"Pardoner-in-Chief" rang a bell in my head. Where had I heard that word "Pardoner" before? Hmmm, in one of my college English classes. The Pardoner's Tale from Chaucer. How appropriate. The Pardoner was a fraud and a grifter and a man who bilked the unwise and credulous out of their money. He was also a phony Christian. Ah, well. What's …
"Pardoner-in-Chief" rang a bell in my head. Where had I heard that word "Pardoner" before? Hmmm, in one of my college English classes. The Pardoner's Tale from Chaucer. How appropriate. The Pardoner was a fraud and a grifter and a man who bilked the unwise and credulous out of their money. He was also a phony Christian. Ah, well. What's old is new again. One of the lines from Chaucer that has stuck in my mind all these years is this (spoken to the Pardoner): "I would that I had your balls in my hand, Instead of relics, or a sanctuary. Let me cut them off, I will help you carry them; They shall be enshrined in a hog's turd."
"Pardoner-in-Chief" rang a bell in my head. Where had I heard that word "Pardoner" before? Hmmm, in one of my college English classes. The Pardoner's Tale from Chaucer. How appropriate. The Pardoner was a fraud and a grifter and a man who bilked the unwise and credulous out of their money. He was also a phony Christian. Ah, well. What's old is new again. One of the lines from Chaucer that has stuck in my mind all these years is this (spoken to the Pardoner): "I would that I had your balls in my hand, Instead of relics, or a sanctuary. Let me cut them off, I will help you carry them; They shall be enshrined in a hog's turd."