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Roxy
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WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a
neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him, but was moved by
Arthur's youth and ideals. So the monarch offered him freedom, as long
as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year
to figure out the answer; if, after a year, he still had no answer, he
would be put to death.
The question: What do women really want?
Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and, to
young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better
than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by
year's end.
He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everybody: the princess,
the priests, the wise men, and the court jester. He spoke with everyone,
but no one could give him a satisfactory answer. Many people advised him
to consult the old town hag - only she would know the answer. The price
would be high; the old hag was famous throughout the kingdom for the
exorbitant prices she charged.
The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no alternative but to
talk to the hag. She agreed to answer his question, but he'd have to
accept her price first: The old hag wanted to marry Gawain, the most
noble of the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur's closest friend!
Young Arthur was horrified: She was hunchbacked and hideous, had only
one tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises... etc. He had never
encountered such a repugnant creature. He refused to force his friend to
marry her and have to endure such a burden.
Gawain, upon learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur. He told him
that nothing was too big a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the
preservation of the Round Table. Hence, their wedding was proclaimed,
and the old hag answered Arthur's question thus:
"What a woman really wants is to be in charge of her own life."
Everyone instantly knew that the hag had uttered a great truth and that
Arthur's life would be spared. And so it was. The neighboring monarch
granted Arthur total freedom.
What a wedding Gawain and the old hag had! Arthur was torn between
relief and anguish. Gawain was proper as always, gentle and courteous.
The old hag put her worst manners on display, and generally made
everyone very uncomfortable.
The honeymoon hour approached. Gawain, steeling himself for a horrific
experience, entered the bedroom. But what a sight awaited him! The most
beautiful woman he'd ever seen stood before him! The astounded Gawain
asked what had happened.
The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she'd
appeared as a hag, she would henceforth be her horrible, deformed self
half the time, and the other half, she would be her beautiful maiden
self.
Which would he want her to be during the day, and which during the
night?
What a cruel question! Gawain pondered his predicament. During the day,
a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the
privacy of his home, an old hag? Or, would he prefer having by day a
hideous old hag, but by night a beautiful woman?
What would you do?
What Gawain chose follows below, but don't read on until you've decided
what you would have chosen.
Noble Gawain replied that he would let her choose for herself. Upon
hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time,
because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own
life.
What is the moral of this story?
The moral is:
If a woman doesn't get her own way, things are going to get ugly!
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Re: Women
« Reply #1 on: Jan 18th, 2003, 11:11am » |
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Good delivery, good punch line, good laugh. Thanks.
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Re: Women
« Reply #2 on: Jan 18th, 2003, 3:30pm » |
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Good one! I'm in a cycle and tapering down from 60mg of pred. so there is not much making me laugh right now. This did though...
Thanks
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Re: Women
« Reply #3 on: Jan 19th, 2003, 8:35am » |
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Roxy....
I should hand this out to any serious prospects...  ;D 
I'm printing it out.....GREAT tail...
er, tale........
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