Finally a party I can get behind

Aquagoat · 2012-10-15T19:46:44+00:00

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.

theWonderslug · 2012-10-15T17:52:59+00:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xd_zkMEgkI

King_of_Swamp_Castle · 2012-10-15T20:38:38+00:00

Huge...tracts of land!

basec0m · 2012-10-15T19:53:26+00:00

The world needs more farcical aquatic ceremonies.

Das_Boot86 · 2012-10-15T20:29:04+00:00

"Old woman!"

"Man!"

"Old Man, sorry. What knight live in that castle over there?"

"I'm thirty seven."

"What?"

"I'm thirty seven -- I'm not old!"

"Well, I can't just call you 'Man'."

"Well, you could say 'Dennis'."

"Well, I didn't know you were called 'Dennis.'"

"Well, you didn't bother to find out, did you?"

"I did say sorry about the 'old woman,' but from the behind you looked--"

"What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior!"

"Well, I AM king..."

Fedge · 2012-10-15T21:10:14+00:00

MOISTENED BINT & WATERY TART 2012

fuckashley · 2012-10-15T21:05:13+00:00

Growing up, dad's email notification noise on his computer was the arrow noise and Patsy saying "Message for you sir"

Hypponaut · 2012-10-15T18:42:00+00:00

For some reason, monty python is an auto-upvote for me

Drlongbong · 2012-10-15T18:58:53+00:00

Well I didnt vote for ya.

42MaXxX42 · 2012-10-15T21:55:51+00:00

My god, make this a t-shirt.

easy_tiger · 2012-10-15T19:49:42+00:00

If I went around saying I was an emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

E-rye · 2012-10-15T20:22:02+00:00

we watched this clip in my medieval history course today.

Bad_assness · 2012-10-15T21:58:22+00:00

One day, lad, this will all be yours.

What? The curtains?

nintendo65 · 2012-10-15T22:33:00+00:00

another vote for some moistened bint

airborneANDrowdy · 2012-10-15T22:36:53+00:00

HELP! HELP! I'm being repressed!

Codename3C · 2012-10-15T21:13:53+00:00

But what about the peoples front of Judea?

Zuijj · 2012-10-15T21:43:05+00:00

BEHOLD! THE SWORD OF POWER!

EXCALIBUR!

fuckteachforamerica · 2012-10-15T22:34:32+00:00

And now we see the violence inherent in the system!

SenatorBlutarsky · 2012-10-15T21:00:23+00:00

Some Moistened Bint 2012!

18-32 · 2012-10-15T21:35:40+00:00

"Old woman!" "Man!"

apullin · 2012-10-16T00:41:42+00:00

http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/108cq7/who_ill_be_supporting_throughout_the_coming/

http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/vw2il/at_last_a_ticket_i_can_support/

http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/qlume/some_farcical_aquatic_ceremony/

Quinn474 · 2012-10-15T20:22:19+00:00

Repost http://karmadecay.com/i.imgur.com/1yQM1.png

frecklybutnotginger · 2012-10-15T20:13:25+00:00

Every time I see this stuff I get a little excited that they may be making Peter David's Knight Life. Great series of books. Then I realize that it's just a Monty Python reference and then I can't get the Camelot song out of my head.

Rielos · 2012-10-15T20:35:16+00:00

YES!

MrShucks · 2012-10-15T20:40:11+00:00

Oh lady! Lady of the lake!

cameltoad · 2012-10-15T21:15:30+00:00

I believe she was called a "Watery Tart"

psychroclasm · 2012-10-15T21:28:00+00:00

I'm going to go ahead and re-do this for 2016. I'll get the karma next time.

s-mores · 2012-10-15T21:32:45+00:00

Yeah, well, you know how Arthur promised to come back at the dawn of England's darkest hour? That was at the beginning of WW2. He did come back.

Took him weeks to get out of the mental hospital.

somefuzzypants · 2012-10-15T21:36:02+00:00

havnt seen this movie in a little while. may have to watch it again this weekend

EpicSealTime · 2012-10-15T21:43:22+00:00

You don't frighten us, English pig dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, you sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called "Arthur King," you and all your silly English K-nig-hts!

yazuki101 · 2012-10-15T21:53:55+00:00

I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me in the white house.

irotsoma · 2012-10-15T21:54:29+00:00

Moistened Bint 2012!

djlewt · 2012-10-15T22:06:08+00:00

Semi-relevant!

