# Gaudere's Rule **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 10, 2000, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379 "2000-10-10T05:50:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/1 "2000-10-10T05:50:49Z")
From this post: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=798602#post798602](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=798602#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. :rolleyes: If that doesn’t have a specific name, it should. \*\* I propose we name this phenomenon after Gaudere herself. What say the teeming millions? ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/2 "2000-10-10T05:57:25Z")
Make it so. ---
**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/3 "2000-10-12T23:06:39Z")
Well, we can’t popularize the term if only 100 Dopers read this thread. Does anyone else have an opinion on this? ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/4 "2000-10-12T23:12:37Z")
Make it so… Oh that was taken already… engage? I agree. Where is Gaudere? ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/5 "2000-10-12T23:15:22Z")
I actually prefer Gaudere’s Law. Like Murphy’s law. But, either one seems apropriate. ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/6 "2000-10-12T23:39:01Z")
And so it is decreed. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/7 "2000-10-13T00:38:05Z")
Wow, cool. Thanks, 2sense. 🙂 [whine]Although why did it have to be a rule about a _typo_?[/whine] \ My very own law! ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/8 "2000-10-13T02:02:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*\ 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…_ ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/9 "2000-10-13T02:09:37Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/10 "2000-10-13T04:56:12Z")
**Gaude** amus igitur Clever mods; they mess up too Needs more work though. ---
**Author:** ![Phobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/11 "2000-10-13T12:49:19Z")
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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/12 "2000-10-13T15:51:36Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/13 "2000-10-13T15:54:20Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/14 "2000-10-13T19:16:07Z")
Much better, John. Thumbs up. ---
**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/15 "2000-10-14T04:50:39Z")
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._ Although I think that “invariably” doesn’t sound quite as fitting as “inevitably”, that is really just quibbling. Thanks for the replies everyone. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/16 "2000-10-14T13:39:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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/SchoolHouseRock/song.hts?lo+bill](http://genxtvland.simplenet.com/SchoolHouseRock/song.hts?lo+bill) **[/HIJACK]** ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/17 "2000-10-14T19:25:30Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/18 "2000-10-14T21:27:38Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-rule/36379/19 "2000-10-15T01:28:44Z")
> [@](#): > > _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…