The Sides' Squires Not sure if this was posted before, but here goes... There's a beautiful country somewhere where the land is divided into three parts, and at the center is a lake. All 3 kingdoms want the lake and decide to fight for it. The first kingdom sends all 100 of its finest knights with all of their finest squires dressed in the best of armor and armed with the finest of weapons. The second kingdom sends all 50 of its knights with all of their 50 squires dressed in decent leather and armed with long swords. The third kingdom sends its only knight, an old and weary soldier, and his squire. That night the knights of the first kingdom throw a feast and all drink extremely heavily. The men of the second kingdom also consume massive amounts of alcohol. But in the third k, the squire set up a pot and a noose off a tree branch and had a calm stew dinner with the knight. The next morning, the knights of the first and second kingdoms were too hungover to battle, and the knight of the third kingdom lacked the stamina, so they sent their squires instead. The battle raged, and when it ended, the only one standing was from the third kingdom. Goes to show you that the squire of the high pot and noose is equal to the sum of the squires of the other two sides.