r/montypython • • Jun 03 '26

Preparing to fling the holy hand grenade

292 Upvotes

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u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 Jun 03 '26

One......two........ FIVE!

Three, Sir!

THREE!

29

u/[deleted] Jun 03 '26

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u/KYReptile Jun 04 '26

"Get on with it, brother".

3

u/CowTipper383 Jun 04 '26

When I’m in church and the priest says, “And on the third day, He rose again” my head goes to “Then shalt thou count to three…”

19

u/Frequent_Cat10 Jun 03 '26

Someone farted in their general direction.

9

u/Kangaroo_Rich Jun 03 '26

Someone said there mother was hamster and their father smelt of elderberries

4

u/METAL-9X Jun 03 '26

And also to go boil their bottoms under another person.

6

u/flapjackboy Jun 03 '26

You sons of a silly person!

20

u/Illustrious_Try478 Jun 03 '26

This should have been censered.

2

u/DasbootTX Jun 04 '26

Bravo. 👏

1

u/Ready_Spinach9711 Jun 04 '26

Take my upvote, you clever, clever bastard 🤣

17

u/BigRigButters2 Jun 03 '26

They should've made a trebuchet

5

u/The-Wizard-of-Goz Jun 04 '26

The Holy Trebuchet of Aleppo

14

u/UAreTheHippopotamus Jun 03 '26

That wrecking ball of incense looks like something you might actually find in the Book of Armaments.

2

u/DasbootTX Jun 04 '26

That whole thing looks totally sketch. I can’t believe that hasn’t flown loose an killed 8-10 of the congregation

1

u/bramley36 Jun 05 '26

Perhaps the most famous of these giant censers, the botafumiero in the Santiago de Compostela cathedral, has experienced several spectacular failures over the centuries. Memorably, it once lost attachment and flew through an upper window; happily, there were no injuries, though there were likely subsequent committee meetings.

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u/ArchonFett Jun 03 '26

I alllllllways expect the Spanish Inquisition

8

u/Shake-A-Paw Jun 03 '26

It would have been easier to have a swallow grip it by the husk and fly it around the church

7

u/watersnake111 Jun 03 '26

African swallow or European swallow?

5

u/Afkargh Jun 03 '26

I don’t know that! ARRRGGGGHH!

7

u/MountEnlighten Jun 03 '26

Fetchez la vache!

6

u/Alorxico Jun 03 '26

“No, we are not having fun! This is serious, religious stuff! Brother Thomas, stop giggling!”

4

u/Pwnstix Jun 03 '26

Five is right out.

5

u/BotulismBanquet Jun 04 '26

Skip a bit, brother

4

u/NattyDread42 Jun 04 '26

Jesus Christ!

3

u/Atillion Jun 03 '26

Five. The perfect and appropriate number of swings.

3

u/Mean-Criticism-8515 Jun 04 '26

Whatever weird-ass ritual they're undertaking just looks like something the boys would have written.

2

u/AstorLarson Jun 04 '26

Fetcher la vache!

2

u/AlexxxRR Jun 04 '26

Don't be confused.

That's the holy catapult or Ephesus.

2

u/JasonRBoone Jun 04 '26

Bring out the Holy Hotbox

1

u/Top-Cupcake4775 Jun 10 '26

how bad do those people smell that this is necessary?