[blml] alertability

[Ed Reppert]

On Jan 8, 2007, at 5:19 AM, Sven Pran wrote:

> It occasionally happens that when I ask my "standard" question I  
> get a first
> response "which call do you want explained" or words to a similar  
> effect. I
> then just tell that I want a full description, not of the actual  
> hands but
> of the hands as they have been described according to their  
> agreements by
> their auction.
>
> I have found my "standard" question very efficient in all respects  
> for both
> sides.

Heh. I once asked experienced opponents "please explain your auction"  
before the opening lead was faced. They said "huh?" I repeated my  
question. They called the director. The *director* asked me which  
call I wanted explained. :-( The auction had started 1C-1H-3H, and in  
the course of the "discussion" responder asserted "I don't have to  
explain what 3H means" - and the director backed her up on that. I  
never did get an answer to my question.