<p>"Woman cited for cursing at her overflowing toilet </p>
<p>By The Associated Press </p>
<p>SCRANTON, Pa. Talk about a potty mouth.</p>
<p>A Scranton woman who allegedly shouted profanities at her overflowing toilet within earshot of a neighbor was cited for disorderly conduct, authorities said.</p>
<p>Dawn Herb could face up to 90 days in jail and a fine of up to $300.</p>
<p>“It doesn’t make any sense. I was in my house. It’s not like I was outside or drunk,” Herb told The Times-Tribune of Scranton. “The toilet was overflowing and leaking down into the kitchen and I was yelling [for my daughter] to get the mop.”</p>
<p>Herb doesn’t recall exactly what she said, but she admitted letting more than a few choice words fly near an open bathroom window Thursday night.</p>
<p>Her next-door neighbor, a city police officer who was off-duty, asked her to keep it down, police said. When she continued, the officer called police.</p>
<p>Mary Catherine Roper, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union in Philadelphia, took issue with the citation.</p>
<p>“You can’t prosecute somebody for swearing at a cop or a toilet,” she said."</p>
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