oardinance
A rule that makes you feel like a fool for using your long-handled boat-paddles in public.
I was told I was ‘disrupting the calm’ for using my paddle to wave at my dog. The dog didn’t care.
My paddle was taken away for making too much noise. I got a paddle-shaped ticket.
They told me I was ‘paddling in disrespect’ for flipping a burger into the lake. I flipped them back.