[blml] GK&E (was: alertability) [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Jerry Fusselman]

On 1/26/07, Richard Hills wrote:
> ...
> If a complicated system such as Symmetric Relay can be
> succinctly but comprehensibly explained, then no way is
> 20 minutes per bid needed for simpler systems.
>

When I read this:

> >>The principle the player must follow is to disclose
> >>as much as the player can, and as comprehensibly
> >>as the player can.

and I think of my partner's 1NT or 2NT openings, I could easily fill
20 minutes if I literally upheld this principle.  I am objecting to
the language "disclose as much as the player can and as comprehensibly
as the player can" as being nearly impossible to uphold within
reasonable time with very experienced partnerships.  The regulation
can't be right if it makes no reference to time or efficiency of
explanation.  It is scary if I am too careful about language (or
literal-minded) even for BLML contributors!

-Jerry Fusselman