Gaudere's Rule

[2sense]

From this post:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...602#post798602

Originally posted by Gaudere
Now that I have demonstrated my capability of using the search function, I see I dutifully followed the net-rule of making a typo in my first nitpicky post. If that doesn't have a specific name, it should.

I propose we name this phenomenon after Gaudere herself.

What say the teeming millions?

[ChrisCTP]

Make it so.

[2sense]

Well, we can't popularize the term if only 100 Dopers read this thread.
Does anyone else have an opinion on this?

[sk8rixtx]

Make it so........ Oh that was taken already..... engage? I agree. Where is Gaudere?

[oldscratch]

I actually prefer Gaudere's Law. Like Murphy's law. But, either one seems apropriate.

[tiggeril]

And so it is decreed.

[Gaudere]

Wow, cool. Thanks, 2sense. [whine]Although why did it have to be a rule about a typo?[/whine] <g> My very own law!

[xizor]

<g> My very own law!

It's not a law yet, right now.... (cue music)
It's just a bill, yeah it's only a bill
and it's sitting here on capital hill...

[tracer]

I just realized something:

That "I'm Just a Bill" song is anti-libertarian. Because a couple of times in the song, we hear the Bill singing:

"Will the nation let me be a law?
How I hope and pray that they will..."

And they make the voting down of a bill into something horrible, by likening the term "die in committee" to the actual death of a cute singing rolled-up piece of paper.

And if that isn't enough, it's a clear breach of States' Rights, too. The text of the bill was, "School busses must stop at railroad crossings," which is clearly a State and Local issue, yet it was being voted on by Congress! Doesn't Schoolhouse Rock have any sense of the Separation of Powers?! Gah!

[Celyn]

Gaudeamus igitur
Clever mods; they mess up too

Needs more work though.

[Phobos]

I also like the sound of Gaudere's Law. ("a typo will derail your otherwise excellent argument" or something like that)
It could be a Gauderism, but that doesn't sound moderator-friendly.

[Gaudere]

Yeah, "Gauderism" makes it sound like it's something *I* usually do, which I don't. I do make typos on occaision, but they're not usually that bad. Hm, what should the actual text of Gaudere's Law be? Maybe, "When posting to nitpick another poster's grammar, word usage or typing abilities, your post will invariably contain one of those errors as well."

[John Corrado]

Hmm. I think it flows better as:

"Any post made to point out a spelling or grammar error will invariably contain a spelling or grammar error."

[Gaudere]

Much better, John. Thumbs up.

[2sense]

All right, this is more like it.

Gaudere's Law: Any post made to point out a spelling or grammar error will invariably contain a spelling or grammar error.
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Although I think that "invariably" doesn't sound quite as fitting as "inevitably", that is really just quibbling.
Thanks for the replies everyone.

[lawoot]

Originally posted by tracer
I just realized something:

That "I'm Just a Bill" song is anti-libertarian. Because a couple of times in the song, we hear the Bill singing:

"Will the nation let me be a law?
How I hope and pray that they will..."

I've been singing this song since I was a kid, and I know that's not right...

"I'm just a bill
Yes I'm only a bill,
And I got as far as Capitol Hill.
Well, now I'm stuck in committee
And I'll sit here and wait
While a few key Congressmen discuss and debate
Whether they should let me be a law.
How I hope and pray that they will,
But today I am still just a bill."

Check out this link for the full lyrics:

http://genxtvland.simplenet.com/Scho...ng.hts?lo+bill

[/HIJACK]

[David B]

Incidentally, I think there should be some sort of rider on this law that notes that anybody who tries to correct another user's grammar, and spells it "grammer," ought to be shot on the spot.

[kiffa]

Gaudere Law - yeah, I'll accept that.

David B's ultimate solution - nah, I'm not into capital punishment. Can't we just bannich them?

[MEBuckner]

Originally posted by tracer:

I just realized something:

That "I'm Just a Bill" song is anti-libertarian. Because a couple of times in the song, we hear the Bill singing:

"Will the nation let me be a law?
How I hope and pray that they will..."

And they make the voting down of a bill into something horrible, by likening the term "die in committee" to the actual death of a cute singing rolled-up piece of paper.

And if that isn't enough, it's a clear breach of States' Rights, too. The text of the bill was, "School busses must stop at railroad crossings," which is clearly a State and Local issue, yet it was being voted on by Congress! Doesn't Schoolhouse Rock have any sense of the Separation of Powers?! Gah!

Not to mention the blatant violation of Separation of Church and State in line 2....