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Literary Lapses
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Stephen Leacock
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The
players
who
are
in
the
car
may
elect
to
adopt
a
standing
attitude,
or
to
seat
themselves,
but
no
player
may
seat
himself
in
the
lap
of
another
without
the
second
player's
consent.
The
object
of
those
who
elect
to
remain
standing
is
to
place
their
feet
upon
the
toes
of
those
who
sit;
when
they
do
this
they
score.
The
object
of
those
who
elect
to
sit
is
to
elude
the
feet
of
the
standing
players.
Much
merriment
is
thus
occasioned.
The
player
in
distinctive
costume
at
the
front
of
the
car
controls
a
crank,
by
means
of
which
he
is
enabled
to
bring
the
car
to
a
sudden
stop,
or
to
cause
it
to
plunge
violently
forward.
His
aim
in
so
doing
is
to
cause
all
the
standing
players
to
fall
over
backward.
Every
time
he
does
this
he
scores.
For
this
purpose
he
is
generally
in
collusion
with
the
other
player
in
distinctive
costume,
whose
business
it
is
to
let
him
know
by
a
series
of
bells
and
signals
when
the
players
are
not
looking,
and
can
be
easily
thrown
down.
A
sharp
fall
of
this
sort
gives
rise
to
no
end
of
banter
and
good-natured
drollery,
directed
against
the
two
players
who
are
"it."
Should
a
player
who
is
thus
thrown
backward
save
himself
from
falling
by
sitting
down
in
the
lap
of
a
female
player,
he
scores
one.
Any
player
who
scores
in
this
manner
is
entitled
to
remain
seated
while
he
may
count
six,
after
which
he
must
remove
himself
or
pay
philopena
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