220:2 VALID

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Date: Thu Jan 15 2004 - 11:52:50 PST

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> --Begin 220:2--
> My turn. What have I got here? A book? Ah, a first edition Trojan Horse,
> by Mr. Stuey Olifant MacTees! But what's this inside? A bookmark? No, it
> appears to be a warning of some sort: "Beware of gifts baring Greeks." Now
> what is that supposed to mean? No matter, I'm sure the next rule will make
> it clear.
> --End 220:2--
>
> Christian Leonhard

Judgment: VALID
Style: +1.5
1.0 Yep - there is irony here!  The gift of this book does indeed bare
Greeks, because, by reference, it bares a title which bares Greeks. 
Therefore we should beware of the book itself.
0.5 Creates a constraint on the next rule.

Jae

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