Subj : Re: What is Brians mother afraid of? and Day of the Doom
To : Reverend Ozone
From : Reverend Ozone
Date : Wed Apr 09 2008 10:27 pm
From: "Reverend Ozone" <
[email protected]>
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)
--- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2
* Origin: News Gate @ Net396 - Meridian, MS - USA (1:396/4)