King Arthur
King Arthur was getting ready to go on a Quest. He
was worried about leaving his beautiful Queen Guinevere alone
with all those lonely knights of the Round Table. So he went to
his famous wizard, Merlin, for some advice.
After explaining his predicament to Merlin, the wizard
looked thoughtful and said to come back in a week and he'd see
if he could come up with something.
A week later King Arthur was back in Merlin's laboratory
where the good wizard was showing him his latest invention.
It was a chastity belt... except it had a rather
large hole in the most obvious place. "This is no good, Merlin!"
the king exclaimed, "Look at this opening. How is this supposed
to protect m'lady, the Queen?"
"Ah, sire, just observe." said Merlin as
he searched his cluttered workbench until he found what he was
looking for. He then selected his most worn out wand, one that
he was going to discard anyway.
He then inserted it in the gaping aperture of the
chastity belt whereupon a small guillotine blade came down and
cut it neatly in two.
"Merlin, you are a genius!" said the grateful
monarch, "Now I can leave, knowing that my Queen is fully
protected."
After putting Guinevere in the device, King Arthur
then set out upon his Quest.
Several years passed until he returned to Camelot.
Immediately he assembled all his knights in the courtyard
and had them drop their trousers for an informal
'short arm' inspection.
Sure enough! Each and every one of them was either
amputated or damaged in some way. All of them except Sir Galahadhis.
"Sir Galahadhis," exclaimed King Arthur,
"The one and only true knight! Only you among all the nobles
have been true to me. What is it in my power to grant you? Name
it and it is yours!"
But Sir Galahadhis was speechless.
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