winterbadger | light blue touchpaper, stand well back

"300" was not my favourite movie, as some of you know.

Someone felt compelled to post the following excerpt, for no explicable reason, to a local gaming group's email list.

Messenger: Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. They may be your
last as king.
King Leonidas: [to himself: thinking] "Earth and water"?
[Leonidas unsheathes and points his sword at the Messenger's throat]
Messenger: Madman! You're a madman!
King Leonidas: Earth and water? You'll find plenty of both down there.
Messenger: No man, Persian or Greek, no man threatens a messenger!
King Leonidas: You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my
city steps. You insult my queen. You threaten my people with slavery
and death! Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian. Perhaps you
should have done the same!
Messenger: This is blasphemy! This is madness!
King Leonidas: Madness...? THIS... IS... SPARTA!
[Kicks the messenger down the well]

To which for some reason I felt impelled to reply
Has anyone checked the wells in Iraq for Americans lately?

I'm expecting an explosion...