Not Monty Python

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  1. lotsie

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    This is not Monty Python, but you might wonder! It's the India-Pakistan Border NIGHTLY Closing Ceremony.
    This is worth your time to watch. We know there is no love lost between the two countries. It's surprising they
    ever open the border. Both countries have nukes, and both countries have come close to war a number of times.
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    The Wagah border is the only road linking India and Pakistan. Every night, the border is closed with a most unusual ceremony
    and there's a grandstand to watch. Only 156 seconds long, it is one of the strangest ceremonies ever.

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ0ue-XGl9c"]YouTube - India Pakistan Wagah Attari Border Closing Ceremony (By Sanjeev Bhaskar - The Longest Road).[/ame]


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    A little less highbrow...

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR4xdLOBsxo]YouTube - Larry the Cable Guy, Silly Walks[/ame]
     
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    #3 mini_racer, Mar 16, 2010
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    Lotsie that was Hilarious, thanks for sharing!

    And just for reference............
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhlQfXUk7w[/ame]
     
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    That's how I walk around the shop. You cross me and I'll goose-stomp you. And don't touch my mustache. DON'T EVEN LOOK AT IT!!!!!!!!
     
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    Man, I wish I could grow a decent mustache like that.
     
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    The Knights who say....

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UbtcmjfKa8]YouTube - Monty Python-The knights who say Ni!![/ame]
     
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    Thank you lotsie, this was really fun to watch.
     
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    You have to hand ti to the Pakastani, they've got flair!
     
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    The border guards remind me of the Haka chant done by the New Zealand rugby team before games. This is a fairly mild one ("I'm only going to tear your head off gently, mate....") but the explantion is good:

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdMCAV6Yd0Y&NR=1]YouTube - All Black's Haka (Good quality)[/ame]

    I was working in Russia in the early 90s and was taken by my hosts to see the changing of the guard at Lenin's tomb, just a week or two before the guard was discontinued. It may have been an evil empire, but their guard marching was very, very impressive - sadly I can't find any video of it.

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    Changing of the Guard at Lenin's Tomb.

    During the Day the guard is changed every hour and timed to the bells at a local cathedral.

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaVI2GXcUbs]YouTube - ????? ??????? ? ???????? ?.?. ??????[/ame]
     

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