The Holy Grail

[Guest]

Monty Python's, that is.

When is it the proper age to share such a masterpiece with your children?

Our daughter's friends (she's 11) have all seen the movie and have been quoting regularly from it for the past few months. They are quite an intelligent bunch, as they also quote Shakespearean insults and such. Our daughter saw part of the movie at one of their houses, and came home giggling and quoting it herself.

So we had to tell her - of course we have the movie. Didn't know if you were ready to see it, there is some humor that might be above you, a couple of sexy references, blah blah blah.

No biggie. She's happily watching and giggling even now.

And now we feel like stick-in-the-mud parents for waiting so long to share.

Thoughts?

 

[Guest]

If they are old enough to understand the jokes, I'd say let 'em have a ball. Let's face it they deal with things more risque than that at school.

 

[Belegon]

I agree with Dran....

There are certainly some things we should be careful about sharing with our children...but except for the incident in the castle with all the maidens and the after spanking peril (Naughty Zoot!) I can't think of anything they have not already been exposed to...even the Black Knight thing ain't that bad...

 

[impressive]

Phooey. I thought this was an Arthurian legend thread. It's been on my mind of late.

 

[Stella_Omega]

My daughter was probably ten-ish when she saw it. The potty humor far outweighed the small amount of sex stuff in her memory- And for my son, even more so!

 

[TheEarl]

Can't I have even a little bit of peril?

The Earl

PS. I have no point to make. I just wanted to quote.

 

[Guest]

Can't I have even a little bit of peril?

The Earl

PS. I have no point to make. I just wanted to quote.

Yes, indeed.

Thanks, all. Why does this feel like a rite of passage, somehow?

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Ours were 12 and 10 when they watched it for the first time...

 

[shereads]

You can't go wrong with a killer rabbit and the Knights Who Say Ni.

 

[Evil Alpaca]

That movie began my life-long obsession with llamas.

 

[Guest]

You can't go wrong with a killer rabbit and the Knights Who Say Ni.

That movie began my life-long obsession with llamas.

Wonderful news from the AH -

We're keeping the family tradition then - Run Away! Run Away!

Cool beans.

 

[shereads]

That movie began my life-long obsession with llamas.

Llamas?! I thought you were obsessed with Fernando Lamas.

 

[Belegon]

That movie began my life-long obsession with llamas.

oh....I thought you were post-modern, ya know; Emporer's New Groove and what, eh?

didn't know you were from the old school...


no touchies.

 

[shereads]

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Some call me ... Tim?

 

[Belegon]

I'll bite your kneecaps off.

 

[shereads]

What's your favorite color?

 

[Just-Legal]

"What, is the average speed of an unladen Swallow?"

"African or European?"

(I fink I misquoted )

 

[cloudy]

I feel happy! I feel happy!

 

[chris 44]

A thread to bring a smile to my heart... Sir Robin the not-quite-so- brave- as- Sir-Lancelot

But then African swallows are non-migratory, not to mention :-

strange women lying on their backs in ponds handing out swords ...
that's no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

I thought I told you not to mention that.

Did you?

 

[lil_elvis]

Stop! I'll just snigger the day away.

I think mine wer about 8 and 10 when they saw it first.

And there was much rejoicing.

yay

 

[Selena_Kitt]

ya'll better stop, before I pee my pants!

and Bel, this:

no touchies.

*snort*
sorry, 2 kids under the age of 5, I could quote this movie, too...
"Yay, I'm a llama again... oh, wait..."

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

Watching and loving MOnty Python is a rite of of passage, and yeah 10-12 is about right, enough to get the jokes and nice seques into talk about sex and behavior and things.

When you should really be afriad is when your children come home and tell you they have found the average air speed velocity of an unladen european swallow.

39.5 mph as established by Dr. Maxwell Schnell outside of London England in 1965.

 

[silverwhisper]

or indeed, if they start weighing the lone pagan in their class.

ed

 

[rgraham666]

The Winged Victory of Samonthrace!