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

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Adam Beneschan:

[snip]

>And here some poor cop had pulled him over for violating a
>law that didn't exist.
>
>The moral of the story is, of course, that it's helpful
>for players to know the Laws by chapter and verse, so that
>they can gently correct less-experienced directors who are
>about to give them a bad ruling.
>
>Well, I had to make this about bridge somehow.

[snip]

Richard Hills:

Many years ago this auction occurred in the qualifying
rounds of the Australian National Open Teams ->


Eric Kokish     Hashmat Ali     Aussie Champion     Me
1S              Double          4S                  5H(1)

(1) In my normal quick tempo

Since Eric Kokish knew chapter and verse that I was giving
UI to pard by not waiting for the compulsory 10 seconds
after my RHO's skip bid, he "gently corrected" me in his
inimitable style.

Alas, he was pulling me over for violating a law that
didn't exist, since Australia has never adopted a "Stop!"
after skip bid regulation.

Perhaps foolish pre-empts are so numerous Down Under that
players are habituated to them, so we need no compulsory
pause in such a routine Aussie auction.

:-)


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
National Training Branch, DIAC
02 6225 6285

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