From: Aron Wall (aron_at_wall.org)
Date: Wed Feb 27 2002 - 20:04:47 PST
Factitious wrote: > The seaside town of Fanshore is hosting a boat race. Each fantasy > rule from now on will state the name of one vessel competing in the > race. My boat, the Cowfish, is the only submarine in the race. > Oh, wait; now that I think about it carefully, that restriction's > been used before. I'd better include my own restriction, too. > Future rules must correctly use semicolons at least as many times as > they include the letter 'u', not counting uses of 'u' in the word > 'udder'. > > -- > Rule Date: 2002-02-27 23:27:19 GMT INVALID. The statement "I'd better include my own restriction too" implies that the first restriction IS in effect. Yet this rule obeys that restriction, despite being commanded by 178:2 not to do so. Style: Merely pointing out the unstylish and unthematic qualities of a restriction is not stylish if the restriction is included nonetheless. No format for a restriction is more worn out and common than the "All rules shall name a..." type. The absurdity in the repitition had an element of humor, but when I am glad that a rule is INVALID, I must assign negative style. to it. -1 The Wizard -- Rule Date: 2002-02-28 04:06:13 GMT
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