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Aristus

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6. Have you ever seen the Richard Lester-directed "Three Musketeers" films?
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 01:02 PM
Feb 2018

There's a hilarious scene in which Count Rochefort breaks into the home of Monsieur and Madame Bonacieux one night to arrest them for their support of the Queen's affair with the English Duke of Buckingham.

Rochefort's henchmen carry away Madame Bonacieux, and Rochefort orders Bonacieux: "You will come with me."

Bonacieux dives under the bed, emerges with an old matchlock pistol, and fires it at Rochefort. It's empty, and snaps impotently when he pulls the trigger. There's a funny couple of moments during which he frantically tries to load the pistol, sprinkling gunpower down the barrel, dropping in a bullet and wadding, and trying ram it down with the ramrod, which he then clumsily drops down the barrel. He pauses, then dumps everything out onto the bed, and tries hastily to load the pistol again.

This whole time, Rochefort stands there impatiently, examining his gloves, yawning probably, then interrupts the pistol farce by calmly taking the weapon away from Bonacieux and repeating: "You will come with me..."

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Good points roscoeroscoe Feb 2018 #1
Invade? The French? Again? Aristus Feb 2018 #4
I totally see your point and his! forgotmylogin Feb 2018 #5
Have you ever seen the Richard Lester-directed "Three Musketeers" films? Aristus Feb 2018 #6
I have not, but that sounds hilarious! forgotmylogin Feb 2018 #9
I know that scene! BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #14
7 year's war, aka the French and Indian war... malthaussen Feb 2018 #10
Man, at one point I never thought I'd eat snails. forgotmylogin Feb 2018 #20
Ah, well, there you have it... malthaussen Feb 2018 #22
This is Excellent. Collimator Feb 2018 #2
Today 02/22/2018 I surrendered my guns TarponSnook Feb 2018 #3
Thank you. Aristus Feb 2018 #7
Thank you! forgotmylogin Feb 2018 #11
Great! Please take note....how you surrender your guns is important masmdu Feb 2018 #13
Thank you for the tip...for the enjoyment of all TarponSnook Feb 2018 #15
Look, the logical lacunae in the gun-nut arguments are many... malthaussen Feb 2018 #8
This was linked in another thread... forgotmylogin Feb 2018 #12
"If you need to fire more than six times, you're doing it wrong. " bluescribbler Feb 2018 #16
Unless you are committing mass murder. Nitram Feb 2018 #18
Look, I totally agree that assault weapons should be outlawed. But arguing without knowing what Nitram Feb 2018 #17
Fair enough... forgotmylogin Feb 2018 #19
First, moose or a bear in the yard, I yell and make rattly noise. raven mad Feb 2018 #21
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