Piping Up About The Government

(I come home to find my father bailing water from the water pipes with a milk carton. After handing him a few things and watching him tighten a nut to only see a tap on the other end of the pipe begin leaking, he explains:)

Dad: *signals two halves of the pipe* “See, that end is the government’s. This end is ours.”

Me: “Ah, have fun taking a few dollars outta the economy.”

Dad: *referring to the leaky pipe* “It’s pissing out of there. My problem is over. Now it’s their problem.”