WILL GOOD SAMARITANS SHUT SHOP? (limerick)
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don't pick up stranded strangers
of hefty fine there is much danger
when fining cop goes upstairs
God will ask him 'were you fair? '
is law itself a dog in the manger?
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picking up strangers is unlawful.Police will assume one is running an illegal taxi service. Good Samaritans kindly beware
dog in the manger-someone who keeps something that they do not want in order to prevent someone else from getting it
Cambridge Dictionary.
Law is holding stranded people and is obstructing others from helping them.
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