| Network Working Group | A. Pendragon |
| Internet-Draft | Camelot |
| Updates: 8140 (if approved) | April 15, 2018 |
| Intended status: Informational | |
| Expires: October 17, 2018 |
The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
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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 Section 1 ("What is Spam*?") of RFC2635.
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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 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.
[RFC8140] refers to the intended move of RFC formatting to XML2RFC v3 [RFC7990], in the following terms:
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.
-- A. Farrel
While no pigs, flying or otherwise, are involved in the transition to RFC XML v3, it is opportune to enhance the [RFC8140] legendarium in the service of RFC XML v3, by illustrating its functionality through references to the mythology of Camelot, and particularly the incidents at the Cave of Caerbannog.
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:
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, several^ish^ beasts both animate_d_ and wooden played a significant part in this encounter; most notably:
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Figure 2: The Trojan Rabbit with an automatic sliding door
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:
[CREF1]Author: Image courtesy of https://camelot.gov.example/creatures-in-ascii/
The exchange of projectile animals was the beginning of a long-running fruitful relationship between the British and the French peoples, which arguably predates the traditional English enmity with the French.
The Cave of Caerbannog has been well-established in the mythology of Camelot (as recounted by Monty Python) as the lair of the Legendary Black Beast of Arrrghhh, more commonly known today as the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog Section 4.1. It is the encounter between the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog and the Knights of the Round Table, armed with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch (see the following section), that we recount here through monospace font and multiple spaces.
The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog, that most formidable foe of the Knights and of all that is holy or carrot-like, has been depicted diversely in lay and in song. We venture to say, contra the claim made in Section 4.1 of Ze Vompyre, that the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog truly is the most afeared of all the creatures. Short of sanctified ordnance such as Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, there are few remedies known against its awful lapine powers.
The following depiction of the fearsome beast has been sourced from Rabbit-SCII, accompanied by C code that was used in this accurate depiction of the Killer Rabbit:
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<CODE BEGINS>
/* Locate the Killer Rabbit */
int type;
unsigned char *killerRabbit =
LocateCreature(&caerbannog, "killer rabbit");
if( killerRabbit == 0 ){
puts("The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog is out of town.");
return LOST_CREATURE;
}
/* Load Cave */
unsigned char *cave = LoadPlace(&caerbannog,
"The Cave Of Caerbannog");
if( cave == 0 ){
puts("The Cave of Caerbannog must have moved.");
return LOST_PLACE;
}
/* Lure the Killer Rabbit back into the Cave */
unsigned char *carrot = allocateObjectInPlace(
carrot("fresh"), cave);
if( carrot == 0 ){
puts("No carrot, no rabbit.");
return LOST_LURE;
}
/* Finally, notify the Killer Rabbit to act */
return notifyCreature(killerRabbit, &carrot);
<CODE ENDS>
Figure 4: C Code To Lure Killer Rabbit Back To Cave
On the beast's encounter with the Knights of the Round Table, the following personnel engaged with it in combat:
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Figure 5: The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch (don't pull the pin)
Figure 6: The Sovereign's Orb made invisible
The solution to the impasse at the Cave of Caerbannog was provided by the successful deployment of the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch (see Figure 5) . Any similarity between the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch and the mythical Holy Spear of Antioch is purely intentional; any similarity between the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch and the Sovereign's Orb of the United Kingdom (see Figure 6) is putatively fortuitous.
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:
This could also be represented in pseudocode as follows:
integer count; for count := 1 step 1 until 3 do say(count) comment Five is Right Out
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 (Figure 3) had been dispatched, the Knights of the Round Table uncovered the last words of Joseph of Arimathea, inscribed on the Cave of Caerbannog in Aramaic. While the precise Aramaic wording has not survived, we trust the following Hebrew subtitles will serve as an acceptable substitute:
.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 (Figure 3) out.
| [RFC2119] | Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997. |
| [grail_film] | Chapman, G., Cleese, J., Idle, E., Gilliam, T., Jones, T. and M. Palin, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", 1975. |
| [RFC2635] | Hambridge, S. and A. Lunde, "DON'T SPEW A Set of Guidelines for Mass Unsolicited Mailings and Postings (spam*)", FYI 35, RFC 2635, DOI 10.17487/RFC2635, June 1999. |
| [RFC7990] | Flanagan, H., "RFC Format Framework", RFC 7990, DOI 10.17487/RFC7990, December 2016. |
| [RFC8140] | Farrel, A., "The Arte of ASCII: Or, An True and Accurate Representation of an Menagerie of Thynges Fabulous and Wonderful in Ye Forme of Character", RFC 8140, DOI 10.17487/RFC8140, April 2017. |
| [RFC8174] | Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, May 2017. |
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