If you are a movie buff, comedies in particular, you have seen Monty Python’s The Holy Grail. If you haven’t, there is a scene where the King Arthur pretenders come upon a bridge spanning the Gorge of Eternal Peril, guarded by a bridge keeper who will ask you “these question’s three, ere the other side ye see.” Sir Lancelot, played by John Cleese, steps right up and fields the questions: what is your name, what is your quest and what is your favorite color, and easily passes to the rickety bridge. Then, Sir Robin, the Brave Sir Robin, (who almost fought the infamous chicken of Bristol, and personally wet himself at the battle of Baden Hill) played by Eric Idle, exclaims: “That’s Easy,” and steps up to the bridge keeper. “What is your name,” growls
the bridge keeper. “Sir Robin,” says Idle with a bleep-eating grin. “What is quest?” says the keeper. “I seek the grail,” says Robin.
“What is the capital of Abysinnia?” the bridge keeper says quickly. “What? Well I don’t know that!” Robin exclaims in shock as he is then cast into the gorge for all eternity. That is the thing that always flashes into my mind every time I allow myself that phrase “this is easy” to pop into my mind. I think I got a Page 57 Page 57