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When the Lord made man, all the parts of the body argued over who would be boss.
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The organs of the body were arguing over who should be the boss.
  
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The brain explained, “Since I control everything and do all the thinking, I should be the boss.”
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The brain claimed that it should be the boss because it coordinated everything.
  
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The feet suggested, “Since I carry man wherever he wants to go and get him in position to do what the brain wants, then I should be the boss.”
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The muscles said they should be the boss because without them, the body couldn't move.
  
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The hands argued, “Since I must do all the work and earn all the money to keep the rest of you going, I should be the boss.”
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The stomach declared that it should be the boss because otherwise the other organs would starve.
  
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And so it went with the eyes, the heart, the lungs, and all the other parts of the body, each giving the reason why they should be the boss.
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Finally, the asshole spoke up and said it was going to be the boss.  All the other organs laughed and laughed at the idea of the asshole being the boss. The asshole got so mad that he closed up.
  
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Finally, the asshole spoke up and said it was going to be the boss.
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After a while, the brain got dizzy, the muscles grew weak, and the stomach felt sick.  They all begged the asshole to be boss.  Since then, all the other organs did the work and the asshole just bossed and passed out a lot of crap.
  
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All the other parts laughed and laughed at the idea of the asshole being the boss. The asshole got so mad that he closed up and refused to function.
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Humorous morals:
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* You don’t have to be a brain to be a boss, just an asshole.
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* No matter how well things are going, it can all be shut down by a single asshole.
  
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After a few days, the brain grew feverish and could barely think, the feet felt like lead weights and were too weak to drag the body anywhere, the eyes got crossed and couldn’t see, and the hands hung useless at the sides. They all conceded and made the asshole boss.
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Analysis:
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* All of those organs are essential, and any one of them could be a holdout.  The joke is funny because of the unexpected holdout power of a low-status organ.
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* The joke is also funny because no organ of the body is actually a boss: they all coordinate together through complex, networked feedback systems that we take for granted.
  
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And so it happened; all the other parts did all the work and the asshole just bossed and passed out a lot of crap.
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Extension:
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* Society is like a body, with many institutions similar to organs.  Markets, government, families, etc. are institutions that function together, though the proportions can vary more than in bodies.
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THE MORAL: You don’t have to be a brain to be a boss, just an asshole.
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* Markets would be the boss organ according to libertarians.
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Alternate moral: No matter how well things are going, it can all be shut down by a single asshole.
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(revise this to make it more my style and explain the moral less as a joke and more as a way to understand.)
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