Subj : Re: What is Brians mother afraid of? and Day of the Doom To : All From : George Kincaid Date : Thu Apr 10 2008 04:11 am From: "George Kincaid" My impression was that the myrrh was an extravagance. Brian's mom desperately poor--she needed food or clothes or something essential, not some foul-smelling stuff she couldn't even identify. She had just given birth on her own, and a bunch of weirdos as she saw them were driving her crazy. I was always thought she was sort of the straight man (or woman) in the comedy. "Reverend Ozone" wrote in message news:ftl4kc$t23$1@aioe.org... > Heed the screed of *Stig Carlsson*: > >> In the start of "Life of Brian" where Brian's mother gets a visit from >> the >> wise men and receives the gifts from them she does not like the myrrh >> (sp?). >> She seems to confuse it with some animal. Since English is not my native >> language, I do not understand it. Please explain it someone. > > I am not sure why the confusion with an animal, but, depending on the > source of the myrrh (by the way, you /did/ spell it correctly), it *can* > smell rather nasty in its natural or processed form or when burned as > incense. > > Here are some links, for starters: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh > http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-myrrh.htm > http://www.mwtb.org/html/422240.html > http://bible.christianity.com/StudyResources/1368642/page1/ > > (Don't forget; Google is your friend!) > >> I have seen on TV, some years back, a sketch where a group of people, >> among >> them John Cleese and Marty Feldman are sitting on a mountain side or in >> a >> cave waiting for the doom. It will come in just a few minutes and John >> Cleese is telling everyone how terrible it will be with fire and frogs >> raining etc. They count down 5,4,3,2,1,0 and.......................... >> nothing happens. They look around a little and John says "Ok, same time >> next >> week". >> >> Where does this come from? I have checked the 1948 show but it is not on >> the >> CDs. > > Now /that's/ a good one. I would be curious to know myself. Sounds > pretty funny. > > The 1948 show? OH! "At Last, the 1948 Show"! Silly American that I am, > I had never heard of it (NOW I do!), but now I am /really/ curious... > > -- > Reverend Ozone > > "I reject your reality and substitute my own!" > (Adam Savage, "MythBusters", Discovery Channel US) > --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 - Meridian, MS - USA (1:396/4) .