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[CigarBanter]

It's Tuesday again!  In between insults we'll occasionally discuss cigars.  Join in and perhaps learn something along the way.  Warning: don't proceed if you have thin skin but don't be afraid to post either...  And welcome aboard!

[LSUFAN]

Good morning guys.

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On this day in history ..
0632 - Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era
1338 - German monarch declares pope & king's decree redundant
1487 - Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland
1624 - Judge directs US colony Virginia to English crown
1673 - Peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV & Frederik Willem of Brandenburg
1745 - English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St Lawrence River
1746 - Battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish & French army
1755 - British capture Fort Beaus‚jour, expel Acadians
1775 - Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill)
1775 - Liberty Bell rang for the 2nd Continental Congress
1779 - In support of the US, Spain declares war on England
1779 - Vice-adm Hardy sails out of Isle of Wright against Spanish Armada
1784 - Holland forbids orange clothes
1794 - 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch)
1815 - Battle at Ligny: French army under Napoleon beats Prussia
1815 - Battle at Quatre-Bras: allies strike French
1822 - Denmark Vessy leads slave rebellion in South Carolina
1823 - King Willem I opens shipyard at Rotterdam-Antwerp
1832 - Battle of Kellogg's Grove, Ill
1836 - London Working Men's Assn forms
1842 - Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die
1858 - Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand"
1861 - Battle of Vienna, VA & Secessionville, SC (James Island)
1864 - Battle of Lynchburg VA
1864 - Skirmish at Golgotha Georgia
1864 - Union Gen Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Va
1871 - Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine founded, NYC
1873 - Pres Grant decrees Wallowa Valley for Nez-Perc‚ indians
1879 - Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC
1880 - Salvation Army forms in Londo
1881 - Austria-Hungary & Serbia sign military treaty
1882 - 17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa
1883 - 1st baseball "Ladies' Day" (NY Gothams beat Cleve Spiders 5-2)
1884 - 1st roller coaster used (Coney Island NY)
1884 - On Coney Island, the 1st roller coaster begins operating
1893 - RW Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack
1896 - Temperature hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif
1898 - China's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei
1899 - Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's

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1903 - 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox
1903 - Ford Motors incorporates
1903 - Pepsi Cola company forms
1904 - Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses)
1909 - 1st US airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000
1909 - Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals
1913 - South-African parliament forbids blacks owning land
1916 - Boston Brave's Tom Hughes 2nd no-hitter beats Pitts, 2-0
1917 - 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia
1917 - 49th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Hourless wins in 2:17.8
1922 - Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to US Bureau of Aeronautics
1923 - Sun Yat Sen founds military academy
1924 - South Africa all out 30 v England in 48 minutes, Gilligan 6-7
1927 - 31st US Golf Open: Tommy Armour shoots a 301 at Oakmont CC in Pa
1929 - Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (NY to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)
1931 - Austrian govt of Ender falls
1932 - Germany forbids SA/SS-gang fights
1932 - Pres Hoover & VP Charles Curtis renominated by Rep Convention
1932 - Sutcliffe & Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks v Essex
1933 - National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law (later struck down)
1933 - US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created
1935 - US Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal"
1936 - Dutch queen Wilhelmina opens the Waal bridge
1936 - Pope Pius XI receives Anton Mussert (Dutch Nazi collaborator)
1937 - Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in LA
1938 - Jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by Browns
1938 - St Louis Browns walk Boston Red Sox Jimmy Foxx 6 times in a row
1940 - Communist govt installed in Lithuania
1940 - General De Gaulle arrives in Bordeaux
1941 - 1st US federally owned airport opened Wash DC
1943 - Race riot in Beaumont Texas (2 die)
1944 - Iceland adopts constitution
1944 - King Edward VI visits Montgomery's HQ in Normandy
1944 - US bombs Kyushu Japan
1945 - 71st Preakness: Wayne D Wright aboard Polynesian wins in 1:58.8
1945 - Boo Ferriss loses to Yanks 3-2 after starting his career with 8 wins
1946 - "Annie Get Your Gun" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1147 perfs
1946 - 46th US Golf Open: Lloyd Mangrum shoots a 284 at Canterbury GC Cleve
1947 - 1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington"
1947 - Pravda denounces Marshall Plan
1949 - Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa
1951 - 51st US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Oakland Hills CC Mich
1951 - 83rd Belmont: David Gorman aboard Counterpoint wins in 2:29
1952 - Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down
1953 - Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak & also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak
1954 - Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months

