Bridge in Goa

BRIDGE IN GOA

A dear friend of mine asked me to pen down a few words on the above topic and I have decided to help him out, nay, more than help him out by writing about many bridges. It is said that in Bridge, a player needs to have good vibes with one’s partner to succeed and there is no better place than Goa to achieve that – just stand on Borim Bridge and there are plenty of vibes (every time a vehicle passes by)! And when you lose a hand (?) you tend to get the heebie jeebies similar to when you drive across the Mandovi Bridge (old or new does not matter). When there is a useless card in your hand you try to get rid of it by the fastest means similar to the feeling when you need to cross the Zuari Bridge. To make matters worse, Goa has been provided with a couple of suspension bridges like when you go into suspended animation when your hand’s count is less than 7 and keep saying ‘pass, pass’. How can you pass, every Board worth its reputation in salt says that minimum required to pass is 33 and in Bridge, if you happen to have 33, then you can make only 7 of anything – very funny – and call it a grand slam! The only Grand Slam I know of are at Melbourne, Paris, Wimbledon and New York. Then there is something called a phony club – you get cheated out of your membership fee in this club unless you are lucky enough to have 13!The Bridge players, I understand, are very Vaastu & Feng Shui conscious and prefer North-South instead of East-West. They have large hearts and keep spades to dig out the diamonds in their clubs. A Bridge too Far is for one who has to come from Pollem all the way to Panaji just to play a hand. The Bridge on the River Kwai is synonymous with a venue in South East Asia. The PWD Minister is a big fan of Bridge and to avoid going all the way to Thailand or Cambodia, he is providing new venues near the Sal and Galgibaga rivers in salubrious environs! So go ahead and blow your trumpet and use those trumps to win over a crumpet!

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