Showing posts with label Thomas Becket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thomas Becket. Show all posts

Monday, December 15, 2008

It was one HUGE misunderstanding

So, some of you may know about the story of how Thomas Becket was murdered by some of King Henry's men after a night in France where the King declared "Will no one rid me of this bishop?" Well, ya see heres what really happened..

King Henry II: Guys, I'm bored.
Knight 1: Me too. We could joust!!
Knight 2: LAME. We could pillage!!
Knight 3: IDIOT. We could get some harlots.

-everyone stares-

K3: Nevermind. We could.. play chess..
KH: Cool, but I'm too good fo y'all so get me a great scholar to play

-Some scholar hunting later-

K1: Found one!! Play him.
Scholar: Er.. hi, I'm not a scholar, I'm just a..
K2: Shut up.
KH: Let us do battle.

-begins playing-

KH: Are you guys just gonna stand there all night?! Do something.
K3: But..
KH: GO!!

-grumbling-

Outside the room the 3 knights waited all night. They listened in on the conversation the 2 men were having. The king brought up his former friend Thomas Becket who was now a thorn in his side. The knight then overheard the King shout:

"AHHH!! WILL NO ONE RID ME OF THIS BISHOP!!"

K3:Guys wake up, we've got a mission.
K2: Shut up, and let me sleep.
K1: Yeah, what he said.
K3: But, we have to kill the Bishop of Canterbury.
K1: KILL THE BISHOP ARE YOU MAD?!
K2: Quiet down, lets go I've got a plan.

The men sneak off into the night, taking a boat across the English channel and then riding to Canterbury where they kill the bishop.

Back in France the next day....

KH: GUYS, Where the hell did you guys go?
K2: Oh, we just took care of that bishop for you.
K1: Yeah, the one you told us to rid you of last night.

-Kings face goes white-

KH: I meant the PIECE IN CHESS. NOT THE ACTUAL BISHOP.
K3: Oh, that does make more sense..
K1: It does..
K2: Our bad..
KH: I'M GONNA KILL YOU.

So you see the King never meant to kill the bishop his men just took his orders by mistake thats all. How one little misunderstanding ruined history..


-KCTW