>Michael the Dragon Master was an official in King Arthur's court. He
had a
>long-standing obsession to kiss the beautiful Queen Guinevere's
sensual
>lips. But he knew the penalty for this would be death.
>
>One day he revealed his secret desire to his colleague, Horatio, who
was
>the
>King's chief physician. Horatio said "I can arrange it, but I will
need
>1,000 gold coins to pay bribes." Michael the Dragon Master readily
agreed.
>
>The next day Horatio made up a batch of itching lotion and poured a
little
>of it into the Queen's toothpaste. Soon after she brushed her teeth,
the
>itching commenced and grew in intensity.
>
>Upon being called to the royal chambers, Horatio told the King that
only a
>special saliva, if applied for four hours, would cure this type of
itch,
>and
>that tests had shown such a saliva was only to be found in Michael the
>Dragon Master's mouth.
>
>King Arthur summoned Michael the Dragon Master and issued the imperial
>command. Michael the Dragon Master slipped the antidote to the itching
>lotion, which Horatio had given him, into his mouth and for the next
four
>hours kissed the Queen passionately.
>
>Satisfied, he returned to his chamber and found Horatio demanding
payment.
>However, with his obsession now satisfied, he refused to pay Horatio
>anything and shooed him away, knowing that Horatio could never report
this
>matter to the King.
>
>The next day, Horatio slipped a massive dose of the same itching
lotion
>onto
>King Arthur's loincloth. And Michael the Dragon Master was again
summoned
>by
>the King.
>
>Moral of the story: Pay your bills.
>