Banta and one of his friends were picked up by the cops for using drugs and appeared in court before the judge.
The judge said, “You seem like nice men, and I’d like to give you a second chance rather than jail time. I want you to go out this weekend and try to show others the evils of drug use and get them to give up drugs forever. I’ll see you back in court Monday.”
Monday, Banta and his friend were in court, and the judge said to the first one, “How did you do over the weekend?”
“Well, your honor, I persuaded 17 people to give up drugs forever.”
“Seventeen people? That’s wonderful. What did you tell them?”
“I used a diagram, your honor. I drew two circles like this and told them this big circle is your brain before drugs and this small circle is your brain after drugs.”
“That’s admirable,” said the judge. “And you, how did you do?” the judge asked Banta.
Banta, “Well, your honor, I persuaded 150 people to give up drugs forever.”
“One-hundred-fifty people! That’s amazing! How did you manage to do that?”
Banta, “Well, I used a similar approach. I said, This small circle is your asshole before prison and. . . .”