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

[Grattan Endicott]

from Grattan Endicott
grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk
[also gesta at tiscali.co.uk]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <richard.hills at immi.gov.au>
To: <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 5:25 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] By the pricking of my thumbs [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]


> 
> 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.
> 
> :-)
> 
+=+ But then in that unregulated environment you 
would equally have conveyed UI to partner if you 
had taken longer to think about it. Quite a dilemma.
                              ~ G ~    +=+