Puntificating

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In a message dated 2/25/98 11:38:27 AM Mountain Standard Time, richardm@cd.com
writes:

> Punthagorean humor...
> >  
> >  
> > There were three Medieval kingdoms on the shores of a lake.  There was an 
> island in the middle of the lake, which the kingdoms had been fighting 
> over for years. 
> > Finally, the three kings decided that they would send their knights out to
> do battle, and the winner would take the island.  The night before the
battle, the
> knights and their squires pitched camp and readied themselves for the fight.
The
> first kingdom had 12 knights, and each knight had 5 squires, all of whom
were busily
> polishing armor, brushing horses, and cooking food.  The second kingdom had
20
> knights, and each knight had 10 squires.  Everyone at that camp was also
busy 
> preparing for battle.  At the camp of the third kingdom, there was only one
knight, with his           squire.
> This squire took a large pot and hung it from a looped rope in a tall tree.
He
> busied himself preparing the meal, while the knight polished his own armor.
When
> the hour of the battle came, the three kingdoms sent their squires out to
fight,
> this was too trivial a matter for the knights to join in.  The battle raged,
and
>  when the dust cleared, the only person left was the lone squire from the
third kingdom,
> having defeated the squires from the other two kingdoms. This proves that
the
>  squire of the high pot and noose is equal to the sum of the squires of the
other two
>  sides.
>