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by norvig 2820 days ago
I mean, if I went around sayin' I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away!
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"Moistened bint", haha. This quote reminds me just how funny their wordplay and use of language was.
And here, all these years, I was hearing "moistened bink". Makes more sense now.

(Surely Python deserves some kind of Silly Award for widely distributing UK slang.)

...That depends on the time and the place.
> you paraphrased that from a quote in the urban dictionary (funny line)

No, it's a quote from Monty Python.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/quotes/qt0470593

Oh, that was the third DDG reference. Still a funny line.