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Was your use of the phrase "follow suite" intentional? Because if so, bravo, that's the funniest thing I've read all day :)

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Classical typo, enhanced by non-native writer skills ;-)

Haha! I actually missed the typo altogether. I thought you were intentionally using a phrase originating in gambling ("follow suit") as a joke, given the context.

I didn't know this idiom's etymology, but I'll remember now that it originated from card games :-) https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-expression-t...

Games in which you follow suit are not generally gambling games.

Bridge is the first that springs to mind, and that is most definitely a gambling game.

Do you say that because of the bidding mechanism itself, or is there actually a culture of wagering on bridge games? I wasn't aware of that.

The latter - although I've read that it's never attracted the kind of money you see in high stakes poker.

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