Bridge cards are narrower than poker cards, because you have to hold 13 of them in your hand all at once.
The lovely set of bridge cards from Budapest bought as a gift for me by two dear friends has begun to wear out under the weekly use for rousing good games of bridge with me and "my bridge ladies" from the local churches. They've begun to get folded in corners, which will never do for bridge!
So I searched the internet for 90 seconds and found all the bridge cards are way overpriced, but I needed a new set NOW, so I selected a set from Amazon for $43.00. I gave the link to hubby, because he has Prime and doesn't pay delivery charges. "Ok," I was told.
A few days pass, and no cards turn up. I query him.
"Oh, I found something BETTER," he says.
Uh-oh.
He had found sets of bridge cards (they always come as two decks together in a set) for $16! Great!
But oh no, there was a delivery charge of $16.00.
(Do the math with me people: 16+16=32. I'm still coming in at under the original $43, good deal!)
However, Hubby likes BARGAINS and SALES. He kept digging on that site to find out how to get himself free delivery and LO-- all he has to do is order $80 worth of merchandise!
So that's what he does.
Five sets of bridge cards arrive. That's ten decks of cards.
I reminded Hubby that the ladies I play bridge with are all in their eighties, and there is NO WAY we will use up five sets of bridge cards in our respective lifetimes!
Since I informed him that under no circumstances was I going to pay him $80, he hinted that there could be a Birthday Present involved in this transaction.
Great, I think, here goes the conversation between me and any pal:
"What did your husband give you for your birthday Debbie?"
"Ten decks of cards."
???
