Haha! Steve, this post cracked me up.
It also reminded me of a fairy tale, "The Goose Girl." (Actually, this device shows up in a number of fairy tales, but "The Goose Girl" is the only one I can quickly think of.) Basically, a servant blackmails a princess and steals her identity so she can marry a prince. The princess is given a job herding geese. The king ends up finding out about what happens, and one day at dinner he talks to the fake princess, saying he needs her help. He describes the situation (without naming names) and asks what she thinks would be an appropriate punishment for someone who did that. She specifies this horrible punishment, and he says, "Well, that was you, so that's the punishment you're going to get."
It's odd, because you would think she would recognize her own situation being described. You would also think that she would feel some remorse, since she obviously believes what she did was wrong or she wouldn't specify such a punishment. But she does neither. I guess that's just the way some people are.
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