as parents made clear
you know by age three, only
proper place to pee …
From the Official Website of the City of Savannah, under Public Safety Info for folks attending the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Savannah:
Use a Restroom, Not a Street
Just so we’re clear: as your parents probably made clear to you by the age of three, the only proper place to pee is in a potty. The city has provided portable toilets in the downtown area for you. Please use them. The highest number of arrests each year involve those who don’t
The Sub Heading on this webpage states:
We may not have any advice for curing a green beer hangover or how to get your family to agree on the perfect parade-watching spot, but we do have some great tips to help make your St. Pat’s experience safe, fun, and citation-free!
I am reminded of what Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. wrote in his article, Natural Law (Harvard Law Review 40, 41 1918):
There is in all men a demand for the superlative, so much so that the poor devil who has no other way of reaching it attains it by getting drunk!
By the way, this is the only way I celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
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