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tkonnova

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"Life of Brian"
« on: January 28, 2005, 02:20:35 am »
Hi all...
at the risk of performing a forvm no-no, im posting a scene from Monty Python's "Life of Brian" (sans any foul language =))
Im new to the forum.. but i have an itching suspicion that more than a few members of the forum appreciate this particular movie and scene... well ... here goes...

[Brian is writing graffiti on the palace wall. The Centurion catches him in the act]
Centurion: What's this, then? "Romanes eunt domus"? People called Romanes, they go, the house?
Brian: It says, "Romans go home. "
Centurion: No it doesn't ! What's the latin for "Roman"? Come on, come on !
Brian: Er, "Romanus" !
Centurion: Vocative plural of "Romanus" is?
Brian: Er, er, "Romani" !
Centurion: [Writes "Romani" over Brian's graffiti] "Eunt"? What is "eunt"? Conjugate the verb, "to go" !
Brian: Er, "Ire". Er, "eo", "is", "it", "imus", "itis", "eunt".
Centurion: So, "eunt" is...?
Brian: Third person plural present indicative, "they go".
Centurion: But, "Romans, go home" is an order. So you must use...?
[He twists Brian's ear]
Brian: Aaagh ! The imperative !
Centurion: Which is...?
Brian: Aaaagh ! Er, er, "i" !
Centurion: How many Romans?
Brian: Aaaaagh ! Plural, plural, er, "ite" !
Centurion: [Writes "ite"] "Domus"? Nominative? "Go home" is motion towards, isn't it?
Brian: Dative !
[the Centurion holds a sword to his throat]
Brian: Aaagh ! Not the dative, not the dative ! Er, er, accusative, "Domum" !
Centurion: But "Domus" takes the locative, which is...?
Brian: Er, "Domum" !
Centurion: [Writes "Domum"] Understand? Now, write it out a hundred times.
Brian: Yes sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
Centurion: Hail Caesar ! And if it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your           off.

AncientCoins

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2005, 08:42:02 am »
i loved that movie!and the holy grail was a great insight into the medieval english times ;D

andrew

Bruce Nesset

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2005, 11:27:12 am »
"Well What have the Romans done for Us ??? "

You can't leave that scene out.

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tkonnova

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2005, 11:32:38 am »
Good call loki! Here ya go!

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?
Attendee: Brought peace?
Reg: Oh, peace - shut up!
Reg: There is not one of us who would not gladly suffer death to rid this country of the Romans once and for all.
Dissenter: Uh, well, one.
Reg: Oh, yeah, yeah, there's one. But otherwise, we're solid.

Massanutten

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2005, 04:12:44 pm »
  The like of Monty Python will never be seen again.  I miss 'em!!!!

bruce61813

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2005, 04:28:00 pm »
Monty Python has a lot to answer for. According to sources, the term "spam"  comes from  people using the Monty Python "Spam" routine to block out people in chat rooms.

Bruce

Massanutten

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2005, 04:37:26 pm »
   Why would they have to answer for that????
Bob

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2005, 04:55:31 pm »
I loved the Spam song!

From the land were Spam is king and heart attacks are common.

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2005, 08:41:06 pm »
 The like of Monty Python will never be seen again.  I miss 'em!!!!

Well, it's not over yet.  :D  A new musical, "Monty Python's Spamalot," recently opened in Chicago and will move to Broadway in February.  Loosely based on "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", it is largely the creation of Eric Idle.  The cast includes Tim Curry, as King Arthur, and David Hyde Pierce, as King Robin.  The bad news is that tickets are going for $500 in Chicago - if you can get them!  :P

Sorry - I know this is way off-topic!  ;)
Lyndall J. Huggler

bruce61813

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2005, 09:11:15 pm »
How can one be off topic with Monty Python?

Bruce

tkonnova

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2005, 12:55:54 am »
And now for something completely different. =)

I must admit I cant get enough Python...  Spam aside, one of the best comedy troupes ever.

