[lit-ideas] Re: The bad old days of humour...

Morons in the French Revolution. Some with high skill sets.
It's The Terror. A moron and two regular men are led to the guillotine by soldiers. Executioners select one of the regular men. He is brought to the blocks. A hooded man pulls the crossbeam rope. The blade whizzes down the grooved posts . . . and stops. The blade stops an inch above the regular man's neck.
"It is a miracle!" exclaim many in the crowd, "Free him!" And the regular man is freed.
Executioners select the other regular man and have him brought to the blocks. The same thing happens. The guillotine blade stops an inch above the man's neck. "It is a miracle!" chants the mob, "Free him!" and the second regular man is freed.
Executioners select the moron and have him brought to the blocks. As the moron steps up the platform, he looks at the guillotine mechanism and exclaims, "I see where the problem is!" 
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