Evening Club Bridge Is Dying

Re:Evening Club Bridge Is Dying by londgine on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @06:22AM (#37144996)

I might be missing something, but what was wrong with the game bridge? Why did the leader of the nation hate it?

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Re:Evening Club Bridge Is Dying by cafard on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @06:40AM (#37145119)

Perhaps she lost badly in a tournament?

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Re:Evening Club Bridge Is Dying by raymondh on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @07:23AM (#37145410)

""" Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, outlawed bridge, popular with the intelligentsia, and shut down clubs where the card game was played. “They were worried that when too many intelligent people got together, it could easily develop into something else,” mathematician Mircea Mihu said. """

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-28-mn-69-sto...

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Re:Evening Club Bridge Is Dying by londgine on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @07:29AM (#37145461)

But it was replaced by a chess club. I assume that similarly intelligent people play chess.

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Re:Evening Club Bridge Is Dying by ricardobeat on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @08:00AM (#37145719)

Chess is a 2-player affair only, and not conducive to conversation.

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Re:Evening Club Bridge Is Dying by gowld on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @09:11AM (#37146541)

Both of those claims are incorrect.

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Re:Evening Club Bridge Is Dying by rst4455 on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @07:24AM (#37145414)

My guess, authoritarian communist regimes do not take kindly to any private gathering spots for the general public. People were expected to go to work, go home, keep their mouths closed.

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