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<p>108.162.229.244: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~--&gt;<br /> Started with a bare-bones explanation. Please elaborate further. [[User:Nialpxe|Nialpxe]] ([[User talk:Nialpxe|talk]]) 09:28, 15 May 2017 (UTC)<br /> <br /> It looks like the &quot;one in six&quot; figure might be a reference to [[795: Conditional Risk]]? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.244|108.162.229.244]] 09:34, 15 May 2017 (UTC)</div>

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<p>108.162.229.244: /* Explanation */ typo</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1552<br /> | date = July 17, 2015<br /> | title = Rulebook<br /> | image = rulebook.png<br /> | titletext = It's definitely an intentional foul, but we've decided it's worth it.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{Incomplete|first draft}}<br /> <br /> This comic a reference to the film ''{{w|Air Bud}}'' and to a lesser extent, the other films in its {{w|Air Bud (series)|series}}. In the film, a golden retriever becomes the star player on a basketball team. The opposing team contests the legality of having a dog as a player, but the referee, having reviewed the rulebook, responds &quot;Ain't no rules says a dog can't play basketball.&quot; The same scenario is parodied in [[115: Meerkat]].<br /> <br /> Here, the opposing team uses the rulebook logic against the first team. Rulebooks are considered the final arbiter of decisions in many games. However, the flawed reasoning that anything not prohibited in the rules is therefore permitted would allow any number of activities that are not specifically discussed in the rule book, such as killing the opponent's dog and eating it, as [[Ponytail]] suggests in this comic. By the same logic, Ponytail is suggesting it would be permitted for her team to do so.<br /> <br /> The title text acknowledges that this would probably contravene the general language regarding &quot;{{w|technical foul}}s&quot; (rules about interfering with other players), but the penalty for a foul is, in the opponents' view, worth the benefit of eliminating the presumably very adept basketball-playing dog. This ignores other rules that may cover the proposed killing, such as the laws of the jurisdiction where the game takes place.<br /> <br /> Rule books are also mentioned in <br /> <br /> :* [[330: Indecision]]<br /> :* [[393: Ultimate Game]]<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> <br /> :[Dog wearing jersey number 9]<br /> <br /> :Ponytail: There's nothing in the rulebook that says we can't kill and eat your dog.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Rulebook]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]</div>

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