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}}The pragmatist’s lament, the main reason there is so much {{f|flannel}} in legal {{tag|contract}}s, and the intellectual stance from which grows the [[anal paradox]]. | |||
For you are busy, you need to get out the door because it’s your anniversary, or you are keen to enjoy the [[work-life balance]] your employer keeps going on about, and the last round of [[comments]] include asking you to remove the bold from a full stop,<ref>True Story. This is known as the [[Biggs constant]], and has mathematical and theoretical significance for [[legal mark-up]]</ref> the single insertion: “[[unless the parties otherwise agree]]”, or the careful clarification that such [[prior notice]] is “not to have retrospective effect”. | For you are busy, you need to get out the door because it’s your anniversary, or you are keen to enjoy the [[work-life balance]] your employer keeps going on about, and the last round of [[comments]] include asking you to remove the bold from a full stop,<ref>True Story. This is known as the [[Biggs constant]], and has mathematical and theoretical significance for [[legal mark-up]]</ref> the single insertion: “[[unless the parties otherwise agree]]”, or the careful clarification that such [[prior notice]] is “not to have retrospective effect”. | ||
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Fat chance. In the morning, a new mark-up will arrive, with a plague of “[[unless the parties agree otherwise]]s” settling like locusts on your elegant prose, [[for the avoidance of doubt]]. | Fat chance. In the morning, a new mark-up will arrive, with a plague of “[[unless the parties agree otherwise]]s” settling like locusts on your elegant prose, [[for the avoidance of doubt]]. | ||
There is an inverse relationship between one’s adjacency to a ditch — [[ditch proximity]] — and one’s preparedness to die in it — [[ditch tolerance]]. | |||
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*[[Anal paradox]] | *[[Anal paradox]] | ||
*[[Ditch tolerance]] and [[ditch proximity]] | |||
*The [[Biggs constant]] | *The [[Biggs constant]] | ||
*[[Legal markup]] | *[[Legal markup]] | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
{{c|tedium}} | {{c|tedium}} |