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Strange women lying in ponds... (Original Post)
ehrnst
Oct 2013
OP
So, if I went around claiming I was an emperor just because some moistened bink lobbed a scimitar at
Nanjing to Seoul
Oct 2013
#12
Quote from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. See response #2 for the whole quote. n/t
FSogol
Oct 2013
#6
tanyev
(42,559 posts)1. Watery tarts.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)2. Dennis the Peasant:
Dennis the Peasant: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Arthur: Be quiet!
Dennis the Peasant: You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)9. farcical and acquatic
Nanjing to Seoul
(2,088 posts)12. So, if I went around claiming I was an emperor just because some moistened bink lobbed a scimitar at
me, they'd put me away!
Orrex
(63,213 posts)3. It's always those lying women.
fitman
(482 posts)4. I must be the biggest dumba**
what in the heck is this supposed to mean?
n/t
FSogol
(45,488 posts)6. Quote from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. See response #2 for the whole quote. n/t
muriel_volestrangler
(101,320 posts)8. In glorious technicolor:
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)13. read'em and weep
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)15. Now that muriel has given you the clip, you should watch the whole movie if you get a chance.
You'll sometimes see "It's only a flesh wound," another Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference.
Aside from enabling you to understand some pop cult memes, it also happens to be very funny.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)7. Bloody peasant
Nanjing to Seoul
(2,088 posts)10. Your mother was a hampster and your father smelt of elderberries!
wandy
(3,539 posts)11. Well, now if we could just get Merlin to toss Ted Cruz in with it......
It's human to make mistakes. To really mess things up, it takes republicans.
PD Turk
(1,289 posts)14. Help help!!
I'm being repressed!!