Uh oh Kat.  It's a great bit but, my husband thinks the last line goes
something like this:

"blowest them to tiny bits in thine mercy."

Or, is that farther along?

beth T.

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Subject: The Holy Hand Grenade


I'm a big Monty Python fan, as most of you know, and I watched "Monty Python
and the Holy Grail" the other night.  Of course, I had to laugh at all my
old favourites, such as the Knights Who Say "Ni," the French soldier, the
killer rabbit, etc. etc.  However my favourite scene is the one in which
King Arthur tries to figure out a way to kill the Killer Rabbit and
remembers that Brother Maynard has the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.  He
asks for instructions on how to use it and Brother Maynard asks his cleric
to read the following:

Cleric: "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, 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.'"

That is the best  line in the movie!

Kat