On Dec 24, 2007 2:21 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > pikhq wrote: > > > Common sense dictates that, when you spend something, you have also lost it. > > The rules do not say otherwise, so common sense prevails. > > This whole case is centered around whether or not "to spend" is sufficiently > > similar to "to lose" to allow the VC loss to be waived. > > I invite the judge (to be assigned) to take this into account. > > The common-sense definition of "to spend" implies that you have the > money being spent.
I submit for evidence that, especially during this season, it is common for people to routinely spend things they do not have.
