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<blockquote data-quote="Lord_of_Doom" data-source="post: 284186" data-attributes="member: 621">236. If some prophecy seems to indicate that I am certain to fall from power, before risking everything in a desperate bid to avoid fate I will first consult a competant logician (or my five-year-old child) to discover any semantic loopholes.237. I will encourage my Legions of Terror to take up hunting pheasant, grouse, owl and so forth. This will serve to improve their marksmanship, to provide a welcome respite from carrying out my draconic whim 24/7, and to ensure that if the hero approaches my fortress and imitates a bird call as a sign to his comrades he will be shot on the spot. 238. If it is foretold that a child will be born in some paticular region or year who will one day overcome me, I will not order the massacre of all children from that region/year. This never works, and invariably adds yet another faction to the rebellion. Instead, I will institute free, mandatory pre-kindergarten and primary school. Once the little tykes are all there, the teachers will be asked to report any child who shows unusual magical potential, sword-fighting apititude, virtue, and so forth. My Legions of Terror will than quietly eliminate the Chosen One without distubing the bulk of the kids.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord_of_Doom, post: 284186, member: 621"] 236. If some prophecy seems to indicate that I am certain to fall from power, before risking everything in a desperate bid to avoid fate I will first consult a competant logician (or my five-year-old child) to discover any semantic loopholes. 237. I will encourage my Legions of Terror to take up hunting pheasant, grouse, owl and so forth. This will serve to improve their marksmanship, to provide a welcome respite from carrying out my draconic whim 24/7, and to ensure that if the hero approaches my fortress and imitates a bird call as a sign to his comrades he will be shot on the spot. 238. If it is foretold that a child will be born in some paticular region or year who will one day overcome me, I will not order the massacre of all children from that region/year. This never works, and invariably adds yet another faction to the rebellion. Instead, I will institute free, mandatory pre-kindergarten and primary school. Once the little tykes are all there, the teachers will be asked to report any child who shows unusual magical potential, sword-fighting apititude, virtue, and so forth. My Legions of Terror will than quietly eliminate the Chosen One without distubing the bulk of the kids. [/QUOTE]

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