Why does declaring a delegate as static cause compiler error "The modifier 'static' is not valid for this item"?

Question

This gives me a compiler error:

public static delegate void SomeCoolDelegate();

Why?

Answer 1

That has no meaning for a delegate; I mean, semantically, it's like saying I never want an implementation of this method signature!

You could declare an implementation as static...

 protected static SomeCoolDelegate SomeMethod { get; set; }

When you mark a class as static, you're saying you never want it instantiated. A delegate is simply a way of identifying a method signature.