Discussion Main / Catch22Dilemma

The Trope Namer doesn't really seem to match the trope description; the original Catch 22 (either you stay in the army, or you apply to leave and are compelled to stay as a result of applying) looks more like a straightforward example of Morton's Fork.

• One early railway system included the regulation: "Should two trains meet on the same track, neither shall proceed until the other has retreated". Lawyers and law professors swear up and down that the regulation was actually a statute in Kansas; the state of Kansas is famous in the American legal community for producing well-intentioned legislation that nevertheless is inevitably poorly drafted, requiring extensive unnecessary judicial interpretation later.

This appears to be just an urban legend. Firstly, googling "Should two trains meet on the same track, neither shall proceed until the other has retreated" turns up no results except for this page. Secondly, googling it without quotes turns up a bunch of sources, but none seem reliable, all of them are copy-pastes of each other, and they all say it's a current law in Texas.