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These rules were abolished in favor of the rule that pika has no rules. Of course, this is more of a philosophy than a hard and fast rule, not to mention that pika doesn't do a very good job of even being philosophically true to this philosophy. There's a disputed fourth rule: No going down the fire pole in the rain. This has been empirically tested and confirmed to be a very bad idea. Turns out our fire pole is very tall and friction-dependent. Once upon a time, Daniel Parker '15 decided to make dulce de leche. This process involved simmering a closed can of condensed milk in boiling water, which he did. He and other pikans then presumably proceeded to do normal everyday pikan things while the can simmered. They were chatting idly when interrupted by a massive explosion. The can had evidently gotten too hot and expanded. The lid of the pot was across the room and "there was condensed milk and can shrapnel on every single wall". No one was hurt, but this goes down in history as one of

pika - Legends Three Rules of pika pika once had three rules: Keep it ignorable. A useful strategy for most of pika's living-together policies. Do whatever you want, as long as it's possible for other people to ignore it if they want to. Sex in public is public sex(circa 1970s). Traditional pika lore says that this was very necessary in the 70s to keep people from feeling left out. No eating chocolate chips straight out of the bag. We totally don't do that. Nope. Growl at all trash cans These rules were abolished in favor of the rule that pika has no rules. Of course, this is more of a philoso

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