MAASTRICHT - De media zoemt van de Grrls: jonge vrouwen die de moeite nemen om zich ergens over op te winden. Over de impasse waarin de feministische discussie van hun voorgangsters zich momenteel bevindt bijvoorbeeld. Als moderne vrouwen kunnen zij nu weliswaar alles combineren. Maar dat is wel een beetje veel. Deze nieuwe meiden willen helemaal niet in hun gepacificeerde hokje op de afdeling Emancipatiezaken. Voordat hun leven dus serieuze vormen aanneemt, laten ze nog eens even flink van zich horen. Ook Candor wordt constant benaderd voor tekst en uitleg over deze brutale vrouwentrend. Ons valt echter voornamelijk op dat de Nederlandse Grrls eigenlijk maar weinig van hun grrrrr laten zien. Een anti-houding kan chic zijn, mits gedragen met een flinke dosis humor en IQ............

The Chastity Belt

King Arthur was worried about leaving Queen Guinevere alone with all those horny knights of the Round Table. So he went to Merlin for some advice. After explaining his predicament to Merlin, the wizard looked thoughtful, and said that he'd see if he could come up with something, and asked him to come back in a week.

A week later King Arthur was back in Merlin's laboratory where the good wizard was showing him his latest invention. It was a chastity belt... except that it had a rather large hole in the most obvious place. "This is no good, Merlin!" the king exclaimed, "Look at this opening. How is this supposed to protect m'lady, the Queen?"

"Ah, sire, just observe." said Merlin as he searched his cluttered workbench until he found what he was looking for. He then selected his most worn-out wand, one that he was going to discard anyway. He then inserted it in the gaping aperture of the chastity belt whereupon a small guillotine blade came down and cut it neatly in two.

"Merlin, you are a genius!" said the grateful monarch, "Now I can leave, knowing that my Queen is fully protected."

After putting Guinevere in the device, King Arthur then set out upon his Quest. Several years passed until he returned to Camelot. Immediately he assembled all his knights in the courtyard and had them drop their trousers for an informal 'short arm' inspection. Sure enough! Each and every one of them was either amputated or damaged in some way. All of them except Sir Galahad.

"Sir Galahad", exclaimed King Arthur, "The one and only true knight! Only you among all the nobles have been true to me. What is it in my power to grant you? Name it and it is yours!"

Sir Galahad wanted to respond, unfortunately he was speechless.