262:2

[David Nicol]

Hello. My name is Jack. I am known now as the giant-slayer, and tour
the kingdom giving motivational speeches at elementary schools, but
that was not always so. I am
contractually obligated, at this point, to state that veering from the
first person narrative voice is highly discouragaed to the point that
even pretending to attempt to take on another point of view may lead
to an invalid rule. For that matter any incidences of metaphor should
be noted, such as the word "veering" that I just said, as part of the
new royal plain speech initiative regulations concerning motivational
speakers.

Once upon a time, I was ____ the ____ when my dear mother announced
that we were out of _____ and she didn't know what to do. It had been
a hard three years, since my father was lost in the war against the
_____. Oh. "hard" time is another metaphor, while "lost in the war"
is an idiom, I think.

[Bryan Donlan]

Sorry for the delay...

262:2 VALID (?? style)

David Nicol is eligible until Jun 25, 2008, at 06:53 UTC
All other players are eligible until Jun 25 2008, 00:47 UTC.

Finished form of 262:1:
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In today's world, there is always more to do, more to see, more to
accomplish. As a result we all leave behind a little unfinished
business, and sometimes that is encouraged. In fact, it is so
encouraged that you must leave something unfinished for the next
person to finish for you, if you don't then you certainly haven't
accomplished anything, not by my book at least, and it just so happens
that I'm the one writing this one. As a result you may find that in
all future rule _veering from the first person narrative voice_ is highly
discouragaed to the point that even pretending to attempt to _take on
another point of view_ may lead to an invalid rule. For that
matter any incidences of _metaphor_ should be noted.
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Style points:
+1 fits theme
+1 suitable restriction
-0.25 misspells 'discouraged'
-0.5 Does not comply with its own restriction
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262:1 VALID (style +1.25)