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1954 - Ngo Dinh Diem elected president of Vietnam
1955 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1955 - Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine Pres Juan Peron
1956 - 56th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 281 at Oak Hill CC NY
1956 - 88th Belmont: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:29.8
1957 - French offensive in Algeria
1957 - White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 HRs to beat Wash Senators 8-6
1958 - "Flip Top Box" by Dicky Doo & The Don'ts hits #46
1958 - Govt troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia
1960 - "Psycho," opens in NY
1960 - Pres Eisenhower cancels trip to Japan
1961 - Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host
1961 - Discoverer 25 launched
1961 - Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris
1962 - 2 US army officers killed in Saigon
1962 - Caspar Weinberger (Sec of Def 1981-87), indicted on Iran-contra charge
1963 - Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM
1963 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open
1963 - Valentina Tereshkova (USSR) is 1st woman in space, aboard Vostok 6
1964 - Amnesty granted to 3,000 political prisoners
1964 - Quake strikes Niigata Japan
1966 - "Rowan & Martin Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1966 - 20th Tony Awards: Marat/Sade & Man of La Mancha win
1967 - 50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival
1968 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA "500" Ladies Golf Classic
1968 - 68th US Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 275 at Oak Hill CC NY
1968 - Lee Trevino is 1st to play all 4 rounds of golf's US open under par
1969 - Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House
1970 - Kenneth A Gibson elected 1st black mayor of Newark, NJ
1970 - Race riots in Miami Florida
1971 - Groningen soccer team forms in Groningen
1971 - Racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida
1973 - Leonid I Brezhnev visit US
1974 - 74th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 287 at Winged Foot GC NY
1974 - Homer Simpson & Marge Bouvier wed
1974 - Sandra Haynie wins Lawson's LPGA Golf Open
1975 - Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-Jabber & Walt Wesley to LA for 4 players
1975 - Italy's Communist party PCI, wins
1975 - Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD
1975 - Supreme Court rules uniform minimum legal fees are a violation
1976 - Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa (Soweto Day)
1977 - "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway
1977 - Fianna Fail-party wins Irish elections
1977 - Leonid Brezhnev named president of USSR
1977 - Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over KC Royals
1978 - Cin Red Tom Seaver no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0
1978 - Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough"
1979 - "Logical Song" by Supertramp peaks at #6
1979 - Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit
1979 - Moslem Brotherhood kills 62 sheiks in Aleppo Syria
1980 - "Blues Brothers," premieres in Chicago
1980 - Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patents
1982 - Britain requests Argentina arrange for return of prisoners
1983 - Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria Portugal
1983 - European Space Agency launches European Comm Satellite 1, Oscar 10
1983 - Pope John Paul II visits Poland

