Bomb disposal teams in East London were called in and buildings evacuated after workmen mistook a Monty Python film prop for a hand grenade.
telegraph.co.uk
Water company engineers spotted the object when they lifted up a fire hydrant cover during work on a street in Shoreditch, east London. The road was cordoned off and a nearby pub was evacuated amid fears that the “grenade” could explode.But after nearly an hour of analysis bomb experts realised that the cause of the scare was in fact a copy of the “Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch” used by Eric Idle to slaughter a killer rabbit in the 1975 film Monty Python And The Holy Grail. The prop has become a popular in-joke among Python fans and replicas can be bought on eBay for as little as £14.
Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three.
