Why does the guy have to kneel in front of the other guy
I think it’s more than just kneeling as his hands are tied too. Although I have nothing to offer in way of an explanation.
From a nursery rhyme/child’s taunt when winning a climbing/falling game, made “famous” by the Dave Matthews Band in “Crash Into Me”.
It’s just a literal illustration of a children’s taunt from playing King of the Hill. ‘I’m the king of the castle and you’re the dirty rascal.’ Seems to be first attested in Great Britain.
Never heard that taunt before.
Ah yes, thanks. I had forgotten that taunt. As I recall, it’s sung to the tune of the more generic taunt “Nah nah nah-nah nah”.
These two were competitors in an epic game of king of the hill that awarded leadership of a kingdom to the winner. The winner is being vindictive and is forcing his opponent to actually be a dirty rascal.
As others have said, this is a phrase like “Red rover, red rover, sent $NAME right over”, or “Ready or not, here I come.” It is a standard call which says that the game has started. “I’m the king of the castle, and you’re the dirty rascal” is the call which says that the person at the top of the hill or pile is ready to start receiving pushes from challengers.
In this case, it is shown that the Divine Right of Kings is actually dependent upon winning a round of King of the Castle, and doing so actually DOES make the person the king of the castle, and the challenger the dirty rascal.
I don’t know why, but i think you MUST READ the kings comments in the voice of Pontius Pilate from life of Brian.
Re-reading the king’s comments merely proved that the first comma doesn’t belong there.
” the first comma doesn’t belong there.”
It’s dialog, so the punctuation should reflect the actual speech rather than grammatically correct usage. So, if the King paused there when speaking the line, the comma belongs there.
I never heard it either – maybe girls don’t play this game?
James Pollack – one always kneels before the king.
” one always kneels before the king.”
I am a free man; I kneel for no one.
But seriously. Or as close as I get here:
You only have to kneel for the king if he IS the king.
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Why does the guy have to kneel in front of the other guy
I think it’s more than just kneeling as his hands are tied too. Although I have nothing to offer in way of an explanation.
From a nursery rhyme/child’s taunt when winning a climbing/falling game, made “famous” by the Dave Matthews Band in “Crash Into Me”.
It’s just a literal illustration of a children’s taunt from playing King of the Hill. ‘I’m the king of the castle and you’re the dirty rascal.’ Seems to be first attested in Great Britain.
Never heard that taunt before.
Ah yes, thanks. I had forgotten that taunt. As I recall, it’s sung to the tune of the more generic taunt “Nah nah nah-nah nah”.
These two were competitors in an epic game of king of the hill that awarded leadership of a kingdom to the winner. The winner is being vindictive and is forcing his opponent to actually be a dirty rascal.
As others have said, this is a phrase like “Red rover, red rover, sent $NAME right over”, or “Ready or not, here I come.” It is a standard call which says that the game has started. “I’m the king of the castle, and you’re the dirty rascal” is the call which says that the person at the top of the hill or pile is ready to start receiving pushes from challengers.
In this case, it is shown that the Divine Right of Kings is actually dependent upon winning a round of King of the Castle, and doing so actually DOES make the person the king of the castle, and the challenger the dirty rascal.
I don’t know why, but i think you MUST READ the kings comments in the voice of Pontius Pilate from life of Brian.
Re-reading the king’s comments merely proved that the first comma doesn’t belong there.
” the first comma doesn’t belong there.”
It’s dialog, so the punctuation should reflect the actual speech rather than grammatically correct usage. So, if the King paused there when speaking the line, the comma belongs there.
I never heard it either – maybe girls don’t play this game?
James Pollack – one always kneels before the king.
” one always kneels before the king.”
I am a free man; I kneel for no one.
But seriously. Or as close as I get here:
You only have to kneel for the king if he IS the king.