Suspending the rules

“Am I allowed to bunt after the fifth strike?”

“Can the second soccer ball be a different color?”

“Where can I stand once I’ve jumped the net to the other side of the tennis court?”

These questions don’t make any sense. And they’re hard to answer. Because once we suspend the rules, how can we then clarify them?

We can work around the rules. We can even change the rules. But once we throw them out completely, we need a new set of rules to understand the game we’re playing.