so my 4-year old daughter has just discovered road runner. i don't think i've ever heard her laugh as hard. anyway, in celebration of this occasion i am reproducing chuck jones's classic rules which set the parameters for road runner cartoons.

• Rule 1. All materials, tools, weapons, or mechanical    conveniences must be obtained from the Acme Corporation.
• Rule 2. No outside force can harm the Coyote - only his own    ineptitude or the failure of the Acme products.
• Rule 3. The Coyote could stop anytime - if he were not a    fanatic. (Repeat: "A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when    he has forgotten his aim." - George Santayana)
• Rule 4. No dialogue ever, except "Beep-Beep!"
• Rule 5. The Road Runner must stay on the road - otherwise,    logically, he would not be called Road Runner.
• Rule 6. All action must be confined to the natural environment    of the two characters - the Southwest American desert.
• Rule 7. The Road Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going    "Beep-Beep!"
• Rule 8. Whenever possible, make gravity the Coyote's greatest    enemy.
• Rule 9. The Coyote is always more humiliated than harmed by    his failures.
• (Rule 10.) The audience's sympathy must remain with the    Coyote.