I know it's a serious transgression, but hopefully you can advocate for me in order to prevent me from being publicly humiliated and flogged! Any and all efforts on your part will be greatly appreciated!!
(I didn't know your "spaghetti monster" had blue blood and was therefore Royalty! Also, there was a time when I thought Socrates was a drug dealer on the Lower East Side of Manhattan! So banishment is preferable to execution!)
Just a short flashback! Sorry!