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For those members who have seen the movie " The Life of Brian" a simple question!

 

What was your favourite Sketch?

 

My choice is where Brian is caught dubbing graffiti on a wall and gets told off by soldier for his poor use of grammar, then has to stay up all night as punishment!! ;)

 

( ok PP, you can "fill your boots" with this post! ;) )

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Reg: "All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"

 

Brought peace?

 

Reg: Oh, peace - shut up! There is not one of us who would not gladly suffer death to rid this country of the Romans once and for all.

 

Uh well one

 

Reg: Oh, yeah, yeah, there's one. But otherwise, we're solid.

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We are The Judean Peoples Popular Front !

 

But I thought we were the Popular Front of Judea!

 

No, that was last week Ken!

 

oh good!

 

SPLITTERS !!!

 

( or something like that - spartacus ) ;)

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What did he say?

 

Dunno cant hear him!

 

He said blessed are the cheesemakers!

 

Keep it down, we cant hear him!

 

Whos asking you big nose?

 

I beg your pardon?

 

I must admit, youve got a very big nose!

 

Here, dont you insult my husband!

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I like the bit when the Roman soliders come marching into his apartment looking for Brian and they then marched out saying nothing here sir meanwhile Brian was hiding under a basket.

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Centurion: You know the penalty laid down by Roman law for harboring a known criminal?

Matthias: No.

Centurion: Crucifixion!

Matthias: Oh.

Centurion: Nasty, eh?

Matthias: Could be worse.

Centurion: What you mean "Could be worse"?

Matthias: Well, you could be stabbed.

Centurion: Stabbed? Takes a second. Crucifixion lasts hours. It's a slow, horrible death.

Matthias: Well, at least it gets you out in the open air.

Centurion: You're weird!

 

And here's the entire latin lesson <_<

People called Romanes they go the house?....

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Centurion: What's this then? Romanes eunt domus? People call around marnays they go the house?

Brian: It...it says: "Romans go home."

Centurion: No, it doesn't.

Brian: Aih.

Centurion: What's Latin for Romans? Come on!

Brian: Aih! Aah! Romanus!

Centurion: Goes like...?

Brian: Anis?

Centurion: Vocative plural of anis is...?

Brian: Ani?

Centurion: Romani...Eunt? What is eunt?

Brian: "Go"! De...

Centurion: Conjugate the verb "go"!

Brian: Aah...ere, eo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt.

Centurion: So eunt is...?

Brian: Aah, ehm...third person plural present indicative. Ehm..."they go".

Centurion: But "Romans go home" is an order, so you must use the...?

Brian: Aih! Imperative!

Centurion: Which is...?

Brian: Ehm, oh...oh, ehm...i, i!

Centurion: How many Romans?

Brian: Aah! it's...plural, plural! Ite! Ite!

Centurion: Ite.

Brian: Aah, ah.

Centurion: Domus? Nominative?

Brian: Ah, ah?

Centurion: "Go home", this is motion towards, isn't it, boy?

Brian: Ehm...ehm...dative sir?

Sword: [slinskt]

Brian: Aih! Ooh! Not dative, not the dative, sir! Nah, aah! Ooh! The...accusative! Accusative! Aah! Domum, sir! Ad domum!

Aah, ooh!

Centurion: Except that domus takes the...?

Brian: Aah! The locative, sir! Aah!

Centurion: Which is...?

Brian: Domum! Aah, ah, aah...

Centurion: Domum...um. Understand?

Brian: Yes, sir!

 

That was my favorite part in the movie, but to remember the entire script of that part i had to look it up online...

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