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It is a [[Anal paradox|paradox]] that, however [[tedious]] it is to have some cretin add this unnecessary heft to your draft, it is even more [[tedious]] to insist upon their removal. Thus over time legal forms tend towards [[barnacle]]-encrusted, impenetrable mush.
It is a [[Anal paradox|paradox]] that, however [[tedious]] it is to have some cretin add this unnecessary heft to your draft, it is even more [[tedious]] to insist upon their removal. Thus over time legal forms tend towards [[barnacle]]-encrusted, impenetrable mush.


This is a form of what Douglas Adams and John Lloyd described as a “[[clabby conversation]]”. All but the most sainted easy-go-lucky type cannot help herself falling into a “[[ditherington]]”.
This what [[Douglas Adams]] and John Lloyd would call a “[[clabby conversation]]”. Confronted with such a gambit, even the most sainted, easy-go-lucky types on the other side cannot help falling into a “[[ditherington]]”.


===Measuring legal value===
===Measuring legal value===