[blml] 25 something ?

[Nigel]

[Gratttan Endicott]
+=+ I could envisage a footnote saying that, with 
bidding boxes and subject to regulation, a player 
whose pass will close the auction is deemed to have 
passed if he removes his calls.  
      'Subject to regulation' because regulation may 
provide that the calls be left in situ whilst explanations 
are given before the opening lead is faced

[Nige1]

The Bridge rule about ending the auction is refreshingly lucid compared 
with most modern
efforts. True to type, BLMLers want to make it more complex and subjective.

Much better would be to *enforce current rules* where they are clear and 
simple :)

In the original case, the auction did not end and three players knew it 
had not ended.
It was hard for dummy to say anything without giving unauthorised 
information, but IMO,
he should still have drawn attention to the error in procedure and he, 
too should have
called the director, Since it would be hard to resume the auction after 
the play is over,
the director should consider scrapping the board. Since there was a 
manifest and deliberate
flouting of procedure, he should impose procedural penalties.

Of course, Grattan is right that the law book should be *updated* to 
include rules about
some of the innovations over the last 60 years (like bidding boxes) .

But that is a different matter :)