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...GUESTMANSHIP. Debuting guests of an athletic Host can be unbothered through Sept. 21 by using variations of the Substitute-Weapon Ploy. If the Host lives near a golf course, the Guest arrives sporting a vigorous smile - and a tennis racket. If the Host has his own ostentatiously tended tennis court, the Guest arrives with a vigorous smile and an archery set. Note: exuberance is as important as the Substitute Weapon. This July, armed with the proper smile, a nonswimmer was able to approach the edge of his Host's pool carrying a bowling ball. His words "but I thought...
British Humorist Stephen Potter introduced a new approach to sport with his 1947 book, Gamesmanship: the Art of Winning at Games Without Actually Cheating (TIME, Sept. 6, 1948). Since then, he has applied his subtle new strategy to other departments (e.g., Guestmanship) in the never-ending game of life. Last week in Britain's learned medical journal, the Lancet, Philosopher Potter considered some likely gambits in the ancient game of Doctor v. Patient...
Thus the gamesman callously makes use of Sportsmanship itself, only one gambit among others that include Luncheonship, Guestmanship, Advicemanship, Clothesmanship and Brinkmanship. In addition, Author Potter has invented the following conversational "ploy" (gamesman for tactic) which he gives as an example of the "secondary hamper...
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