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The opposite of pro

Everyone, by now, knows the corny old joke: If the opposite of pro is con, what is the opposite of progress?

If you didn't, you do now.

Somehow this came up at poker last night, and to my everlasting surprise, I remembered part of the conversation. Proper credit goes to my friend Ken for coming up with this bit, but he doesn't have a blog here, so you're hearing it from me.

So if the opposite of pro is con, and the opposite of progress is congress, then what's the opposite of prostitution? Why, constitution, of course. How so, you ask? Well, what you do to one, the other does to you. But today, I've come to realize that they're not so different after all:

They both have rules about taking your money.
They both have to stand up to legal challenges.
If you violate either one, you're hosed.
They both need good lawyers.
And apparently, they both are for sale.

Okay, it's probably more profound when you're drunk. Think I'll test that theory by having a beer with lunch.