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For some reason, today I had the tune of Chris De Burgh's "Don't Pay the Ferryman" (1982) going through my head. One thing that still bugs me about that song: it's all well and dandy when someone is giving you advice about not paying until goods or services are already rendered, but how does that work exactly? If you need to get across the river, you're staring at an eight-foot tall hooded figure on the misty shore, and he's carrying what could either be a gondola pole or a murderous scythe, how are you realistically gonna react when he sticks his bony hand out waiting for you to pay him? Do you really think he's gonna back down if you prete