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Written by Pat's Papers | Monday, 11 June 2012 8:38 AM
Be sure to watch your language when driving through Middleborough, Massachusetts. The town is considering a municipal law that would serve up a $20 fine for anyone who swears in public. The Wall Street Journal clarifies what constitutes a finable-offense: Uttering the f word after a Red Sox loss wouldn’t be a violation, for example, but hurling “profane language at some attractive female walking through town” would.
SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
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