I realize this thread is way off topic for the forum... but i didnt see an "off topic" section on the forum for jokes and whatnot... hope its alright with the management =)


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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2005, 07:04:09 am »
It's the comfy cushion for you, I'm afraid!
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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2005, 07:40:17 am »
If anyone has a complaint, they can take it to the complaint center.  :P
Lyndall J. Huggler

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2005, 08:50:18 am »
Thanks to the wonderful service provided by Netflix I have completed my Monty Python collection.  Definite theatrical hall of famers!!

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2005, 10:02:54 am »
You know, I was going to use "Romani ite domum" as a tagline here. Ah well.

FOLLOW THE GOURD!

tkonnova

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2005, 11:40:18 am »
BRIAN:
Don't you, eh, pass judgment on other people, or you might get judged yourself.
COLIN:
What?
BRIAN:
I said, 'Don't pass judgment on other people, or else you might get judged, too.'
COLIN:
Who, me?
BRIAN:
Yes.
COLIN:
Oh. Ooh. Thank you very much.
BRIAN:
Well, not just you. All of you.
DENNIS:
That's a nice gourd.
BRIAN:
What?
DENNIS:
How much do you want for the gourd?
BRIAN:
I don't. You can have it.
DENNIS:
Have it?
BRIAN:
Yes. Consider the lilies...
DENNIS:
Eh, d-- d-- don't you want to haggle?
BRIAN:
No. ...in the field.
DENNIS:
What's wrong with it, then?
BRIAN:
Nothing. Take it.
ELSIE:
Consider the lilies?
BRIAN:
Uh, well, the birds, then.
EDDIE:
What birds?
BRIAN:
Any birds.
EDDIE:
Why?
BRIAN:
Well, have they got jobs?
ARTHUR:
Who?
BRIAN:
The birds.
EDDIE:
Have the birds got jobs?!
FRANK:
What's the matter with him?
ARTHUR:
He says the birds are scrounging.
BRIAN:
Oh, uhh, no, the point is the birds. They do all right. Don't they?
FRANK:
Well, good luck to 'em.
EDDIE:
Yeah. They're very pretty.
BRIAN:
Okay, and you're much more important than they are, right? So, what are you worrying about? There you are. See?
EDDIE:
I'm worrying about what you have got against birds.
BRIAN:
I haven't got anything against the birds. Consider the lilies.
ARTHUR:
He's having a go at the flowers now.
EDDIE:
Oh, give the flowers a chance.
DENNIS:
I'll give you one for it.
BRIAN:
It's yours.
DENNIS:
Two, then.
BRIAN:
Ohh. Look. There was this man, and he had two servants.
ARTHUR:
What were they called?
BRIAN:
What?
ARTHUR:
What were their names?
BRIAN:
I don't know. And he gave them some talents.
EDDIE:
You don't know?!
BRIAN:
Well, it doesn't matter!
ARTHUR:
He doesn't know what they were called!
BRIAN:
Oh, they were called 'Simon' and 'Adrian'. Now--
ARTHUR:
Oh! You said you didn't know!
BRIAN:
It really doesn't matter. The point is there were these two servants--
ARTHUR:
He's making it up as he goes along.
BRIAN:
No, I'm not! ...And he gave them some ta-- Wait a minute. Were there three?
ARTHUR:
Ohh.
EDDIE:
Oh, he's terrible!
ARTHUR:
He's terrible.
BRIAN:
There were three.
ARTHUR:
Thpppt!
BRIAN:
They were-- they were st-- stewards, really.
ELSIE:
Aww, get off!
BRIAN:
Ooh! Eh, uh, b-- b-- now-- now hear this! Blessed are they...
DENNIS:
Three.
BRIAN:
...who convert their neighbour's ox, for they shall inhibit their girth,...
MAN:
Rubbish!
BRIAN:
...and to them only shall be given-- to them only... shall... be... given...
ELSIE:
What?
BRIAN:
Hmm?
ELSIE:
Shall be given what?
BRIAN:
Oh, nothing.
ELSIE:
Hey! What were you going to say?
BRIAN:
Nothing.
ARTHUR and FRANK:
Yes, you were.
ELSIE:
Yes. You were going to say something.
BRIAN:
No, I wasn't. I'd finished.
ELSIE:
Oh, no you weren't.
ARTHUR:
Oh, come on. Tell us before you go.
BRIAN:
I wasn't going to say anything. I'd finished.
ELSIE:
No, you hadn't.
BLIND MAN:
What won't he tell?
EDDIE:
He won't say.
BLIND MAN:
Is it a secret?
BRIAN:
No.
BLIND MAN:
Is it?
EDDIE:
Must be. Otherwise, he'd tell us.
ARTHUR:
Oh, tell us the secret.
BRIAN:
Leave me alone.
YOUTH:
What is this secret?
GIRL:
Is it the secret of eternal life?
EDDIE:
He won't say!
ARTHUR:
Well, of course not. If I knew the secret of eternal life, I wouldn't say.
YOUTH:
No.
BRIAN:
Leave me alone.
GIRL:
Just tell me, please.
ARTHUR:
No. Tell us, Master. We were here first.
DENNIS:
Five.
BRIAN:
Ah!
GIRL:
Just tell--
BRIAN:
Go away!
GIRL:
Tell us, Master.
DENNIS:
I can't go above five.
GIRL:
Tell-- Is that His gourd?
YOUTH:
We've got this here.
DENNIS:
Yeah, but it's under offer.
GIRL:
This is His gourd!
DENNIS:
Ten!
GIRL:
It is His gourd! We will carry it for you, Master! Master?
YOUTH:
He's gone! He's been taken up!
GIRL:
Hhhh!
FOLLOWERS:
For He's been taken up!
DENNIS:
Eighteen!
ARTHUR:
No, there He is. Over there.
FOLLOWERS:
Oh, yeah. Master! Master!...
[FOLLOWERS chase BRIAN]

