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Coincidentally read a comment yesterday on the lines of "strange women lying in ponds distributing swords does seem like a decent basis for a system of government at this point".

Absolute masterpiece.




"We are an anarcho syndicalist commune..."

"Now we see the violence inherent in the system..." :-)


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!

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The text doesn't do the scene justice. Michael Palin is a national treasure!


> Michael Palin is a national treasure

...But for his postman. (Possibly obscure reference from Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive. Pluri-national, international treasures.)


(...I tired to find the clip and post the transcript, but it is unavailable. It was along the lines of Michael's postman having been interviewed in 2007, complaining that Palin received too many letters. Mark Watson must have replied that "It was sad, since Michael Palin speaks with high regard about his postman"... And so on.)


Funnily enough I came across a similar comment a few days back

https://www.reddit.com/r/AccidentalRenaissance/s/foguWdeDMY




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