The Corner

Re: Olympics

Andrew: Totally with you on this. In a sane world, the bidding would be

misere — i.e. begging, bribing & lobbying NOT to have the friggin games.

(In whist & other “tricks” card games, a misere bid is a bid to win no

tricks at all.)

John Derbyshire — Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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