'''Reg:''' They've bled us white, the bastards. They've taken everything we had, not just from us, from our fathers and from our fathers' fathers. '''Stan:''' And from our fathers' fathers' fathers. '''Reg:''' Yes. '''Stan:''' And from our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers. '''Reg:''' All right, Stan. Don't labour the point. And what have they ever given us ''in return''? ''(he pauses smugly)'' '''Xerxes:''' The aqueduct? '''Reg:''' What? '''Xerxes:''' The aqueduct. '''Reg:''' Oh yeah, yeah they gave us that. Yeah. That's true. '''Masked Commando:''' And the sanitation! '''Stan:''' Oh yes ... sanitation, Reg, you remember what the city used to be like. '''Reg:''' All right, I'll grant you that the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things that the Romans ''have'' done ... '''Matthias:''' And the roads ... '''Reg:''' ''(sharply)'' Well ''yes obviously'' the roads ... the roads go without saying. But apart from the aqueduct, the sanitation and the roads ... '''Another Masked Commando:''' Irrigation ... '''Other Masked Voices:''' Medicine ... Education ... Health '''Reg:''' Yes ... all right, fair enough ... '''Commando Nearer The Front:''' And the wine ... '''General Audience:''' Oh yes! True! '''Francis:''' Yeah. That's something we'd really miss if the Romans left, Reg. '''Masked Commando At Back:''' Public baths! '''Stan:''' ''And'' it's safe to walk in the streets at night now. '''Francis:''' Yes, they certainly know how to keep order ... ''(general nodding)'' ... let's face it, they're the only ones who could in a place like this. ''(more general murmurs of agreement)'' '''Reg:''' All right ... all right ... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order ... what ''have'' the Romans done for ''us''? '''Xerxes:''' Brought peace! '''Reg:''' ''(very angry, he's not having a good meeting at all)'' What!? Oh ... ''(scornfully)'' Peace, yes ... shut up! [From MontyPython's LifeOfBrian] ---- ''What has posterity ever done for me?'' -- GrouchoMarx ---- See also RightsInLifeOfBrian ---- CategoryHumor Category''''''Not''''''Python ''WhatHasMontyPythonDoneForUs'' CategoryOffTopic