Discarding the votes
Oct. 23rd, 2008 04:50 pmArgument before a court:
Judge: What of those who have already voted?
Lawyer: Maybe those votes should be discarded.
Not only are the words I want to use in response not fit for the dinner table, but I'm afraid that if I used language truly appropriate for expressing my feelings, that language would summon some eldritch abominations from beyond the outer gates of existence which would annihilate our universe and possibly one or two others that were unfortunate enough to be within range.
Judge: What of those who have already voted?
Lawyer: Maybe those votes should be discarded.
Not only are the words I want to use in response not fit for the dinner table, but I'm afraid that if I used language truly appropriate for expressing my feelings, that language would summon some eldritch abominations from beyond the outer gates of existence which would annihilate our universe and possibly one or two others that were unfortunate enough to be within range.