There once was a man from Agora
who replied not to the public fora.
His votes were submitted,
but his say was omitted,
though his ballots were cast in plethora.

Can I be a Bard now?

avpx

On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Ben Caplan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This came up a little while ago, thought I'd take a shot.
>
>
>       (b)  A Patent Title herein is ordained:
>            We name it "Bard", and grant it those with wit.
>            In order for the Title to be gained,
>            A level of Support must call for it.
>
>            Three players to a fourth may grant the name
>            If three shall write as one with two Support.
>            A current Bard may also grant the same
>            Provided that a second Bard's a sport.
>
>            So that we don't the name of Bard debase:
>            With three Support, a Player can conspire
>            To (from a Bard) this Title to erase;
>            Or Bards in triplicate a Bard retire.
>
>            But lest we ruin some poor minstrel's fun,
>            E CANNOT be dis-bard for awful pun.
>
>
> [Comments:
> Patent Titles are no longer defined as Unique or Non-Unique.
> The ninth line of a Shakespearean sonnet begins with a trochee.
> Clarified CANNOT/MAY NOT in the couplet.
> Fixed the "'Player' is one syllable" bug.
>    "Conspire" and "retire" are valid (feminine line endings).
> Smoothed out the flow of the line in a few places.
> ]
>

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