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by purple_ducks 2387 days ago
Clearly the author does realise this as is evident by the rest of the sentence, which was included in the quote.
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weinzierl 2387 days ago
That doesn't make sense. In the movie the joke is clearly on Reg, the guy who says the words "What have the Romans ever done for us?". I still think the author didn't really get the joke...
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kwhitefoot 2387 days ago
They're German, many Germans are great Python fans. I think you can safely assume they have seen the Life of Brian and analysed it carefully. And yes they got the joke.
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