I am not familiar with this term: Morton’s Fork
“A situation involving choice between two equally undesirable outcomes
“ETYMOLOGY: After John Morton (c. 1420-1500), archbishop of Canterbury, who was tax collector for the English King Henry VII. To him is attributed Morton’s fork, a neat argument for collecting taxes from everyone: those living in luxury obviously had money to spare and those living frugally must have accumulated savings to be able to pay.” (via Wordsmith.org)
I have run across the phrase once or twice. I suppose they don’t get the joke in England anymore.