From grayfax@juno.com Mon May 26 22:11:21 1997
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 12:19:31 EDT
From: "John M Goodman, II" <grayfax@juno.com>
To: frc@troll.no
Subject: Round 78

Round 78 will start whenever the first rule is posted.
Since it seems there was a 3 way tie for style points (at .5) last round,
juding from that last summary, I'll leave first rule up in the open. 
Whoever posts first gets it.
As for the theme, I'm in a literary mood (us writers get like that
sometimes) so, this round will be:

	The FRoddes-C
	A work of poetry of epic proportions.

Have fun :)

John

From grayfax@juno.com Mon May 26 22:11:21 1997
Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 15:46:52 EDT
From: "John M Goodman, II" <grayfax@juno.com>
To: frc@troll.no
Subject: Ruling 78:1 -- Valid, 0.4

Obviously valid--it takes work to make an invalid first rule.
Not what I expected either--and perhaps more interesting than what I did
expect.
Puns were a bit predictable, but not bad. :)
Restriction is a bit vague--but that's not necessarily a bad thing either
for a first rule.
I'll give it 0.4 for style

	John

>~ Here be a Rule ~
>
>                              Pierre Ménard
>                              Chair of Geek Studies
>                              Jorge Luis Borges Institute of
>                              Potential Literature
>
>     Dear colleagues,
>
>     As you well know I have been for a number of years involved in 
>the quest 
>  for the Great Work - the tale, as told by Geek poet Fommer, who is 
>said to 
>  have been deaf and dumb, of the warrior Hubrys. Naturally, since the 
>Geeks 
>  are now known to have had no written traditions, relying instead on 
>oral 
>  transmission of their culture, Fommer's works have proved 
>exceedingly 
>  difficult to retrieve.
>
>     However, recent advances in our field of Potential Literature 
>have opened 
>  up exciting new avenues. For this reason I have invited all of you - 
>noted 
>  for relevant accomplishments in various sub-disciplines - to 
>participate in 
>  this informal session and apply the latest in reconstruction 
>techniques to 
>  Fommer's works, hopefully to culminate in the first verses of that 
>work ever 
>  to be known to modern man - or, for that matter, to the ancients.
>
>     To facilitate the process, I will ask of each of you to state for 
>the 
>  benefit of the others your chosen speciality, provide an example of 
>how it 
>  has previously helped in the recovery of lost cultural treasures, 
>and briefly 
>  outline its applications to our current goal as you introduce 
>yourself to 
>  the esteemed members of this committee.
>  
>     Thank you for participating.
>
>~ Here ends a Rule ~
>