The Holy Hand Grenade

You know, if I was a horse they would already have shot me. It seems that parts of me break before they're even fixed, and worse - more damage is permanent than is not. Some day's - no a lot of days, I find myself musing some lines from Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail - where the monks chant endlessly the following litany:

"Die Jesu domine,

Dona eis requiem.

Die Jesu domine,

Dona eis requiem."

Which translates loosely from Latin into English to be something like "Sacred Jesus, Your Majesty - Please give us a break". I feel the need to explain this, because everyday I deal with functionally illiterate people who have been granted degrees from fancy institutions who were more than happy to collect their bribe (erps! I mean "tuition"). It seems that though Latin is so necessary to understand so many different sciences and disciplines that it is not required in High Schools or colleges. In any case, it's truly necessary to enjoy most of the Python's movies and I suggest you learn it rather than miss out on some outstanding British humor.