Friday, March 07, 2003

More Monty Python fun

I had a jarring revelation of the perfect model for the U.N. inspection team in Iraq. They’re just like the Roman soldiers searching for the People’s Front for Judea in the movie “Life of Brian”. This script really doesn’t do it justice, but in the movie the Romans come to a miniscule apartment looking for Brian; the members of the People’s Front hide themselves by doing things like putting a towel over their heads. About a hundred soldiers march into the room (way more than could ever fit), only to come back out without finding anyone. They leave but come back a few seconds later, claiming they failed to look in one place. In they go (clomp clomp clomp) and out they come; a sergeant proudly states “Found this spoon, sir”. “Well done, sergeant!”

Rent the movie. You won’t regret it.

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