Do you move people ?

[George]

The old saying goes some thing like:

If it looks like a duck, moves lika a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck...

One could safely surmise the same holds true for a bribe.

[laddie]

In my shows, duets count as a song for both singers. The list is displayed on the screen and everyone knows the order of rotation. If I move anyone, I move them down the list, never up.
For example someone may be in the bathroom or on the phone when I call their name. I move them down one and call them after the next song. I do this three times. After the third time I move them to bottom of the list. Sometimes people will ask me to move them down because they are waiting on someone to show up. I occasionally get people coming in an hour before closing wanting me to let them sing next. I explain the rules and tell them to come in earlier next time. Most people are OK with that. For those that don’t like it, I tell them to go back to the bar where they have been spending money all night. Other than the few drunks I get no complaints about the rotation. I am often complemented for running a fair rotation.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by George

The old saying goes some thing like:

If it looks like a duck, moves lika a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck...

One could safely surmise the same holds true for a bribe.

Not necessarily, as a bribe is a man-made word to help others convey a meaning of a number of actions related to such, and has also developed a number of connotations and interpretations over 100's of years across 100's of languages, but,

A duck is one word that specifically names a specific number of species that have a specific number of anatomical features, and is not truly subject to much interpretation at all.

[George]

Originally Posted by bryant

Not necessarily, as a bribe is a man-made word to help others convey a meaning of a number of actions related to such, and has also developed a number of connotations and interpretations over 100's of years across 100's of languages, but,

A duck is one word that specifically names a specific number of species that have a specific number of anatomical features, and is not truly subject to much interpretation at all.

What you say would only be true if one were saying a bribe was a duck.

It's an analogy.

What it is saying is if it looks like a bribe and has all the earmarks of a bribe then it probably is a bribe.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by George

What it is saying is if it looks like a bribe and has all the earmarks of a bribe then it probably is a bribe.

I understand the saying as being an analogy.

What I was saying that the above would easily and clearly apply to a duck, but could not to a word such as "bribe", because of all the connatations, interpretations, and language cross-overs with such a word that already contains to many variables to define properly.

[George]

NEW WORLD DICTIONARY SECOND EDITION:

Bribe

"1. Anything, esp. money, given or promised to induce a person to do something illegal or wrong.

2. Anything given or promised to induce a person to do something against his wishes."

Looks clear cut to me, soi I'll reiterate.

If it looks like a bribe and has all the earmarks of a bribe then it probably is a bribe.

The analogy stands the test whether you think so or not.

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by George

NEW WORLD DICTIONARY SECOND EDITION:

Bribe

"1. Anything, esp. money, given or promised to induce a person to do something illegal or wrong.

The analogy stands whether you think so or not. I didn't see a need to spell it out in my first post. Seemed rather obvious.

You would assume that the person receiving the $$ thinks it is wrong. Me, personally, would never do that. It is integrity that is at question here. I find that always trying to be fair is an easy position to justify.