Sortof..

paleo_dragon · 2012-10-15T22:13:09+00:00

I think I found one of them "strange women"

ShikariOsiris · 2012-10-15T22:19:50+00:00

EXCALIBER!!!!!!

CitizenFord · 2012-10-15T22:22:19+00:00

I don't get any of these references.

NoOne0507 · 2012-10-15T22:25:36+00:00

Boy pulls sword from stone: Representative Government Cancelled.

Brave_Ismella · 2012-10-15T22:41:08+00:00

lol rilliant

hypermog · 2012-10-15T22:43:42+00:00

An elegant form of government for a more civilized age.

SasparillaTango · 2012-10-15T22:44:36+00:00

sodding bints hurling scimitars 2012

Fliff42 · 2012-10-15T22:49:47+00:00

IF YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN

BreSput · 2012-10-15T23:11:08+00:00

for the lazy/uninformed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAaWvVFERVA

adaramichelle · 2012-10-15T23:12:13+00:00

I want this on a shirt.

JaayyB · 2012-10-15T23:14:27+00:00

It's only a model...

vacant-ginger · 2012-10-15T23:21:35+00:00

HELP, HELP, I'M BEING REPRESSED!

madusa77 · 2012-10-15T23:33:29+00:00

Is this anything like the E.V.I.L. aka Every Villain is Lemons organization?

kurosagi · 2012-10-15T23:41:40+00:00

I found the original artist, they submitted it to TeeFury but I don't believe that it was ever chosen?

http://www.teefury.com/forum/7786/Newest_Subs/

Chupavida · 2012-10-15T23:46:25+00:00

Note for the skeptical: they don't expect to wield supreme executive power just because a watery tart threw a sword at them. My understanding of the platform is that they instead see the farcical aquatic ceremony ("a moistened bint lobbing a scimitar" as one described it) as evidence of a mandate from the masses.

They hope to translate that mandate to effective governance through the implementation of an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We, the citizens, would take turns acting as a sort of executive officer for the week. But all the decisions of that officer would have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting. By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs, but by a two-thirds majority in the case of more serious outward-facing matters such as proposals for bombing Iran or selling guns to Mexican drug cartels.

The goal, of course, is to mitigate the repression and violence inherent in the system.

MrDoofus · 2012-10-16T00:07:28+00:00

no Doraleous, this is the zepher blade.

Sparky2697 · 2012-10-16T00:08:21+00:00

it appears to be depicting a sene for the king Arthur myth, I think it's the part at the end when Arthurs knight throws excalaber into the Lake and the lady of the Lake catches it

RichardNigson · 2012-10-16T00:08:41+00:00

Oh there's some lovely filth over here!

thegreggler · 2012-10-16T00:16:00+00:00

Can someone design this as a facebook cover photo?

BobbyMcPrescott · 2012-10-16T00:35:38+00:00

I don't know... My friend Blane met one of them once and I don't think time has been good to their party. Most of them gave away their swords years ago. They get pretty clingy without their former purpose.

ThunderAssDiamond · 2012-10-16T00:41:09+00:00

For Anarcho-syndicalist communism!

TrickyNickyNice · 2012-10-16T00:45:03+00:00

Doraleous!

CPLKangaroo · 2012-10-16T00:57:03+00:00

you think you get to be supreme ruler just because some watery tot threw a sword at you. best government ever.

dave28 · 2012-10-16T00:57:29+00:00

Nope, I'm still voting for the Standing at the Back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party (assuming the Slightly Silly Party don't field a candidate).

LauraLongBangs · 2012-10-16T01:10:14+00:00

I understood this reference~ I finally have read King Arthur's stories.

superanth · 2012-10-16T01:10:38+00:00

Well, let's keep in mind she hasn't distributed any swords yet.

gugulo · 2012-10-16T01:23:53+00:00

Sent this to my ex on fb. Note saying: "You're invited!"

