HISTORY POP QUIZ !

IN ORDER TO OFFER REGULAR READERS SOME BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE NORMAL GRIME AND CORRUPTION IN MEDINA COUNTY, THE BLOGGER HAS DECIDED TO PUBLISH A POP QUIZ TO TEST READERS' KNOWLEDGE OF TWENTIETH CENTURY RELATIVELY MODERN HISTORY.

FOLLOWING IS THE MULTIPLE CHOICE HISTORICAL QUESTION AND THE CORRECT  ANSWER:

QUESTION:  WHO IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID, "I WANT TO BE A TAMPON?"

CHOICES:  A. BRITAIN'S PRINCE CHARLES

                     B. PHILANDERING ILLEGITIMATE MEDINA COUNTY JUDGE
                          "WEASELPECKER" COLLIER

THINK ABOUT YOUR ANSWER BEFORE POSITING A GUESS!

HERE IS THE CORRECT ANSWER:

A. PRINCE CHARLES IN A LATE NIGHT CELL PHONE CALL WITH CAMILLA BOWLES MADE THE AMUSING COMMENT.

THE ALMOST CORRECT ANSWER:

B. "WEASELPECKER" COLLIER IS ALMOST THE CORRECT ANSWER.  THE LANGUAGE OF THE QUOTATION IS REALLY THE KEY TO THE ANSWER AS ANY ASTUTE READER HAS QUICKLY REALIZED.

THE RATIONALE:

WHEREAS PRINCE CHARLES, A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, CLAIMED HE "WANTED TO BE A TAMPON,"  REGULAR READERS QUICKLY RECOGNIZED THAT "WEASELPECKER" COLLIER HAS LONG AGO BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A TAMPON.

AND A DOUCHEBAG, TOO!