From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Fri Apr 23 2004 - 05:55:37 PDT
How long will this thread be going on so I know when to return to read about
the MV hobby?
Sonny
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Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Question for King Arthur and his court
> And now for something completely different.......
>
>
> I always heard it as "It's a fair cop." Which I understand is British
> equivalent to our "DOH! BUSTED!!"...
>
> From the Monty Python FAQ (isn't the internet great... Everything has a
> faq.) http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/python/Sources/monty.python.faq.html
>
> "Q: What does the witch say after she has been tried and found guilty by
the
> logician in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail?"
> A: "It's a fair cop." The phrase is thieves cant for "you've got me dead
to
> rights" which means that there has been no entrapment and the
person
> was fairly caught in the act. The line has also been used in a
few
> other Flying Circus sketches like "Dead Bishop on the Landing /
The
> Church Police" and "Whizzo Chocolates.""
>
>
> Sound byte:
> http://arago4.tn.utwente.nl/stonedead/movies/holy-grail/ra/05-08.ra
>
>
> "I don't wanna talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough
> wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and
your
> father smelt of elderberries! "
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eugene Nallin [mailto:enallin@bedford.net]
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 7:15 AM
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: [MV] Question for King Arthur and his court
>
> Hi all Monty Python fans (skip this if you are not one),
>
> What is "the witch's" last line? Sounds like "Twas a fair court" but not
> sure about this.
>
> MV content: was the Trojan Bunny Rabbit multifuel?
>
> Thanks and God bless! Gene
>
>
>
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