Purple_Haze · 2012-10-16T01:30:25+00:00

I am a long time supporter of:

The Rhinoceros Party of Canada (Groucho Marxist)

For the more British among us I can also recommend:

The Official Monster Raving Loony Party

chopmax2 · 2012-10-16T01:32:39+00:00

That's no basis for a system of government!

baseltov · 2012-10-16T01:33:44+00:00

Running mate is Watery Tart who threw a sword at you

evilpoptart · 2012-10-16T01:43:24+00:00

"Is that a sword in your po- Oh, it is a sword. All right then."

juancamdingo · 2012-10-16T01:45:49+00:00

Thanks for the new Wallpaper!

Crossfox17 · 2012-10-16T01:55:33+00:00

Lady Avalon for president 518 AD!

Edit: So I just realized that this is a Monty Python reference. Now, I think it is fair to say that most people think Monty Python is fairly nerdy. That being said, I didn't recognize this as a reference to Monty Python, but rather Alfred Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King as well as other older works on Arthurian lore. This constitutes a level of nerditude on an entirely different level.

lajksdgbiu · 2012-10-16T02:06:45+00:00

Wait, Ted Kennedy is running??

Tnod8 · 2012-10-16T02:28:20+00:00

Weetald

luveroftrees · 2012-10-16T02:31:35+00:00

I can vote for that party!!!

hyperion2011 · 2012-10-16T02:37:41+00:00

I too can get behind the JPEG artifacts party!

brosefnumberone · 2012-10-16T02:56:25+00:00

beautiful reference

Snowy1234 · 2012-10-16T03:04:08+00:00

This whole comment section should be dedicated to the genius writings of Michael Palin.

AMA request someone? (Android wont let me)

frogintheshadow · 2012-10-16T03:13:53+00:00

Doraleous, this is the Zephyr blade.

garry6381 · 2012-10-16T03:22:45+00:00

these need a sub-reddit

KnightOfCamelot · 2012-10-16T03:29:54+00:00

Knight services for sale! Willing to go on dangerous quests with no hope of return! Experience includes: searching throughout England for some golden cup fighting a dangerous bunny rabbit and defeating it with a holy hand grenade, escaping from police custody, horticulture, and surviving an ambush from the french.

SkytheDrop · 2012-10-16T03:42:11+00:00

This made me think of the lady of the lake... oh Kelso...

M1A1TOMMY · 2012-10-16T03:42:38+00:00

Are they the vampires from skyrim?

STGF · 2012-10-16T03:51:39+00:00

I saw this a while ago. Seeing as it got over 14 000 upvotes, I regret not posting it...

brucecreamsteam · 2012-10-16T03:53:15+00:00

Does anyone else see the resemblance to Beowulf?

scigs6 · 2012-10-16T03:55:48+00:00

T-shirt of this NOW!

jcampbell11291 · 2012-10-16T04:02:28+00:00

More of an electoral college I could get behind...

soph_dawg · 2012-10-16T04:18:59+00:00

Listen, strange women lying in ponds and distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

kids-these-days · 2012-10-16T04:21:12+00:00

Somebody make a bumper sticker and then shut up and take my money.

SenatorGrape · 2012-10-16T04:34:40+00:00

You got my vote.

Mastermind_21 · 2012-10-16T04:49:23+00:00

I'll take a sword sounds like a good time.

Jman5 · 2012-10-16T05:45:27+00:00

Just give it a few months of negative campaign ads and you'll be back here telling us Strange Woman is just like all the other politicians.

lightninghand · 2012-10-16T06:06:17+00:00

I believe the proper term is "watery tart".

briansvgaudio · 2012-10-16T06:22:20+00:00

...I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition...

ThorNFuego · 2012-10-16T07:30:15+00:00

Are they distributing s words?

310_nightstalkers · 2012-10-15T22:01:06+00:00

Correct me if I am wrong, but she was the Lady in the Lake, not the Lady in the Pond?

Giantpanda602 · 2012-10-15T22:26:17+00:00

I know it's from Monty Python, but it reminded me of Doraleous and Associates. It's a hilarious webshow, so I'd recommend that you check it out. Also, they're trying to bring it back if they can get enough support.

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