The Sümbüls.
(This is a new wording against the
rules of both Turkish and English grammar. But, I believe both
Turkish and English readers got the meaning of this word. I also believe
that they all liked it. I didn't post "new wordings" in the
Ten Commandments mainly because, I didn't want to keep the players away
from the enjoyment of new wordings for a while.)
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1) You shall keep your face smiling.
You must show a courteous attitude to everybody..
2) You shall keep your eyes in your cards
You must not look at opponent's cards to check from which part of hand
he/she is pulling the card, so as to estimate the number of cards in each
suit.
3) You shall keep your voice in
same tone..
You must not
make special emphasis on some words. Like: "four clubs" correct,
"four clubs?" is wrong.
4) You shall keep your head straight
You must not
turn your head slightly to
either side to show your displeasure when your partner makes an unwanted
lead, or double
5) You shall keep your arms always equally stretched,
You must not put your
signalling card in your partner's eyes..
6) You shall keep your energy in the game
You must not
think kids' school expenses
during game, otherwise you can pass your partner's takeout double..
7) You shall keep your mouth shut to all critiques
You must not criticize the auction
during play..
8) You shall keep your tempo as uniform as possible.
Avoid artificial hesitations: If you hesitate to play when you have only
one card in a suit, that is a bluff. Bluffs are valuable in poker clubs,
unethical in bridge clubs.
9) You shall keep your
fingers in same
position..
If you change the position of your fingers quite often, the audience may
take it as signalling to your partner.
10) You shall keep your
intelligence with you
You must not try to teach anyone at the
table.. When people needs your views, they can ask you..
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