Tennis (Abolition) Decree 2005

[morwen]

WHEREAS, the infernal game of Tennis is infesting our Television and Radio Recievers, and it is expedient to prevent this, and WHEREAS no Player from these Islands stands a Whelk's chance in a Supernova, the Empress Morwen hereby DECREES as follows

(1) the practice of Tennis shall be abolished.

(2) any Person found guilty of playing Tennis shall be sentenced to 15, 30 or 40 years in Prison.

(3) this Decree may be cited as the Tennis (Abolition) Decree 2005

(4) this Decree shall apply to England and Wales only

Comments

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

I see the tense is going to have a bit of getting used to. Tennis was great (and even then I disagree)

[katsmeat.livejournal.com]

By 'was', do you mean when they still played it indoors, you could bounce shots of the side galleries and the court had things called a tambour, a service penthouse and a dedans.

Not this newfangled, Victorian nonsense that's played outside on a lawn.