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1983 - Ringo releases "Old Wave" album in West Germany
1983 - USSR party leader Yuri Andropov elected president
1984 - Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race
1984 - Matt de Waal finishes 14,290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City (106d)
1985 - 85th US Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 279 at Oakland Hills CC Mich
1985 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1985 - T C Chen, ahead by 4 strokes in final round of US Open
1985 - Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58'11«") in Indianapolis quadruple bogies 5th hole & never recovers
1986 - 1 day general strike in South Africa
1987 - Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, opens
1987 - Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz acquitted on all but gun possession charges after shooting 4 black youths who tried to rob him
1988 - Boston Red Sox Barrett steals home
1988 - In Santa Barbara, CA, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins
1989 - "Ghostbusters II" premieres
1989 - Funeral for Imre Nagg, leader of Hungarian uprising in 1956
1989 - Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since US open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate & Price)
1990 - "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer peaks at #8
1990 - Nelson & Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein, Amsterdam
1991 - "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 241 perfs
1991 - -23] NYC Mayor Dinkins declares "Joseph Doherty Week"
1991 - 91st US Golf Open: Payne Stewart shoots a 282 at Hazeline Natl GC Minn
1991 - Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russian SSR
1991 - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1991 - Minnesota Twins win a team record 15 games in a row
1991 - Otis Nixon steals NL record 6 bases in 1 day
1991 - With 3 runs in 9th, Balt ends Twins 15 game win streak 6-5
1992 - Colo Rockies 1st minor league team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game
1992 - Great Brit postage stamp 350 year battle near Edgehill
1992 - Jeff King is 5th to be thrown out twice trying to steal in an inning
1992 - Red Sox Mark Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yanks 1-0)
1992 - Longest salami is 68'9 & 25 circumference, weighed 1,492lbs/5oz in Flekkefjord, Norway
1993 - Ken Griffey Jr slugs his 100th career home run in Seattle's
1994 - Martin Brodeur becomes 1st Devil to win Calder Trophy
1995 - "Batman Forever" opens with a record $528 million weekend
1995 - Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career HR (429)
1995 - Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002
1996 - 1st competitive game played on turf in Holland (in third grade)
1996 - 50th NBA Championship: Chic Bulls beat Seat Supersonic, 4 games to 2
1996 - 96th US Golf Open: Steve Jones shoots a 278 wins at Oakland Hills CC
1996 - Liselotte Neumann wins First Bank Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic
1997 - 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & LeAnn Rimes

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Famous birthdays for this day ..

1583 - Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent
1633 - Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer
1637 - Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer
1752 - Meingosus Gaelle, composer
1834 - Wesley Merritt, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1837 - Eli Long, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
1843 - David Popper, composer
1843 - Jan Malat, composer
1853 - Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer
1858 - Eugene Ysaye, composer
1858 - Gustav V, king of Sweden (1907-50)
1861 - Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian
1863 - Paul Antonin Vidal, composer
1874 - Arthur Meighen, (C) 9th PM of Canada (1920-21, 1926)
1879 - Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law)
1879 - Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees the boy)
1888 - Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown)
1890 - Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], England, comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
1892 - Lupino Lane, London England, actress (Love Parade)
1894 - Norman Kerry, Rochester NY, actor (Phantom of the Opera)
1895 - Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
1896 - Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot)
1896 - William Fitzgerald Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants)
1899 - Helen Traubel, St Louis MO, soprano (Sieglinde in Walkre, Nightclubs)
1899 - Nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday)

