[Asparagirl]

It’s still no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

[qup]

Which ceremony was that?

[latexr]

It’s a Monty Python reference.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6HX6cfy3At4

[techer]

A quote from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[switch007]

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!

(One of my favourite python scenes. Makes me giggle every time!)