An Elk Sketch
Monty Python
2:48What exactly are the demands? We're giving Pilate two days to dismantle the Entire apparatus of the Roman Imperialist state And if he doesn't agree immediately, we execute her They bled us white, the bastards They've taken everything we had And not just from us, from our fathers And from our fathers' fathers And from our fathers' fathers' fathers Yeah And from our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers Yeah, all right, Stan, don't labor the point And what have they ever given us in return? The aqueduct What? The aqueduct Oh, yeah, yeah, they did give us that, that's true, yeah And the sanitation Oh yeah, the sanitation, Reg, remember what the city used to be like Yeah, all right, I'll grant you, the aqueduct and Sanitation are two things the Romans have done And the roads Well, yeah, obviously the roads, I mean, the roads go without saying Don't they? But apart from the Sanitation, the aqueduct, and the roads Irrigation Medicine, education Yeah, yeah, all right, fair enough And the wine Yeah, yeah, that's something we'd really miss, Reg, if the Romans left Public baths And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now, Reg Yeah, they certainly know how to keep order, let's face it They're the only ones who could in a place like this All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education Wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system And public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? Brought peace Oh, peace, shut up The raid backfires. Brian is captured and all the Rest are killed. Brian, beaten, bruised, and bleeding Is thrown into Pilate's darkest, stinking dungeon