Inflatable Gandalf Act

Overview

The Inflatable Gandalf Act, first shown to the UN forum on the 709th post of the "Silly Proposals" Thread, quickly became one of the most humerous and famous of the Joke Proposals in the United Nations. Although never making it to quorum and quickly deleted, many UN forum regulars (jokingly) supported the proposal.

Frisbeeteria: I don't care that it's illegal. [The Inflatable Gandalf Act] is the best proposal I've seen in MONTHS!"

Rule Violations

Although a highly reputed proposal, the Inflatable Gandalf Act did, in fact, violate three NSUN rules:

Branding

Limited branding is allowed. "Limited" means that you may list one co-author by nation name only. Example:

"Co-authored by The Most Glorious Hack"

Further branding will result in the Proposal being deleted. Don't list everyone who posted in the thread for your draft, don't list yourself, don't list your Minister Of Making Proposals, and don't post the 'pre-title' of the co-author (i.e: "The Republic Of...").

Jokes

"The Right To Arm Bears" isn't funny any more, okay? I don't care that we have 'Freedom of Humor'. That Resolution doesn't give you the right to make joke proposals.

Bloody Stupid

Every now and then a proposal crops up that, for lack of a more tactful description, is stupid. This is clearly a judgment call, but if you're going to mandate that all cars be pink, you're gonna have a dead proposal on your hands. This includes things that are unworthy of UN consideration (such as mandating allowances for children who eat their vegetables).

Text of the Proposal

Description: The Government of Royston--Vasey has noted a rise in the number of road deaths in all nations in the past 10 years. This is due to the reckless driving of some people who do not stop at crossings. To encourage drivers to stop and so reduce road deaths, the Inflatable Gandalf Act would install 4 inflatable Gandalfs on all road crossings which shout "You shall not pass" at speeding vehicles which refuse to stop at crossings where pedestrians are waiting to cross. Where there are no road crossings, the act would provide the local residents with their very own Inflatable Gandalf to aid safe passage.

Additional Materials

• United Nations
• Proposals
• Joke Proposals
• Silly Proposals -- THE RETURN: A 100+ Page topic consisting only of joke proposals.
• NSUN Proposal Rules