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JUST JOKING

Payback time

Mueller is travelling with his wife and mother-in-law. At a historical town, his mother-in-law makes a careless remark, which the native people take as an insult to the royal family. All the three are dragged to the court. Each of them is to receive 50 lashes on the rear end with a cane. But because the royal family doesn’t want to appear hostile to foreigners, they grant the guests in their country a wish beforehand, as long as it can be fulfilled.

Mrs. Mueller is first. “What do you wish for yourself?” “I would like a pillow bound on my rear end before the lashings.” It is granted. Next, it is Mueller’s mother-in-law’s turn. She also wishes that a pillow is bound on her rear end. She gets 50 lashes, but hardly feels the pain through the pillows.

Then comes Mueller’s turn. He says, “I have two wishes. First, I would like 100 lashes instead of 50.” The executioner is surprised. “And the second, I would like to have my mother-in-law bound to my back.”

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