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It all started as a joke, a comment a co-worker made
when we were reviewing projects as part of a corporate initiative.
We had seen these projects before and rejected them before
because they didn't have much benefit. Now as part of new
initiative, they were somehow more attractive? "Bring out
your dead! Bring out all your dead projects! They'll seem
healthy now." This sparked a neuron and suddenly I began
to see allusions to Monty Python and the Holy Grail everywhere
I looked. Isn't business a lot like Monty Python's search
for the Holy Grail? Think about it.
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The movie opens with Arthur and his trusty servant banging
coconut shells together and prancing in a ridiculous fashion
to imitate horse-riding. (Well, actually the movie opens
with several minutes of credits that include fake Swedish,
multiple mentions of moose, an apology by Richard Nixon,
and well, you get the drift.) Anyway, the Monty Python crew
couldn't afford horses so they used coconut shells to imitate
hoofbeats....
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The black plague is rampant in the Medieval Ages as whole
villages are wiped out and the disease spreads rapidly,
leaving hordes of dead bodies in its wake. Here's the man
with the cart to collect those bodies so that their rotted
masses don't bring more disease and infection. John Cleese
brings out his family member, only, one problem - he's not
dead yet. Eric Idle objects. ...
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Now the only thing separating Arthur and his men from
the grail is the Bridge of Death that hangs over the Gorge
of Eternal Peril. The bridge is guarded by the crotchety
old Bridge Keeper, the old man from scene 24. Just answer
his three questions correctly, and you may pass safely across
the bridge. Answer incorrectly and you will be swept off
the bridge and fall to your death in the gorge.
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This
website is based on a book that uses the movie, Monty Python and
the Holy Grail, as an analogy for the life in a modern corporation
- an illusive objective, bloated egos, a dysfunctional leadership
team, and idiocy all around.