On 11 Mar 98 at 21:53, Don Euclid wrote: > *and there was much rejoicing...* Always glad to see a fellow Monty Python fan. ^_^ Hmm... Hmmmm.... "Emperor, eh? Well, *I* didn't vote for you." "You don't vote for emperors." "How'd you become Emperor, then?" "My grandfather, Yosho, keeper of the Masaki shrine, said to me, 'Tenchi, I will give you that sword.' And I drew Tenchi-ken from the trunk of Funaho-ki, and it accepted me as its new master. *That* is why I am your emperor." "Look, strange men hanging around shrines distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not some mystical arboreal ceremony." "Be quiet!" "You can't expect to wield *supreeeeeme* executive power just because some wizened coot threw a sword at you." "Be quiet!!" "Why, if I went around calling myself a shogun, just because some geriatric priest had lobbed a katana at me, they'd put me away!"... "SHUT UP! WILL YOU SHUT UP!" Hassheen!