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 "Rite of Passage" by Marti Ronemus

One of my sisters reminded me of an episode from our past that I had (mercifully) forgotten: When all four of us girls had our tonsils out at the same time. I'm sure my parents thought it would be a good idea to get us all done at once, but, honestly. What a nightmare.

A little research shows that tonsillectomies were a rite of passage 60 years ago, but now it's not considered such a good idea to routinely remove them. It turns out they are the body's First Responders, triggering the entire immune system to get to work.

Tonsillectomies were performed THREE MILLENIA AGO! And can you imagine what they were like without anesthesia? Good heavens! Now they're done with just a little twilight sleep, and cold-cauterized.

Through the ages, tonsillectomies were thought to cure a wide variety of ills, including (but not limited to) bed-wetting, asthma and convulsions.

Not everything in bridge should be done routinely either. Shall we look at some hands together and decide what to do?

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ A 8 3
♥ Q J 5
♦ A K 9 7 6
♣ 4 3 		 
Q: 1 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
1♦1♥PassPass
?


 Your choice:
A: Pass: Pard didn't overcall, respond, Negative Double. He didn't even squeak. You've got nothing special.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ A 7 6 5
♥ 9
♦ Q J 9 5
♣ K Q 5 4 		 
Q: 2 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
1♦1♥PassPass
?


 Your choice:
A: Double: Heaven knows we've got the shape, and we're still at a very low level. Plus... is it possible that Pard has a Heart stack and couldn't double? If so, he'll pass this double. We can't lose. And if we do? We'll survive the operation.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ Q 10 9 5
♥ A 3 2
♦ 
♣ A K J 7 6 4 		 
Q: 3 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
1♣1♥PassPass
?


 Your choice:
A: 1♠: We're torn. We can't double because that would be promising at least tolerance for Diamonds. We need to take some action, we can't just sit here and do nothing, so we show our second suit.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ 8 7
♥ A K 9 8 7
♦ K 10 6
♣ A 4 3 		 
Q: 4 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
1♥3♦PassPass
?


 Your choice:
A: Pass: Let's think this through. Pard, with three-plus Hearts, would have made a defensive raise, so he's gonna be short in Hearts. Can we get a ruff? With Pard passing, we know he's weak, so any bid by us can only get us in trouble. A brief glimpse at the vulnerability is further discouraging. We'll live to fight another day.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ Q J 8
♥ A 8 4
♦ A J 10
♣ A K 10 7 		 
Q: 5 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
1♣1♥PassPass
?


 Your choice:
A: 1 No-trump: With 18-19 points, a jump to 2 No-trump would be appropriate, but not over a passed Pard. A reopening 1 No-trump shows the same.

We're balanced nicely now, don't you think? Let's try a hand.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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