[Heyworth]

Look, mate, strange women lying around in ponds distributing swords in no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. I mean, if I went around claiming to be an emperor just because some moistened tart had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.

[#1CTYankee]

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

If you are talking about "The Lady of the Lake," then I believe that you have it backwords.  Lancelot gave Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake.  King Arthur took the sword from the stone.  I believe that it was Merlin (a priest of the "High Church" and Arthur's uncle who predicted the rise and fall of Arthur Pendragon after the death of Arthur's father.  Anyways, so goes the legend.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

If you are talking about "The Lady of the Lake," then I believe that you have it backwords.  Lancelot gave Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake.  King Arthur took the sword from the stone.  I believe that it was Merlin (a priest of the "High Church" and Arthur's uncle who predicted the rise and fall of Arthur Pendragon after the death of Arthur's father.  Anyways, so goes the legend.