From: Jesse Welton (jwelton_at_pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 08:08:59 PDT
168:14 Glenn Overby 2001-09-18 13:46:38 VALID +1 >>>> > Beep! BEEP!BEEP! > > A rather large, garish van pulls up to Alan's homesite. It is > day-glo orange, with purple text lavishly painted on the side: > "Floozy Rehabilitation Council". > > "Parteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!" > > Eleven young women, and one harried-looking geek with glasses and a > pocket-protector, stream toward the house with all manner of buffet > supplies. Swedish meatballs, sauerkraut, and lasagna provide some > of the more distinct fragrances. Except for the ones worn by the > women. > > The last gal out of the van rips the shiny bulb-type horn off the > side of the van (obviously low-quality). BEEP! Seeing a bemused > Alan in the doorway, she hands him the shiny horn. "Hi, dude. Cool > place! Here you go." > > Mr. Geek starts to introduce himself, looking nervously at his > watch. HONK! HONK! > > Two pickups pull in. "Oh, good. I've been waiting for these guys. > Sorry about the delay in your balcony, Mr. Riddell. They'll only be > a few minutes, and all will be ready." > > "By the way, I'm Frederick Riddell Chapman of the Floozy > Rehabilitation Council. Fourth cousin, twice removed, and ought to > be removed. ::nervous chuckle:: Thanks for the invite and the work > order. The food looks good, I'm sure that Suzee over there will > have a bill for you. > > "Kindly do me a favour...we've been working real hard with the > girls, to...you know...rehabilitate them. Please make sure that > each of your arriving buddies does something to help our > floozies...excuse me, young LADIES...along the path to better > things. Thanks, cuz. I'll just help myself now..." > > And Frederick steps into the house, carefully, to the excited sounds > of chatter and the Bang Bang of the workmen. >>>> Validity: This is a tricky point. Alan Riddell lost his eligibility about an hour and a half before this rule was posted, so by 168:2 the ownership and responsibility for paying for high-quality items passes to the next poster of a valid rule. If this rule is valid, that player is Glenn, and Glenn must pay for any high-quality items. He doesn't, so all items not paid for in 168:9, 11, and 12 must be of low quality. In particular, the roof (168:12) is problematical; can it be "top-notch" but not "high quality"? I'm ruling, yes. 168:12 says, in effect, that the roof materials are highly desireable, but that does not mean the work as a whole is of good quality; and 168:2 applies to "any shiny thing or piece of work," not necessarily the materials used in that work. But wait, Glenn's difficulties are not over yet. By 168:6, this rule must specify where in the house the silver horn is located. It's just given to Alan, but we know that Alan is standing in the doorway; so the horn is (for now) in the doorway. 168:6 arguably applies to non-shiny things like the food items, whose location is not given. However, they didn't have to be given to Alan, so I conclude that they were not, and Glenn is safe. VALID Style: Glenn boldy steps up to pursue victory into the second week, delivering all the required elements: Work on the house, shiny stuff, plenty of food, and a raucus party. It's not my favorite style of rule (heavy on the story, light on restriction), but it's nevertheless appropriate given the number of elements required, and well executed to walk so closely to the razor edge of invalidity. +1 -Judge Jesse -- Rule Date: 2001-09-18 15:09:26 GMT
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