I the ones by Mark Twain and Douglas Adams are my favourite.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Twain?
Persons attempting to resolve the question of Balrog wings by means of this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to define the nature of Tom Bombadil will be banished; persons attempting to find allegory in it will be shot.
BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR
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Like that would have stopped anyone. If this were a rule on the Barrow-Downs many would experience a painful second death.