When you are hot, you are boiling

Eleanor Roosevelt said, "A woman is like a tea bag - you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water."

In the last two columns, we have looked at deals in which Dennis Spooner, who was a scriptwriter from London, ran cold and very hot (making three no-trump doubled with seven points opposite eight). This deal came hard on the heels of the previous one. Spooner held the South hand. West surprisingly opened three clubs, North overcalled three spades, and East doubled for penalty. What happened after that?

Spooner always put a bridge reference into his scripts. In a "Jason King" episode, the bad guys were two Italians, Belladonna and Garozzo. In a car chase at the end, the Italians lose control, go down a steep hillside, and their car bursts into flames. Jason King pulls up to look at the conflagration. Eventually the police arrive and ask what happened. King said, "Belladonna and Garozzo just went down."