The Kournikova of Bridge

Q. I don't know anything about Bridge but my Editor told me to interview you because you are good looking… er so what are you doing afterwards?

A. Playing Bridge

Q. Really? Isn't that a game for weirdo's?

A. My mother taught me how to play when I was ten and I soon improved and I am now the best looking and sexiest player in the world if you only count world grandmasters. There's a player in Bulgaria who's prettier than me but she plays like the dog's dinner.

Q. You are very pretty and yet Bridge is usually only played by women of a certain age. Did you ever consider trying your hand at something else like being a quiz show bimbo?

A. I always wanted to be a go-go dancer but it's a very difficult field to break into.

Q. Genius is a word used with only the slightest justification so I'll ask you as a very attractive genius do you see a time when a woman might challenge the top men players of the game?

A. You mean someone like Sabine Auken?

Q. Who?

A. She's the top rated woman. She often plays against the best men players and wins.

Q. No, I mean a good-looking woman player. What's this Auken chick like? A cutie?
When I was researching this interview I spoke with the leader of the WCB - World Cribbage Association - and he told me he had heard there were plans to change the image of bridge by making all the competitions much shorter. For example all the team championships will be one board knock out matches and be completed in one day instead of two weeks. That's sure to attract a lot of media attention and make the game more popular and unless a sport is constantly in the public eye and earning big bucks for all the major players and investors, then frankly it's utterly worthless.

A. Sorry, what was the question?

Q. Would you like to go out for dinner?