What Women Want! > > 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 freedom, as > long > as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year > to > figure out the answer; 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 everybody: the princess, > the > prostitutes, the priests, the wise men, the court jester. He spoke with > > everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer. Many people > advised him to consult the old witch-only she would know the answer. > The > price would be high; the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the > > exorbitant prices she charged. > > The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no alternative but to > talk to > the witch. She agreed to answer his question, but he'd have to accept > her > price first: The old witch wanted to marry Gawain, 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, made obscene noises... etc. He had > never > encountered such a repugnant creature. He refused to force his friend > to > marry her and have to endure such a burden. > > Gawain, upon learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur. He told him > that nothing was too big a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the > preservation of the Round Table. Hence, their wedding was proclaimed, > and the witch answered Arthur's question thus: > > What a woman really wants is to be in charge of her own life. > > Everyone instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and > that > Arthur's life would be spared. And so it was. The neighboring monarch > granted Arthur total freedom. > > What a wedding Gawain and the witch had! Arthur was torn between relief > > and anguish. Gawain was proper as always, gentle and courteous. The > old > witch put her worst manners on display, and generally made everyone very > > uncomfortable. > > The honeymoon hour approached. Gawain, steeling himself for a horrific > experience, entered the bedroom. But what a sight awaited him! The > most > beautiful woman he'd ever seen lay before him! The astounded Gawain > asked what had happened. The beauty replied that since he had been so > kind to her when she'd appeared as a witch, she would henceforth be her > horrible, deformed self half the time, and the other half, she would be > her > beautiful maiden self. > > Which would he want her to be during the day, and which during the > night? > > What a cruel question! Gawain pondered his predicament. During the > day, > a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the > privacy of > his home, an old witch? Or would he prefer having by day a hideous > witch, > but by night a beautiful woman with whom to enjoy many intimate > moments? > > What would you do? What Gawain chose follows below, but don't read > until you've made your own choice. > > > Noble Gawain replied that he would let her choose for 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. > What is the moral of this story? > > The moral is: > > If your woman doesn't get her own way, things are going to get ugly! Sue McAlister HOME PAGE: www.Painter-McAlister.com Administrator for: PA-PITTSBURGH and PA-WESTMORELAND-HISTORIC Administrator for: BALLES, ECKER, KELLAWAY, KELLOWAY, MCCALLISTER, MCALLISTER, MCCOLLISTER, SKELLY, PAINTER, PAYNTER Administrator for: Adoption, Mystery, Horror, Stay-At-Home-Moms, M-W- C, Nost-TV, Palm-Gen and Westie --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002

Don't you mean, "What women need"? Brian List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue M" <starshine166@attbi.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 5:31 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] What Women Want > What Women Want! > > > > Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a > > neighboring kingdom. ............................[snip]......................... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 21/01/2002