mainly, he was just saying I can't get excited about it because it wasn't in my locality. Too right. As a member of the generation who grew up having to finish all the food on her plate because not to do so was an insult to the starving Africans, I agree with him. Technically I could see it was an appalling thing, a child so thin from lack of food, but practically it wasn't really a part of my world and I wasn't reduced to tears. Bambi made me cry tho. 
As for bridge, that was a genuine suggestion. You might really enjoy it.
Surely you realise how rare it is, a shared field of logic. Scientists try to maintain one. So do the top bridge players, it's not like chess which requires individual brilliance, it's a partnership that must shine. Sitting between those two top players was a sheer pleasure, like flopping into an armchair that doesn't fall down.