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1900 - Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname (PVDA, 1955-62)
1901 - Arthur Pierson, Oslo Norway, actor/director (Hat Check Girl)
1901 - Conrad Beck, composer
1902 - Barbara McClintock, US, cytogeneticist (Jumping Genes, Nobel 1983)
1902 - Kornelis Posthumus, Dutch chemist
1903 - Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer
1904 - Gerard Holt, Dutch architect
1906 - Alan Fairfax, cricketer (Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's)
1907 - Jack Albertson, Malden Mass, actor (Thin Man, Chico & the Man)
1907 - John Hadfield, author/publisher (Love on a Branch Line)
1909 - Willi Boskovsky, Austria, conductor (new years concert)
1910 - E G Marshall, Owatonna Minn, actor (Lawrence-Defenders, Caine Mutiny)
1910 - Ilona Massey, Budapest Hungary, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show)
1910 - Lord Richardson, president (General Medical Council)
1910 - Richard Maling Barrer, chemist
1911 - Georg Meistermann, German (glass)painter (Raumpl„nen)
1912 - Enoch Powell, England, MP (C)/racist/Greek professor
1912 - John Peel, MP
1914 - Stewart Cathie "Billy" Griffith, cricketer (140 for England, 1948)
1914 - Stewart Griffith, secretary (MCC)
1915 - Joseph Kagan, businessman
1915 - Mariano Rumor, premier Italy
1916 - Francis Lopez, composer
1916 - Hank Luisetti, NBA forward (1st to use a one-handed shot)
1917 - Katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post)
1919 - Lord Aberdare, committee chairman (House of Lords)
1920 - John Howard Griffin, US, photographer/author (Black Like Me)
1921 - Lord Perry of Walton, SDP/vice chancellor (Open University England)
1923 - Ake Hermanson, composer
1923 - Henryk Czyz, composer
1924 - Sayed Idries Shah, thinker
1925 - Faith Domergue, New Orleans, actress (House of 7 Corpses)
1925 - Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner (Cleveland Indians)
1927 - Robert Matthews, master (Clare College Cambridge England)
1927 - Thomas W "Tom" Graveney, English cricket batsman (50's & 60's)
1928 - Harold Hanham, vice chancellor (Lancaster University)
1928 - Sergiu Comissiona, Buch Romania, conductor (Haifa Symph 1959-64)
1929 - James Kirtland Randall, composer
1930 - Brian Statham, cricketer (masterful England quick for two decades)
1930 - David Konstant, bishop (Leeds)
1931 - Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader
1931 - Ivo Petric, composer
1931 - Robert F [Bob] Smith, (Rep-R-OR, 1983- )

