[blml] Tie me kangaroo court, sport [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Alain Gottcheiner]

At 15:30 2/10/2006 +0900, you wrote:

>OTOH, the rest of the laws authorize a player to call attention to an
>irregularity, but do not explicit authorize a player to try to prevent
>an irregularity (see below).

However, when a player makes any gesture towards one's bidding box, the 
irregularity has already happened. This means attention may be drawn to it.
Of course, this irregularity is of the kind that will seldom incur 
penalties, but it is an irregularity nevertheless.

Contrast with the fact that declarer detaches a card from his hand but 
doesn't play it ; this is no irregularity (only playing that card would), 
and perhaps that's why one needs a specific law to allow dummy to say 
something.

Declarer is the only player to be allowed some mannerisms irregularity-free 
(if they don't decieve opps, of course), and this is why one needs another 
text than L91/92.

Best regards,

   Alain