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i couldn’t agree more

if so, what am i
agreeing with,
or even worse,
to, more or less?

this can’t be the
way we go about
agreeing. but isn’t
it? let’s try to be

civilized about this
and rejigger the pro
cedure, come up w/
a better way to reach

a foregone concussion.
boy, come to think of
it, wouldn’t it be swell
to come up with a way

to conclude in a more 

diplomatic, more eff

icient, less anxiety-rid

dled manner? who writes

these rules? WE DO!
perhaps before getting
so gung-ho about it, we
might better think this

through. isn’t that the
process we’re using at
the moment, what got
us here in the first place,

that the handbook here
makes not a lick of real
world sense, so if we put
our heads together, maybe

do a little brainstorming,
we might improve the
process. we could app
ly this method as a

hopeful means of
improving lots of
things: lovemaking,
heat strokes, coming

up with the most
efficient, pleasant-
to-the-senses wind
ow dressings with

which to dress all
of the windows in
our shared space
(shared spaces in

general, but do we
really want to ex
haust ourselves
with democracy

in action at, say,
the workplace,
places were our
community come

together, either to wor

ship, to convalesce, to

picnic—fortunately the 

latter do not normally

require spaces with
windows, but let’s
not forget “in the
event of inclement

weather,” as it hap
pens around here
with a regularity
that, at times,

seems much
more often th
an not.) also, i
might need some

time to reconsi
der my original
vote, given that,
now that i think

about it, it’s a com
plex, more involved
issue, with more var
iables to consider

that might go odd
ly sideways or ex
plode unexpected
ly when it comes

to things of this
nature, so i think
i’ll need a few
days, perhaps

a week or two,
oh and i’ll be
going out of
town on the

20th. can i
get back to
you on the
first of the

month? no,
i meant the
following
month. that

should give
me an adeq
uate duration
of time during

which to go a
bout all the re
search that i im
agine would be

required in order
to come up with
a more adequate
response. what’s

that, again? you
need an answer
by this wendes
day? well how

in the heck are
we going to go
about the busi
ness of correct

ing such an in
efficient and
ridiculous pro
cedure? we’ll

never get the
results that
would best fit
the complexity

of the problem
at hand if we’re
to put in a well
deliberated an

swer by wed
nesday! this
is the problem
with all of our

problems, don’t
you think, john?
we’re overrun
with rules and

libraries full of
books full of
procedures
that are anti

quated, and
that simply
do not work.
how might

this problem
ever be solved,
i ask of you?
what’s that?

yep, yep, ta
king the fam
on a fishing
trip for the

long weekend.
it’s going to be
a nightmare, i
can promise you

that already. and
what about you and
sue? big holiday
plans? don’t even

tell me, you’re head
ing out east to the cas
inos. i tell you, john,
gambling...gambling

is going to be the
death of you two.
and how about
you try to stay

in the right lane
for the duration.
no more road
rage, okay?

that last time?
man, what a
story. i worry
about you two

and your short
tempers. the
rules of the
road, john!

surely you’re
well aware th
at the rules ex
ist for a reason!