Pennsbury Bad Thing Constitution

The bad thing is bad

Bad thing innovator (and corruptor) Will Steinberg

Contents
ArticleIGeneralRules.................................................................................................................................2 ArticleIIDefinitions.....................................................................................................................................2 1. 2. Possession.........................................................................................................................................2 PersonalProperty.............................................................................................................................2

ArticleIIIHidingtheBadThing....................................................................................................................3 1. 2. 3. 4. PersonalProperty.............................................................................................................................3 Nonpersonalproperty.....................................................................................................................3 OutsidePeople..................................................................................................................................3 Aplayermaynotdisposeofthebadthingbyforce/threat.............................................................3

ArticleIVGettingOut ..................................................................................................................................3 . ArticleVMajorityRules...............................................................................................................................4 ArticleVIAppeals.........................................................................................................................................4 1. 2. 3. Conditions:........................................................................................................................................4 Procedure:.........................................................................................................................................4 Vote...................................................................................................................................................4

ArticleVIIRatification...................................................................................................................................5 ArticleVIIITheDouchebagClause...............................................................................................................5 ArticleIXInterpretingtheAnythingGoesRule.........................................................................................5 ArticleXChillOut.........................................................................................................................................5 ArticleXIDontChillOutTooMuch.............................................................................................................5 ArticleXIIAmendments...............................................................................................................................6

ArticleIGeneralRules
1. 2. 3. 4. Don't be a douchebag. Anything goes. The Bad Thing is bad. If you have the Bad Thing at the end of the round, you're out. When giving someone the Bad Thing, they must not be cognizant of the giving; i.e. it must be secretive. If they call you out and reject it, then you keep the Bad Thing (for the time being). 5. You can get someone else to give the bad thing, but the rejection rule applies. 6. If you're hiding the bad thing, it has to be in a place which is a) specific to that person, such as a backpack, room, or desk, and b) somewhere where it's possible to find. 7. Majority rules. In capture the flag, you don't hide the flag under a rock. In hide and go seek, you don't hide in the house. In Bad Thing, you don't be a bitch. If you do hide the bad thing like a douchebag (bury it in their backyard) YOU will be out that week.

ArticleIIDefinitions
1. Possession
A person has possession of the bad thing under the following conditions: A. The bad thing is located in a place that is personal to him/her (Article II Section 2) B. The player has personally accepted the bad thing in its true form or a hidden form. i. Once a player has accepted the bad thing, the player that gave it to him/her is immune from violations of hiding rules. a. Forexample,ifplayerAhidesthebadthingonplayerBsroof, and player B then takes the bad thing of his/her roof before midnight on Friday, player A cannot be charged with putting the bad thing in an illegal position. C. A person has violated a hiding rule (Article III) and the bad thing has not been retrieved by anyone.

2. PersonalProperty
A. A personal place entails anything that belongs to the player B. Examples include book bags, jackets, cars, bedrooms, diaries, hair C. Mailboxes, yards, roofs, driveways, doorsteps, chairs, and desks DO NOT count as personal property.

D. The Threshold Clause i. AplayershouseISconsideredpersonalproperty,aslongas the bad thing reached the house in accordance with the acceptance rules (Article II Section 1B). Once the bad thing has crossed the threshold, that is, from outside the house to inside, personal property rules apply (Article III Section 1).

ArticleIIIHidingtheBadThing
1. PersonalProperty
A. A person is temporarily absolved of any connection to the bad thing once he/she hashiditinanotherplayerspersonalpossession

2. Nonpersonalproperty
A. If a player chooses to hide the bad thing in a place that is not personal to another player, they are still in possession of the bad thing unless it has been accepted by another player (Article II Section 1B)

3. OutsidePeople
A. If a player gives the bad thing to a person who is not a player in the game, the same conditions as non-personal property apply

4. Aplayermaynotdisposeofthebadthingbyforce/threat
A. Example:Iwillmaketherest of your life a living hell if you do not take the bad thing

ArticleIVGettingOut
1. A player must be notified before or at 12:00 midnight on Friday by phone if the player has the bad thing in his/her possession by (and only by) the player that gave it to him/her. This call may be placed anonymously. 2. After the player has been notified, if he/she is unaware the bad thing is in his/her possession, the player is advised to check the said place and make sure it is there ( Article VIII) 3. If the player notified has already found and moved the bad thing, he/she must tell the person who called them this 4. Once out, the player is removed from the Facebook group and has no legitimate say in bad thing matters 5. If the player is not notified that the bad thing is in his/her possession (assuming someone else put it there) by 12:00 (Article VIII) on Friday, the player who did not notify is out

