First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.”
BROTHER: “And Saint Atila raised the hand grenade up on high saying, ‘Oh, Lord, bless this thy hand grenade that with it thou mayest blow thy enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.’ And the Lord did grin, and people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large —”
MAYNARD: Skip a bit, Brother.
BROTHER: “And the Lord spake, saying, ‘First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out! Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thou foe, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.’”
Would’ve been So disappointed with our FR bunch, if someone hadn’t brought up Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Well done sirs!
O forsooth, I am come late to this thread, thou hast beaten me to it.
Ha ha ha ...... I knew somebody is going to mention this.
You just knew that was coming from the thread title..........
YES!!!!! The Holy Hand Grenade!!!
To think, people actually thought that Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail was fictional, or even comedy! It is simply history, like when one peasant asked another, “Ow do you know ee’s the King?” - and the obviously wiser compatriot replied, “Because ee’s the only who hasn’t got $hit on im.” See, THAT is history...ever see a King with $hit on him?