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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OK I see the humor in that, but my inner feminist
was a little ruffled by the "punchline".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lady Melanie</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:pkendrick@houston.rr.com" title=pkendrick@houston.rr.com>Pam
Kendrick</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:gatesedge@ansteorra.org"
title=gatesedge@ansteorra.org>Gatesedge</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 30, 2001 2:10
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> GE - FW: Young King Arthur</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>young
King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>neighboring kingdom. The
monarch could have killed him, but was moved by</FONT></FONT> <FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>Arthur's youthful happiness.
So he offered him freedom, as long as he</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>could answer a very difficult
question.</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>Arthur
would have a year to figure out the answer; if, after a year, he</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>still had no answer, he would
be killed.</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>The
question was: What do women really want?</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>Such a question would perplex even the
most knowledgeable man, and, to young</FONT></FONT> <FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>Arthur, it seemed an impossible query.
Well, since it was better than death,</FONT></FONT> <FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>he accepted the monarch's proposition to
have an answer by year's end. He</FONT></FONT> <FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>returned to his kingdom and began to poll
everybody: the princess, the</FONT></FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=+0>prostitutes, the priests, the wise men, the court jester.In all, he
spoke</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>with
everyone but no one could give him a satisfactory answer. What
most</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>people did
tell him was to consult the old witch, as only she would know
the</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>answer.
The price would be high, since the witch was famous throughout
the</FONT></FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>kingdom for the
exhorbitant prices she charged.</FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<P><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>The last day of the year
arrived and Arthur had no alternative but to</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>talk to the witch. She agreed to
answer his question, but he'd have to</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>accept her price first.: The old
witch wanted to marry Gawain, the most</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>noble of the Knights of the Round
Table and Arthur's closest friend! Young</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>Arthur was horrified: she was hunchbacked
and awfully hideous, had only one</FONT></FONT> <FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>tooth, smelled like sewage water, often
made obscene noises...</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=+0>He had never run across such a repugnant creature. He refused to force
his</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>friend to
marry her and have to endure such a burden.</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>Gawain, upon learning of the proposal,
spoke with Arthur. He told him that</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>nothing was too big of a sacrifice
compared to Arthur's life and the</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>preservation of the Round
Table.</FONT></FONT> </P>
<P><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>Hence, their wedding was
proclaimed, and the witch answered Arthur's</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>question:</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>What a woman really wants is to be able
to be in charge of her own life.</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>Everyone instantly knew that the witch
had uttered a great truth and that</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>Arthur's life would be spared. And
so it went. The neighboring monarch</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>Spared Arthur's life and granted him
total freedom.</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=+0>What a wedding Gawain and the witch had! Arthur was torn between
relief and</FONT></FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=+0>anguish. Gawain was proper as always, gentle and courteous. The
old witch</FONT></FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>put her
worst manners on display. She ate with her hands, belched
and</FONT></FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>farted, and made
everyone</FONT></FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=+0>uncomfortable.</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=+0>The wedding night approached: Gawain, steeling himself for a
horrific</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>night,
entered the bedroom. What a sight awaited! The most beautiful
woman</FONT></FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>he'd ever seen
lay before him! Gawain was astounded and asked what had</FONT></FONT>
<FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>happened.</FONT></FONT> </P>
<P><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>The beauty replied that
since he had been so kind to her (when she'd</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>been a witch), half the time she would be
her horrible, deformed self, and</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>the other half, she would be her
beautiful maiden self. Which would he want</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>her to be during the day and which during
the night?</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>What a
cruel question? Gawain began to think of his
predicament:</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=+0>During the day a beautiful woman to show off to his friend, but at
night, in</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>the
privacy of his home, an old spooky witch? Or would he prefer having
by</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>day a hideous
witch, but by night a beautiful woman to enjoy many intimate</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>moments?</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>What would you do?</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>What Gawain chose follows
below, but don't read until you've made your own</FONT></FONT> <FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>choice.</FONT></FONT> <BR>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>Noble Gawain replied that he
would let her choose for herself.</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>Upon hearing this, she announced that
she would be beautiful all the</FONT></FONT> <FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>time, because he had respected her and
had let her be in charge of her own</FONT></FONT> <FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>life.</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>And what is the moral of this
story?</FONT></FONT> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>THE MORAL IS THAT IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF YOUR WOMAN IS PRETTY OR UGLY, SMART</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=+0>OR DUMB. UNDERNEATH IT ALL,
SHE'S STILL A WITCH.</FONT></FONT> <BR>
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