Summertop: I need to apologise to you. I didn't see the last line of this post of yours..

"Ah, I get it. Just look at the list of players. If there is a pawn, just bid one more. That goes on until the pawn FINALLY drops into the pond. But, in theory, doing that would force the pawn to drop in the pond the very next round...What would be nice, then, is a way to resign from a ponds game"
It just looked like a normal discussion about ponds, I missed the request at the end. I'm sorry.