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RidiculympicsRid Me Of This Priest Rid Me Of This Priesttake 2
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Alternative Titles: Rid Me Of This Priest
Vote up names you like, vote down names you don't. Whether or not the name will actually be changed is determined with a different kind of Crowner (the Single Proposition crowner). This one just collects and ranks alternative names.
At issue:
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+2 (yeas:20 nays:19)
I Thought You Wanted To Be Rid Of Him

Pros:
  • Fairly clear.
  • Cannot be construed to include anything not included in the trope
  • Sums up the trope well.
  • Hints at the historical reference.

Cons:
  • Long
  • Implies the trope is about getting rid of people — possibly by killing the when that's not necessarily part of the trope.
+1 (yeas:17 nays:17)
0 (yeas:21 nays:20)
I Thought I Was Doing You A Favor

Pros:
  • Perspective avoids the wish-or-order issue with the definition that other proposals seem to have.

Cons:
-1 (yeas:24 nays:24)
Mistaken For An Order

Pro:
  • Fits part of many examples of the trope: something someone says is mistaken for an order, even if they did not mean it as such.
Con:
  • Far broader than the actual trope is, which will invite misuse.
  • Doesn't indicate misfortune resulting from question.
  • Excludes significant part of the current trope: the rhetorical question needn't be mistaken for an order, and often isn't.
  • Loses color and cleverness of the historical reference.
Total number: 37. Number shown: 4.
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Total number of votes: 850

RidiculympicsRid Me Of This Priest Rid Me Of This Priesttake 2
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