From: "Stig Carlsson" <stig_carlsson@bredband.net>

In the start of "Life of Brian" where Brians mother gets a visit from the
wise men and receives the gifts from them she does not like the myrrh (sp?). She seems to confuse it with some animal. Since english is not my native language I do not understand it. Please explain it someone.

I have seen on TV, some years back, a sketch where a group of people, among them John Cleese and Marty Feldman are sitting on a mountain side or in a cave waiting for the doom. It will come in just a few minutes and John
Cleese is telling everyone how terrible it will be with fire and frogs
raining etc. They count down 5,4,3,2,1,0 and..........................
nothing happens. They look around a little and John says "Ok, same time next week".

Where does this come from? I have checked the 1948 show but it is not on the CD┤s.

Python regards
Stig





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From: "Reverend Ozone" <CaptainOzone.1@netzero.teeheeyukyuk.com>

Heed the screed of *Stig Carlsson*:

In the start of "Life of Brian" where Brian's mother gets a visit from the wise men and receives the gifts from them she does not like the myrrh (sp?). She seems to confuse it with some animal. Since English is not my native language, I do not understand it. Please explain it someone.

I am not sure why the confusion with an animal, but, depending on the source of

the myrrh (by the way, you /did/ spell it correctly), it *can* smell rather nasty in its natural or processed form or when burned as incense.

Here are some links, for starters:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-myrrh.htm
http://www.mwtb.org/html/422240.html http://bible.christianity.com/StudyResources/1368642/page1/

(Don't forget; Google is your friend!)

I have seen on TV, some years back, a sketch where a group of people, among them John Cleese and Marty Feldman are sitting on a mountain side or in a cave waiting for the doom. It will come in just a few minutes and John
Cleese is telling everyone how terrible it will be with fire and frogs raining etc. They count down 5,4,3,2,1,0 and.......................... nothing happens. They look around a little and John says "Ok, same time next week".

Where does this come from? I have checked the 1948 show but it is not on the CDs.

Now /that's/ a good one. I would be curious to know myself. Sounds pretty funny.

The 1948 show? OH! "At Last, the 1948 Show"! Silly American that I am, I had

never heard of it (NOW I do!), but now I am /really/ curious...

--
Reverend Ozone

"I reject your reality and substitute my own!"
(Adam Savage, "MythBusters", Discovery Channel US)


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From: "George Kincaid" <gkincaid000@centurytel.net>

My impression was that the myrrh was an extravagance. Brian's mom
desperately poor--she needed food or clothes or something essential, not
some foul-smelling stuff she couldn't even identify. She had just given
birth on her own, and a bunch of weirdos as she saw them were driving her crazy. I was always thought she was sort of the straight man (or woman) in
the comedy.
"Reverend Ozone" <CaptainOzone.1@netzero.teeheeyukyuk.com> wrote in message news:ftl4kc$t23$1@aioe.org...

Heed the screed of *Stig Carlsson*:

In the start of "Life of Brian" where Brian's mother gets a visit from
the
wise men and receives the gifts from them she does not like the myrrh
(sp?).
She seems to confuse it with some animal. Since English is not my native
language, I do not understand it. Please explain it someone.

I am not sure why the confusion with an animal, but, depending on the
source of the myrrh (by the way, you /did/ spell it correctly), it *can* smell rather nasty in its natural or processed form or when burned as incense.

Here are some links, for starters:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-myrrh.htm http://www.mwtb.org/html/422240.html http://bible.christianity.com/StudyResources/1368642/page1/

(Don't forget; Google is your friend!)

I have seen on TV, some years back, a sketch where a group of people,
among
them John Cleese and Marty Feldman are sitting on a mountain side or in
a
cave waiting for the doom. It will come in just a few minutes and John
Cleese is telling everyone how terrible it will be with fire and frogs
raining etc. They count down 5,4,3,2,1,0 and..........................
nothing happens. They look around a little and John says "Ok, same time
next
week".

Where does this come from? I have checked the 1948 show but it is not on
the
CDs.

Now /that's/ a good one. I would be curious to know myself. Sounds
pretty funny.

The 1948 show? OH! "At Last, the 1948 Show"! Silly American that I am,
I had never heard of it (NOW I do!), but now I am /really/ curious...

--
Reverend Ozone

"I reject your reality and substitute my own!"
(Adam Savage, "MythBusters", Discovery Channel US)

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From: readingnewsgroups@yahoo.com (cruciverbalist)

"Stig Carlsson" <stig_carlsson@bredband.net> wrote:

I have seen on TV, some years back, a sketch where a group of people, among >them John Cleese and Marty Feldman are sitting on a mountain side or in a >cave waiting for the doom. It will come in just a few minutes and John >Cleese is telling everyone how terrible it will be with fire and frogs >raining etc. They count down 5,4,3,2,1,0 and.......................... >nothing happens. They look around a little and John says "Ok, same time next >week".

Where does this come from? I have checked the 1948 show but it is not on the >CD┤s.

I could be wrong but I believe it's from The Secret Policeman's Ball
(or the Secret Policeman's Other Ball).

Jack
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