> 'Significant too, is the Venetian court register that records
> the trial of a man who, accused of carnal relations with a goat, claimed as
> extenuating circumstances a physical infirmity preventing his having normal
> relations with a woman, that the judge called in two of the city's
> prostitutes to 'do numerous experiments' in order to verify the accused's
> claim, much as today a psychiatrist is called in to verify a plea of
> insanity!'
> If I remember, the discussion was about whether the 'good women' called
> in to verify impotence were prostitutes--in this case, they were!
>
> I'm waiting for a limerick!
Wait no longer!
The Venetian Court Register wrote:
"He claims not to have sex with a goat",
Two hookers concurred,
And then gave their word:
"He's as limp as a water-soaked coat!"
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