I had the honour of facing
the chief of the National Rule’s custodians in a recent tournament. I was both amazed
and amused when he committed a couple of ‘rule crimes’, namely:
(a)
While replenishing his rack, he held tiles in one hand and stuck the
other hand into the bag in order to collect the remainder of the needed tiles.
(b)
Playing another variation on the theme of how to hold the bag, he held
the bag at arm's length, below the level of the table, while looking away from
the bag.
There has been a myth propagated
by his Victorian rules’ counterpart, that I am always willy nilly accusing other people of
cheating , if not cheating myself. So in order to dispel this myth, I hasten to
add that the guy had no intention whatsoever to cheat. I am only wondering why he does not practice
what he preaches, by following the letter of the rules. I thought he might have
been trying to tease me. So, I responded at the time by holding the bag above my head while
replenishing my rack. That’ll learn ya!
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