[The Comedian]

2) I like to know what authority a person thinks he possesses. It often helps clarify the level of spiritual discernment likely to be displayed in other matters.

What levels of authority are there, in your opinion?

That's three violations of the non-recursive interrogative rule in sequence.

By the authority vested in me by the American Baseball Analogy League, you're out.

Today is a good day to die.
I didn't say for whom.

[topcat54]

By the authority vested in me by the American Baseball Analogy League, you're out.

Can I hit the showers?

[Quix]

Great job . . . however . . .

practiced deafness can be a particular challenge.