The Ref and the Thugs
June 4, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles
adapted from Aesop’s Fables
Some NHL penalty-minute leaders broke into an arena and found nothing but a ref, whom they stole, and escaped as fast as they could. Upon arriving at home they prepared to kill the ref, who thus pleaded for his life: “Pray spare me; I am very serviceable to the league. I call penalties during games.”
“That is the very reason why we must the more kill you,” they replied; “for when you call penalties, you entirely put an end to our business.”
Moral: The safeguards of virtue are hateful to those with evil intentions.
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