Rules lawyering appears to be an ingrained part of Jewish culture. You're (essentially) not allowed to leave your house during the Sabbath, so Orthodox communities lay string around entire towns, so their "house" can be considered the entirety of the town.
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As the story goes, my father—an atheist with jewish heritage—was once on a Ski trip with his friend Steve, an orthodox Jew. During the Sabbath, Steve couldn't go skiing, so he had to stay behind in the pair's little hut. The hut had a TV, but Sabbath rules forbade Steve from turning on the TV, and Steve couldn't ask someone with jewish heritage to break Sabbath.
So instead, Steve says:
"Y'know, there's a really good game on TV today!"
Unfortunately, my father didn't get the hint.
"That's great Steve! See ya tonight!"