Wednesday, August 24, 2016
King Arthur ~ Woodsterman Style
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 his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer and, 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 everyone: the princess, the priests, the wise men and even the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer.
Many people advised him to consult the old ugly woman, for only she would have the answer.
But the price would be high; as the woman was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged.
The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to the old woman. She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price first.
The old ugly woman wanted to marry Sir Lancelot, 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 and made obscene noises. He had never encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life.
He refused to force his friend to marry her and endure such a terrible burden; but Lancelot, learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur.
He said nothing was too big a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round Table.
Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the woman answered Arthur's question thus:
What a woman really wants, she answered....is to be in charge of her own life.
Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the woman had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared.
And so it was, the neighbouring monarch granted Arthur his freedom and Lancelot and the ugly woman had a wonderful wedding.
The honeymoon hour approached and Lancelot, steeling himself for a horrific experience, entered the bedroom. But, what a sight awaited him. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen lay before him on the bed. The astounded Lancelot asked what had happened.
The young beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she appeared ugly, she would henceforth, be her horrible deformed self only half the time and the beautiful maiden the other half.
Which would he prefer? Beautiful during the day....or night?
Lancelot pondered the predicament. During the day, a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his castle, an old ugly woman? Or, would he prefer having a hideous woman during the day, but by night, a beautiful woman for him to enjoy wondrous intimate moments?
What would YOU do?
What Lancelot chose is below..
BUT....make YOUR choice before you scroll down below.
OKAY?
Noble Lancelot said that he would allow HER to make the choice 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.
Now....what is the moral to this story?
The moral is.....
***If you don't let a woman have her own way....
Things are going to get ugly..
12 comments:
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Bwahahahahahahahaha. Love this Odie. And thanks for the eye candy too. He's HOT.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day. ☺
And yet, if you don't put your foot down once in a while, things get even uglier.
ReplyDeleteToo cool. Thank you!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt takes a strong & wise man to listen...
ReplyDeleteSandee, I know you babes love your eye candy.
ReplyDeleteedutcher, she isn't there is she?
ReplyDeleteTrailbee, fun huh!
ReplyDeleteBrig, I try.
ReplyDeleteA wise woman once told me a few truths that contradict this fine and amusing story. She told me that:
ReplyDelete1. Being in charge is vastly over-rated, and she would not wish it on her worst enemy.
2. No one is in charge of her own life, neither woman nor man, and only a fool believes in that, or desires it.
3. A woman longs to be loved devotedly and completely above all else, or to have been so loved once, and nothing else matters in comparison to that one thing.
4. If she has that thing, then the passenger seat is not such a bad place to be, after all.
5. If she has it not, then the most urgent thing she needs is to make certain that the first four items on this list are utterly debunked and that no one on the Earth believe them as long as time endures.
6. So, it's not that "what women want" is such a mystery; we're just not allowed to discuss it openly.
7. That's why this wise woman lives in the witness protection program in Antarctica. ;)
Grunt, that's a rather pessimistic view point.
ReplyDeleteOk, well, that last part isn't really true. She doesn't live in Antarctica. She lives in Colorado with me, but it DOES get pretty cold there some times.
ReplyDeleteGrunt, I was waiting here for that omission.
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