“The Warden Walker: [while all the boys are digging out a deep trench, Armpit tries to dupe the Warden into thinking that he has found something which is obviously nothing more than a recently broken TV knob] Are you trying to be funny, or do you just think I’m stupid?
Armpit: No, ma’am. I wasn’t trying to be funny.
The Warden Walker: Excuse me?
Mr. Sir: You know something, Armpit? Your little joke has just cost you a week of shower privileges.”
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