Correction of nature’s mistake. Napoleon Bonaparte

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Correction of nature’s mistake. Napoleon Bonaparte

French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte had outstanding mind and remarkable strategic thinking, but he was distinguished by some inclination to stoutness and extremely small height. Afterwards a term “Napoleon’s complex” started to be used in psychology” for definition of one of the rather spread male problems. But in spite of his small height the emperor of France was known as a great womanizer, he suffered from strong voluptuousness and had irrepressible interest for opposite sex.

Once Napoleon with his faithful cavalry’s commander Murat visited French brothels – of course, incognito and keeping all precautionary measures. In one of such desired for Napoleon institutions a keeper of a brothel, who certainly recognized the emperor, was astonished by such a great trust that a crowned person showed her. She made all the efforts so that His Majesty the Emperor should be pleased. She even started to take of his coat by herself. As a result of her efforts a famous Napoleons cocked hat happened to be on the most upper peg – the madam was afraid that this legendary hat would be stolen on purpose or accidently.

Early in the morning Murat and Napoleon, who were satiated by mercenary love of local girls, were going to leave the brothel secretly. The handsome and high Murat quickly put on clothes, buttoned up his uniform and was going to the doors, but he had to stay. Small height and diligence of the brothel’s keeper played a bad trick to Napoleon – he jumped up in fruitless efforts to reach the cherished cocked hat. Confused Murat watching the emperor’s troubles asked him with polite straightforwardness: “Sir! Let me help you. I am at least head and shoulders above you…”

Napoleon looked gloomily at the commander, knitted his brow and noticed: “You’re not right, Murat. You are not above me, you are simply longer. And, by the way, with the help of Guillaume’s invention this shortage can be easily corrected.

Marat knew that Guillaume invented guillotine and that’s why the emperor’s joke didn’t seem funny for him.