tkonnova

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2005, 11:40:49 am »
The Gourd! Ill give you 5!

Loukianos

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2005, 04:55:30 pm »
I consider the first scene you have transcribed as one of the funniest I've ever seen. I remember the first time I saw it, I couldn't stop laughing. A great moment of nonsense comic.
However, I didn't notice something which seems to be a mistake in this part of the dialogue :
Centurion: [Writes "ite"] "Domus"? Nominative? "Go home" is motion towards, isn't it?
Brian: Dative !
[the Centurion holds a sword to his throat]
Brian: Aaagh ! Not the dative, not the dative ! Er, er, accusative, "Domum" !
Centurion: But "Domus" takes the locative, which is...?
Brian: Er, "Domum" !
Centurion: [Writes "Domum"]...

The locative form of "domus" is "domi", and it is used when there is no motion. When there is a motion, Latin uses "ad" + accusative, except for some words as city names and "rus", "humus" and "domus", which are used at the accusative without "ad". So when you write "Eo domum", "domum" is an accusative. This is at least what is taught in France. Have English people a different Latin grammar?
I'll be attentive next time I see the movies.

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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2005, 05:43:05 pm »
continuing from the gourd,where brian loses his sandals,the followers pick up the sandal and say"his sandal!!!"or something..and then they take off their sandals and chase him around...i liked that part also :)
OH!and the gladiator fight!lol they run around in circles around the arena,and then a gladiator is like"cardiac arrest"or something....that part was great :D
"It's just a flesh wound."


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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #19 on: January 31, 2005, 12:45:10 pm »
"American beer is like making love in a canoe - f :)ing close to water."

From: Monty Python live at the Hollywood Bowl

Sorry, once we have a nonsense section I just HAD to add that.

Rupert

PS: I noticed that I nearly used a naughty word here. Please don't thwow me on the floow.
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Re:"Life of Brian"
« Reply #20 on: February 19, 2005, 08:57:16 pm »
Perhaps we should give more serious consideration to gourds as collectibles.... ;)

 

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