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1932 - David Keylsey, actor/director
1932 - Ralph Robins, CEO (Rolls-Royce)
1933 - Joachim Nowotny, writer
1934 - Eileen Atkins, London England, actress (Equus, Devil Within Her)
1934 - Janet Pilgrim, playmate (July 1955, Dec 1955, Oct 1956)
1934 - Little Caesar, vocalist (Little Caesar & the Romans)
1934 - Lord Patrick Beresforord, blood-stock agent
1934 - Lucia Dlugoszewski, composer
1935 - Jim Dine, Cincinnati Oh, pop artist (St John the Divine)
1936 - August Willemsen, Dutch poet/translator
1936 - Fred Oster, Dutch TV host
1937 - August Busch III, CEO (Anheuser-Busch, St Louis Cards)
1937 - Erich Segal, Brooklyn NY, author (Love Story, Oliver's Story)
1938 - Helen Ryan, British?, actress (Hannah)
1938 - James Bolam, actor (Crucible of Terror)
1938 - Joyce Carol Oates, NY, novelist (Garden of Earthly Delights)
1938 - Michael Culver, British? actor (Devil's Webs)
1938 - Mickie Finn, Hugo Okla, TV hostess/banjo player (Mickie Finn's)
1940 - Billy "Crash" Craddock, Greensboro NC, singer
1940 - Hans Dorrestijn, Dutch cabaret performer
1941 - Lamont Dozier, Detroit, songwriter (Dozier-Holland-Dozier)
1942 - Eddie Levert, Canton Ohio, vocalist (O'Jays-For the Love of Money)
1942 - Giacomo Agostini, Lovere, Italy, world motorcycle race champion
1942 - John Rostill, rocker
1943 - Joan Van Ark, NYC, actress (Valene-Dallas, Knots Landing)
1944 - Joan Barbara Grigor, artist
1944 - Takamiyama, [Jesse Kuhaulua], Hawaii, 1st non-Japanese sumo champion
1946 - Lord Astor, of Hever
1946 - Neil MacGregor, director (British National Gallery)
1946 - Simon Williams, US, actor (Fiendish plot of dr Fu Manchu)
1949 - Kale Browne, San Rafael Calif, actor (Michael Hudson-Another World)
1949 - Peppy Castro, [Emil Thielhelm], NYC, rock vocalist (Balance)
1950 - James Smith, US, singer (Stylistics-Can't Give you Anything)
1950 - Jesse Dizon, Oceanside Calif, actor (Ramon-Operation Petticoat)
1951 - John Salthouse, British(?) actor (American Werewolf in London)
1951 - Michel Viso, France, cosmonaut
1951 - Roberto Duran, boxer (fists of stone, no m…s)
1951 - Sonia Braga, Maringa Brazil, actress (Dona Flor & Her 2 Husbands)
1952 - Aleksandr Zaitsev, USSR, pairs figure skating (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1952 - Gino Vanelli, Montreal Quebec, singer (Living Inside Myself)
1952 - Rob Kloet, pop drummer/singer (Nits-In the Dutch Mountains)
1953 - Ian Mosley, Paddington London, drummer (Marillion-Clutching at Straws)
1954 - Gary Roberts, rocker (Boomtown Rats)
1954 - Jeffrey S Ashby, Dallas Tx, astronaut (sk: STS 85)
1955 - Laurie Metcalf, Carbonville Illinois, actress (Jackie-Roseanne)
1955 - Simon Bailey, priest
1957 - Adri van Tiggelen, Dutch soccer star (Sparta/PSV)
1957 - Ian Buchanan, Scotland, actor (General Hospital, Gary Shandling Show)
1961 - Robbie Kerr, cricketer (Queensland opener 2 Tests for Australia 1985)
1963 - Mohsin Kamal, cricketer (Pakistani fast bowler 1984- )
1965 - J J Birden, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1965 - Johannes Harisch, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1966 - Jan Zelezny, Czech, javelin thrower (Olympics-2 gold-92, 96)
1966 - [Eric] Randy Barnes, Charleston WV, shot putter (Oly-silv/gold-88, 96)
1968 - Alton Montgomery, NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons)
1968 - Matt Turk, NFL punter (Washington Redskins)
1968 - Nehemiah Perry, cricketer (fine Jamaican off-spinner)
1968 - Patrick Stuart, Hollywood Cal, actor (Will Cortlandt-All My Children)
1969 - Kevin Young, Alpena MI, infielder (KC Royals)
1969 - L B Stephens, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 - Michael Husted, NFL place kicker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1970 - Phil A Mickelson, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (1991 Northern Telecom)
1971 - Andre President, tight end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1971 - Christopher Gomez, LA Calif, infielder (San Diego Padres)
1971 - Tupac Shakur, Bkln NY, rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet) (killed in 1996)
1972 - Shawnelle Scott, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1973 - Shannon Myers, CFL receiver (Edmonton Eskimos)
1975 - Asa Carlsson, Vasteras Sweden, tennis star (1995 Futures-Stockholm)
1975 - Maria Sinigerova, Miss Universe-Bulgaria (1996)
1976 - Frank van Twillert, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1993 - Alice Ann Newman, daughter of Gretchen & Randy

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King Arthur
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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 every one, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer.

Many people advised him to consult the old witch, for only she would have the answer.

But the price would be high; as the witch 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 witch. She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price first.

The old witch 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, made obscene noises, etc. 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 of a sacrifice, compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round Table.

Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the witch 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 witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared.

And so it was, the neighboring monarch granted Arthur his freedom and Lancelot and the witch 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 beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she appeared as a witch, 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 witch? Or, would he prefer having a hideous witch 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!

[LSUFAN]

Time to hit the road for work, enjoy your day guys.

[South Carolina Redfish]

Morning LSU.

[LSUFAN]

Morning LSU.

Good morning Native.

[South Carolina Redfish]

Morning LSU.

Good morning Native.

Waiting on Bill to bring the rain here, 4-6" possible.

[FloridaDean]

good morning Chip and Dave.