Rule Skeptic Gifts

'Sorry. Health 'n' Safety rule. No water in the pool in case someone drowns.'

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

'The wheel was easy, the owner's manual is hard!'

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

"It looks like a perfectly balanced system to me."

"Penny's still having issues grasping 'icing the puck,' but she nailed 'offsides' and 'too many men' today!"

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

I'm not substitute teaching after all. How come? They wanted a criminal background check! I was a principal for 15 years. They know me! Yes, but

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

Can't you anarchists do anything within the system?

"I'm looking for loopholes."

'They sent me home from school because my lunch was out of compliance.'

'Well, I can't find anything in the rule book about it.'

"What're you doing? Your contract forbids you from watching 'cute baby video' on YouTube."

'My parents only said 'don't accept rides from strangers,' but I'm the one asking to go with YOU.'

'This is a coffee break, Caldwell -- Get rid of that damn teapot!'

"The new system is 100% accurate as long as the client is called Colin and lives in Swindon."

At last he had found the Regulatory Guidelines.

Editorial Control

Freedom Puppet

'No 'Natural Environment,' next 127 miles - Govt. test study.'

"Of course, Perkins likes to think he can make it to the top outside the corporate structure."

"That's $3.50 for the dog plus 75 cents toxic cooking water disposal surcharge."

"Actually, I'm tired of the man trying to shape our minds so they fit into some pre-arranged societal widget."

'I think you are over-reacting Mr. Brown. You were charged a mandatory basic parking fine. I don't think we need to talk about taking your case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.'

'The government is offering us financial incentives to offer out staff financial incentives to offer our customers financial incentives to come up withsome good ideas for financial incentives.'

'I'm going to have to go with the leeches on this one....'

"I have every confidence that the measures taken will encourage spending..."

School Boundries.

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

ASBOs

'Your medical coverage does not consider that a medical necessity.'

"The minister has instructed us to get rid of 43% of meaningless targets in the next 43 days." "Could we start with that one?"

The Thought Really Doesn't Count

'Excuse me, ma'am. Pets aren't allowed in the store.'