I fought the law and the law won

The powers that be have spoken:
We are no longer allowed to have a ladder going from the balcony to the roof.
Why would you want a ladder to the roof?
Roof parties.
Why would you want to have roof parties?
Because we're men. It doesn't make a lot of sense, it's slightly dangerous, and apparently it's not entirely legal. But buried somewhere in the male brain, there's a little voice that shouts over the voice of reason. It's the voice of Calvin and Hobbes. It says things like 'You know what's a great idea? Try building a boat from all the empty plastic bottles you have in the garage!'

But noooo, the people in charge have said we have to take it down. I suspect they'd also put the kibosh on phase two, which was to have a slide going back down to the balcony.