[modern_orthodox]

His astonished viewers didn't know his cane was filled with oil, which had coated the water.

good thing the EPA wasn't around back then. franklin could have ended up in jail for doing unspeakable harm to the ecosystem.

[Exigence]

good thing the EPA wasn't around back then. franklin could have ended up in jail for doing unspeakable harm to the ecosystem.

Probably. Or, he could be booted out of the NJ history standards, along with George Washington. Nothing like a little history revisionism to set the world right. *tongue in cheek*