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kairos12

(13,320 posts)
Sat Dec 14, 2024, 10:03 AM Dec 14

Two phrases that, perhaps, help end our

democracy have such magisterial construction:

"But her emails" and "what about those egg prices."

Even Monty Python couldn't have written this.

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Two phrases that, perhaps, help end our (Original Post) kairos12 Dec 14 OP
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LOL! Thanks. Heavy morning. kairos12 Dec 14 #2
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Ocelot II Dec 14 #3
Nazis kairos12 Dec 14 #4
What about BeerBarrelPolka Dec 14 #5
He didn't finish kairos12 Dec 14 #6
Remember what happened when someone said "Let them eat cake!"? Greybnk48 Dec 14 #7

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Sat Dec 14, 2024, 10:08 AM
Dec 14

DENNIS: Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system.

ARTHUR: Shut up!

DENNIS: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

ARTHUR: Bloody peasant!

DENNIS: Oh, what a give-away. Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm on about. Did you see him repressing me? You saw it, didn't you?

Ocelot II

(121,473 posts)
3. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
Sat Dec 14, 2024, 10:21 AM
Dec 14

Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our four...no... Amongst our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.

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