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> <  Subject: a real Medieval joke...
> >     Subject: New Math
> >
> >   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.
> >
> >            .
> >            .
> >            .
> >
> >   Thus proving that the squire of the high pot and noose is
> >equal to the
> >   sum of the squires of the other two sides >>
> >
> >
> >
> >--