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From our colleagues in the “Thanks for writing in, {{tag|ISDA}}” department.
{{a|negotiation|[[File:Amendment preamble.png|center|Thumb|450px|The author shall remain nameless.]]}}''For a sober article about the law relating to [[contractual variation]], see [[amendment]].''


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What is it about [[amendment agreement|amendment agreements]] that throws our [[Mediocre lawyer|legal colleagues]] into such a [[moebius loop|metaphysical loop]]? We have an [[agreement]], and we have decided to [[amend]] it. All agree it is for the best that we write this down.  
[[File:Amendment.png|center||A valiant try...]]


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Let the lexical contortions commence. From our colleagues in {{icds}}. Compare the following and guess which hails from Ed Wood Jr.s’ 1952 classic [[Criswell|''Plan 9 From Outer Space'']]<ref>By common consent the worst — i.e. ''best'' — movie ever made.</ref> and which is in a standard form {{tag|ISDA}} amendment:
[[File:Plan 9.png||center]]


GUESS WHICH ONE IS FROM [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/plan_9_from_outer_space/quotes PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE]<ref>By common consent the worst movie ever made.</ref> AND WHICH ONE WAS IN A STANDARD {{tag|ISDA}} AMENDMENT AGREEMENT.
{{quote|1. '''Effectiveness of this Amendment'''<br>(a) The Annex is amended in accordance with the amendments set forth in this Amendment. References to the Annex will be to the Annex, as amended by this Amendment. <br>(b) These [[amendment]]s will become effective on the Effective Date, notwithstanding that this [[Amendment]] may have been executed before such date.}}
{{quote|2. '''The Future'''<br>(a) Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. <br>(b) And remember, my friend: future events such as these will affect you in the future.}}
 
Makes you glad to be alive, doesn’t it? Let’s now say we need to amend and restate this amendment. What to do? Can we help ourselves go to town here? No, dear readers, we cannot.
 
{{quote|'''Effectiveness of {{insert|this amendment to}} this Amendment'''<br>(a) The {{insert|amended}} Annex is amended in accordance with the amendments set forth in this {{insert|amended}} Amendment {{insert|the “'''Amended Amendment'''”)}}. References to the {{insert|annexed}} Annex will be to the {{insert|annexed}} Annex, as amended by this {{insert|Amended}} Amendment. <br>(b) These {{insert|annexed amended}} amendments {{insert|as annexed hereto and amended hereby}} will become effective on the {{insert|amended}} Effective Date, notwithstanding that this {{insert|Amended}} Amendment may have been {{insert|amended, annexed [[and, as the case may be, or]]}} executed before such {{insert|annexed amending amendment}} date ({{insert|the “'''Amendment Amendment Date'''”}}).}}


Makes you glad to be alive, doesn’t it?Let’s now say we need to amend and restate this amendment. What to do? Can we help ourselves go to town here? No, dear readers, we cannot.
[[File:Amended Amendment.png||center|''That's'' better.]]
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