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And how do you burn witches?
— Monty Python and the Holy Grail · 1975
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker asks how witches are burned, framing the question as though the answer were a matter of ordinary technique. The bare wording invites a chain of reasoning about punishment, treating a grim subject with matter-of-fact curiosity that sounds almost like a deliberate setup.
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