Refusal of licences.

[cuthound]

On 13/10/2021 at 10:52, MtB said:

 

I sometimes I suspect Pareto had it wrong where unreasonable issues raised by The Awkward Squad are concerned. My suspicion is 99.9% of these come from 0.1% of boaters.

 

There always has to be an exception to every rule.

 

The above proves it.

[MtB]

27 minutes ago, cuthound said:

 

There always has to be an exception to every rule.

 

The above proves it.

 

I don't follow the logic. WHY does every rule have to have an exception? 

 

Surely a rule without any exceptions is more true than one with an exception. An exception illustrates a rule is NOT universal, surely? 

[TheBiscuits]

Just now, MtB said:

I don't follow the logic. WHY does every rule have to have an exception? 

 

Everybody except you follows the logic - you're obviously the exception that proves the rule ...  

 

[Arthur Marshall]

1 hour ago, MtB said:

 

I don't follow the logic. WHY does every rule have to have an exception? 

 

Surely a rule without any exceptions is more true than one with an exception. An exception illustrates a rule is NOT universal, surely? 

If it has an exception,  it aint a rule, it's a guideline. If my ruler says something's a foot long, there is rarely a time it's eight foot six. If the speed limit's seventy, arguing that you can do a hundred and ten because you're just proving the rule may not go down that well.

[Sir Nibble]

3 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:

If it has an exception,  it aint a rule, it's a guideline. If my ruler says something's a foot long, there is rarely a time it's eight foot six. If the speed limit's seventy, arguing that you can do a hundred and ten because you're just proving the rule may not go down that well.

This is another one like "things are never quite what they seem" where in fact, things are usually exactly what they seem.