[blml] Psychs [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Grattan Endicott]

Grattan Endicott
grandeval at vejez.fsnet .co.uk
[also gesta at tiscali.co.uk]
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" Words are but the signs of ideas;
I wish, however, that the instrument 
might be less apt to decay, and that 
signs might be permanent like the 
things they denote. " 
                      (Samuel Johnson)                   
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <richard.hills at immi.gov.au>
To: <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] Psychs [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]


> Marvin French:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>2) Psyching is part of the game, as recognized by the Laws.
>>Should not a pair that has an agreement, explicit or
>>implicit, that they never psych, be obliged to disclose
>>that in advance?
> 
> Richard Hills:
> 
> When I upgraded my social pairs partnership with Dorothy
> Jesner to a tournament imps partnership a few years ago, at
> her insistence we came to an explicit agreement that I would
> never psyche.
> 
> So when I did psyche, it was a totally ethical action, since
> all three of my opponents believed that it was a gross
> misstatement of our partnership agreement.
> 
> :-)
> 
+=+ I think an 'agreement' not to psyche is an oxymoron.
How can anyone 'agree' not to do something that excludes 
agreement.  (A partnership can say "it is our practice not 
to psyche".)
                                           ~ G ~   +=+