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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forumshas anyone ever died playing bridge ?
I almost died of boredom watching people play bridge .
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has anyone ever died playing bridge ? (Original Post)
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Jun 2013
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. Does bungee jumping count ?... n/t
olddots
(10,237 posts)4. AH Bungee Bridge ......
this could pan out .
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)3. I don't know, but...
...I got a nasty paper cut playing 'War' with my father when I was about 6. It was a bleeder.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)5. Probably someone in an Agatha Christie novel
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)6. Cards on the Table
Technically, the victim wasn't playing but it happened during two simultaneous games of Bridge.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)7. yes -
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)8. Probably not...but why take chances?
Chan790
(20,176 posts)9. No, but...
I once heard that more people die playing tennis and golf than any other sports. (Heart attacks, or so I've been told.)
I wondered how many of them died of boredom, at least as a contributing factor.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)10. Has anyone playing bridge actually been proven to be alive? n/t