[blml] Clubbed Queen [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Ed Reppert]

On Nov 1, 2006, at 6:22 PM, Sven Pran wrote:

> Unless I see some evidence to the contrary I shall assume that  
> Declarer's
> call for a card not in Dummy is a slip of the tongue or maybe even a
> temporary slip of the mind (he may for instance have forgotten that  
> he had
> already in an earlier trick played the card he called). I have seen  
> that
> happen many times, it is forgivable and it cannot justify East's
> insufficient attention to the game when he as a consequence "leads"  
> his QC
> without even waiting to ascertain that a card can be (or appears to  
> be)
> "played" from Dummy.
>
> Frankly I shall suspect that East had his mind at a completely  
> different
> place but I shall not bother to guess where (I don't really care).  
> East's
> lead of QC definitely does not qualify as a slip of anything (hand,  
> tongue
> or mind) and it cannot be excused as a consequence solely from a  
> void call
> made by Declarer when no further action is taken by Declarer or Dummy.
>
> And all those futile attempts to find new excuses for East to lead  
> out of
> turn is becoming boring, I doubt if I shall bother to make any more  
> comments
> on this matter.

Fine, you do that. But you cannot, IMO, decide that East's  
inattention to the game is more criminal than declarer's. What's good  
for the goose is good for the gander.