Surely I’m serious. I still do not know who Fenwick is and why couldn’t that other guy just rotate his shield to make it horizontal?
Fenwick is the guy to whom the man with the shield walks up to, thereby giving Fenwick away... and now Fenwick will be executed... WANNA GET AWAY???!!!
I have the same problem. My guess is that surprise has replaced humor. You know, like a baby’s very first belly laugh?
Do you want to get away? Fenwick probably does. He’s a warrior in an army and the opposing side has just asked him to identify himself. Many of his brothers in arms identify themselves as “Fenwick” in an attempt to save him, but then a man comes up looking for Fenwick’s help to find his shield. The shield he’s holding has two vertical stripes on it but his, he says, has horizontal stripes. He could’ve just rotated his shield, but now Fenwick is going to have a hard time of it. Southwest Airlines is offering one-way flight deals during its Wanna Get Away Sale.
It follows along well with other Southwest Airline commercials of embarrassing yourself and wanting to get away.
And you can't turn the shield 90 degrees because the grip gives a definite up and down.
“Surely I’m serious.”
I believe you, ... and don’t call me Shirley.
“Surely I am serious”
... and don’t call me Shirley.
According to the dialog, the apparent leader of the victorious side will spare the losers if they give him “Fenwick.” Out of (perhaps misplaced) loyalty many of the captives claim to be Fenwick, defying the demand to turn Fenwick over (h/t to Spartacus). Then some clueless dolt starts complaining about the orientation of his shield’s bars. The whole point is that the solution to his complaint is obvious and his cluelessness undoes the noble sacrifices of his comrades. I found it mildly amusing and blazingly obvious.
Actually, if he rotates his shield to change his vertical stripes to horizontal, wouldn’t the bracing and hand grip on the back side be out of place?