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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread NAME THE RULE #171075 11/01/2007 2:37 PM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 99 Hungarian Gypsy R. Eastcourt journeyman R. Eastcourt journeyman Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 99 Hungarian Gypsy .......Rule, squaring the rule from the act, and not the act from the rule; like correcting a sun-dial by a clock, and not the clock by the sun-dial. A specious excuse for doing, or not doing, as inclination dictates. Is this HOGWASH? Old (feather-headed) Blue Copy Link to Clipboard Re: NAME THE RULE R. Eastcourt #171076 11/01/2007 3:31 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Validation comes to mind. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: NAME THE RULE TheFallibleFiend #171079 11/01/2007 8:14 PM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 99 Hungarian Gypsy R. Eastcourt journeyman R. Eastcourt journeyman Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 99 Hungarian Gypsy Validation Rule receives 1/2 vote.........for courage of first post. But, one must be logically sound in order to validate. This rule is beyond logic. This rule exemplifies the muster it takes to win the Florida State College of voters. The dots are a clue. Brewer is another. Can we still be friends? Copy Link to Clipboard Re: NAME THE RULE R. Eastcourt #171088 11/01/2007 11:03 PM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 99 Hungarian Gypsy R. Eastcourt journeyman R. Eastcourt journeyman Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 99 Hungarian Gypsy I didn't just make this up. I read it in Brewer's Character Sketches of Romance Fiction and the Drama. M C M I I. Anyone? Copy Link to Clipboard Re: NAME THE RULE R. Eastcourt #171100 11/02/2007 3:57 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass A post facto law. Making an act the precedent for a rule of conduct, instead of squaring conduct according to law. I suppose what you're looking for, though, is "The Lesbian Rule" - probably for some frisson of emotion. -joe (not me though) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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