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Saturday, 17 April 2010

Monty Python's Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)


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"] "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! 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 balls off.


Watch round a friend’s house last night with a large group of people and many beers. The laughter was hard and constant. Life of Brian is one of the funniest movies ever made. Fact.

5/5

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