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This new learning amazes me Sir Bedevere. Explain to me again how sheep’s bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.
— Monty Python and the Holy Grail · 1975
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker greets new learning with amazement, then asks how sheep's bladders could prevent earthquakes. The enormous gap between the humble object and the claimed effect makes the explanation sound absurd. Polite curiosity gives that gap room to stand out without an explicit dismissal of the idea.
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