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There was a wise and benevolent ruler and just before he died, he had planned to install indoor plumbing in the homes of his subjects. He died before he could accomplish this.

His son was neither wise nor benevolent and refused to carry out his father's plans, "The plumbing bills alone will break me!"

As he walked about his palace he decided "What is the use of all this opulence if people can't see it and be jealous of it?" So he knocked down the palace and built a new one with walls made of glass.

The people could see through the glass, and one thing they saw were all the plumbing fixtures that had been promised to them. Fury over the new ruler's stinginess and the broken promises mounted until one day, they attacked the glass palace with engagement rings, glass cutters, and baseball bats. The stingy ruler fled, never to be seen again.

Moral of the story: People who live in glass houses shouldn't stow thrones.

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