[blml] Is ordinary Stayman no longer artifical?

[Alain Gottcheiner]

Gampas at aol.com a écrit :
> In a message dated 02/12/2007 01:10:07 GMT Standard Time,  
> dalburn at btopenworld.com writes:
>
> [DALB]
>
> I have always presumed that the laws prohibit communication  between partners
> other than by means of legal calls or plays ...
>  
> [Lamford]
>  
> I had presumed this only applies before the cards have been removed from  the 
> wallet. If not, then I must confess to an illegal coded agreement I had with  
> a former partner, where the question "Would you like a drink?" meant "How 
> good  is this pair that has just arrived at our table?", and the reply "Yes, a 
> pint of  lager, please." meant "Dead from the neck up."
>  
>   
AG : or "it gets cloudy", meaning "let's be serious with our bids once 
in a while, they're even more crazy than we are and I'd like to know 
who's making what to whom".
The reason beneath that code is that bids which might be outrageaous are 
marked with an asterisk in our system notes, and when it gets cloudy, 
stars are no more visible LOThL.

Best regards

   Alain