Ever since Gutenberg discovered and patented ASCII and the corresponding "Courier New" font with its now-famous "ten" point size, artisans and artificers have striven to represent their views of the world in print.
Similarly, starting from Darwin's discovery of the hippogriff and his subsequent registration of the creature as an International Trade Mark, men (and some women) have struggled to catalog the fabulous variety that is called "nature".
This document supplies a number of representations of all manner of things (both elemental and hypothetical) supplied by some of our best collectors of curios and delivered in a manner that may well be reused by the cunning document author.
The menagerie of beasts and artefacts depicted in RFC8140 may be usefully supplemented by other renowned figures of Internet and more general lore. This document extends the menagerie to the seminal fable of the "Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch", as depicted in the Monty Python film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", as well as "Spamalot", the musical inspired by the movie.
The relevance of the musical "Spamalot" to Internet lore should be obvious to the reader; but in case of doubt, see also
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14
A. Farrel Although the RFC Editor has recently dragged the IETF kicking and screaming into the twentieth century [RFC7990] [RFC7996], there is a yearning among all right-thinking Internet architects to "keep it simple" and to return to the olden days when pigs could be given thrust without anyone taking undue offence.
While no pigs, flying or otherwise, are involved in the transition to RFC XML v3, it is opportune to enhance the
The screaming move into the twenty-first century is accompanied by a move back to the late twentieth century, with ASCII stylings more wonted in haunts like ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow (known to be accessible in 1996.)
There are two references to rabbits in Monty Python and the Holy Grail which are expounded on herewith:
In their siege of the French-occupied castle which may already contain an instance of the Grail, Sir Bedevere the Wise proposes to use a Trojan Rabbit to infiltrate the castle, with a raiding party to take the French "not only by surprise, but totally unarmed."
The proposal, unsurprisingly, proved abortive. The more so as the raiding party forgot to hide within the Trojan Rabbit, before the French soldiers took the Trojan Rabbit inside the castle.
Guarding the entrance to the Cave of Caerbannog; see
The participants of that renowned exercise in cross-cultural communication, to wit the exchange between the Knights of the Round Table and the taunting French soldiers serving under Guy de Lombard are, properly speaking, outside the scope of this menagerie, being more or less human. Notwithstanding, severalish beasts both animated and wooden played a significant part in this encounter; most notably:
The Trojan Rabbit, see
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Ordnance deployed by Brother Maynard under the incantation of a lector, in order to dispense with the Foes of the Virtuous. See
A supposed relic of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, this is one of at least four claimed instances of the lance that pierced Christ's side. Its historical significance lies in inspiring crusaders to continue their siege of Antioch in 1098.
Part of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom, the Sovereign's Orb is a hollow gold sphere set with jewels and topped with a cross. It was made for Charles II in 1661. See
The instructions in the Book of Armaments on the proper deployment of the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch MAY be summarized as follows, although this summary SHALL NOT be used as a substitute for a reading from the Book of Armaments:
Preamble: St Attila Benediction
Feast of the People on Sundry Foods
Lambs
Sloths
Carp
Anchovies
Orangutangs
Breakfast Cereals
Fruit Bats
et hoc genus omne
Take out the Holy Pin
The Count
Count is to Three: no more, no less
Not Four
Nor Two, except if the count then proceeds to Three
Five is Right Out
Lob the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards the Foe
The Foe, being naughty in the LORD's sight, SHALL snuff it
This could also be represented in pseudocode as follows:
Take out the Holy Pin
The Count
Lob the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards the Foe
Foe snuffs it
The following human (more-or-less) protagonists were involved in the two incidents recounted as lore of the Knights of the Round Table:
| French Castle | Cave of Caerbannog |
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| King Arthur | |
| Patsy | |
| Sir Bedevere the Wise | |
| Sir Galahad the Pure | |
| Sir Lancelot the Brave | |
| Sir Robin the Not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot | |
| French Guard with Outrageous Accent | Tim the Enchanter |
| Other French Guards | Brother Maynard |
| The Lector | |
| not yet recruited | Sir Bors |
| Sir Gawain | |
| Sir Ector | |
| Retinue of sundry knights | Retinue of sundry more knights than at the French Castle |
Once the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog (
Joseph of Arimathea .כאן אולי ימצאו המילים האחרונות של יוסף מארמתיה .מי אשר יהיה אמיץ ובעל נפש טהורה יוכל למצוא את הגביע הקדוש בטירת אאאאאאאה
"Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Arimathea. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the castle of - Aaaargh."
IANA might consider a registry to track the mythical, especially ravaging beasts, such as the Killer Rabbit, who haunt the Internet.
Do not let the Killer Rabbit out under any circumstance.
I repeat. Do not let the Killer Rabbit (
In many standards track documents several words are used to signify the requirements in the specification. These words are often capitalized. This document defines these words as they should be interpreted in IETF documents. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
This document explains why mass unsolicited electronic mail messages are harmful in the Internetworking community. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
Ever since Gutenberg discovered and patented ASCII and the corresponding "Courier New" font with its now-famous "ten" point size, artisans and artificers have striven to represent their views of the world in print.
Similarly, starting from Darwin's discovery of the hippogriff and his subsequent registration of the creature as an International Trade Mark, men (and some women) have struggled to catalog the fabulous variety that is called "nature".
This document supplies a number of representations of all manner of things (both elemental and hypothetical) supplied by some of our best collectors of curios and delivered in a manner that may well be reused by the cunning document author.
RFC 2119 specifies common key words that may be used in protocol specifications. This document aims to reduce the ambiguity by clarifying that only UPPERCASE usage of the key words have the defined special meanings.
While the exchange at the French-occupied castle is one of the more memorable scenes of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Trojan Rabbit has not reached the same level of cultural resonance as its more murderous counterpart. Reasons for this may include:
Less overall screen-time dedicated to the Trojan Rabbit.
The Trojan Rabbit as projectile has already been anticipated by the Cow as projectile.
Will need to verify that claim.
Strictly speaking, the Knights are Welsh.