82,446
edits
I’m not going to die in a ditch about it: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
I’m not going to die in a ditch about it (view source)
Revision as of 19:43, 19 April 2021
, 19 April 2021no edit summary
Amwelladmin (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Amwelladmin (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{a|plainenglish| | {{a|plainenglish| | ||
[[File: | [[File:Indemnity.gif|450px|frameless|center]] | ||
}}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]]. | }}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. | 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”. | ||
You know this is pedantic, oafish, legally ignorant, but — like [[celery]] — while it brings no joy, it does no harm. An adversarial conversation with this fellow is likely to end in harsh words or even violence, so you demur: “[[I’m not going to die in a ditch about it]]”, you say, by which you mean “I will try to control my animal impulses so ''you'' don’t wind up dead in a ditch”, and in that clumsy utterance goes, but only because you think that’s the last you’ll ever hear of it. | You know this is pedantic, oafish, legally ignorant, but — like [[celery]] — while it brings no joy, it does no harm. An adversarial conversation with this fellow is likely to end in harsh words or even violence, so you demur: “[[I’m not going to die in a ditch about it]]”, you say, by which you mean “I will try to control my animal impulses so ''you'' don’t wind up dead in a ditch”, and in that clumsy utterance goes, but only because you think that’s the last you’ll ever hear of it. | ||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
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]]. | |||
{{sa}} | |||
*[[Anal paradox]] | |||
*[[Ditch tolerance]] and [[ditch proximity]] | |||
*The [[Biggs constant]] | |||
*[[Legal markup]] | |||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
{{c|tedium}} | |||