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    What Did The Romans Ever Do For Us?
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    Author: * Publius Fabius Scipio - 19 Posts on this thread out of 912 Posts sitewide.
    Date: Dec 21, 2005 - 11:49

    Slipping off the serious road here to highlight what is probably the most famous utterance of the title of this post...

    THE LIFE OF BRIAN
    SCENE 9: THE COMMANDOS

    REG: They've bled us white, the b*****ds. They've taken everything we had, and not just from us, from our fathers, and from our fathers' fathers.
    LORETTA: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers.
    REG: Yeah.
    LORETTA: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers.
    REG: Yeah. All right, Stan. Don't labour the point. And what have they ever given us in return?!
    XERXES: The aqueduct?
    REG: What?
    XERXES: The aqueduct.
    REG: Oh. Yeah, yeah. They did give us that. Uh, that's true. Yeah.
    COMMANDO #3: And the sanitation.
    LORETTA: Oh, yeah, the sanitation, Reg. Remember what the city used to be like?
    REG: Yeah. All right. I'll grant you the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things that the Romans have done.
    MATTHIAS: And the roads.
    REG: 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--
    COMMANDO: Irrigation.
    XERXES: Medicine.
    COMMANDOS: Huh? Heh? Huh...
    COMMANDO #2: Education.
    COMMANDOS: Ohh...
    REG: Yeah, yeah. All right. Fair enough.
    COMMANDO #1: And the wine.
    COMMANDOS: Oh, yes. Yeah...
    FRANCIS: Yeah. Yeah, that's something we'd really miss, Reg, if the Romans left. Huh.
    COMMANDO: Public baths.
    LORETTA: And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now, Reg.
    FRANCIS: Yeah, they certainly know how to keep order. Let's face it. They're the only ones who could in a place like this.
    COMMANDOS: Hehh, heh. Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh.
    REG: 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?
    XERXES: Brought peace.
    REG: Oh. Peace? Shut up!

    This is just an exert from Life of Brian and if you haven't seen this film and are not easily offended I suggest you do... My own personal favourite would be Scene 12 with the introduction of Pontius Pilate. It makes me laugh every time no matter how many times I watch. No one is safe from criticism - not the Romans, nor the Jews, Christians or Samaritans

    Enjoy!


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