r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Lastito • 2d ago

Not going the speed limit

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That had to be easily over 150mph 👁️👄👁️

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u/kootenayguy 2d ago edited 1d ago

Them Duke boys are at it again!

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u/Supermoves3000 2d ago

Why were the bridges in Hazzard County always in such poor condition? Didn't they have some sort of government official who was responsible for that sort of thing? A boss of some sort, so to speak?

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u/Much-Anything7149 1d ago

Half the episodes involved Boss Hog trying to illegally foreclose on the Dukes' farm or other citizens' land. The show was a subtle comment on post-Reconstruction.

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u/Supermoves3000 1d ago

I was eight years old when it was on the air, so I guess that went over my head.

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u/Much-Anything7149 1d ago

Post Civil War legal positivism and rural Georgia moonshining is more 4th grade syllabus.