title: What was the strangest coding standard rule that you were forced to follow?
body: <p>When I asked <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/167575/should-a-project-manager-enforce-coding-standards">this question</a> I got almost always a definite yes you should have coding standards. </p>
  
  <p>What was the strangest coding standard rule that you were ever forced to follow?</p>
  
  <p>And by strangest I mean funniest, or worst, or just plain odd. </p>
  
  <p>In each answer, please mention which language, what your team size was, and which ill effects it caused you and your team.</p>