Comments on: The state shall appropriate

By: Save Bell

Save Bell — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:00:18 +0000

The poet who writes rhyming laws

Wins your vote but, dear reader, just pause.

Study what else he does,

Here’s the reason, because

It’s no guard ‘gainst legislative flaws.

(Yes, I know I strain the scansion.)

By: Skcusawn

Skcusawn — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:31:05 +0000

If I were a legislator, I would write a counter bill to the effect of “we support poets, but oppose this action”

By: The Strident Centrist»Blog Archive » Silliness At the Minnesota Legislature

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:27:01 +0000

[...] Myers points us to some silliness at the Minnesota legislature in the form of House Bill H0224. Just to reassure PZ and his readers I thought I’d better pass along my own experience with [...]

By: Breakfast Links | #comments

Breakfast Links | #comments — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:08:59 +0000

[...] in some good government news, Minnesota House Bill H0224 which creates a poet laureate position in the government was written in verse. How awesome is that? [...]

By: Exploding Aardvark » WHAT ROUGH BEAST

Exploding Aardvark » WHAT ROUGH BEAST — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:57:09 +0000

[...] The state shall appropriate (Walker Art Center on Minnesota House Bill H0224, via Neil Gaiman) [...]

By: VK

VK — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:29:23 +0000

That’s nothing to The Spring (Arrangements) Bill!

“Provision for Season called Spring

1. – (i) It shall be lawful everywhere for citizens to walk on air, to hang their hats upon the trees and wander hatless, if they please: and notwithstanding any cracked provision in a previous Act to give a constable a kiss is not felonious after this.

(ii) All citizens who choose to ride on taxi-tops and not inside: and those who do not use their votes because they’re busy painting boats: and any miscreant who hums, instead of doing dismal sums: whoever does a silly thing need only answer “‘Tis the Spring”: and this shall be a good defence in any court with any sense:

Provided that, in late July, this Act, of course, does not apply.”

http://shimgray.livejournal.com/73358.html

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:38:22 +0000

I worry that it would be overturned by the supreme court.

By: Darkmuse » Blog Archive » More on Law

Darkmuse » Blog Archive » More on Law — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:07:52 +0000

[...] http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/?p=631 [...]

By: Helge

Helge — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:23:57 +0000

♥ Wonderful to see meta-laws and -poetry. Down the same alley as the norwegian law-student P. W. Zappfe, who wrote his master or doctorate in law in rhyming quatrains…

By: lee

lee — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:19:25 +0000

Actually, it doesn’t say that the poet would “only” be free to write rhyming lines. I think we can interpret writing other types of poetry as an implied power in addition to the poet laureate’s express power to compose rhyming poetry.

This is great!