On May 1, 3:35 pm, Georgiana Gates <ram...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> henrysun...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> > And third, why on earth would internationalists need to alert a
> > lightner double of a slam? Us that so unusual and uncommon a
> > convention everywhere except the US that it needs an alert? And if I
> > bid a slam, knew that doubles of slam were not alertable, and had any
> > inkling that I might run to notrump, couldn't I have just asked
> > whether it was lighter or negative slam double or the steven and my
> > favorite convention, 'i know you're going to make it, have a few extra
> > imps on us' double rofl?
>
> > As I said, very disturbing.
>
> > Henrysun909
>
> I used to have an understanding that a double of a grand slam meant "I
> have a ca****ng ace. Find it". And yes, it came up - IIRC, more than
once.
That's a useful agreement to have, but wouldn't that fall into the
category of lightner doubles?
Henrysun909
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