Mind your own business

Standing over a Koi pond, I notice the Koi fish swimming to where I am. I decided to share the bagel I was eating with the Koi fish in the pond. I broke off little crumbs, flicked them in the water and watched the pieces bob around until they got swollowed up by those umbrella lips under the water.

Someone says to me: "Don't you see that sign right there?"

I say: "Yes, I saw it. It say's please do not feed the fish."

They said: "Well, what are you doing?"

I say: "Well, by saying "please", they are saying that they'd "rather me not" feed the fish or they'd prefer that I don't feed the fish."

If the sign said flat out, "Dont feed the fish", then I would have seen that as a difinitive "Don't feed the fish."

Now by saying "Please"..........it's leaving it somewhat up to interpretation. And at the current time I don't feel like being polite, so therefore I feed the fish.

Now piss off.