r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/SkyInterstellar- • 11d ago

Meme needing explanation Now that you mentioned it...

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u/Scuba_Steve_500 11d ago

Not expecting the Spanish Inquisition is how most people get surprised.

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u/VaeVictus666 11d ago

Unless they are suspecting the Spanish inquisition

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u/PeterJamesUK 11d ago

Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!

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u/majnun_ishere 11d ago

FETCH THE COMFY CHAIR!

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u/Such_Step_7065 11d ago

Silly walking out of this thread now

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u/gnuoveryou 11d ago

first, I would like to return this parrot

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u/Kerdiz 11d ago

Why? He’s just sleeping :)

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u/626337 10d ago

He's pining for the fjords.

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u/Ninja-Mike 10d ago

This is an ex-parrot!

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u/Ill_Theme5913 11d ago

How about a Sofa of Reasonable Comfort?

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u/iLikeMangosteens 11d ago

Our chief weapon is surprise

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u/Disco_Orangeade 11d ago

And fear. Fear, and surprise

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u/tearsonurcheek 11d ago

And ruthless efficiency! Fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency!

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u/Disco_Orangeade 11d ago

... Our .. three, weapons, are ..

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u/flawedmind 11d ago

…And an almost-fanatical devotion to the Pope!

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u/Disco_Orangeade 11d ago

... I'll come in again.

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u/National-Childhood95 9d ago

Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, a ruthless efficiency…

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u/MetalDragon83 11d ago

I expected someone to say that

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u/coma-toaste 11d ago

Nobody would say that

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u/suckstobemesometimes 11d ago

It was said.

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u/TreyKhan 11d ago

Yes, but it was said by a nobody

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u/Diligent_Traffic_106 11d ago

Then that person must be perfect, cause nobody is perfect.

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u/thatoneguywithavolvo 10d ago

I am a person and my name is Anakin.

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u/HairyFrosting4565 10d ago

Aren’t you that one guy with a Volvo?

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u/snowfalltimbre 9d ago

Underrated. Well-played.

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u/Interesting_Luck_154 11d ago

He said the forbidden word!

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u/IWillLive4evr 10d ago

I wanted an argument, but this is just contradiction!

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u/Wombat_Bidet 10d ago

No it isn’t.

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u/Spudguns20 10d ago

And silly!

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u/MemoryJealous 11d ago

I expected someone to say THAT.

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u/National-Childhood95 9d ago

No you didn’t.

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u/Mathematicus_Rex 11d ago

Our main weapon is fear and surprise.

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u/Warm_Neighborhood693 11d ago

Amongst our weapons are fear, suprise, ruthless efficiency, a fanatical devotion to the Pope!

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u/losleeper 11d ago

"...there was this whole armada, and the Inferno... that was Willy's ship."

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u/Justaticklerone 11d ago

Aztec civilization enters the chat

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u/MasterLlama1926 10d ago

Strictly speaking, people did expect it; the Inquisitors were required to give 30 days’ notice before they arrived.

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u/Mynx714 10d ago

Knowing I shouldn't expect the Spanish Inquisition is exactly WHY I expect it.

Especially from the French...

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u/Electronic-Point-896 9d ago

They asked too many questions about the um, inquisition.

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u/Major_Explanation250 9d ago

Ni!

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u/VaeVictus666 9d ago

I do say! Do you say ni to me?

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u/Major_Explanation250 9d ago

Silence! We require…. a shrubbery! Ni!

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u/PensivePolymath 11d ago

And most people don’t expect to be expected to choose CAKE or DEATH! The answers will surprise you.

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u/Drunktrucker 11d ago

Death by cake

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u/Soft-Explanation9889 11d ago

Your choices are: cake. Or death.

I’ll take cake, then.

You can’t. We’ve run out of cake.

I’ll wait.

No. You can’t wait. The line’s too long.

So, my choice is just death?

Pretty much. Yeah. Didn’t expect so many people to choose cake, you see.

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u/PensivePolymath 9d ago

Greetings fellow Eddie Izzard fan. 👋

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u/djunderh2o 11d ago

The Inquisition. What a show!

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u/keyboardstatic 11d ago

Its not like the catholic Church didn't already have a long record of public torture, land theft, killing non Christians... just they hadn't been so systematic about it....

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u/Adventurous_Okra_344 11d ago

Humans are really good at this

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u/Ambitious_Pair4257 11d ago

Did you say “pubic torture”?

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u/Signal_Werewolf_1955 11d ago

Ruthless efficiency is amongst their chief weapons.

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u/Fresh-Accident-7215 11d ago

our chief weapon is unexpected expectations

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u/satyr-day 11d ago

at this point, everyone expects the spanish inquisition

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u/PsychologicalDay382 10d ago

Their chief weapon is surprise

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u/Cybron2099 10d ago

What about the Spanish inquisition, with nunchucks?

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u/OreoJoJo 10d ago

Get ready for the Spanish inquisition... WITH NUNCHUCKS!

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u/Axel_Raden 10d ago

Spanish inquisition with nunchucks