids bright and clear so they stand out. Let's try that today.

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 6 3
♥ K Q J 9
♦ A 9 8 7
♣ 4 3 2 		 
Q: 1 - South wants to play, too. Your bid?
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♣1♠
?


 Your choice:
A: Double: We love that Negative Double for responders. It promises (cross your heart and hope to die) at least four of the other major, and usually tolerance for the fourth suit. Point count? Most agree that as responder, a ND can be as little as a nice 6 pts.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ 3 2
♥ K Q 9 4
♦ K J 8 5
♣ 7 5 4 		 
Q: 2 - And now? South...
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♣1♥
?


 Your choice:
A: 1 No-trump: What could be better? 6-9/10 pts, and showing Heart stoppers. You can join the action with this hand.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ 5 3 2
♥ K Q J 3 2
♦ 5 2
♣ J 4 3 		 
Q: 3 - South tries again:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♦1♠
?


 Your choice:
A: Double: We'd love to bid our Hearts, but that would promise 10-plus pts. Our best choice is our pal, the Negative Double.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ K Q J 8 2
♥ K 5
♦ 9 4
♣ J 5 4 2 		 
Q: 4 - South tries again:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♥2♦
?


 Your choice:
A: 2♠: This time we've got the point count to get involved at the two-level... and the five-card suit our bid promises.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ 5 3 2
♥ K J 4 2
♦ 10 4 3
♣ Q 7 4 		 
Q: 5 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1♣1♥
?


 Your choice:
A: Pass: Sigh, we have to sit this one out. We can't Negative Double. We can't bid No-trump (although some might) with a hand this weak. We can't really support Pard's Clubs. We're going to have to be a bystander this time.

BUT!! We've got a hand coming up with another chance to be bright yellow. Ready?

Your result so far:
Open Question

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Now that you've bid five hands, let's see how your play goes.

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