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Some Humor

Author, Evan Eisenberg has proposed an exam for those seeking their poetic license. Here are a couple of examples:

1. According to Code, spaces between stanzas must be
   1. no greater than two inches
   2. no less than one yawp
   3. provided with a vermin-proof cap
   4. filled with fine sand
2. Enjambment is permitted when
   1. space does not allow installation of a fixture on one line
   2. a long-sweep 1/4 bend is used to connect the lines
   3. a relief yoke vent is installed to vent overflow
   4. a variance is granted by the Prosody Department

AND

Given the spate of hypothetical questions in the recent primary debates, Hart Seely has proposed some probing possible scenarios:

Candidates, pay attention: An international financier has smuggled an atom bomb into Fort Knox. He loves only gold. Only gold. After an amazing sequence of events, including car chases, sexual conquests, and your defeat of the assassin known as Oddjob, you find yourself staring at the interior of a nuclear device. The final seconds are ticking down. This goes to you, Senator Clinton: Do you cut the blue wire, or do you cut the red wire?

A tornado has transported you to a magical land, where a jubilant throng of midgets greets you as liberator. They direct you toward a road paved with yellow bricks. We’ll start with you, Mayor Giuliani. Would you consider capturing one of these exotic creatures and subjecting him or her to enhanced interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding and electric shock, if it means extracting vital information that will determine whether the yellow route leads home—or into a trap?

Inspired by Seely, I have devised my own hypothetical - which may be submitted to you-tube in the future:

Mr Thompson, you have just completed a new super weapon, a destruco-sphere, designed to destroy the home world of terrorists attacking your empire. You discover a corrupt sub-contractor has sold the plans to your weapon to the terrorists. Would you continue with your final attack — taking a chance that the terrorists would destroy your $100 billion investment, or would you withdraw to redesign your ultimate weapon?

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