Part of a neighborhood in London was evacuated over the weekend due to a bomb scare. The bomb that caused the scare? The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, as seen in the film Monty Python And The Holy Grail.
Water company engineers spotted the object when they lifted up a fire hydrant cover during work on a street in Shoreditch, east London.
The road was cordoned off and a nearby pub was evacuated amid fears that the "grenade" could explode.
But after nearly an hour of analysis bomb experts realised that the cause of the scare was in fact a copy of the "Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch" used by Eric Idle to slaughter a killer rabbit in the 1975 film Monty Python And The Holy Grail.
What amazes me about this story are two different things. One, it took the bomb squad almost an hour to realize that what they had was a stuffed toy replica. Two, the fact that this took place in England, the home of Monty Python. How could every memeber of the police who saw the "bomb" not realize it was the Holy Hand Grenade? Do none of the cops in England watch Monthy Python? Are they really only watched by American college kids now?
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