From: "George Kincaid" 

My impression was that the myrrh was an extravagance. Brian's mom 
desperately poor--she needed food or clothes or something essential, not 
some foul-smelling stuff she couldn't even identify. She had just given 
birth on her own, and a bunch of weirdos as she saw them were driving her 
crazy. I was always thought she was sort of the straight man (or woman) in 
the comedy.
"Reverend Ozone" 
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> Heed the screed of *Stig Carlsson*:
>
>> In the start of "Life of Brian" where Brian's mother
gets a visit from 
>> the
>> wise men and receives the gifts from them she does not like the myrrh 
>> (sp?).
>> She seems to confuse it with some animal. Since English is not my native
>> language, I do not understand it. Please explain it someone.
>
> I am not sure why the confusion with an animal, but, depending on the 
> source of the myrrh (by the way, you /did/  spell it correctly), it *can* 
> smell rather nasty in its natural or processed form or when burned as 
> incense.
>
> Here are some links, for starters:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh
> http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-myrrh.htm
> http://www.mwtb.org/html/422240.html
> http://bible.christianity.com/StudyResources/1368642/page1/
>
> (Don't forget;  Google is your friend!)
>
>> I have seen on TV, some years back, a sketch where a group of people, 
>> among
>> them John Cleese and  Marty Feldman are sitting on a mountain side or in 
>> a
>> cave waiting for the doom. It will come in just a few minutes and John
>> Cleese is telling everyone how terrible it will be with fire and frogs
>> raining etc. They count down 5,4,3,2,1,0 and..........................
>> nothing happens. They look around a little and John says "Ok,
same time 
>> next
>> week".
>>
>> Where does this come from? I have checked the 1948 show but it is not on 
>> the
>> CDs.
>
> Now /that's/  a good one.  I would be curious to know myself.  Sounds 
> pretty funny.
>
> The 1948 show?  OH!  "At Last, the 1948 Show"!  Silly
American that I am, 
> I had never heard of it (NOW I do!), but now I am /really/  curious...
>
> -- 
> Reverend Ozone
>
> "I reject your reality and substitute my own!"
> (Adam Savage, "MythBusters", Discovery Channel US)
> 


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