[barmar]

pran, on 2015-January-09, 12:32, said:

Any player exposing himself drunk at a table during an event will find himself immediately expelled from that event with a report to NBF, and then usually suspended from all events in Norway for at least 6 months.

I would think that someone would get expelled (and probably arrested) just for exposing himself, regardless of whether he's drunk.

[helene_t]

Once Marc van Beijsterveld, who answered the readers' questions about ethics for the Dutch BF's magazine, received the question what to do with a board that couldn't be played because one pair was late due to a car break-down. His answer was that he would only give ave- if the car didn't have a valid MOT certificate. So analogously one could say that the OS in this discussion only gets ave- if she had received medical advice against playing bridge.

This once happened in my Copenhagen club. A female player got constantly abused by her husband, once to the point that she got a heart attack during a club session. Her GP told her to stop playing bridge. But she persisted.

[pran]

pran, on 2015-January-09, 12:32, said:

Any player exposing himself drunk at a table during an event will find himself immediately expelled from that event with a report to NBF, and then usually suspended from all events in Norway for at least 6 months.

barmar, on 2015-January-09, 13:40, said:

I would think that someone would get expelled (and probably arrested) just for exposing himself, regardless of whether he's drunk.

Indeed (after consulting my dictionary).

Well, English is not my native language and I find now that I had probably been better off using the verb "reveal" rather than "expose"?

[pran]

helene_t, on 2015-January-09, 14:25, said:

Once Marc van Beijsterveld, who answered the readers' questions about ethics for the Dutch BF's magazine, received the question what to do with a board that couldn't be played because one pair was late due to a car break-down. His answer was that he would only give ave- if the car didn't have a valid MOT certificate. So analogously one could say that the OS in this discussion only gets ave- if she had received medical advice against playing bridge.

This once happened in my Copenhagen club. A female player got constantly abused by her husband, once to the point that she got a heart attack during a club session. Her GP told her to stop playing bridge. But she persisted.

Well, there is a tale about a half-drunken girl waking up in a cowshed, looking up on a cow and shouting: "Hey, one at a time, guys!"

ough!

[Phil]

All I really want to know is what was her hand? 28 points? 10 hearts?

[VixTD]

pran, on 2015-January-09, 12:32, said:

Luckily we shall never have that problem in Norway:

The Norwegian Bridge Federation has zero tolerance on consumption of alcohol and/or on smoking during events sponsored by the federation (or subordinate bodies).

Any player exposing himself drunk at a table during an event will find himself immediately expelled from that event with a report to NBF, and then usually suspended from all events in Norway for at least 6 months.

Harsh? maybe.

We in the UK have often said that other countries don't understand our drinking culture.

[pran]

VixTD, on 2015-January-10, 10:59, said:

We in the UK have often said that other countries don't understand our drinking culture.

Absolutely correct!

(I take the liberty to claim that I am one that does, but also that while they seem to work fine in the UK I have no belief in your cultures here in Norway!)