[blml] alertability

[Sven Pran]

> On Behalf Of 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.

Incapable director! 

{ I remember you have told us this story before 8-) }

regards Sven