> *and there was much rejoicing...*
Always glad to see a fellow Monty Python fan. ^_^
Hmm...
Hmmmm....
"Emperor, eh? Well, *I* didn't vote for you."
"You don't vote for emperors."
"How'd you become Emperor, then?"
"My grandfather, Yosho, keeper of the Masaki shrine, said to me, 'Tenchi,
I will give you that sword.' And I drew Tenchi-ken from the trunk of
Funaho-ki, and it accepted me as its new master. *That* is why I am your
emperor."
"Look, strange men hanging around shrines distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives
from a mandate from the masses, not some mystical arboreal ceremony."
"Be quiet!"
"You can't expect to wield *supreeeeeme* executive power just because some
wizened coot threw a sword at you."
"Be quiet!!"
"Why, if I went around calling myself a shogun, just because some
geriatric priest had lobbed a katana at me, they'd put me away!"...
"SHUT UP! WILL YOU SHUT UP!"
Hassheen!
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