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When you see this, quote Monty Python. If you hate Monty Python, when you see this, please quote your favorite Britcom instead. If you hate all Britcoms without exception or moderation in degree, quote something you do find funny.
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. ... You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! ... I mean, if I went around sayin' I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away! ... Ah! Now we see the violence inherent in the system! COME AND SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM! Help! help! I'm being repressed! ... That's what I'm on about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw it, didn't you?
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. ... You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! ... I mean, if I went around sayin' I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away! ... Ah! Now we see the violence inherent in the system! COME AND SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM! Help! help! I'm being repressed! ... That's what I'm on about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw it, didn't you?
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Bedimere: And that, sir, is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped.
Arthur: This new learning fascinates me! Explain to me again how sheeps' bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.