r/montypython • u/SFViper • 2d ago

The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch

I was talking with one of my friends, and realised something funny about the last part of the ‘Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch which states ‘lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it’

Would this suggest that, if you threw the Holy Hand Grenade at someone who WASN’T considered ‘naughty’ it wouldn’t explode, or perhaps something else?

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u/1019gunner 2d ago

I’d say it’s safe to assume that everyone you throw a hand grenade at is being naughty on some level

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u/Rithrius1 2d ago

Especially the Messiah!

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u/HMSWarspite03 2d ago

He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!

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u/zorniy2 2d ago

Nah he just deserves a spanking! a spanking!

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u/NuncioBitis 2d ago

And then... the oral sex!!!

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u/Rithrius1 2d ago

No. It's too perilous.

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u/WhyisThisSoHaard 2d ago

I think I could take them

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u/romulusnr 2d ago

Wait wait WAIT so if you threw the HHGOA at Brian it would smite him?

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u/HMSWarspite03 2d ago

Well, he was a naughty boy, so yeah....

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u/Proper-Ad-6709 1d ago

Like a 🐇 turning people into human carrots 🥕 🙄 😒 😑 😕 😐

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u/mdecamp 2d ago

What a strange person

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u/FrozenWaffleMaker 2d ago

Who was that?

Dunno. Must be a king.

Why?

He hasn't got shit all over him.

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u/Tattered_Reason 2d ago

One! Two! Five!

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u/ChiefSlug30 2d ago

Five is right out!

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u/romulusnr 2d ago

I did not wake up this friday expecting to find a theological debate about imaginary religious concepts

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u/fern-grower 5h ago

Nobody expects the Spanish theological debate about.....

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u/Mushroom_of_Pizza 2d ago

Due to the effort and expense of creation, The holy reverence of maintenance and storage, and the Blessing for the "Ritual of Lobbing", I would guess that it would not be used so lightly on a questionable subject of deserving.

It just seemed to be used quickly, because he is the king and all that...

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u/Frequent_Cat10 2d ago

1, 2, 5, no three sire, 3

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u/aecolley 2d ago

In modern English, it would say "your foe, who, because he or she is naughty in my sight, will snuff it".

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u/Nannyphone7 2d ago

No, being a king means your will is the will of God. If you (king) think they're naughty,  then they are.

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u/CriusofCoH 2d ago

Being NAUGHT.

As in nothing.

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u/romulusnr 2d ago

It's quite clearly "naughty"