Who said nobody expects the spanish inquisition

What sort of trouble? Reg : One on't cross beams gone owt askew on't treddle. Lady M : Pardon? Lady M : I don't understand what you're saying. Reg : One of the cross beams has gone out of skew on the treadle. Lady M : Well, what on earth does that mean? Reg : I don't know! Wentworth just told me to come in here and say that there was trouble at the mill, that's all - I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise!

Surprise and fear Our two weapons are fear and surprise Our three weapons are fear, and surprise, and ruthless efficiency Our four On June 29th, , FanFiction. On February 14th, , Yahoo Answers [6] member Saturday submitted a post asking the meaning of the question "I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition," to which user Shaker replied that it is used to complain about being asked too many questions.

On February 7th, , a Facebook [5] page titled "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition" was launched. On July 23rd, , YouTuber Disco the Parakeet uploaded a montage of video clips featuring a parakeet named Disco attempting to say "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition" shown below.

In the first 72 hours, the video accumulated more than , views and comments. View All Videos. View All Images. Show Comments. Shadman, who was rumored to be living in LA and addicted to heroin, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon back in October, and has a court date coming up soon.

Know Your Meme is an advertising supported site and we noticed that you're using an ad-blocking solution. Read Edit History. About "Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition" is a memorable quote from the sketch comedy television show Monty Python 's Flying Circus uttered in reference to a Catholic tribunal established by the Spanish monarchy in to ensure Christian orthodoxy.

Spread On June 29th, , FanFiction. Ximinez Michael Palin tries at first then passes it off to Cardinal Biggles played by Terry Jones a direct reference to James Bigglesworth, nicknamed "Biggles", a fictional pilot and adventurer, the title character and main hero of the Biggles series of youth-oriented adventure books written by W.

Johns — Ximinez then tells Cardinal Fang Terry Gilliam to read the charges to the woman. She proclaims her innocence and they and decide to put her on the rack which turns out to be a dish drying rack. At that point, the doorbell rings and we follow as the mill worker is led to another sketch by a BBC employee John Cleese.

An old woman Marjorie Wilde is showing pictures to a younger lady Carol Cleveland of "Uncle Ted" at various location around the house, which the younger lady proceeds to tear in half. Finally she gets to a photo containing the Spanish Inquisition and the three cardinals burst in again.

There is a short segment with John Cleese explaining about the Inquisition ending with "That makes a really smashing film". The old woman is hauled down to a dungeon and told to confess her sins. She refuses so they proceed to poke her with soft cushions. This has no effect and place her in the comfy chair each "torture" proceeded by the same dramatic chord as before.