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* [[Honor Harrington]]: In “The Short Victorious War ” Harrington learns the reason Young was not [[Off on a Technicality|removed from command]] after the events in “On Basilisk Station”. He used a loophole to give his return to the shipyard for repairs a legal basis. Specifically, if every department head onboard a ship testifies in writing that in their opinion the ship requires emergency repairs, the captain is legally required to get to a shipyard at the earliest possible opportunity for said emergency repairs. This regulation applies even if the ship does not actually ''need'' repairs. [http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/17-StormfromtheShadowsCD/StormfromtheShadowsCD/The%20Short%20Victorious%20War/0743435737___7.htm\], [http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/17-StormfromtheShadowsCD/StormfromtheShadowsCD/The%20Short%20Victorious%20War/The_Short_Victorious_War.htm\], [http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/17-StormfromtheShadowsCD/StormfromtheShadowsCD/On%20Basilisk%20Station/On_Basilisk_Station.htm\]

* [[Honor Harrington]]: In “The Short Victorious War ” Harrington learns the reason Young was not [[Off on a Technicality|removed from command]] after the events in “On Basilisk Station”. He used a loophole to give his return to the shipyard for repairs a legal basis. Specifically, if every department head onboard a ship testifies in writing that in their opinion the ship requires emergency repairs, the captain is legally required to get to a shipyard at the earliest possible opportunity for said emergency repairs. This regulation applies even if the ship does not actually ''need'' repairs. [http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/17-StormfromtheShadowsCD/StormfromtheShadowsCD/The%20Short%20Victorious%20War/0743435737___7.htm\]{{Dead link}}, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090626194426/http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/17-StormfromtheShadowsCD/StormfromtheShadowsCD/The%20Short%20Victorious%20War/The_Short_Victorious_War.htm], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090615093233/http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/17-StormfromtheShadowsCD/StormfromtheShadowsCD/On%20Basilisk%20Station/On_Basilisk_Station.htm]

* In [[Discworld]], [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|the Auditors]], being the very [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]s of The Rules, are typically unable to break said Rules. As their goal is to exterminate all life, they usually have to find ways around them.

** In ''[[Discworld/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]'', one Auditor who's assumed a human body finds she can overcome the compulsion to obey rules by declaring that certain things are "bloody stupid"; "bloody stupid" things can be safely ignored. This was written into the rules because regular auditors were paralyzed with indecision if confronted with a paradoxical statement, like a sign saying "Ignore this sign", or a sign next to an empty cage that says "do not feed the elephant".