I enjoyed this query listing permits for a new application called, generically, “vote.”

[bobbojones@production aeacus] > SELECT * FROM permit WHERE application='vote';
+-------------+------------+-----------+----------------------+----------------+
| application | privilege  | principal | principal_type       | subapplication |
+-------------+------------+-----------+----------------------+----------------+
| vote        | vote       | voter     | vote:voter           |                |
+-------------+------------+-----------+----------------------+----------------+

I’m reminded first of when xkcd’s blag depicted “Wikipedia’s entry on blogs, with everything that is not the word ‘blog’ (or a derivative thereof) removed.”

I’m then reminded of a line of my own code from about five years ago that went something like:

$param = $this->_params[$params['param']];

(In my defense, I saw the absurdity immediately and renamed some variables, so the verbatim line is now lost to us, but its spirit remains.)