Always fun to see this doing the rounds on social media.

Chuck Jones' nine rules for the #Roadrunner cartoons:

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RULE}.

‘THE ROAD RUNNER CANNOT HARM THE COYOTE
EXCEPT BY GOING "BEEP-BEEP!”

RULE 2.

NO OUTSIDE FORCE CAN HARM THE COYOTE - ONLY HIS OWN
INEPTITUDE OR THE FAILURE OF THE ACME PRODUCTS.

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THE COYOTE COULD STOP ANYTIME ~ IF HE WERE NOT A FANATI(
(REPEAT: "A FANATIC 1S ONE WHO REDOUBLES HIS EFFORT WHEN
HE HAS FORGOTTEN HIS AIM” -GEORGE SANTAYANA)

RULE Ip
NO DIALOGUE EVER, EXCEPT "BEEP-BEEPI”

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THE ROAD RUNNER MUST STAY ON THE ROAD ~ OTHERWISE,

LOGICALLY, HE WOULD NOT BE CALLED ROAD RUNNER,

RULE b.
ALL ACTION MUST BE CONFINED TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT 1
OF THE TWO CHARACTERS ~ THE SOUTHWEST AMERICAN DESERT:

MATERIALS, TOOLS, WEAPONS, OR MECHANICAL CONVENIENCES I
MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE ACME CORPORATION, 4

RULE §
WHENEVER POSSIBLE, MAKE GRAVITY THE COYOTE'S GREATEST ENER

RUE F.
‘THE COYOTE 1S ALWAYS MORE HUMILIATED THAN HARMED
BY HIS FAILURES.