Tahnan
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[not the rule]Though I do wonder what rule Stew Boy thought he was following...[/not the rule]

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Tahnan wrote:
[not the rule]Though I do wonder what rule Stew Boy thought he was following...[/not the rule]

[not the rule]The 'Guess randomly because I can't think of anything else' rule I suppose.[/not the rule]

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#1: It is raining outside, thus if I go out without an umbrella I will get wet.

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#2: Even though this sentence contains several redundant clauses (clauses which aren't strictly necessary to convey meaning), it was still modded down, indicating that the invisible rule wasn't followed and causing its author to lose another rank point.

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Tahnan wrote:
[unruly: first three moved here for reference's sake.]

#1: Each of your posts, in addition to being complete sentences, must have an extra (additional) condition helping it follow the rule.

#2: The person who first ascertains it will have won, thus having earned the right to post a new invisible rule.

#3: Fact: some people may protest later if I don't add right up front a clarification: three or more (it'll make sense later).

#4: Yeah, you've established a huge red herring with those rules: because I was trying to get things into a single sentence, they're a little convoluted.

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#3: All four of your examples so far are absolutely terrific.

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#4: This is a random guess, because I have no idea what the actual invisible rule is.

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#5: Alas, my rule is such that there's little chance of accidentally listing a series of words that matches it.

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#6: As yet, not one person has been modded up for their guess.

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#6: Maybe I'll stop modding all you bozos every time you guess incorrectly--it seems so unfair.

#7: All the same, I'll mod up any lucky locution that does fit the rule.

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#7: G'day mate!

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#1: I beleive that I know what the rule is - It's quite possible this gets modded up.

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1# I think I have it too! At least I'm prety sure...

2# But am I sure? It take lots of perservernce to figure it out.

3# Let me try once more. Did I get that one right? Absulotly right?

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#2: You wuond me, as you have given it away.

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4# How could I have? Whoops! That's anoying!

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#5: Two penguins was in the fridge.

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coppro
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#3: Yellow am a color.

Tahnan
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#8: Wrong, all of you, wrong--what rule or new grammatical system are you following?

[Not following the rule: OK, I yield. Whatever did I post that suggested "each line must contain an error of some sort"? I assure you, the rule doesn't involve misspelling, or grammatical mistakes, or anything like that, and if I had one, let me know, I'll fix it.]

#9: This time, hinting is short.

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#1: Short of a seismic hit on random trains of thought, I don't see how any of you are going to get this.

#2: Boy, this is a bad one - yet I think I've cracked it.

#3: Three is the highest Runner ever encountered in the Empire.

#4: Time to give one of you an opportunity to get on top. I'm Mr. Eternally Generous.

#5: Now git, ya nasty ol' whippersnappers!

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#6: Instead maybe I'll just catch up, make some posts, go back to work, MSN a colleague in Norway, steal tissues, eat a danish, reveal the rule and bask in everyone's admiration and exaltation.

#7: Man, I need to get that megalomania dealt with - note to self: make appointments now.

#8: But I'm at work! Basically under the thumb until 5pm, and then they're closed.

#9: Nuts to this nasty, underhanded tripe! Screw it all!

The invisible rule is: Each sentence much contain an acronym of the first word in the sentence. The first word can't be part of the acronym, and the first word must be three or more letters.

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Tahnan
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Well, I modded you up as much as I could. But, yes, Mattcrampy hit it pretty much on the head. (I added the "three or more" rule because I didn't want to have to count a post starting with "I ...") I was willing to be lenient on the not-using-the-first-word, though it's true that I avoided doing so (as did Mattcrampy). Kudos for getting it!

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Hmmm... All of your posts had one spelling mistake in them. Odd.

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Doesn't look that way, at least to me. He's pushing the limits of comfortably grammatical sentences to abide with his rules, but...

Mind pinpointing?

Tahnan
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I don't see any spelling mistakes in my posts, myself. Where are they?

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Never mind. Sorry for the confusion.

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#1: Oops - ending the game means I've got to come up with a new rule. Better do that then.

#2: This sweet crop of words is bound to confuse, but there's method to this madness.

#3: Think sharp, work laterally. Maybe you'll work out the rule.

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Guess #1: I enjoy butter on my toast.

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Chris
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#1: I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie to the hip hip hop, a you don't stop the rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat.

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#1: Isn't it nice to have a new rule to try to guess? Hopefully I can figure it out.

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#1: Aardvarks will not eat penguins, it goes against their laws.

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