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No drinking. No drugs. No kissing. No tattoos. No piercings. No ritual animal slaughters of any kind. Oh God, I’m giving them ideas.
— Mr. Statford ‧ 10 Things I Hate About You
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
A list of prohibitions keeps growing until the speaker realizes it might inspire the very things being banned. The closing 'Oh God, I'm giving them ideas' is the joke: the rules get so specific, especially the ritual animal slaughters, that they read like suggestions.
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