[Mid] [Fwd: : [EK] medieval humor]

Got this from M.Hroar, so never let it be said that I'm the only silly
one in Shadowed Stars...
        Heather thereof

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I got this from the East Kingdom List...
Hroar
8-)

-Poster: Susana Del Lago <ohsusana@mindspring.com>

A REALLY bad one taken from the Meridean list...

I'd say enjoy, but...

Chuckles,

Susana

>From: VikingXP <VikingXP@aol.com>
>Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 16:06:27 EST
>To: meridies@web.ce.utk.edu
>Subject: [TY] medieval humor
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>
>This is soooooo bad I just had to share it
>
>There were three Medieval kingdoms on the shores of a lake. There was an
>island in the middle of the lake, which the kingdoms had been fighting
over
>for years. Finally, the three kings decided that they would send their
knights
>out to do battle, and the winner would take the island.
>
> The night before the battle, the knights and their squires pitched
camp
and
>readied themselves for the fight. The first kingdom had 12 knights, and
each
>knight had 5 squires, all of whom were busily polishing armor, brushing
>horses, and cooking food. The second kingdom had 20 knights, and each
knight
>had 10 squires. Everyone at that camp was also busy preparing for
battle. At
>the camp of the third kingdom, there was only one knight, with his
squire.
>This squire took a large pot and hung it from a looped rope in a tall
tree. He
>busied himself preparing the meal, while the knight polished his own
armor.
>When the hour of the battle came, the three kingdoms sent their squires
out to
>fight (this was too trivial a matter for the knights to join in). The
battle
>raged, and when the dust cleared, the only person left was the lone
squire
>from the third kingdom, having defeated the squires from the other two
>kingdoms.
>
> I guess this just proves that the squire of the high pot and noose is
equal
>to the sum of the squires of the other two sides. (ed - sorry all but I
had
>to)
>
>(Don't everyone groan at once)
>
>Morgaine
>
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