King Arthur was in Merlin's laboratory where the great wizard
was showing him his latest creation. It was a chastity belt, except it had a
rather large hole in the most obvious place which made it basically useless.
"This is no good, Merlin!" the King exclaimed, "Look at this opening.
How is this supposed to protect my lady, the Queen, when I'm on a long quest?"
"Ah, sire, just observe," said Merlin. He then selected his most worn
out wand, one that he was going to discard anyway. He 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 a
lengthy Quest.
Several years passed until he returned to Camelot.
Immediately he assembled all of 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 Galahad.
"Sir Galahad," exclaimed King Arthur. "You are my
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."
