It was just a matter of us not playing stupid.
Perhaps Hayne had played stupid in order to look innocent.
"Hate to play so stupid that you don't give yourself a chance to win the game."
We all played stupid, that we didn't know what was going on.
The big advantage to playing stupid was that it didn't take much intelligence.
"We can take them much more easily - and just by playing stupid."
Americans are quite apt at playing stupid when they choose to, but I am not to be deceived.
So I just played stupid and kept jacking up the price.
My best bet was to shut up and play stupid.