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Monkey On My Back

I’ve seen some interesting things put on a t-shirt before, but this one takes the cake! I just had to pull out my cell and get a pic to send to all my friends.
Unfortunately, the t-shirt was attached to a very distended belly of a very grumpy man who wasn’t too happy to have his belly photographed.
How was I to know his shirt was an original image, copyrighted, and never to be unlawfully reproduced in any form? Or that the man was a pompous jerk who knew the mall cops by name (probably paid them), and whose uncle was an attorney?
So here I sit, dressed to the nines, silently hearing the fate of my phone, character, and future debated upon by two grown adults from an uncomfortable plastic chair in a small claims court. One was trying to prove my dumb-blonde innocence, and one my lack of respect for my elders.
Have I learned my lesson? Yes. From now on, Text!

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