Joke proposals
Joke proposals are proposals drafted and/or submitted as a joke. Whether counted as legal or not at the time of submission, some have passed the UN or the WA and become resolutions. Both the General Assembly and the Security Council outlaw proposals with no serious purpose -- however, some proposals with humorous content but nonetheless carry an overarching serious purpose have been allowed to vote by the moderators. The resolution that created the World Assembly was largely humorous. Some of the more illegal variety of joke proposals submitted over the years are still fondly remembered by WA forum members today and are repeatedly referenced in proposal debates and discussions.
Moderators generally recommend that joke proposals only be posted on the forum for a laugh, and discourage submitting them, unless a moderator rules it legal for other reasons.
Contents
- 1 Notable joke proposals
- 1.1 HIPPOS ARE BIG/HIPPOS ARE REALLY QUITE LARGE
- 1.2 Inflatable Gandalf Act
- 1.3 Mad Sheep Railgun Proposal
- 1.4 Repeal "Rights of Minorities and Women"
- 1.5 Repeal "Common Sense Act II"
- 1.6 Max Barry Day/Repeal "Max Barry Day"
- 1.7 The World Assembly
- 1.8 World Assembly Headquarters
- 1.9 Weasel Stomping Day
- 1.10 Repeal "Suppress International Piracy"
- 2 Additional materials
Notable joke proposals
HIPPOS ARE BIG/HIPPOS ARE REALLY QUITE LARGE
Inflatable Gandalf Act
| Inflatable Gandalf Act | |
|---|---|
| Illegal United Nations proposal | |
| Category | International Security |
| Effect | Strong |
| Proposed by | Royston--Vasey |
| Status | Deleted |
| Submitted | around 2004-05 |
- See also: Inflatable Gandalf Act
One of the most famous proposals (never mind just joke ones) in UN/WA history, the nation Royston--Vasey's Inflatable Gandalf Act was submitted around 2004-05, but was summarily deleted (presumably to jeers from the peanut gallery) for a number of rules violations. Forum regular and now moderator Frisbeeteria declared at the time, "I don't care that it's illegal. It is the best proposal I've seen in MONTHS!"
Proposal text
- Description: The Government of Royston--Vasey has noted a rise in the number of road deaths in all nations in the past 10 years. This is due to the reckless driving of some people who do not stop at crossings. To encourage drivers to stop and so reduce road deaths, the Inflatable Gandalf Act would install 4 inflatable Gandalfs on all road crossings which shout "You shall not pass" at speeding vehicles which refuse to stop at crossings where pedestrians are waiting to cross. Where there are no road crossings, the act would provide the local residents with their very own Inflatable Gandalf to aid safe passage.
Mad Sheep Railgun Proposal
| Mad Sheep Railgun Proposal | |
|---|---|
| Illegal United Nations proposal | |
| Category | International Security |
| Effect | Strong |
| Proposed by | Craigkennyland |
| Status | Deleted |
| Submitted | 2005 |
- See also: Mad Sheep Railgun
Introduced by the nation Craigkennyland and deleted almost as soon as it was posted, the Mad Sheep Railgun Proposal was hailed by then-UN forum regulars as "the greatest proposal in the history of NS." There is no record of the submitting nation accruing a moderator warning for the offense, but it is very likely it did.
Proposal text
- Description: By coating rams with steel wool and injecting them with rabies, they can be fired from a large railgun mounted on the backs of enslaved people who look like Hitler. Hurrah!
- Furthermore, a man was walking down the street the other week, and had he been wearing a hat, he would still be alive today.......
- Oh, I see he is. How are you feeling, Mr. Jenkins? I understood you had died of crabs. Never mind. For my next point, just consider: do you have crabs, how do you know and were your genitals the same shape they were when you got up in the morning?
- .............
- Not anymore, bucko! *snip*!
- I rest my case. Nurse! My medication!
Repeal "Rights of Minorities and Women"
Repeal "Common Sense Act II"
Max Barry Day/Repeal "Max Barry Day"
The World Assembly
World Assembly Headquarters
Weasel Stomping Day
| Weasel Stomping Day | |
|---|---|
| WA General Assembly resolution | |
| Category | Human Rights |
| Strength | Mild |
| Proposed by | Flibbleites |
| Status | Unknown |
| Voting ended | Fri Apr 1 2011 |
| Votes For / Against | 5,922 / 3,455 |
Faces filled with joy and cheer, what a magical time of year! Howdy Ho! It's Weasel Stomping Day! Put your Viking helmet on, spread that mayonnaise on the lawn. Don't you know it's Weasel Stomping Day? So, come along and have a laugh, snap their weaselly spines in half! Grab your boots and stomp your cares away...Hip-hip hooray! It's Weasel Stomping Day! [watch]
Resolution text
- Description: NOTICING a distinct lack of WA mandated holidays
- FEELING it important to correct this grievous oversight
- The WA hereby
- DECLARED April 1st to be Weasel Stomping Day to be celebrated as follows.
- 1) all celebrants are to wear viking helmets and boots suitable for stomping on weasels
- 2) a liberal coating of mayonnaise is to be spread on lawns
- 3) all celebrants are to greet each other by saying, "Howdy ho."
- 4) all celebrants must stomp on at least one live weasel
- FURTHER DECLARES that no nation is to make celebrating this holiday mandatory.
Link
- [AT VOTE] Weasel Stomping Day - floor "debate"
Repeal "Suppress International Piracy"
| Repeal "Suppress International Piracy" | |
|---|---|
| WA General Assembly resolution | |
| Category | Repeal |
| Resolution | GA#20 |
| Proposed by | Cyanbeard |
| Status | Defeated |
| Voting ended | Mon Feb 16 2015 |
| Votes For / Against | 3,894 / 7,769 |
A wonderfully whimsical joke repeal of Resolution #20, appropriately written in "piratese," appeared in the queue in February of 2015. Popular reaction led the author CyanBeard to campaign to bring it to vote, and the mods surprisingly ruled it legal. Even though the joke was nearly ruined by the original-resolution author's humorless wailing against it, it did still serve as a much-needed diversion from many of the more serious topics under discussion at the time.
Resolution text
- Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #20: Suppress International Piracy (Category: International Security; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
- Argument: Avast!
- We the hearty mateys of the World Assembly,
- The jolly swashbucklers aboard the vessel of international law,
- Perturbed by the grief imposed upon the brethren of the open seas,
- Bothered about the harsh penalties levied upon those weary souls,
- Feeling a touch of sea-sickness at the sight of folk forced to scuttle their scurvy ships,
- Also worried about the extreme demands laid upon nations' navies, coast guards and judicial agencies by laws that are too strict,
- Appalled at the vast number of honest folk forced to work for corrupt governments as "privateers" in order to continue their trade,
- Verily believing that it is now time to signal a shift,
- Plotting a passage into yonder patrimonial seas of bounty,
- Hereby repeal GAR #20 "Suppress International Piracy"
Link
- Repeal Suppress International Piracy;by Cyanbeard - floor debate
Additional materials
- (read these before submitting anything, joke or not)
- (joke proposals have a long and storied history in NationStates; luckily The Dark Star Republic was able to squash it down into a few bite-sized paragraphs)
- (one of several iterations of this thread: post and discuss submitted illegal proposals)
- (apparently the GA forum had become so overrun with joke-proposal threads (everybody thinks they're a comedian) that the moderators had to create a dedicated thread just for them)
- (yeah, the Security Council gets them too)
