JUST ICE

A CONVICTED FELON GETS A CONJUGAL VISIT FROM HIS WIFE, THE ENGLISH TEACHER. FIRST SHE SHOWS HIM HOW TO DIAGRAM HIS SENTENCE, THEN SHE SHOWS HIM HER PARTS OF SPEECH, FINALLY SHE CONJUGATES THE VERB “KISS” FOR HIM.

What’s so funny about this? Did you ever think that grammar could be dirty? Neither did I, yet in this joke there are lots of nuances and innuendos that appear to be about the kinds of things English teachers do in classrooms but, in fact, are hinting at sex. Let’s face it, going to jail is no fun and one of the least fun parts is that you will, theoretically, have to do without sex for the duration of your prison sentence or the amount of time you will be incarcerated, in jail. We’re not going to touch on what actually happens regarding sex in prison. Let’s just say that it’s not really absent. It’s just not conventional, every day, heterosexual sex. The guy in the joke is a convict, someone who has been convicted in court as a felon, a criminal. Most states in the U.S. allo