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Comedy, the Canon, and Medieval Women's Wit
- Studies in the Age of Chaucer
- The New Chaucer Society
- Volume 42, 2020
- pp. 325-336
- 10.1353/sac.2020.0011
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract:
A crowd of women walk into a tavern. On getting their ale, one says to the others, "My husband's merchandise is so small that it's the size of a snail, and getting smaller every day." Her friend replies, "Mine's so small that even when stiff, it's only the length of three beans," while a third admits that her little finger is longer than her man's erection.