Fascism Alive and Kickin’ It
The language police descended upon a Pennsylvania woman last week for swearing at her toilet.
Dawn Herb, a resident of Scranton, PA, let her john know who was boss after it overflowed onto the bathroom floor. Luckily, her rant was overheard by a next-door neighbor, who also happened to be a policeman. His virgin ears were so distraught that he called up some fellow coppers, who raced to the scene of the crime and stuck Herb with a disorderly conduct charge before things got out of hand. Ms. Herb, who reportedly doesn’t remember exactly what she said to the poor toilet but admits using profanity, now faces up to $300 in fines and 90 days in jail.
“It doesn’t make any sense,” she told The Times-Tribune, “I was in my house. It’s not like I was outside or drunk. The toilet was overflowing and leaking down into the kitchen and I was yelling for my daughter to get the mop.”
Sure, lady. In her defense, she was potty-talking to her potty.
