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calimac ([personal profile] calimac) wrote2018-05-13 02:09 pm

bonus revelation

How much of a fan of Monty Python and the Holy Grail am I?

Well, there was the time I was in a hotel ballroom at Mythcon which was being set up for a stage presentation I'd be participating in later that day. At one point the technicians asked me to speak into the microphone to test it. I walked up and opened my mouth with no idea what I was about to say.

What came out was, "Look: strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."

So last night I was attending a small social gathering and one of the other attendees was describing a radio station trivia contest she once took part in. Explaining how it worked, she said, "They ask you five questions ..."

And I instantly interjected, "Three questions."

Again, I had no idea I was going to say this.
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re: spontaneous spoutings of Holy Grail

[personal profile] bibliofile 2018-05-13 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
That seems both excellent and entertaining. Ingrained texts for the win?

Note that, when I visited New Zealand in the mid-1990s and talked with fans, the main set of common cultural references was Monty Python. (No doubt streaming services have changed that somewhat, since.)
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2018-05-14 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
Some men there are who call me.........Tim...........