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“BECKET (Richard Burton, hosting the King for dinner):
— Tonight you can do me the honor of christening my forks.
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KING HENRY II (Peter O’Toole):
— Huh?… Forks?
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BECKET:
— Yes, from Florence. New little invention. It’s for sticking into meat and carrying it to the mouth. It saves you dirtying your fingers.
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KING HENRY II :
— But then you dirty the fork.
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BECKET:
— Yes, but it’s washable.
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KING HENRY II :
— So are your fingers. I don’t see the point.”
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(Becket, Jean Anouilh)
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3 Responses to Forks, or the Power of Logic…
Yes, but someone else could wash them for you later.
can you imagine a king washing his own fingers?
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