[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by dougawhite

The royal french engineer was in line behind the King and Queen waiting to get beheaded in the guillotine. The guillotine blade abruptly stopped before chopping off the King's head. Per French tradition, when beheading fails the King was released and his life was spared. Same thing happened to the Queen, the blade stopped before cutting off her head. The Queen's life was therefore spared. The engineer, carefully observing all of this happening says to the executioner, "I see the problem, the blade is hitting on this bent track." Sure enough the executioner fixed the track and placed the engineer's neck in the yoke. Slice, bump, bump, bump!!

Very good