Do you suffer from constipation ?

There was once a king who had been constipated for weeks.  Several court physicians had failed to cure him and had been beheaded for their failure.

The king offered half his kingdom to anyone who could effect a cure - many tried, failed and were beheaded.

One day an old tramp arrived at the palace and promised a cure, in desperation, the  King agreed to let him try.

He took the King, on horseback, to a clearing in the forest where there was a hole with a plank across it.  Sit on there and your bowels will empty, said the tramp.  The King sat on the plank and spent the next 20 minutes in joyous relief! 

Finally he finished and asked the tramp how he had succeeded when so many had failed.  Look down the hole said the tramp.  The King looked down and was shocked to see a pathetic figure at the bottom, covered in excrement.  "Who is that poor man" said the King?"  The tramp answered "That's Benedict - everyone shits on him!"

Ray