[blml] alertability

[Wayne Burrows]

On 22/12/06, Ed Reppert <ereppert at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 21, 2006, at 5:06 PM, Eric Landau wrote:
>
> > When the opponents cue bid on the eighth round of a complex
> > auction, it is a lot easier on both sides if you can ask whether the
> > bidder must have first-round control in lieu of the legally mandated
> > request for an explanation of the entire auction.
>
> Besides, if you ask for an explanation of the entire auction you
> will, 99% of the time, get blank looks, incredulity, and probably a
> director call. What you will *not* get, even after they call the TD,
> is an explanation of the entire auction. :-(
>

The most common response I get to an "Explain the auction?" question is

1. The blank stares you mention

2. Followed by "We have never heard a question like that before"

Wayne