Post making contest 1.0

never mind ix - this thread might as well be called "the thread of regret and mistakes", 'cause i think everyone's cocked up their rules somehow. don't sweat it! for what it's worth, that rule 5 is clever in its simplicity and i had i had the time to just keep clipping your posts down until they failed i'd like to think i'd have got it? and i reckon rule 2 would have been fine once i switched to Roman numerals...

...i was about to ask who was going next, but well lookie here, we've got rules already!

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This post violates rules 1, 4, and 5.

This is test #1.

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This post violates rules 1 and 4.