divine angst

Today I saw a woman wearing the largest, most absurd hat I’ve ever seen. She was tall and queenly, covered in a full-length fur coat and carrying a Lord & Taylor bag. The hat was big, wide-brimmed and over-feathered. She was walking with two men, who I assume were her husband and her grown son. The son was developmentally disabled, and walked between his parents, holding hands with both.

I caught myself staring at her hat. And then I wondered if she chose her hat deliberately for its large absurdity, so that passersby would stare at her instead of at her son.

You are “Noscitur a socii”! You look to neighboring words to shed light on the meaning of ambiguous words. You’re a sociable canon, and always look at everything in context. However, you’re useless by yourself.

Which Canon of Statutory Construction are You?
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