P. Hal Sims was a top-selling bridge author of the 1930s and a formidable player. His forte was card reading. The egotistical Sims bragged about his card-reading abilities so often that his friends once played a practical joke on him. They set up a hand where he would surely bid a grand slam and making the slam would depend on locating the queen of diamonds. They arranged for two unsuspecting LOLs to defend and to confound Sims they modified the deck slightly—each LOL held a queen of diamonds. Sims duly bid the grand slam, and, after reaching the decision point during the play, entered a deep tank. The large man loomed over the table, glowering intensely at one opponent. Then he gave the other LOL the same performance. After a moment he shrank back in his chair, seemingly confused. Finally he spoke up: “There is something wrong here—you both have the queen of diamonds!”