From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:CAD:teklabs!tekmdp!jimd
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Title: Roman joke
Article-I.D.: tekmdp.1235
Posted: Tue Jun  1 08:43:09 1982
Received: Thu Jun  3 05:55:25 1982



Back in the days of Caesar there were very strict laws. It seems that one 
day a man was brought  before Caesar himself  to be tried for  committing
murder. The  punishment was  given as Caesar  bellowed out "An Eye for an
Eye, a Tooth for a  Tooth. You killed and man and now your life will also
be taken." Immediately the man begged forgiveness and pleaded with Caesar
to  spare  him  his life.  Finally,  Caesar gave  in, but  not  until the
murderer could earn his freedom.

Caesar  told the  man "You  will be  spared,  if you can accomplish three
tasks".  The  murderer said "Anything,  anything to live". Caesar went on
to tell him that  the three doors  before them contained the  rooms where
the  tasks  were  to be completed.  Behind the  first door  there were 50
bottles of wine.  He was to drink  all of them.  Then behind  the  second
door  was a  man-eating  tiger. He was to pull its teeth. Behind the last
door was a woman who had never been satisfied. He must satisfy her.

The murderer walked into the first room and began to drink and drink. For
two hours he drank until he had finished drinking all 50 bottles of wine.
He  staggered out through the door and asked "OK, now where is the tiger"
Caesar  pointed  the way as  the man proceded  through  the  door  to the
man-eating  tiger.  An  hour went by during  which there was  heard  much
roaring and screaming from behind  the second  door.  At the end  of this
hour the man crawled out of the  second room all clawed and torn and said
to Caesar "OK, now where is that woman who wants her teeth pulled".