A. One call is all that is necessary. If a player does not pick up the phone for whatever reason the player who tried to call should leave a message. Then he/she does not have to make any more attempts to contact the person 6. After getting out, the player must inform the rest of the group that he/she is out, and should not identify who it was that got him/her out. (Article VIII)] 7. Then that player must give the bad thing to another player of their choosing to start the next round by 2:15 on that Monday. The player who receives the bad thing to start on Monday may not refuse it, but must be aware that it has been given to him/her.

ArticleVMajorityRules
1. 2. 3. 4. For any decision throughout the course of bad thing, majority rules The majority consists of the players that are still in the game The majority supersedes any individual person Majority/Constitution dealings Players Remaining % Majority 9-13 50% 4-8 66% 2-3 100% The above conditions apply to amendments to the constitution as well

ArticleVIAppeals
*Before reading, please visit Article VIII first

1. Conditions:
A. B. C. D. E. The player places his appeal within two days of getting out Theplayersappealcaseisconsideredacceptablebyatleasttwootherplayers The appeal is based on something that is not strictly defined in this constitution The appeal does not intend to find this constitution faulty The player does not list any other names in his/her appeal

2. Procedure:
A. The player places his/her appeal on a post on the Facebook page, clearly listing his complaint B. Players may respond/debate the appeal on that post C. On a separate post, a vote is counted

3. Vote
A. Playersvotesshouldnotbebased on any personal biases

B. The appeal most receive more that 50% of the vote to be accepted, thus a stalemate rejects the appeal i. When there are 4 or fewer remaining players, the original players will be permitted back into the Facebook page and will be able to vote in appeals. Players who violated terms of the constitution, however, will not be allowed back in. ii. If it can be proven that any vote was based on personal bias, the vote will not be counted C. The vote must be taken before the following Monday

ArticleVIIRatification
A. B. C. D. E. During the next week, players can make suggestions to change the constitution By next Friday, a vote must be placed for ratification All players must vote for ratification to take place 50% majority passes or denies the constitution The Constitution only applies to bad thing events that occur AFTER ratification. The constitution will not change anything that has occurred before its ratification

ArticleVIIITheDouchebagClause
Dontbeadouchebag.Lying,beingbiasedandweaselingyourwayaroundrules,areexamples ofbeingadouchebag.Whenabouttodosomethinginbadthing,firstaskyourself,woulda douchebagdothis?Iftheanswerisyes,dontdoit.Itsthateasy Warning: The week you get out, you will be very tempted to be a douchebag. You may thing to yourselfIlljustsaythebadthingisnthereorIlltakethebadthingtoTahitiandstartanew lifethere.Youmustresistthisurge.Bestrong!Itisinour resistance to being a douchebag that we prove our worth in bad thing

ArticleIXInterpretingtheAnythingGoesRule
(See Article VIII)

ArticleXChillOut
Itsjustagame.Donttakeittooseriously.Dontbepersonallyoffendedwhensomeone betrays you.Dontspamthefacebookpagewhenyouremad.Dontmurderpeople,donthireother peopletomurderpeople.Dontplantdrugsonthepersonthatgotyouout,orruntheirdogover withyourcar.Dontusebiologicalwarfare.

ArticleXIDontChillOutTooMuch
As soon as you forget that bad thing is the most important thing in the universe, you will lose. Jailtimeisasmallpricetopayforbadthingsupremacy.(DontseeArticle X). There is far more than 130 dollars at stake here. There are 130 dollars and a free keychain.

ArticleXIIAmendments
1. The Kevin Shute Amendment (applies to Article I Section 1): a. If a non-player puts the bad thing in a player's possession, he/she may not remove it from that possession afterwards, or else the player who initially gave it to the non-player assumes possession once again. b. For example, say Raj (a player) gives Kevin Shue the bad thing. Then Kevin goes into Rob's (a player) car and places it on the seat. Kevin may not pick up the bad thing and leave the car with it and say Rob was the last to have possession. In that scenario, Raj still has possession of the bad thing

I hereby swear allegiance to all that is holy in bad thing

Jonah Lustig