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Giraffes, for example, are certainly not Luxembourg companies. Nor, to bring it a little closer to home, are ''Moules Frites''. Nor tapioca. | Giraffes, for example, are certainly not Luxembourg companies. Nor, to bring it a little closer to home, are ''Moules Frites''. Nor tapioca. | ||
None of these things are like companies in any way. We feel their very non-“companyness”, when compared to things that the learned author has in contemplation, helps a novice reader construct the sorts of categories that companies do and do not fall into | None of these things are like companies in any way. We feel their very non-“companyness”, when compared to things that the learned author has in contemplation, helps a novice reader construct the sorts of categories that companies do and do not fall into. | ||
These, we submit, are much better, distinctions; more conducive to a frustration-free working day, whether it is primarily concerned with semolina or credit risk management.<ref>I am indebted to [http://barnsleyfc.org.uk/threads/sago-semalina-tapioca-and-rice-pudding.16005/ an enlightening discussion on the difference between semolina, sago and rice pudding dating from 2006] I happened upon while browsing the Barnsley Football Club’s fan forum recently.</ref> | These, we submit, are much better, distinctions; more conducive to a frustration-free working day, whether it is primarily concerned with semolina or credit risk management.<ref>I am indebted to [http://barnsleyfc.org.uk/threads/sago-semalina-tapioca-and-rice-pudding.16005/ an enlightening discussion on the difference between semolina, sago and rice pudding dating from 2006] I happened upon while browsing the Barnsley Football Club’s fan forum recently.</ref> They promise helpful, practical advice on how to go about one’s day, should you come across something that might or might not be a legal fiction. ''Do not make sago-pudding out of a [[SICAV]],'' for example. ''Do not try to close-out a [[Pantomime dromedary|dromedary]]''. | ||
But we can imagine someone saying “I know very well zebras are not companies. I do not need a legal opinion for that. It is the very nearness of these things to being companies, given that in law<ref>Well, in metaphorical fact, at any rate, “[[for the purposes of]] this opinion”.</ref> they are not companies, that makes the definition necessary and helpful.” | But we can imagine someone saying “I know very well zebras are not companies. I do not need a legal opinion for that. It is the very nearness of these things to being companies, given that in law<ref>Well, in metaphorical fact, at any rate, “[[for the purposes of]] this opinion”.</ref> they are not companies, that makes the definition necessary and helpful.” | ||