Twelve Ordinary Americans
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1 min readMay 31, 2024
Today’s random word is subject.
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A Bathroom Break
Juror #1: “I remember something my high school civics teacher taught us.”
Juror #2: “What was that?”
Juror #1: “Americans didn’t like being subjects.”
Juror #2: “What’s a subject?”
Juror #1: “Someone under the thumb of a King.”
Juror #2: “So the King can do whatever he wants because he’s not like us.
Juror #1: “Yeah, something like that.”
Juror #2: “But Kings pee, just like you and me, don’t they?
Juror #1: “I’ll bet they think their water is pure, and their shit doesn’t stink.”
Juror #2: “Someone holds the stall door open for them.”
Guilty!
