Glotmorf on 31 Mar 2002 09:19:33 -0000


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spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: No search and seizure without a warrant


On 3/30/02 at 11:57 PM Alex Truelsen wrote:

>Gah. I missed some things. This is almost comical. It's late, I'm not
>functioning... Replace the previous amendment to the amendment to my
>proposal for this nweek with the following
>WILLTHISTORTURENEVEREND-delimited
>text:
>
>WILLTHISTORTURENEVEREND
>      A few days pass...
>      "Wonko CFJ?d? You can?t be serious!"
>      "It?s all over the news, Baron. If this CFJ is judged true, half the
>Gremlins in Bville wink out of existence."
>      "The half created by me, the Voice, and Wonko, that is."
>      "Yes, sir."
>      "All right, I?ll get right on it. Have Andre meet me in the
>conference
>room."
>      "Yes, sir."
>      15 minutes later, Andre, legal council to Baron von Skippy, met er
>employer for an emergency meeting.
>      "Well, Andre, what do you have for me?"
>      "Baron, it doesn?t look good. Any Judge in eir right mind would have
>to decide TRUE for this one."
>      "I thought I had saved Copper by making him Idol-compliant," the
>Baron
>muttered angrily. "So, what hoops must I jump through to save him now?"
>      "Well, Baron, I?ve been looking at the ruleset, and I think I?ve
>found
>the solution." The Baron grimaced slightly at the memory of that failed
>proposal and attempt at haiku. "Oh, sorry, sir. Anyway, here it is."
>]]
>
>Delete the third paragraph of Rule 293.
>
>[[
>      "That's it?"
>      "Well, sir, that's the trouble part, the part that reads 'Any rule
>which creates a gremlin which directly affects players must also amend
>this
>rule to specify how that gremlin would affect the player with the Idol.'
>Without it, this problem disappears."
>      "But without it, how will Gremlins be Idol-compliant?"
>      "It will be assumed that the holder of the Idol is immune to all
>effects of that Gremlin, unless the effects have been specified by an
>amendment to Rule 293. Such amendments will be at the creator's
>discretion."
>      "Can it actually work?"
>      "Oh, yes, sir, and it clears up this major problem. If we send it
>off
>soon enough, we can save Copper this nweek, a nice side bonus."
>      The Baron leaned back, a smile spreading across his face. "Good
>work,
>Andre. Fire it off, and we'll see if we can?t resolve this little problem
>before it erupts into another wave of riots."
>      Andre did so, and left the room and BvS looking pensively out of the
>conference room's windows at Bville outside.
>WILLTHISTORTURENEVEREND
>
>I need a drink... Oh, wait, I'm holding one. I drink my beer.
>
>                                              Bottoms up,
>                                                 BvS

Ya know...Notepad doethn't give thith kind of grief...:)

						Glotmorf

(I'm thtarting to worry...typing in lithpth ith thtarting to feel natural...)