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this is the actually escalatory order
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* There's an old joke that goes "Should you ever accept a bet from a man who says he can bite his own eye? No, because he'll take out his dentures and do so, thus making you lose the bet. Should you ever accept a bet from a man who says he can bite his other eye? No, because then he'll pop out his glass eye and bite it, making you lose another bet."
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* There's an old joke that goes "Should you ever accept a bet from a man who says he can bite his own eye? No, because then he'll take pop out his dentures glass eye and do so, bite it, thus making you lose the bet. Should you ever accept a bet from a man who says he can bite his other eye? No, because then he'll pop take out his glass eye dentures and bite it, do so, making you lose another bet."
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* The American Music Awards abused a loophole of their own in 2009 -- the nominations are based on radio airplay and album sales, and the winners by an online fan vote. Thus, Music/MichaelJackson and his album ''Number Ones'' got five nominations and ultimately four wins. The abuse? ''Number Ones'' was a GreatestHitsAlbum released in 2003 (there was only one new song on the album), and the only reason Jackson got all that airplay and sales was because he had just died. But there was apparently no rule preventing old material from getting nominations. [[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/10/michael-jacksons-american-music-awards-nominations-unfair.html Complaints]] that nominating Jackson wasn't fair to artists who had brought out successful new material during the eligibility period and that the [=AMA=]'s were piggybacking on his death for press and ratings were shouted down by fans saying that the [=AMA=] rules were rules and this just proved Jackson's superiority.
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* The American Music Awards abused a loophole of their own in 2009 -- the nominations are based on radio airplay and album sales, and the winners by an online fan vote. Thus, Music/MichaelJackson and his album ''Number Ones'' got five nominations and ultimately four wins. The abuse? ''Number Ones'' was a GreatestHitsAlbum released in 2003 (there was only one new song on the album), and the only reason Jackson got all that airplay and sales was because he had just died. But there was apparently no rule preventing old material from getting nominations. [[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/10/michael-jacksons-american-music-awards-nominations-unfair.html Complaints]] that nominating Jackson wasn't fair to artists who had brought out successful new material during the eligibility period and that the [=AMA=]'s [=AMAs=] were piggybacking on his death for press and ratings were shouted down by fans saying that the [=AMA=] rules were rules and this just proved Jackson's superiority.
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* If you count an insurance policy as a bet, this story works. The very first life insurance policy ever issued was issued to William Gybbon in London in 1583 and was for a period of one year. When Gybbon died on the 364th day of the contract, the insurance company tried to loophole out of paying the policy out (equivalent to over $100,000 today). Their loophole was that they sold the policy based on 28 days per month (a lunar year) versus 365 days (a solar calendar year). They lost in court.
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* If you count an insurance policy as a bet, this story works. The very first life insurance policy ever issued was issued to William Gybbon in London in 1583 and was for a period of one year. When Gybbon died on the 364th day of the contract, the insurance company tried to loophole out of paying the policy out (equivalent to over $100,000 today). Their loophole was that they sold the policy based on 28 days per month (a lunar year) versus and not 365 days (a solar calendar year). They lost in court.
