Rule Detective Gifts

'Does anyone know where we keep the unwritten rules?'

"What's that? I asked for a teal lichen. That's a brown thread. Are you trying to upset me?"

'Thou shalt not steal...except for bases.'

A boy acting suspiciously

'That large, rolled up newspaper is a reminder - mess up in this office and you'll pay the price.'

"Here...let me call an expert...someone who knows about these things."

"Sorry, bud. You know the rules... Dibs is dibs."

We have a problem with your research. We're Encyclopedia Britannica and you're Wikipedia.

Dr Ed Henderson demonstrates that it IS possible for someone to become too familiar with the safety rules.

"It seemed like a long timeout."

'Just think of one of these as enabling legislation for the golden rule.'

"To 'click to enter' or not to 'click to enter'… that is the question."

"Yikes! So many foundations, so little time."

Micro and Macro Department,

'As far as we can tell, the system went down because someone stepped on a crack in the sidewalk.'

"Your curriculum vitae is extremely detailed, isn't it? I don't quite know what to make of the fact that your third-grade teacher, Miss Hartley, made you stand in the corner for throwing an eraser although another kid did it."

Don't forget to read the small print.

"You say in your resume that you're very meticulous."

Devil in the detail

"I just audited our books. Your register came up five cents short, Rudy."

Manual Labor.

Mouse with map exiting maze.

At last he had found the Regulatory Guidelines.

'Daddy, why is that man wearing a blank T-shirt?'

'My school has a very strict detention policy.'

'Talk about paranoid. He reads the fine print on his money.'

When pedants take a break.

"I'm an atheist. I don't believe in programmers."

"Dogs can detect cancer, and mice can detect tuberculosis."

Forward Planning - The key to Success

"You know what your problem is? You think too much."

"Welcome to the building, Mrs. Bergdorf. We'd like to go over the condo's rules with you."

'Well you can tell Dr. Zimler that you don't have Dalnik's syndrome, and, in fact, I think you have Zimler's syndrome.'

I'm sorry, sir, but the fact-checkers convention isn't until next week. Hotel.

Maze of legalities.