[blml] By the pricking of my thumbs [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Tim West-Meads]

Ed wrote:

> 
> Who said it wasn't an irregularity?

Ummm. Richard - in the post to which I originally responded saying I 
believed it WAS an irregularity.

> >> call to 1S. To "infer" that the player has hearts is ludicrous,
> >
> > Agreed.  But what of any inferences from the LHO's *reaction* to  
> > the 1H, or a bid made by LHO prior to correction?
> 
> Whose LHO?

The LHO of the player making the wrong call - obviously.
 
> > What of the requirement to make bids in the proper form (1H I mean  
> > 1S is NOT proper form)?
> 
> "1H I mean 1S" is not what I posited the player said. He said "1H",  
> which IS proper form. Then he said "Oops, I didn't mean to make that  
> call."

Stop being a tosser.  "1H, oops I didn't mean to.." is also not the 
proper form.  There was no "pause for thought" between the "1H" and the 
"oops .." so why try and separate the two statements?

> > In the vast majority of L25a cases there is no UI, no penalty, and 
> > no problem - but they are still irregularities of procedure.
> 
> Okay, so what's your point?

My point is that an inadvertent call is an irregularity.  Opps may 
legitimately call the TD.  Information gained therefrom is UI to OS, 
etc, etc.

Tim