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Very Short Stories
I’m having to scan through a lot of search results in CanLII, looking for cases that might be appropriate to include in some teaching materials, so I’m paying attention to the five keywords or phrases that are used to classify the various judgements (about condominiums in Ontario, as it happens). Some of the five-word clusters — “pentalogs”? — provide an intriguing narrative arc, if not quite what I’m looking for, and I found myself imagining what might have underlain these very short stories. Herewith some examples:
- caveat emptor — bulldozer — latent defect — leak — purchaser
- spousal support — property — divorce — brother-in-law — sailing
- front hall closet — location of the furnace — fundamental change — vendor’s actions — cathedral
- motion — bubble tea — dumplings — snack — mediation
- cartoons — bags — drawings — abandonment — garbage
Do you have any “plogs” that tell a tale?
I was reminded of your post when I came across the following “plog” yesterday:
people – evil – cultivation – religion – practitioners
(See Zhang v. Chau, 2005 CanLII 45537 (QC C.S.))
The link for the case is http://www.canlii.org/en/qc/qccs/doc/2005/2005canlii45537/2005canlii45537.html.