"[the door
flies open and in come three Cardinals in red robes]
Cardinal Ximinez: NOBODY expects the Spanish
Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise!... Surprise and fear... fear and
surprise... Our two weapons are fear and surprise... and ruthless efficiency!
Our three weapons are fear, and surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an
almost fanatical devotion to the Pope... Our four... no... Amongst our
weapons... Hmf... Amongst our weaponry... are such elements as fear, surpr...
I'll come in again.
[They leave]
Reg: [gamely] I didn't expect
a kind of Spanish Inquisition.
[They burst
in again]
Ximinez: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!...
Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless
efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms -
Oh damn!" - Monty Python
There are so many Monty Python skits I adore. The Spanish Inquisition happens to be top of my favorites list.
Still toiling away at packing up for my move. Only a few more days until the movers show up and move me for what will be the last time for a very long time.